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Environment
The specially designed green trucks are a familiar
sight on the roads in the Netherlands and in
Belgium.
HAVI Logistics Environmental Services
(HES) has received the award entitled
“Best of Sustainable Supply 2012.” The
HAVI Logistics environmental services
company was honored by the McDonald’s
Corporation for its Reverse Logistics project.
Around 400 companies from all over
the world were nominated for the award,
with which McDonald’s pays tribute to
suppliers who have introduced sustainable
environmental management practices.
A jury including McDonald’s top management
and representatives of the World
Wildlife Fund (WWF) chose HES as one of
the winners.
From restaurant to recycling point: since
1991 HAVI Logistics Environmental Services
in Amersfoort has been respon-
“Best of Sustainable
Supply 2012”
Award
Praise from McDonald’s
for action on sustainable
environmental protection.
sible for waste management logistics for
the McDonald’s restaurants in the Netherlands.
The specially designed green
trucks deployed by the environmental
services company are a familiar sight on
the roads in Belgium, too. They call at almost
280 McDonald’s restaurants, where
they pick up refuse such as paper, foil,
vegetable fat and waste food and bring
them to the recycling point. “The world of
recycling and processing waste is a very
dynamic one where new solutions come
to market on a daily basis. It is HAVI Environmental
Services’ role to develop from
all these options the best solution for our
customers and manage this on a daily
basis,” explains Olav Gribnau, Managing
Director of HAVI Logistics Environmental
Services. The company has now received
recognition for this commitment: “The
nominations show that McDonald’s supply
chain currently is in an excellent position
to make safe and sustainable deliveries
of food products,” says Jose Amario,
Executive Vice President of the Global
Supply Chain, Development & Franchising
at McDonald's. “We really appreciate
the efforts made by all our suppliers.”
Olav Gribnau views the “Best of Sustainable
Supply” award as both an honor and
an incentive. “Being singled out for this
award by McDonald’s is recognition of
the work we have done in the past and at
the same time a vote of confi dence from
our customer in the new developments
we will continue to pursue in the fi eld of
reverse logistics.”
HAVI Logistics Among the
First Companies to Receive
a “Sustainability Charter”
Every year since 2008 HAVI Logistics Belgium has successfully obtained
a national “Environmental Charter” issued by the Belgian government. Not
only has the team located in Belgium been audited according to the applicable
environmental regulations; it also had to meet at least three additional
requirements with respect to the environment.