On a journey to a better world

The importance of sustainable logistics is growing. Smarter and greener solutions are required. But most importantly, sustainability begins with oneself. Van den Bosch wants to contribute to positive, sustainable and dependable change in the supply chain through intelligent innovation.

As a logistics service provider, we inevitably make demands on our environment every day. But we are going to turn this around. By 2030, we aim to be the industry leader in terms of sustainability. Contributing, together with our partners, to a better world. The ambition is great and the bar is set high.

Transition to sustainability
When it comes to sustainability, we’re using our knowledge and experience to accelerate the pace of change. Over the past decade, we have been actively transitioning to a greener model. At least ninety-five percent of our transport is now intermodal. This ensures significant CO₂ savings every day. And, due to the development of smart equipment, we have also increased payload to reduce the number of overall transport movements.

ISO 14083
Van den Bosch is the first carrier worldwide to be independently verified for CO₂ emission calculations and reporting that meet the applicable requirements from ISO 14083:2023. We are also the only company in the world to have both an in-house CO₂ calculation and a CO₂ platform that meet ISO 14083 requirements and allow CO₂ emissions to be calculated and allocated throughout the supply chain. It also enables us to allocate CO₂ emissions per activity. 

Greener supply chains
Our partners experience daily how we help them achieve their CO₂ targets. Together, we look for new opportunities to make the supply chain more sustainable. For example, we map CO₂ emissions per scenario and possibly per order. We share these results with the customer. In this way, we help them to do business optimally, sustainably and smarter themselves. 

Sustainable leader
If you want to be a leader in sustainability, you have to set a good example. We are therefore working hard to minimise our footprint and are exploring the use of smart and sustainable innovations, such as electric- and hydrogen-powered transport. Topics such as sustainable employability, training & development as well as quality & safety are also high on the agenda to achieve our sustainability goals.

UN Global Compact
Van den Bosch is a member of the UN Global Compact. This initiative is a call for companies worldwide to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles (Ten Principles) in the areas of human rights, labour environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

EcoVadis sustainability rating
EcoVadis helps companies evaluate their sustainability performance, aiming to improve environmental and social practices. Van den Bosch managed to score a silver medal in all areas of the evaluation in 2023.

Operation Clean Sweep
Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) is a programme for the environmentally-responsible management of plastics and aims to design all business processes (including transport) when processing plastics so that no plastics enter the environment. Van den Bosch transports various types of plastics on a daily basis, which is why it made a public commitment to contribute to this goal in 2018 by signing the OCS pledge.

Support for UNICEF
As a logistics service provider, we transport food products on a daily basis. Hunger in the world is something that affects us enormously. Of course we cannot solve this problem ourselves, but we can take our social responsibility. That’s why we have been supporting UNICEF in its activities since 2011. Read more.

Want to contribute to a better environment too?
Interested about the sustainability benefits you could achieve? We would be happy to discuss the possibilities for making your supply chain more sustainable.