Energy Management
We are continuously working to increase our energy efficiency and
are looking to generate more of our own electricity from renewable sources.
Good energy management can have a major impact from both an environmental and an economic
perspective. Not only is it our main lever for increasing efficiency; it is also indispensable when
it comes to achieving our climate protection targets. Our environmental and energy policy, which is
available online, is commensurate with this. Among other things, it commits us to continuously and
systematically reducing our energy consumption and emissions and to steadily improving our
performance in the overriding areas of energy and the environment
www.blg-logistics.com/en/sustainability
Energy planning at the individual locations is carried out by our on-site energy officers. In
addition to systematic data capture, their remit involves regular energetic evaluations as well as
documenting planned and implemented measures. All activities are monitored and managed by a central
Management Accounting department. In the reporting year, our energy management system was
recertified according to DIN EN ISO 50001 at 28 locations. Furthermore, our environmental management
system has already been certified since 2014 in accordance with DIN EN ISO 14001 at all our German
auto terminals and transport centers in the AUTOMOBILE Division as well as at 12 more locations in
the CONTRACT Division.
Clean consumption data as a basis for our action
If we are to permanently reduce our energy consumption – and hence our greenhouse gas emissions – we
need to identify how much energy our processes and facilities consume.
Our energy officers on site obtain the relevant information through decentralized recording,
validation and evaluation. The only exception to this is sites whose energy consumption we cannot
control. The consumption of all fully consolidated companies is aggregated by the central
Sustainability department as part of the annual energy and CO2 accounting.
To further increase data transparency and accuracy and in particular to record and track the impact
of our measures more easily, we introduced the EnEffCo energy management software in the reporting
year. This allows not only more detailed, but also largely automated recording and evaluation of our
energy consumption, and consequently even more targeted identification of potential savings. The
software has already helped us identify anomalies and improve validation. Our German sites will
continue to be gradually incorporated in 2023, so that automated monitoring via user-defined
dashboards will be possible across sites and businesses. In addition, we will introduce new key
performance indicators and collect further data.
Percentage share of energy consumption 2022
broken down according to divisions and business areas
Energy consumption in the reporting year
Compared with the previous year, we lowered our total consumption by around 11.5 percent to 241 GWh,
which was reflected across all energy sources with the exception of district and local heating and
automotive gas consumption. In addition to various measures to increase energy efficiency, which are
explained on the following pages, external factors also contributed to this significant reduction,
as described above in the Climate Protection section. For example, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also
had a knock-on effect in this regard, with the resulting decline in business leading to lower fuel
requirements and consequently to a 20 GWh drop in energy consumption.
