Global Bertling News

Our annual Sustainability Training is an important opportunity to align on our progress, challenges, and next steps in our sustainability concept. 

The efforts of everyone in the Middlesbrough office became the deciding factor in the end, as it shows that each of us can and should play our part in improving our environment.

On World Sustainability Day, we highlight BLU4U: our new platform for real-time emission tracking and sustainable logistics management.

We're very proud to receive a silver medal from EcoVadis, with a score equal to or higher than 93% of all companies evaluated. 

On 24 October, we join the global observance of Climate Action Day, a movement initiated by passionate young activists concerned about climate change and global injustices.

Our global offices embraced World Cleanup Day, uniting to clean up local surroundings and contribute to a cleaner planet.

Today is World Rainforest Day! Support our initiatives to protect these vital ecosystems, crucial for biodiversity, climate regulation, and essential resources.

Join Bertling's Bike to Work Days from June 3-7, 2024. Promote sustainable commuting and support charity by biking to work.

We are thrilled to announce that our Bremen office participated in the Cleanup Days campaign held between 12 and 13 April 2024 in Bremen, Germany.

We herewith announce that Bertling Logistics has been awarded Bronze status in the EcoVadis Sustainability Score for 2024.

As part of our commitment to environmental responsibility, we are proud to announce our initiative towards sustainable office decoration across all our global offices.

Earth Hour is an annual global event that encourage to turn off non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol of their commitment to the planet.

Today, 21 March 2024, is the International Day of Forests - we're excited to invite you to join us in recognizing the invaluable role forests play in sustaining life on our planet.

Global Recycling Day is about raising awareness about the importance of recycling and taking action to reduce waste and promote sustainability.

We are delighted to announce our updated and completed Sustainability Report based on the requirements of the GRI Reporting Standards 2016.

Energy Efficiency Day is an initiative to raise awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption. There are many simple actions we can take all year long to keep Energy Usage at sustainable levels.

This project supports landless farmers in implementing soil and water conservation, enrichment planting and applying improved management techniques.

The International Day of Education is dedicated to recognizing education as a fundamental human right, a public good, and a shared societal responsibility.

Make mindful choices that minimize the environmental impact of the holiday season with our ideas for a more sustainable Christmas.

The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act is a new German law that requires companies to carry out analyses of its supply chain to identify..

Our green focus is on finding innovative ways to proactively reduce our carbon footprint in all our global offices.

With the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entering its transitional phase 1 October 2023, EU member states need to consider...

Starting from January 2024, the maritime industry will be affected by the new ETS regulations. Consequently this is anticipated to result in higher...

On 24 October, we join the global observance of Climate Action Day, a movement initiated by passionate young activists concerned about climate change and global injustices.

Our global offices embraced the spirit of "Bertling Cleanup Days" and united our efforts to clean up our local surroundings and contribute to a cleaner planet.

To reduce the environmental impact of CO2 emissions in the future, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has introduced a new carbon levy: IMO 2023.

After a week of negotiations in IMO’s climate committee, MEPC has secured a revised climate strategy up to 2050. 

A revised greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy has been adopted by the IMO member states to target net zero emissions by 2050. 

We're very proud to receive a silver medal from EcoVadis, with a score equal to or higher than 86% of all companies evaluated. 

The previous forest protection global offsetting project in Colombia was replaced by the forest protection project in Brazil.

World Environment Day is celebrated in over 100 countries, it’s organised by the UN each year and this year's focus is on “Beat Plastic pollution”. World Environment Day also celebrates its 50th anniversary.

World Bicycle Day is a global celebration that invites us to recognize and appreciate the bicycle's unique qualities, durability, and versatility.

Bike to Work Week 2023 takes place from 15-21 May 2023. International Bike to Work Day is on Friday, 19 May 2023! We are happy to participate again.

28 April is World Safety. As the day approaches we decided to reach out to our colleagues to discuss this year's topic – A safe working environment.

Today, 25 April 2023, marks “Tag des Baumes“(Day of the Tree) in Germany. We would like to use this occasion to remind everyone about the importance of trees for life on our planet.

On International Earth Day, we join people around the world in celebrating the beauty and diversity of our planet and renewing our commitment to protecting it for future generations.

Saturday, 25 March 2023, marks Earth Hour, which encourages cities, companies, organizations, and each other to spend 60 minutes with something to positively contribute to our planet. 

22 March is World Water Day, a day to recognize the importance of freshwater and raise awareness about the global water crisis.

Today, 21 March 2023, is the International Day of Forests - a perfect day to support our latest Forest Protection Projects!

18 March is Global Recycling Day and we're proud to highlight the important work that Bertling Enviro is doing to promote sustainability and circular economy principles in the waste and resource management sector.

We have asked our global offices to switch to LED light bulbs to support our emission reduction goals and complete our Sustainability goal for January. 

The previous biomass global offsetting project was replaced by the forest protection project in Colombia.

Bertling Sweden convinced their client Renova to offset the emissions generated during a recent Container transport from Felixstowe to Gothenburg. 

All Bertling employees in Germany have now been offered the opportunity to lease a discounted company bike!

Our offices in the USA take their role in Environmental Responsibility very seriously.

Bertling Dubai participated in the event called “Can Collection Drive” under the motto of “CANcel the Linear, Enable the Circular”. 

On today’s Climate Wednesday we are happy to share the updated version of our sustainability report for Bertling Logistics.

We are happy to announce that our colleagues from Bertling Logistics in Lima have carried out a cleanup of the beaches and parks in the district of Miraflores.

Today we were happy to gather colleagues from our Logistics, Shipping, IT and our corporate teams to attend a clean-up session in the Hamburg city center.

We keep reviewing our sustainability solution on a regular basis, which also involves the global offsetting projects our clients can choose from for emission compensation.

Bertling Miami went to Crandon Park Beach, FL for World Clean Up Day 2022. We would like to share some of the moments captured...

In collaboration with Dubai Municipality, our Bertling colleagues and family in Dubai participated in a beach cleanup activity called #anhourwiththecleaner. 

Our colleagues from Bertling Logistics Sweden organized their own cleanup session, in connection with International Coastal Day and World Cleanup Day.

Our colleagues from Bertling Logistics Indonesia organized their own Cleanup Day activity to participate #WCD22 and took some action to clean up and pick up litter in the field behind our office...

Our teams Hamburg, Bremen and Neuss collect donations for the Hanseatic Help Project which supports refugees from Ukraine in Hamburg.

On World Environment Day, our valued client TengizChevroil (TCO) invited all the TCO and Tengiz-based business...

When entering our Bertling Gothenburg office, you can immediately see and feel that Sustainability is high on the agenda among the team. The office has...

Today, 22 June is World Rainforest Day – an important environmental event to keep raising awareness, knowledge, and action to protect one of the Earth’s most valuable resources...

Protecting the environment is very important. For this reason, the entire electricity demand of BESITEC is covered by electricity produced from 100% renewable energy sources.

Today, 8 June 2022, is World Oceans Day, and we are happy to support the Global Clean the Ocean Project operated by our offsetting partner...

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June and is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment.

We're happy to share some pictures of our recent tree planting action in the Harz Mountains, in Germany for “Love a Tree Day”.

Calculate the carbon footprint for your shipments by using our online Carbon Footprint Tracker. Click on the first button of the sticky menu...

We are pleased to announce another important step on our way to become are more sustainable business: As from March this year, we are a proud Plant My Tree Bronze Member and...