Additional expenses for reporting obligations

Many companies will not only have to act more economically, ecologically and socially in the future, they will also have to fulfill reporting obligations. ESG requirements such as the European CSR and CSDD directives and the EU taxonomy are placing increasing demands on the industry. Low thresholds and trickle-down effects in the market are also increasing the pressure on medium-sized forwarding companies, which have to disclose sustainability measures and absorb the additional expense of reporting obligations and CO₂-monitoring.

‘The logistics industry will not let up in its sustainability efforts,’ says Frank Huster, Managing Director of DSLV Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik. ‘However, the current level of bureaucracy ties up too many resources and reduces productivity in companies. However, value creation is a crucial prerequisite for being able to act sustainably.’ Against this backdrop, the DSLV will be discussing the special challenges facing medium-sized forwarding companies in a forum at transport logistic. The German Logistics Association (BVL) will also be discussing ‘Bureaucracy or Opportunity? Deciphering the Economic Value of CSRD & Co.’.

Industry must also operate sustainably. Large companies are therefore relying on a combination of various measures to minimise the climate-damaging effects of their own logistics. These include further increasing vehicle utilisation for transport, making direct deliveries from the factory for shorter transport routes and optimising transport routes with IT support. In addition, some are working with their service providers to electrify road transport. (rok)