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Woodland is on the Ball to cut carbon emissions

[ December 8, 2022   //   ]

Woodland Group says it has helped Ball Beverage Packaging cut its UK inbound supply chain emissions by 82% between March 2021 and September 2022. Ball makes infinitely recyclable aluminium beverage cans with 25 plants in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia alone.

With its Doncaster facility located next to the iPort rail hub, Woodland Group initiated a new rail route for Ball, achieving substantial carbon reduction savings. The rail initiative allowed the company to reduce Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA’s inland carbon footprint by 886 tonnes of carbon across 1442 FEU’s (forty-foot equivalent containers) or 4.35 times less than if all the containers travelled by road.

The project also meant the freight trucking system ran more efficiently, resulting in less demurrage penalties for the late collection of containers and goods compared to the previous year.

Woodland also installed motion sensing LED lighting at Ball’s Doncaster site, delivering a 70% reduction in cost and energy consumption.

Woodland Group and Ball forged a partnership in February 2021 to pioneer carbon-conscious supply chain projects.

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