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Xavier Roux, Supply Chain Director, Avril Group
A partnership with a thousand transporters to run on biofuel
At the end of 2021, Avril, a producer of vegetable oils and proteins (notably Lesieur oil), announced its intention to accelerate the decarbonisation of its supply chain. The focus is on improving the carbon balance of its road transport flows. The aim is to reduce CO2 emissions from these flows by 60% by 2025. As a result, by 2023, 50% of the group's chartered truck fleets will be running on Oleo100 and by 2025, 100% on Oleo100, the B100 energy. This 100% renewable biofuel is produced by the seed processing subsidiary Saipol from exclusively French rapeseed.
This approach is in line with Avril's raison d'être, "Serving the Earth", to reduce all its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. In transport, a thousand transport companies are involved, from logistics giants to very small businesses. All specifications now include carbon impact in their criteria, along with service quality and cost. This approach was initiated by the company Lesieur. Last July, as part of its membership of the FRET21 collective initiative, it announced its ambition to decarbonise all its transport flows by 25% within 3 years. In 2022 other companies in the group will follow suit.
To succeed in a mission of this magnitude, the notion of an extended supply chain, including subcontracting, is essential. The project concerns both upstream freight (transporting raw materials to industrial sites) and downstream freight (transporting finished products to its customers: farmers, processors or distributors).
Today, no carrier can afford not to have a decarbonisation ambition, but it is up to the principals to create a partnership with each one. The challenge is to make people understand that these actions do not only serve the Avril group but also the planet. The key point of our world without borders is mutual understanding.
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Strong tensions on employment
A few days ago, the IT publisher Hardis announced its intention to recruit 340 people in 2022 to support the group's growth. Two days later, the service provider ID Logistics also indicated that it wanted to hire 1,000 employees over the next few months in a variety of functions. These two examples are not isolated. In a context of strong economic recovery, many companies need to strengthen their teams. The problem is that logistics is still not the stuff of dreams, and in times of tight employment, companies in the sector often find it very difficult to attract talent. In the collective imagination, logistics is still strongly associated with operations that are not very rewarding. While the economic indicators are rather favourable, is it not absurd to penalise recruitment because of an image deficit that is far removed from reality? If we consider that the attractiveness of the sector is a real national issue, it is time that the general public had a better knowledge of our professions. And that they hear about Supply Chain on the 8 o'clock news in terms of value creation, technology, sustainable development, strategy, organisation and management.
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