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Destination Green
Because Crown is in the business of transportation, it has a real impact on the environment through fuel consumption and carbon emissions by vehicles and the use of packaging materials.
Crown has established policies to secure the ISO 14001 or comparable environmental accreditations in three of its biggest markets – Hong Kong, Australia and the UK, with other worldwide locations now following suit. The company’s target is for 100% of country operations to achieved accreditation, within the next two to five years, based on consistent company-wide policies. Within that time frame, the company aims to achieve carbon neutral services in a way that is operationally and cost-effective.
In the meantime, Crown is developing global standards to ensure that all worldwide operations are working in unison to minimize impact. This environmental process integration includes:
- Further developing Crown’s fleet of fuel efficient operational vehicles and equipment
- Optimizing recycled packing materials and post-use recycling
- Environmental office and maintenance practices
- Maximizing greenery and indigenous planting on company premises
- Incorporation of environmental features in office and warehouse facilities
- Offsetting emissions by tree planting
- Enhanced assessment of suppliers’ environmental practices in global supplier database
- Identifying government incentives to make environmental investments increasingly feasible
Critical to this effort has been Crown’s steps to measure its consumption of natural resources. By doing this globally Crown can set targets and work to continuously improve.
To engage all staff in environmental actions, Crown has established Green Liaisons in every country. These employees are champions who educate and facilitate improved green practices at each location. The Liaisons also share best practices and have helped identify creative solutions and excellent models for worldwide operations.
