2024-01-16 15:32:06
Agropalma reinforces its commitment to green logistics and presents its second CNG-powered truck
The company’s expectation is to reduce the volume of CO2 by 21% compared to a diesel-powered vehicle; In just one year, emissions avoided by the two trucks should reach 40 tons
Agropalma, the largest producer of sustainable palm oil in the Americas, reinforces its commitment to environmental responsibility by announcing the launch of its second truck powered by Vehicle Natural Gas (CNG), thus reinforcing its commitment to green logistics. The presentation of the vehicle took place this Wednesday (20) at its refinery located in the city of Limeira (SP).
Logistics partnership
The new truck is the result of a partnership with Translima, which since 2018 has been transporting Agropalma’s packaged products, such as fats destined for the food service market and the chocolate, ice cream, fillings and pasta industries, among others, from all over the world. Brazil. The launch takes place to complement the company’s logistics, since the first vehicle, presented in 2022, is responsible for exclusively transporting bulk products.
Agropalma’s initiative exemplifies the company’s ongoing commitment to reducing its carbon footprint and promoting sustainable practices throughout the value chain. It also represents an advance in the search for energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the company’s logistics operations, in search of sustainable logistics “green logistics”.
Changing the fuel brings several benefits to the environment, such as significantly lower emissions of nitrogen oxides and the suppression of sulfur oxides, responsible for acid rain. Agropalma estimates that it will reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 21% on the routes taken by each vehicle, which represents a reduction of 40 tons per year. For comparison purposes, approximately 5 thousand trees would be needed per year to sequester this carbon.
“Agropalma is committed not only to being sustainable, but also to consolidating itself as an inductor of good environmental practices in the regions in which it operates”, says André Gasparini, Commercial Director at Agropalma. “By delivering our packaged products in a CNG-powered truck, we are materializing the concept of sustainability from within the company to the outside and becoming an example for small and medium-sized companies, which can start thinking regarding a way to measure their own carbon footprints. .”
CNG, a cleaner and more efficient alternative to conventional fuels, contributes to the mitigation of climate change and promotes a greener approach to the transport of goods. “Translima has followed technological evolution and sustainable practices with CNG and electric vehicles in partnership with its customers”, says Felipe Lima, Commercial Director at Translima. “We were very pleased to find in Agropalma a partner willing to innovate and reduce emissions in the transport of its products.”
Alexandre Steffen, Logistics Manager at Agropalma, says that the truck will operate within the state of São Paulo, where the vehicle gas supply network is more developed. “We are following the development of this market and studying new routes for the two existing trucks, as well as the possibility of expanding our number of CNG-powered vehicles,” he explains.
Step towards gender equality added to green logistics
In addition to being sustainable, Agropalma’s new truck sends an important message of gender equality. The vehicle will be driven exclusively by a woman. The person responsible for delivering the products safely will be Pamela Mendes.
A truck driver for almost 15 years, she was inspired by her grandfather and had the dream of driving a truck on the roads of Brazil since she was a child.
“It’s the realization of several dreams. For me, it is very gratifying to have the opportunity to be a woman driving a sustainable truck like this. Fortunately, I’m seeing doors opening more and more for female truck drivers,” she reports. And in the way of driving, does anything change? “It doesn’t change the way you drive much, but it is much more comfortable and has much less noise.”
About Agropalma
Agropalma is the largest producer of sustainable palm oil in the Americas. Its operations cover the entire production chain, from the production of seedlings to refined oil and special fats to high-value-added solutions, including organic products. Its trajectory began in 1982, in the municipality of Thailand, in Pará. Today the company has six crude oil extraction industries, a bonded export terminal, two refineries and employs around 5 thousand employees. Agropalma aims to make sustainable palm trees a Brazilian reference. For more information access: www.agropalma.com.br
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