En route to sustainable logistics Vol.2

November 16,2022

"Our strength is in being able to offer multiple modes of transport which can be combined based on the priorities of reducing lead time, cost, and carbon footprint ," explains Akira Unno, executive officer, corporate strategy headquarters, DX promotion division, sustainability promotion division, NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC.

Unno heads the newly established Sustainability Promotion Division along with the DX Promotion Division, helming two key managerial goals of the forwarder.

Akira Unno, executive officer for the corporate strategy headquarters for Nippon Express Holdings, Inc, heads up the company's new Sustainability Promotion Division and DX Promotion Division

Recent digital transformation efforts and partnerships with technology leaders such as NEC have generated digital solutions to complement the group's physical assets.

Last year, Nippon Express launched a visualisation system which allows customers to precisely calculate the amount of CO2 emissions depending on different combinations of transport modes within Japan, as well as a service which generates emission reports for disclosure purposes.

The company is currently developing this digital service for international freight forwarding. Such services will be especially useful for larger global companies needing to track emissions across their value chains and those facing disclosure requirements compliant with EU taxonomy guidelines, for example.

This content was paid for and produced by Nippon Express in partnership with the Commercial Department of the Financial Times.