Dear readers,
Once again, a year characterized by a variety of changes, challenges and also uncertainties lies
behind us. It is therefore all the more important that our values and common goals provide us with a
collective compass that guides and gives us direction irrespective of external circumstances and
ensures that we don’t lose sight of the ultimate objective. Everyone at BLG LOGISTICS again made an
important contribution to this in 2022: it’s the people who work for and with us who turn
possibilities into results. This applies to our commercial success as well as to the further
development of our sustainability agenda.
While we had all hoped that after two years of pandemic we would finally be able to see a growing
return to normality, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has confronted us with a totally new European
reality. It currently feels as if one crisis is following immediately on the heels of the last – and
yes, the high energy prices, the sharp rise in inflation and the shortage of skilled labor are also
taking their toll on our company in the here and now. And yet, it is crucial that we think long-term
and that we continue to do our homework, for example when it comes to tackling climate change. With
the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz) and the EU
Taxonomy, policy¬makers have defined new prerequisites for a sustainable economy.
But we do not regard sustainability as a requirement imposed on us from outside. For BLG,
sustainability has long been more than merely a non-committal management and communication task.
Sustainability is an integral part of our DNA and a basic premise for our success.
This long-term orientation is one of the reasons for our decision to commit to the UN Global Compact
(UNGC), which we signed up to in August 2022. The world’s largest and most important initiative for
responsible corporate governance aims to strategically anchor sustainability in business so that
companies are in the best possible position to make a contribution to achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals. We have long supported the UNGC’s ten principles, but now we have also committed
to them formally.
In combination with our own policies and sustainability goals, these principles will serve as
benchmarks for our actions in the coming years. These benchmarks are visible in our C3 Bremen
lighthouse project, a logistics facility that sets economic, environmental and social standards.
Looking back one last time, we can say that we also mastered the year of multiple crises well on the
whole. Moving forward, we will focus on what lies ahead – and on the possibilities that we at BLG
intend to harness together, as always.
Cordially yours,
Frank Dreeke
Chairman of the Board of Management
