THE LEAN & GREEN PROGRAM

The road to zero emission logistics

ABOUT LEAN & GREEN

A nonprofit program to accelerate sustainable logistics

Join the Leading Carbon Reduction Program for Logistics.

The Lean & Green program can provide companies with verified recognition for achieving CO2-reduction targets in the logistical operation.

Start your own CO2 Action Plan based on our 5 Star Framework with annual monitoring of CO2 emissions and projects for continuous improvement.

Community

SHARING KNOWLEDGE

The community of Lean & Green participants is open and willing to share their experience and best practices.

Insights

MEASURE AND REDUCE

Annual monitoring of carbon emissions lead to better understanding how to further reduce your CO2.

Recognition

AUDIT ON CARBON REDUCTION

Every Star symbolizes an achieved reduction target and has been verified by an external party or accountant.

NATIONAL PARTNERS

11 National Programs in Europe

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Why participate?

Action Plan. Measure and reduce.
Knowledge. Community with experience.
Verification. Audit on your carbon reduction.

Vision

our dream

Excellerate sustainability in logistics to climate positive

Mission

our plan

Annual measurement and reduction. Share knowledge, innovations and solutions with the community.

'Paris'

and beyond...

The 5 Star framework is aligned with the international climate agreements.

55%

reduction of CO2

Leading companies have already achieved 55% reduction through the first 4 Stars.

600

participating companies

The Lean & Green International program is a not for profit foundation and has a community of over 600 participating companies.

national partners

Besides the international program Lean & Green is available on national level in 11 countries. And growing...

Lean & Green

Program features

We combine corporate responsibility for reducing footprints with continuous improvement of operational performance and value for customers.
We strongly supports the exchange of best practices between members.
We develop community-driven practical tools and guidelines for applying international emission calculation standards.
We actively cooperates with standardization bodies such as ISO and GLEC to bring the voice of the community in the discussions.
We are practical, data driven and evidence based, with community driven labels.
We support confidential, anonymous and competition-proof benchmarking on a voluntary basis between members, within closed user groups.
We support the incorporation of various national sustainability programs into an international label.
We supports the development of dependable and usable indicators and references, based on community experiences.

THE ROUTE TO 0% CO2 EMISSION

LEAN

To deal with this continuously changing logistics market, it is important to be agile and innovative. Lean & Green provides insight into the resources that are available and what the added value of these can be for your company to organize this more efficiently and effectively. Lean & Green participants look at how they can make things structurally smarter and more sustainable within and outside their organization and are concerned with the scalability of these solutions.

GREEN

Participants who participate are aware of their added value to the future of the logistics sector and feel a responsibility to do something with it. They are a tangible example for other companies to also contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. We help our Lean & Green participants to find the right balance between a streamlined organization and environmentally conscious entrepreneurship. Participate?

THE PROGRAM

Your Action Plan for Carbon Reduction in Logistics.

To reach the ‘Paris Climate Goals’ we face a big challenge in reducing our carbon emissions, including logistics.

Therefor, the Lean & Green Program will not only provide you with a proven 5 Star framework for carbon reduction, but also a growing community of companies willing to share their learnings.

We help you measure and reduce CO2 and get verified recognition for achieving your reduction targets.

The road to zero emission logistics starts here.

Over 600 companies throughout Europe and North America lead the way.

Join, and start your own path to reduction.

Learn more about the program