It’s even more important, now that new digital technologies help us monitor and analyse our activity. CSR is really fostering research and innovation: promoting sustainable technologies and behaviors. This can then be a key factor on improving your recruitment and retainment of talents.Ĭorporate Social Responsibility has a big role to play in the transport and logistic industry. It should be noted however, that CSR can help your company become more attractive, developing your employer brand. This is not specific to the logistic industry. Moreover, improved relationships will your suppliers will also have a positive impact on the relationships with clients while improving the quality of the products or services.įinally, CSR contributes to the improvement of the employee’s satisfaction as well. In this context, the dissemination of a “Sustainable Purchasing Charter” formalizing your commitments and the main CSR principles to be followed by all your business partners will protect commercial interests of both parties and ensure a better control your supply chain. The implementation of a responsible purchasing policy will help you to better manage environmental and social risks in your purchasing decisions. The relationship with the suppliers shouldn’t be left out. Having good ratings or accreditations isn’t just only about improving your image, it’s also another way to gain new clients. Following the growing awareness around CSR issues, many big companies expect their suppliers to show their commitment. Having proofs of your engagement in sustainable relationships with your partner is necessary to deal with some companies. Flash is currently carrying out a carbon assessment and a study on avoided impacts to measure the results of our actions.ĬSR is also about your relationship with your clients. All this helped us further reduce our carbon footprint.
Flash has been working hard on developing such tools and solutions that allow the optimisation of transport planning. Reducing the amount of empty mileage, minimizing fuel consumption, developing solutions to co-load trucks are options to reduce costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, reducing its carbon footprint means improving the efficiency. However CSR can also have many positive “side-effects” for a company.Īs a transport company, CSR projects do meet the objective of competitiveness. The action of one company can also benefit the industry as a whole. The most obvious benefit of CSR is of course an improved corporate image which supports a strong brand.
CSR should rather be seen as an investment that will ensure the sustainability of the company. These misconceptions are outdated and wrong on many levels. Transparency is a big goal for CSR in the logistic business.Īll these projects are very positive but CSR is still sometimes seen as cost center. Therefore, it’s particularly important for businesses in the sector to minimize their environmental footprint and to take concrete measures to respond to this major concern.Ĭoncerning the social impact,the reality of the market is rather complicated in the logistics business as companies use subcontractors or buy services on marketplaces from suppliers they don’t know. CSR in Transport & Logistics:Īccording to the European Commission, the transports industry is responsible for almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions. This broad and general definition of CSR has specific implications depending on the sector. There are three dimensions in CSR: protection of the environment, Sustainable economic development and satisfaction of stakeholders’ expectations. CSR is a business approach that contributes to sustainable development by delivering economic, social and environmental benefits for all stakeholders. According to the Financial Times: Corporate Social Responsibility is a movement aimed at encouraging companies to be more aware of the impact of their business on the rest of society, including their own stakeholders and the environment.
Let’s start with a clear definition of what CSR is.