Since entering the Carbon Reduction Agreement just last year, the pair have made considerable progress and emissions reductions are expected to continue at a sustained rate, with another 10,000 tonnes expected to be saved by 2020.
Andrea Dorothea Schön, responsible for climate protection and CO2 control at DB Schenker, reported that 40% of the company’s direct and indirect carbon emissions result from air cargo. “Therefore, it was and is important to us that we engage in environmental protection together with Lufthansa Cargo and achieve our climate protection goals,” she asserted.
According to Bettina Jansen, Lufthansa Cargo’s Head of Environmental Management, Lufthansa Cargo’s mixed freighter fleet requires an average of just 1.89 litres of fuel to transport 100 kilogrammes of freight a distance of 100 kilometres. “We are putting in an enormous effort to continuously reduce our fleet’s fuel consumption,” she explained. “Our five new Boeing 777Fs are the most efficient freighters in their class.” Jansen added that the airline is also using particularly lightweight containers, polishing engine blades for maximum efficiency and driving the digitisation of air cargo documents together with its partners.
Emphasising DB Schenker’s responsibility to reducing CO2 output, Schön called the agreements with Lufthansa Cargo "milestones" which enabled them to incorporate sustainability into business relationships.
