Carbon neutral pallet pooling

As part of the agreement, Henkel will benefit from CHEP’s Carbon Neutral Pallet service offer and explore transport collaboration initiatives to reduce environmental impact. Henkel is a worldwide leader in laundry & home care, beauty care and adhesive technologies.

Henkel’s Head of Logistics for Germany and Switzerland, Oliver Wittig, said: “CHEP is helping us build a better supply chain through effective pallet management and their ability to optimise networks and deliver excellence in asset productivity.

“We have developed a close strategic relationship with CHEP for many years and recently decided to replace the remaining white exchange pallets with CHEP pooled pallets at our laundry and home care products facility in Holthausen, Germany. All our production is now palletised on CHEP, which is generating excellent results both in terms of cost savings and sustainability benefits.”

A recent independent life-cycle assessment study confirmed that CHEP pallets in Europe have the lightest impact on the environment compared with alternative pallet systems, namely returnable and disposable pallets. The study was performed by Brussels-based Intertek-RDC Environment, a leading environmental consultancy, in accordance with ISO 14044 methodology.

Based on this assessment, by using CHEP pooled pallets in Germany, Henkel will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 895 metrics tonnes per year, as well as preventing 76 metric tonnes of wood from being sent to landfill every year.