Do you know that 99% of everything you buy, consume, eat and drink was transported to you by emissions-generating combustion engines?

Most goods and food are not produced near your home. They need to be transported by vehicles with combustion engines to stores, depots, and even directly to your doorstep. At Ziegler, this is what we do – ensuring goods get to where they are needed. But combustion engines emit excess carbon, which is responsible for warming our climate by retaining heat in the air. We are architects for transport and logistics, but not ‘engineers’ who can invent low-emission engines or build stronger, lighter batteries.

But we are ‘entrepreneurs’, and as such we take our social responsibility seriously.

How seriously? Check it in our annual sustainability magazine, 2022 edition:

 

There’s no better time than the festive season to express our warmest greetings and our best wishes.

The team at Ziegler Group wishes you peace, joy, and prosperity throughout the coming year of 2023. 

We would like to express our sincerest appreciation for the trust you have placed in us and wish you the very happiest and most peaceful time. May you look forward to a New Year full of wins and successes.

Sustainable transport is both affordable and energy-efficient. Companies that offer sustainable transport have switched over to using vehicles and methods that produce lower carbon emissions compared to traditional vehicles, which significantly lessen air pollution and energy consumption.

Automation is prevalent in warehouses and inland waterways, and in this video Tom Verkoelen (Continuous Improvement Officer from Ziegler Group) explains why autonomous road vehicles are the next area that the group is looking to make significant advancements.

The time has come to test autonomous vehicles on the road because the technology is ready to take the next step and adapt to our needs and help us solve problems like road congestion, air pollution, noise pollution, labour shortages and so much more!

Logistics is a very traditional sector, but that makes it all the more important to innovate and improve for a greener planet and better lives for all who live on it.

 

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Dangerous goods include any substances that have the potential to harm humans, animals or the environment in some way. 

Because some of these materials pose such a threat to safety, transporting these items must be done in a highly controlled way, regulated by the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and the IATA DGR (Dangerous Goods Regulations of IATA) (among others).

Click here to learn more. 

 

Fun fact:

In order to take into account the latest development of new substances, the regulations are adapted every 2 years.

So you have to stay alert and remain up to date!

 

And now imagine you are faced with the task of actually getting your dangerous goods transported from A to B. Have you already noticed the piles of documents and many procedures you have to perform in order to comply with the relevant specifications to even make shipping dangerous goods possible?

 

Don’t worry – even for this monumental transport task, you can fully rely on Ziegler and its well-trained specialists.

As an internationally operating freight forwarder, Ziegler acts as a consignor in the sense of the ADR, since the shipment of dangerous goods is organized by Ziegler employees on behalf of third parties. If the goods are handled at the company’s own logistics centers in the course of the transport, the employees act as unloaders or shippers.

 

To maintain the highest standards possible, our employees are trained and further educated at regular intervals in about the latest dangerous goods regulations and best practices.

 

Believe it or not,  this kind of training can even be fun, as is proven by comments from attendees of corresponding seminars at Ziegler Germany and Switzerland in August and September this year under the proven leadership of our external dangerous goods officer Marcus Steinhauer.

 

Dirk Junkers had this to say about his annual training:

“It was a great group, I enjoyed it. I would definitely like to be back in this constellation for the next training.”

 

Renate Friske also had a great time and learned a lot:

“I must say that I really enjoyed the training and that Mr. Steinhauer made the training very interesting (with many examples) and also addressed the topics that were of particular interest to us.”

 

So, if you are facing the daunting task of transporting dangerous goods, you can rely on Ziegler and our enthusiastic, well-trained specialists.

Dear customers and partners!

Now more than ever, supply chain faces challenges that must be met to keep your goods flowing to where they are needed in the most efficient and sustainable way possible.

The focus of all our activities is constant: our customers and partners and our relationships with you. We are convinced that together we can overcome all challenges.

Please check the message from Diane Govaerts, CEO of the Ziegler Group.

 

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As part of our sustainability mission, in October 2022, Ziegler Group’s Headquarters facility in Brussels obtained the CO2-NEUTRAL “SITE” label. 

Valid for one year, the certificate was granted due to demonstrating that our site is “conscious of its CO2 emissions. By supporting a certified climate project we offset 565,6 tCO2e”.

Granted by CO2logic, this certificate represents our efforts to be conscious of carbon emissions on-site. We are very proud to have earned this distinction, however, we don’t plan to stop with simply offsetting our emissions. We demonstrated with other sustainability projects that we actively implement steps to reduce our own emissions – at the Brussels location and in all our company operations. This is a practical test and we will continue to evaluate alternatives (carbon compensation and other possibilities) for future offsets.

Ziegler Group’s CEO, Diane Govaerts, has been nominated for the title of ‘Manager of the Year 2022’ by Trends Tendances magazine. 

Anyone who has met Diane knows that she is not looking for personal recognition. So for her,  this competition is above all an opportunity to showcase Ziegler Group and presents a unique opportunity to further develop existing relationships and build stronger partnerships for the benefit of our clients and partners. It is an opportunity to highlight the major challenges our industry is facing and Ziegler’s efforts in these areas, such as the decarbonisation of our services, the digitalisation of our activities and promoting technological innovation in our sector.

In addition to showcasing our excellent company and employees, this nomination is an opportunity to encourage entrepreneurship among women in particular, and attract the best talent into our team to serve our clients and develop the best products and services. 

If you wish to help us promote these messages, you can support our nomination by

voting here.

 

 

About the competition:

 

According to AFTRI sources, the Russian government published regulation No. 1728 of September 30, 2022, prohibiting the performance of goods transport by foreign carriers or the transit through Russian territory by vehicles registered abroad.

The ban covers all types of road transport operations.

The countries that the ban applies to are EU member states, Norway, the UK, and Ukraine.