update! - Lehnkering

20 update! 10/2010 LEHNKERING-Group
For Mankind and
LEHNKERING publishes its first
Sustainability Report for the year 2009
Sustainability is increasingly one of the most important
factors for corporate success, and many companies now
compile an annual sustainability report in order to keep
stakeholders informed of the economic, ecological and
social initiatives they are involved in. For the first time
LEHNKERING will publish this type of information for
the year 2009.
A group-wide QEHS management system (quality, environ-
ment, health & safety) has been in place at LEHNKERING
since 2004. The principles set out within the system also take
into account requirements and goals related to reductions in
energy consumption and responsible use of natural resources.
“We have had the majority of our environmentally relevant
facilities in Germany certified according to ISO 14001”,
reports Dr. Wolfgang Lohre, head of QEHS at LEHNKERING.
The decision to introduce a sustainability programme
at LEHNKERING represents the logical continuation of
the company’s established environmental responsibility
policy. Under the banner of “Green Logistics + Services”,
LEHNKERING aims to place even greater emphasis on environmental
sustainability within the framework of its corporate
strategy, and has defined increases in efficiency and reductions
in CO emissions as its key goals. In the words of Wolf-
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gang Lohre: “Amongst other data, our sustainability report
sees us calculate the corporate carbon footprint of the entire
LEHNKERING group. Due to the complexity of the identification
and allocation of individual activities and services within
the field of logistics, we are not calculating carbon footprints
for individual products at the present time.”
the Environment
As there is currently no universally recognized analysis and
measurement method for the calculation of CO emission
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values, LEHNKERING applies conversion factors which take
into account both direct and indirect emissions. Direct emissions
are those which occur as a result of the combustion of
primary energy sources such as fuel oil, natural gas or diesel.
The CO which arises during the generation of energy sour-
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ces the company buys “ready to use” (such as electricity or
district heating) is classified as an indirect emission.
“We can only achieve our sustainability goals if all our emplo-
yees support and work towards them”, explains Wolfgang