ID Logistics has completely revamped its energy concept as part of its CSR project “ID ALL Responsible” and has been operating nine out of its eleven locations in Germany exclusively with green electricity since the beginning of the year. This recent measure follows other activities. These included the reduction of peak consumption of electricity, gas, and water, the control of air conditioning systems and hall doors, the installation of motion detectors in high-bay warehouses, and solar systems on buildings, focusing on circular logistics, and the establishment of a total of 64 beehives at each individual ID Logistics location. According to the logistics service
provider, by 2025, these two measures alone, such as the switch to green electricity and the establishment of beehives, could save or bind a total of 5,113 tons of CO₂. Robin Otto, CEO of ID Logistics Germany:
“Sustainability is and remains – despite all current and future global changes – an important aspect of our business strategy. We remain committed to reducing the environmental impact and helping to conserve resources for future generations. We are also very interested in solutions that combine sustainability with technical innovations and cost efficiency.”
Hydropower as an Energy SourceAt six locations, ID Logistics has chosen Entega from Darmstadt
near its company headquarters in Griesheim as a supplier, relying on hydropower as the primary energy source. Entega AG is an energy and infrastructure service provider in Germany and a provider of green electricity. Sebastian Kissel, Director of Revision & Administration at ID Logistics Germany:
“To carry out processes such as receiving goods, storage, handling, and processing for our customers and their consumers, we need energy. By using green electricity, we can now provide our logistics services in a more environmentally friendly way, as it significantly reduces CO₂ emissions compared to fossil fuels. In the process of switching, we paid attention to the
origin and price of the electricity, and there are different electricity sources, such as German wind power or European hydropower.”
The conversion at the six locations reduces CO₂ emissions by 1,273 tons of CO₂, calculated based on the average electricity mix of a conventional delivery from Germany (324g CO₂ / kWh), the company says. With these savings, 1,157 people could, for example, fly in an A320 from Frankfurt am Main to New York. At three other locations where ID Logistics cannot purchase electricity itself, the company was actively involved in the contract negotiations of the property owners and was also able to choose
