Editorial Material Flow 10/16
Came to stay
We have come to stay, sang the German band Wir sind Helden once. While the Berlin musicians have long since deservedly disappeared into oblivion, it has come to stay: Sustainability as an elementary component of green logistics. Nothing and nobody has managed to kill it, not even journalists. It has neither become obsolete nor superfluous.
Instead, progress on both large and small levels is unmistakable. At the end of September, India, the third largest producer of greenhouse gases, announced its willingness to cooperate on climate protection and even in Bavaria, the upper political levels are slowly but surely realizing that power cables cannot be laid by Siemens air hooks. From India via Bavaria to intralogistics.
How is sustainability faring here? As our "Green Logistics" issue shows once again this year: very well. After all, intralogistics has managed to reconcile economy and ecology with the pragmatism typical of logisticians like almost no other industry. What company can seriously object to lower energy consumption and longer product lifecycles? That ergonomic improvements promote employee satisfaction and productivity in equal measure?
Our experience from conversations with you, dear readers, and from the material flow round tables this year is that we have not yet reached the end of the road when it comes to innovation. This gives us confidence that we can all "shape change", which is the motto of the upcoming German Logistics Congress. See you in Berlin!
Kind regards from Haar,
Martin SchrüferManaging Editor-in-Chief Material Flow, LT-manager
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