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EET Group launches climate positive shipments of IT products
Lehdistötiedote- tiistai 2. maaliskuuta 2021
We are introducing a new initiative that will make all our outbound shipments of OEM, private label products and spare parts to customers climate positive, meaning more than compensating the emission of each shipment.
As part of our strategy to minimise environmental impact of all our activities, we are planting a tree for every five shipments of goods from our warehouses to our customers throughout Europe. With around 1.1 million outbound shipments a year, we will plant more than 220,000 trees per year. That corresponds to planting trees on an area of the size of two tennis courts every day. The planting of trees comes on top of the carbon credits that we already buy to offset emissions related to our shipments.
“At EET Group we are looking carefully at our environmental footprint and are determined to reduce the impact of our activities on the climate. As a distributor, the by far largest source of emissions is our outbound transportation. With this initiative we are going beyond making our shipments climate neutral. By committing to plant a tree for every five shipments, we are making this part of our business climate positive, meaning that we compensate more CO2 than we emit. It is not only the right thing to do, but it also makes good sense businesswise
Søren Drewsen, EET Group CEO
We have teamed up with Ecologi, a company that is specialised in delivering climate action solutions with the mission to remove 50% of global CO2 emissions by 2040 and responsibly plant billions of trees every year. Partnering with Ecologi, we have already planted more than 50,000 trees in Madagascar, Mozambique and Nicaragua. A substantial part of our business is to provide spare parts for electronic devices, thereby extending the lifespan of the devices and thus reducing electronic waste.
“We see a growing trend among customers and end-users to maintain and update electronic devices, and thereby contributing to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to the rapid growth in use of electronic devices. Similarly, we are convinced that climate positive shipments and other efforts to reduce and compensate our climate footprint actually makes a difference to the customers,” said Søren Drewsen.
For further information, please contact
Group Business Line Director, Components & Spare Parts, Kristian Lading, +45 4590 1897, k.lading@eetgroup.com
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