DB Schenker ’ s brand new sustainable logistics hub in Dubai is a marker of the company ’ s net-zero commitments
DB SCHENKER
DB Schenker ’ s brand new sustainable logistics hub in Dubai is a marker of the company ’ s net-zero commitments
No one can deny the ineffective nature of UN COP conferences in the global quest for netzero carbon emissions by 2050 . The goal of the recent COP27 event in Egypt was to build on the progress of previous conferences – of which there ’ s very little – and move the planet forward on the challenge of tackling climate change .
Yet the fact remains that words and talk are not enough . The planet is growing hotter by the day ; the warmest 20 years on record have been the past 22 years , according to the World Meteorological Organisation , and it ’ s causing utter destruction in some of the poorest countries already .
Good intentions will do nothing to stabilise erratic weather patterns . Heatwaves , floods , severe storms , and rising sea levels due to the melting polar ice will continue unabated if talk isn ’ t translated into action – not only soon , but on a global scale , too . Parts of Fiji threatened already by rising sea levels have started strategising the moving of villages to alleviate flooding concerns , and it ’ s not long before other countries will have to follow suit .
In the wake of annual COP events , too many businesses sit on their hands , adopting a ‘ wait-and-see ’ approach to what will be required of them , legally , in terms of tackling carbon emissions . Others blanche at the costs associated with such action ; they instead choose incremental progress .
The trouble with this approach is that it creates inertia at a time when the clock is ticking ever-louder on net-zero targets . Before long , we ’ ll be at a point of no return .
Schenker is delivering on net-zero targets DB Schenker is , in this respect , unique : one of the world ’ s leading logistics service providers , it is a multinational company that understands the time for talking about sustainability is long past . Anyone who has seen – or read about – its logistics hubs ’ development programme in Dubai will know that this is a company that prefers to be judged by its deeds on helping safeguard the future of our planet , not its words .
234 January 2023