Geodis rewards the best initiatives in support of sustainable development.
On September 2nd, 2010 upon the convivial ceremony bringing together Customers and Employees, Pierre Blayau, CEO of SNCF Geodis and Chairman & CEO of Geodis, awarded, in the presence of Jean-Louis Demeulenaere, CEO of Geodis and Genevieve Bedin, sustainable development director, the Blue Attitude Trophees 2010, the goal of which is to reward the best initiatives carried out by the Group employees, in support of sustainable development.
The Geodis sustainable development approach, launched in 2008 on the CEO’s initiative, called “Blue Attitude”, consists in undertaking concrete projects, based on 5 major commitments to the Customers, Employees, the Environment, Partners and Community. Every year, the 6 most relevant projects with internal and external impacts are rewarded according to clearly defined criteria. The initiatives are to be:
Among the 82 projects implemented this year by the employees, fully in line with the commitments pointed out by the “Grenelle de l’Environnement”, here are the awarded initiatives for 2010:
Internal category
1st Award: Geodis Logistics Northern France, Hénin Beaumont site
1st Award: Geodis Wilson Sweden
The Groupage & Express Division
About Geodis, a global supply chain operator
A subsidiary of the SNCF group, Geodis is a world-class global supply chain operator based in Europe, where it is the fourth-largest logistics provider. With its capacity to manage all or part of the supply chain (air and sea freight forwarding, groupage, express parcels, contract logistics, LCL and FCL shipments, reverse logistics and supply chain optimisation), the Group works alongside its customers in their strategic, geographical and technological developments, offering appropriate solutions for each specific challenge to optimise the flow of physical items and data alike. Geodis has logistics offerings to address the challenges of every major sector in the economy. With a network spanning 120 countries, the Group’s 29,600-strong workforce provides the talent of multicultural teams, genuine local presence and a high degree of flexibility and responsiveness. In 2009 Geodis reported revenue of five billion euros.
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The Geodis sustainable development approach, launched in 2008 on the CEO’s initiative, called “Blue Attitude”, consists in undertaking concrete projects, based on 5 major commitments to the Customers, Employees, the Environment, Partners and Community. Every year, the 6 most relevant projects with internal and external impacts are rewarded according to clearly defined criteria. The initiatives are to be:
- Replicable
- Innovative
- With measurable results.
Among the 82 projects implemented this year by the employees, fully in line with the commitments pointed out by the “Grenelle de l’Environnement”, here are the awarded initiatives for 2010:
Internal category
1st Award: Geodis Logistics Northern France, Hénin Beaumont site
- Integration and training courses dedicated to disabled workers
- Integration of disabled workers to operational job positions
- Daily communication campaign designed to promote the Eco-Attitude gestures
1st Award: Geodis Wilson Sweden
- Agreed with the main Customers, deductions of a certain percentage from each shipping invoice in order to finance environmental projects
- Automatic controls of the effluents released by the truck wash and alarm in the event of incident
- Implementation, together with the Fenwick Linde partner, of an appropriate delivery equipment in town in line with the requirements, regarding the crossing of sidewalks, noise pollution, ergonomics, recyclable batteries,…
The Groupage & Express Division
- The Groupage & Express Division received the special prize presenting an important number of initiatives, compliant with the 3 criteria.
About Geodis, a global supply chain operator
A subsidiary of the SNCF group, Geodis is a world-class global supply chain operator based in Europe, where it is the fourth-largest logistics provider. With its capacity to manage all or part of the supply chain (air and sea freight forwarding, groupage, express parcels, contract logistics, LCL and FCL shipments, reverse logistics and supply chain optimisation), the Group works alongside its customers in their strategic, geographical and technological developments, offering appropriate solutions for each specific challenge to optimise the flow of physical items and data alike. Geodis has logistics offerings to address the challenges of every major sector in the economy. With a network spanning 120 countries, the Group’s 29,600-strong workforce provides the talent of multicultural teams, genuine local presence and a high degree of flexibility and responsiveness. In 2009 Geodis reported revenue of five billion euros.
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