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Sustainble urban delivery of Water

Source: blog.aquaservice.com

Sector
Water (beverage)
Keywords
Water Supply Urban Delivery Electric Vehicles Sustainable Development Goals
From which SME is it?
Aquaservice
Location
Valencia, Spain
Format
Physical
Years of implementation
2018 - ongoing
Website
https://www.aquaservice.com/sostenibilidad-medio-ambiente
Abstract

Aquaservice is a company dedicated to the supply of water to particulars and company in larget formats (fountains of drinking water). Delivering the water is an important challenge for them. And thus, this is the first company in Spain to carry our urban delivery with electric trucks. They incorporated the first 7.5-ton 100% electric model into their fleet, to make cities more sustainable spaces.

Relevance

This action is focused on a specific goal of reduction of CO2e emissions, with significant actions made in different aspects of the production to achieve this goal, for higher results, taking in account that other SDG are involved in the company.

SDG 5 and SDG 8. Decent job creation; Fair and equal salary policies; Continuous training; Safe work environment

SDG 7: Use of clean energy; Photovoltaic panels

SDG 11: Contributes to the circular economy, which collects, reuses, and recycles its products

SDG 12: Development of a circular economy that collects, reuses, and recycles its products.

SDG 13: Zero Paper Policy; Efficient use of resources; Clean energies.

SDG 14: Adoption of technologies for the development of a sustainable industry; Creation of the Innovation Department.

SDG 15: Hybrid truck fleet + route optimization; Sustainable bottles; Zero paper

Concepts addressed within ESG
  • Social,
  • labour well fair.
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Environment
Impact & Achieved Results

With all these actions Aquaservice is 100% Carbon Neutral Bottled Water Company.

Certifications

ISO 140001, ISO 22000 with SGS

IFS FOOD Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) 

Challenges and recommendations

The best tip given by Aquaservice on sustainable action would be to fix achievable goals with different sections of the production and distribution.

When it comes to reducing CO2e emissions and other SDG, Aquaservice is working since many years, trying to improve step by step, studying with measures will be the most urgent and important related with investments. Aquaservice tries to implement actions every year.

You can find some tips about how improve your sustainable travels:

- Use public transport whenever possible

- Look for company mobility plans, the intention of which is to offer mobility alternatives to workers who have very limited possibilities of accessing certain jobs by public transport.

Bibliography

Aquaservice (2020), Aquaservice, escogida por Forbes Summit como ejemplo de economía circular nativa. Retrieved from Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShfOKyMIW9g