Dachser invests in sustainability research

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Family enterprise endows the European Business School with a Professorial Chair in Sustainability in Logistics & Supply Chain Management.

Kempten/Wiesbaden, 8 February 2010. The internationally operating logistics provider Dachser pledges to endow a Professorial Chair in Sustainability in Logistics & Supply Chain Management at the European Business School (EBS) in Wiesbaden. The first incumbent will be Prof. Dr Julia Wolf.

“In making this commitment we wish to generate fresh impetus in the logistics industry and society as a whole to work even harder to tackle the issue of sustainability,” says Bernhard Simon, spokesman for the Dachser management. The internationally operating family-owned company has for years been committed to environmental, economic and social sustainability.

“The Chair will make it possible to explore a range of issues connected to sustainability and logistics in a comprehensive and focused way, in an international context,” explains Prof. Dr Julia Wolf. The new Chair, which was created in January 2010, has a very extensive research brief. It proposes to explain scientifically how logistics strategies can be successfully geared towards sustainability; how sustainability targets can be measured and therefore monitored and how the implementation processes should be structured. A further work area is collaboration with industry. “As well as Dachser, we want to enthuse other companies with our ideas so that they will make the leap from theory to practice,” says Prof. Dr Christopher Jahns, President of the EBS and Executive Director of the Supply Chain Management Institute.

“A new generation of workers who have benefited from excellent training is a society’s most important resource. That is why Dachser regards supporting universities and students as a logical investment in the future,” stresses Bernhard Simon, spokesman for the Dachser management.

In 2008, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, generated total revenue of EUR 3.6 billion. 18,175 staff working in 305 profit centres worldwide handled 43.3 million consignments weighing a total of 29.1 million tonnes.

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