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Our vision for sustainable transport
at InterfaceFLOR Europe
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Just the facts our vision for sustainable transport at InterfaceFLOR Europe
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InterfaceFLOR’s seven
fronts of sustainability
1. Eliminate waste 4. Closing the loop 6. Sensitising stakeholders
Eliminating the concept of Redesigning processes and Creating a community within
waste, not just incrementally products so that all resources and around InterfaceFLOR that
reducing it. used can be recovered and understands the functioning
reused, closing the technical or of natural systems and our
2. Benign emissions natural loop. impact on them.
Focusing on the elimination of
molecular waste emissions. 5. Resource-efficient 7. Redesign commerce
Eliminating waste streams that transportation Redesigning commerce
have negative or toxic effects Transporting all of our people to focus on the delivery of
on natural systems. and products efficiently and service and value instead of
with minimal waste and material. Encouraging external
3. Renewable energy emissions. This includes organisations to create
Reducing our energy demands plant location, logistics and policies and market incentives.
while substituting non- commuting.
renewable sources with
renewable ones like solar, wind
and landfill gas.
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Transport at
InterfaceFLOR Europe
Our transport can be divided
into two main categories:
international transport and
national distribution.
International transport
• Inter-company transport of
semi-finished products from
factory to factory.
• Line-haul transport of
finished carpet tiles
from factory to national
distribution centres.
National distribution
• Transport of products from
national distribution centres
to our customers
5 InterfaceFLOR has three factories in Europe and national distribution centres in all our major markets. • Craigavon, Northern Ireland • Shelf, England • Scherpenzeel, the Netherlands London and Paris are our two largest city markets and account for the most significant proportion of our transport impact due to the high volume of distribution. Peripheral regions such as Spain or Scandinavia also have a relatively high impact on international transport due to the relatively long distances from our factories.
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Understanding our
transport impacts
7 We conducted a study in 2008 to establish an accurate baseline for our current performance and quantify opportunities to reduce our transport impacts. The main aim was to develop a tool to measure and monitor transport emissions. Monitoring our impacts gives us a better understanding of the factors that influence our transport emissions levels and enables us to work with our logistics partners to identify areas where we can improve our performance. To calculate the environmental impact of our distribution we collected data on the amount of goods transported, the total distance travelled by our goods and the environmental performance of each mode of transport. We collected data internally and from our logistics partners to calculate transport impacts per m² of carpet delivered. Our current performance is 0.3 kg CO2/m² of carpet delivered.
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How to reduce our
transport impacts
Following a review of our
entire distribution network,
we have identified several
areas where we can reduce
our transport impacts:
1. Manufacturing regionally demand is growing, we are Sharing transport space with
Cutting the distance that our developing local manufacturing goods for other companies
products have to travel is one facilities. For example, new rather than sending dedicated
of the most effective methods factories were recently trucks or containers for our
of reducing our transport completed in China and Uruguay. products can significantly
impacts. increase efficiency, particularly
2. Improving load factors for national distribution where
In Europe over 99% of Empty and underutilised freight capacity is typically
the products sold are vehicles dramatically reduce used less efficiently. This also
manufactured in Europe. transport efficiency. A 2009 helps to avoid trucks delivering
report by the World Economic our products coming back
In addition, the majority of empty.
Forum found that 24% of
our raw materials by weight
freight vehicles in the EU run
are sourced from suppliers
empty. The research also
close to our factories. This
found that the rest run with an
is especially important for
average load of only 57% of
heavier raw materials such as
capacity (load factor), giving an
limestone.
overall efficiency of just 43%.
Our commitment to regional The report estimates that this
manufacturing is not limited inefficiency costs the 27 EU
to Europe. As we expand into countries 22 billion a year –
emerging markets, where 1.2% of GDP.
9 In the Netherlands, where we have switched from dedicated to grouped delivery, the fill rate of our trucks have increased from 38% towards 60%. Our international line-haul transport uses Groupage, a service that enables us to share space with other goods for international shipping from our factories to national distribution hubs. Load factors are one of the criteria in the annual questionnaire sent to all our logistics partners, and we welcome ideas on how to improve these. We are also looking for ways to pack more products per truck. This is challenging because our products are heavy and their size means the pallets we use are not the standard dimensions (1,06m x 1,06m).
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How to reduce our
transport impacts
Now, orders heavier than
three tonnes (around three
pallets) are transported
Scherpenzeel, Netherlands directly to the customer
from our factory in
Lille, France Scherpenzeel,
the Netherlands.
Paris, France There will still be some
detouring for small orders (for
example, from Scherpenzeel to
Paris and back to a customer
Optimised delivery route in Lille or Strasbourg), but a
Delivery route balance needs to be made in
order to avoid small orders
3. Optimising delivery routes travelling long distances on
potentially empty trucks.
Our products do not travel in a We are working to cut the
straight line from our factories amount of de-touring in our Since 2009, deliveries
to our customers. Their journey distribution network. In France, of over 1.5 tonnes also
is determined by transport for example, all our goods dispatched directly from
networks and the location of used to go via our hub in Scherpenzeel to customers
national distribution hubs. The Paris because the Paris area in Germany and Austria
amount our routes deviate from accounts for around half our In our other major markets,
a straight line is called sales in the country. However, such as the UK and Spain,
‘de-touring’. Reducing de-touring this often added unnecessary we are looking for similar
can cut environmental impacts mileage. opportunities to reduce
of transport, especially for
detouring and encourage our
larger orders.
logistics partners to help us
meet our goals.11
potential reductions in CO2 and Once vehicle efficiency
NOX emissions which affect is optimised, the
climate change, as well as biggest opportunities for
particulates which contribute to InterfaceFLOR are the use of
local air pollution. second generation biofuels
and hybrid or electric vehicles.
‘Megatrucks’ can improve
These are areas where we
the efficiency of transport by
expect our logistics partners
moving more goods per trip,
to innovate to cut impacts
reducing the overall number
dramatically. We look forward
of trips needed. However,
to new ideas and projects
they are not accepted in
4. Using cleaner fuels and to improve efficiency and
all European countries
emissions of vehicles. For
more efficient vehicles and weight restrictions on
example, we are exploring
Cleaner, more efficient and individual vehicles make the
options with our transport
alternative vehicles are the use of megatrucks difficult for
company in the UK to test
most effective way to reduce InterfaceFLOR because our
trucks that run on bioethanol.
our transportation impacts. carpet tiles are heavy.
We are also in discussion with
Improved vehicle efficiency, Manufacturers are continually our logistics partners to invest
alternative vehicles and the improving the efficiency in hybrid delivery vehicles in
use of biofuels will bring the of regular trucks and Paris and London in the future.
biggest reductions in CO2 improvements in aerodynamics
emissions, according to the and rolling resistance are
European Commission. expected to make new vehicles
The table on page 14 shows 30% more efficient by 2020.
the potential savings that could But there are limits to what can
be achieved by implementing be achieved through efficiency
a range of new technologies gains while still using fossil
or fuels in trucks. It shows the fuels.12
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How to reduce our
transport impacts
Measures to reduce the environmental footprint of truck transport
Material Effect on carbon dioxide Effect on nitrous oxide Effects on particulates
(CO2) emissions (NOX) (PM10)
1 Natural gas -3% to -10% -80% -40%
2 Replacement of Euro 1-3 by Euro 5 - -65% to -70% -80% to -95%
3 Retrofit particulate filters on Euro 2/3 +1.5% - -20% to -40%
4 Megatrucks/ Ecocombi -22% -25% -25%
5 Hybride drive -15% to -40% Locally - 100% Locally - 100%
Overall 0% Overall 0%
6 Electric drive (for distribution) -3% to -10% Locally - 100% Locally - 100%
Overall -70% to -90% Overall -90% to -95%
7 Biofuels +10% to -140% - -
The use of hybrid vehicles For the same reason, electric The EU road transport sector
reduces the amount of diesel vehicles can significantly reduce accounts for more than 30% of
used by running off a battery local air pollution. However, their the total energy consumption
which is recharged using energy potential to cut carbon emissions in Europe. It is currently 98%
lost in braking. When running depends on the source of the dependent on fossil fuels and
in electric mode, there are also grid electricity used to charge the EU has set a target for 25%
no particulate emissions. This them. Based on the average of transport fuel needs to be
reduces local air pollution, carbon intensity of EU electricity met by biofuels by 2030.
especially important in production, electric vehicles can
Biofuels are a renewable
populated areas. achieve savings of about 40%
energy source and a lower-
compared with fossil fuels.
carbon alternative to fossil13
fuels. The key to achieving these
Key EtOH: Sugar cane (Brazil)
targets lies in what are known Conventtional gasoline EtOH: Wheat straw
as ‘second generation’ biofuels Conventional diesel EtOH: Wheat, NG GT+ CHP, DDGS as AF
as they require less chemical Syn-diesel: Farmed wood RME: Gly as chemicals
and energy input and typically Syn-diesel: Waste wood, Black lquor DME: Waste wood, Black liquor
produce more fuel per unit of
agricultural land used. These Fuels 2010 (source EUCAR/CONCAWE/JRC
are produced from cellulosic
materials (such as straw or plant
waste) rather than the starchy 180
part of plants which could
compete with food crops. 160
InterfaceFLOR supports the
WTW GHG emissions 9g CO2eq / km)
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use of second generation
biofuels such as:
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• Biomass to Liquid (BtL)
• Cellulosic ethanol 100
• BioDME/Methanol
• BioSynthetic Natural Gas 080
(BioSNG)
• Bio-oil/Bio-crude 060
• Algal biofuels
• Hydrocarbons from catalysis 040
of plant sugars
• Biohydrogen
020
• Bioelectricity/CHP
• Biobutanol
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Total WTW energy (MU / 100km)14
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How to reduce our
transport impacts
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We have already made a transported to the port at transport to several countries
number of changes to the way Rotterdam by road. in Eastern Europe. We are
we transport goods. also looking into the possibility
By transferring goods to a
of using ships from the port
In Italy, for example, we barge for part of this journey of Rotterdam to places such
have transferred 98% of our (between Rotterdam and as Bilbao in Spain or Saint
shipments from road to rail, Utrecht), we have cut CO2 Petersburg in Russia.
reducing CO2 emissions emissions by 39%
associated with the Our goal is for 10% of our
We are looking for more products (by volume) to be
journey from Scherpenzeel opportunities to reduce
to Italy by 69%. distributed using multimodal
road mileage by shifting to
transport by 2015.
In the Netherlands, products multimodal transport. We are
from our site at Scherpenzeel investigating opportunities
have traditionally been to use rail for international16
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How to reduce our
transport impacts
6. Promoting regular 7. Understanding the will allow us to make better
training for drivers impacts of every m2 of and faster decisions on
our products our transport to optimise
Training truck drivers in
efficiency. This will help
fuel efficient driving can Introducing the Eyefreight
us monitor and reduce
cut emissions by up to 5%. system will allow us to track,
environmental impacts.
We encourage our logistics among other things, the
partners to provide such environmental footprint of 8. Collaboration with
training for their drivers. This each individual delivery. The other companies
is one of the criteria in our system will act as a portal
supplier questionnaire and for our European distribution Our impact on transport is
most of our partners already and will track order intake, very small in comparison with
train their drivers regularly. service level, freight costs other multinational companies.
We will continue to raise and environmental footprint. We cannot achieve our vision
awareness on this. This granularity of information for sustainable transport if17 there is not demand for green solutions by bigger companies. Influencing other companies is a key part of our Mission Zero and our transport strategy. We are working with other multinationals to develop and share ideas on sustainable transport as well as creating market demand through the Duurzame Logistiek (Sustainable Logistics) programme, which supports 250 leading companies in the field of sustainable transportation of goods. Its aim is to increase the profitability of companies and simultaneously reduce CO2 emissions by more than 20% by 2012. More information on how InterfaceFLOR is working with other companies to reduce the impact of our product transportation is available at www.duurzamelogistiek.nl.
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Our goals for
sustainable transport
These are the targets set up by the preliminary transport vision of the European Union.
Influence factors Target for Sensitivity
2020 2035 2050 GHG FFS
1 Stabilizing the increase of tkm Max. +30% Max. +43% Max. +44% N/A N/A
2 Decreasing vehicle energy -20% -40% -50% 88% -
demand
3 Reducing carbon emissions in -37.5% -61% -88% 55% 22%
electricity production
4 Electric engines in road transport 0% 10% 25% 41% 5%
5a Increase share biofuels 8% 24% 33% 38% 30%
5b Biofuels upstream emissions -35% -83% -83%
6 Increased efficiency in usage +8% +30% +50% 25% -
of veh
7 Improved engine efficiency +21% +40% +45% 21% 2%
8 Higher modal share of Road 75% Road 70% Road 65% 7% -
rail ad IWW
Rail 19% Rail 22.5% Rail 25%
IWW 6% IWW 7.5% IWW 10%
9 Increased share of electrical rail 66% 75% 80% 3% -
10 Usage of larger trucks 2% 8% 10% 2% -19
By 2015, our vision for Our goals do not stop at
InterfaceFLOR in Europe 2015. The table outlines the
is this: vision of the European Union
on transport for 2020, 2035
• Efficiency is down from
and 2050. We seek to be
an average of 0.3kg CO2 /m2
well ahead these targets,
of carpet delivered to
and demonstrate to other
0.2kg CO2 /m2
companies that it is feasible to
• 10% of our total volume is reduce environmental impacts
intermodal from transport significantly.
• 90% of vehicles used in our To achieve our vision on
transport is in top Euro Class sustainable transport, we
for tailpipe emissions need the support of all our
stakeholders. We encourage
• 85% of our transport our logistics partners to
suppliers are ISO 14001 develop more sustainable
certified transport solutions and we
are continuing to work with
• All forwarders regularly train
industry and other companies
their drivers on efficient
to help drive change within
driving
the sector.20
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How does Mission Zero affect our
relationship with transport companies?
Q&A with David Kers, European
Distribution Manager
As a transport company,
how can I do business for
InterfaceFLOR?
We select logistics service
providers who can help
us in our quest to launch
a sustainable European
distribution organisation and
eliminate any negative impact
our distribution activities may
have on the environment
by 2020, in order to reach
Mission Zero.
Our European distribution
model is based on the 4
P’s; Performance (service),
Planet, People and Profit. We
have developed a supplier
assessment model in which
our suppliers are assessed
on criteria linked to these 4
P’s. Examples of these criteria
are: Green Fleet composition,
driver training programmes,
experience with alternative
fuels, profitability etc.21
How do you ensure the How would you like to What would be your
economic sustainability of manage your suppliers? perfect supplier?
your transport suppliers? The relation with our The perfect supplier would be
Being financially healthy in logistics service providers the supplier that will help us
terms of profit and cash flow is based on a performance in realising our Mission Zero.
is important for a logistics partnership, where we focus Besides focusing on Service
service provider, to become on continuous improvement and Quality, this supplier
and stay a sustainable projects. We challenge our will have a strong focus on
company. In close cooperation logistics service providers innovation (technological and
with our logistics partners we to do better every day. Our social), can adapt to short
want to change the European transport management and mid-long term changes
transportation market from a system “Eyefreight” enables in the market place and is
short term leverage market to us to monitor our KPI’s on demonstrating commitment
a long term sustainable market (Service) Performance, Profit to become a sustainable
focusing on the 4 P’s. Market and Planet. Annually targets partner. Sustainability
developments and financial for KPI’s will be agreed and should be a key element in
performance of our logistics the progress on these KPI’s their strategy. Our perfect
service providers are reviewed is reviewed in our quarterly suppliers will be or become
on a quarterly basis. Through review meetings. leaders in the sustainable
collaboration we focus on European transportation
eliminating supply chain costs. market, implementing new
sustainable logistics concepts,
for example: multi modal
transportation and trucks
using alternative fuels.22
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