HERZOGENAURACH, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sports activities firm PUMA has began transferring items from the port of Los Angeles to its warehouse in Torrance, CA, with a completely electrical truck, an initiative, which is a part of the corporate’s technique to cut back carbon emissions all through its enterprise.
The Freightliner truck, which is operated by PUMA’s drayage associate NFI, is a primary check automobile. By the third quarter of 2022, the corporate expects to have 5 electrical vehicles in operation to hold items from the port to the warehouse.
“For us this can be a enormous step in the direction of cleaner logistics. As an alternative of utilizing an LNG or a clear diesel truck, we will now shift items from the port to the warehouse with no tailpipe emissions,” mentioned Helmut Leibbrandt, Senior Vice President, Provide Chain Administration & Logistics – Americas.
The electrical vehicles delivering items from the port to the Torrance distribution heart are an additional constructing block in PUMA’s technique to cut back carbon emissions in its whole enterprise. Final month the corporate introduced that it had lowered its personal carbon emissions and people from bought power by 88% between 2017 and 2021. CO2 emissions additionally fell within the firm’s provide chain, essentially the most carbon intensive a part of its enterprise, regardless of sturdy income development in the identical interval.
“Whereas electrical automobiles are already fairly frequent for passenger automobiles, electrical trucking is just beginning out,” mentioned John Amato, Senior Vice President at NFI. “We’re excited that PUMA has been keen to hitch us on this challenge and to make use of this new know-how within the firm’s day-to-day operations.”
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PUMA is likely one of the world’s main sports activities manufacturers, designing, creating, promoting and advertising and marketing footwear, attire and equipment. For greater than 70 years, PUMA has relentlessly pushed sport and tradition ahead by creating quick merchandise for the world’s quickest athletes. PUMA gives efficiency and sport-inspired life-style merchandise in classes reminiscent of Soccer, Operating and Coaching, Basketball, Golf, and Motorsports. It collaborates with famend designers and types to carry sport influences into road tradition and trend. The PUMA Group owns the manufacturers PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd. The corporate distributes its merchandise in additional than 120 international locations, employs about 16,000 folks worldwide, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany.