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We’ve already identif ied two other key steps

to continue to reduce the environmental

impact of our logistical f lows in this region

and on a global scale. It will mean stocking

EMEA-manufactured products at our hub

in Asia via a dedicated shipping route

to Malaysia. Orders will then be distributed

via different routes, with shorter distances

to our customers. While today, each one of

our products is manufactured at one single

location, the f inal step would be to develop

our manufacturing capabilities at each site

so that every one of our products can be

manufactured and shipped locally.

We had everything we needed internally

to move forward with this step and

do it well. It took some time, with

just two full-time employees working

on this transitional project and with

the involvement of our third party

logistics partner in Malaysia. Our sales,

administration, supply chain, and

transportation team played supporting

roles in this transition by adapting to

new methods and integrating ways

to manage this new f low of goods.

While the carbon tax probably would

have pushed us to take action in the

coming years, the real catalyst for us

was completing a carbon assessment

in 2020 and setting ambitious goals for

reducing CO

2

emissions. We didn’t wait

for regulations to impose requirements

on us to get started; we’re proud to have

taken a proactive approach.

Gilles Puleio,

Logistics Project Manager

To address this environmental and f inancial

inconsistency, we’ve taken these three

steps:

1. We’ve researched solutions with

a third party logistics partner in Malaysia.

Two Petzl employees joined this team

to support the process.

2. We’ve expanded our inventory

capacity to accommodate a third of

our SKUs, which can be supplied locally

then shipped from this new hub.

3. We’ve started the conversation with

our customers and distributors in the Asia-

Pacif ic zone to gauge their willingness to

place two separate orders: one for products

manufactured and stocked in Asia, and one

for products manufactured and stocked

in France. Overall, they’ve all responded

positively to the idea of this new system

which would allow us to considerably

reduce our respective environmental

impact and improve lead times.

Representing 3.5% of our overall

carbon footprint in 2020, or the

equivalent of 1700 metric tons of CO

2

,

optimizing the f low of goods to and

from the Asia-Pacif ic has allowed us

to reduce our CO

2

emissions, ranging

from a 20% reduction when using

air shipping, to 93% when using only

maritime shipping.

The next challenge will be working with our

customers to f ind solutions that will benef it

them, as well as reduce the use of air

shipping.

#02 REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

Improving Reliability and Reducing

Our Carbon Footprint