Environment | Thortrans og environmental protection

At Thortrans, we want to do as much as we can to promote sustainability and the green agenda, in everything we do as a company. Here is a little about what we are doing to meet our goals:

All our employees must be aware of what we can do to protect and make the environmental impact as small as possible. Everyone in the company takes responsibility for ensuring that we use as little energy as possible and treat all waste environmentally correct.

We focus on a healthy and safe working environment for our employees and others who come in connection with the company's activities.

We focus on reducing electricity, heating and water consumption in all buildings. We are constanly in dialogue with business partners, industry organizations and authorities in regards to the company's environmental work.

In October 2019, Thortrans co-founded the Fund, the Global Material & Asset Fund, www.materials.fund The Fund aims to ensure sustainable global recycling of the world's resources through circular, traceable recycling of plastics that can be marked, traced and recycled using a unique technology. The fund's business plan supports the UN 17 global goals.
In the summer of 2023, Thortrans chose to withdraw from Global Material & Asset Fund to focus on the transport industry.
In 2019, Thortrans was named the year student education company by HK Privat East Jutland.https://www.hk.dk/aktuelt/nyheder/2019/12/16/aarets-elevplads-og-aarets-elev-er-kaaret
In 2019 we ran the first test where the fuel was HVO Diesel, HVO Biodiesel is a 100% biological diesel fuel that has almost the same technical characteristics as fossil diesel.

In 2019, we purchased the first 100% electric-powered electric car, which has a range of more than 400 km on a charge
In September 2018, Thortrans Randers A / S became the first logistics company in the world FSC-Recycled, certified in the field of recycled products, one of the products being a wooden pallet made of heat treated waste wood and at the same time a member of FSC Denmark. A strong desire to promote the green agenda lies behind the decision.https://dk.fsc.org/dk-dk/presse-og-downloads/nyheder/id/1470
In April 2018, Thortrans won the Danish Transport Award as the growth business of the year. The award went to Thortrans because the company's strategy and IT development has created growth and jobs and made Thortrans one of the leading transport companies within furniture logistics https://itd.dk/nyheder/itd-nyt/2018/thortrans-vandt-danish-transport-award-2018/
In November 2017, Thortrans was awarded the CRS award by Randers municipality. The CSR award is awarded in recognition of the companies' overall efforts and contributions to creating an inclusive labor market in Randers Municipality.
In December 2016, Thortrans, together with the organizationsJysk Børnforsorgen og Randers Bo og Erhvervstræning , founded the Social Economy Fund, the GOGGS Foundation "Gold and Green Forests" www.goggs.dk the fund must create jobs for people with reduced working capacity and socially disadvantaged, the profits from the fund's work must go to charitable purposes. The fund operates among other things. the recycling shop Finderiet www.finderiet.dk which creates jobs for people with reduced ability to work. Thortrans offers all customers a collaboration where they can donate their surplus furniture or similar to the recycling shop Finderiet, for the benefit of the environment and to create jobs for people with reduced working capacity in the social economy recycling shop Finderiet .

Our drivers

Our Drivers are all trained in fuel efficient driving, and are constantly working to reduce their consumption of fuel, to reduce the cost and environmental impact.

The ongoing training of drivers also contributes to increasing road safety. Behavioral changes at our employees' combined with the safety equipment of our newly purchased trucks help create a good framework for employees and customers.

We carefully measure each lorry's fuel consumption, and our customers can get information on exactly how much their specifik transport has consumed in regards to fuel and the associated CO2 emissions.

Our vehicles

Our trucks have built-in idle module, which is a program that ensures that they are not idle for more than 1 minute and use unnecessary fuel. This is in line with the idle regulations that apply in all major cities.

All cars are followed with fuel consumption, service and tachograph download via. online data exchange, all cars are equipped with PDA, email system and navigation. New cars are equipped with distance radar, with stop and go, PPC, "Predictive Powertrain Control" intelligent cruise control, cyclist camera and Appel Carplay.

We make sure that our trucks always have the ideal tire pressure to reduce fuel consumption, wear and tire crashes, all newly purchased trucks have wireless tire pressure monitoring.

Our trucks and trailers have from the first day been fitted with retreaded tire, bogie tires and trailer tires, a Retreaded truck tire reduce CO2 load by 40%, and material consumption by 70%, it is good for the environment and ensures a circular recycling. When the tires can no longer be used as a tire, they are sent for reuse.
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Our trucks are limited to not driving above 85 km / h.

In 2019, Thortrans purchased its first electric car

All newly purchased trucks must at least meet the EURO 6 standard.

Garage and truck wash

The workshop is equipped with solar panels on the roof. The solar cells supply most of the power we use in the workshop, but we still save on the power consumption; appliances that are not in use are switched off.

In our Truck wash we use environmentally friendly soaps and water-saving nozzles to minimize water consumption and protect the environment as much as possible.

Environmentally hazardous waste

In our garage we sort all environmentally hazardous waste in seperate containers. This waste is subsequently destroyed according to the legislation: Metals are recycled and old oil collected and cleaned for recycling.
Oils, batteries, spray cans and brake linings are treated according to special regulations. Waste water is cleaned by an oil separator, which is a tank that separates the oil from the water, which is emptied by the municipality.

All other waste is sorted into the right containers.

Warehouse and distribution center

We use LED lights and light control system, we have a system that dims the light automatically, we use LED in all installations in warehouses, workshops and offices.

We switch off electrical appliances that are not in use or for charging.

We sort and recycle our waste. everything that can be recycled is recycled. Waste paper is collected and sent for shredding and recycling. Cardboard is used for example. for box fill in our transport boxes. Plastic and aluminum are sorted and sent for recycling.

We recycle defective pallets of wood, they are repaired or reused. The pallets we manufacture are FSC Recyceled approved and made of heat treated wood.

Forklifts All our trucks in our trucking and warehouse department, runs on electricity.

Office

Our IT and Geo-coding. We plan all our trips electronically and geocodes to reduce the mileage. Several of our internal processes are controlled by artificial intelligence, where the robot performs the manual tasks. The office can communicate electronically with all drivers and trucks, trips can be run paperless, fully integrated customers can end signer on the driver's PDA when receiving goods "sign on glass" Our system can document deliveries with geocodes and advise customers on delivery by mail and sms .

We save on power. Computers and other appliances should be put on standby when not in use. With Climate Saver ©, we have a system that automatically shuts off power to appliances that are left unused.

We only print, anything on paper that cannot be sent or stored electronically.

E-Invoice We mail, our invoices to our customers; This reduces paper consumption and delivers the invoice quickly to the right person.

Electronics scrap, is handed in separately so it can be recycled safely.

As a customer of Thortrans, you are a customer of a transport company that thinks sustainably and that delivers environmentally friendly and green logistics. Thortrans supports the UN's 17 World Sustainable Development Goals.

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Further information

If you would like to know more about what we do at Thortrans Randers A/S to contribute to a better environment, please contact us at the following address:

Thortrans Randers A/S
Frederiksdalvej 14
DK-8940 Randers SV
Tlf: +45 8643 8611
Fax: +45 8644 7528
Email: mail@thortrans.dk

Environment and sustainability

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Our drivers

Our vehicles

Garage and truck wash

Environmentally hazardous waste

Warehouse and distribution center

Office

As a customer of Thortrans, you are a customer of a transport company that thinks sustainably and that delivers environmentally friendly and green logistics. Thortrans supports the UN's 17 World Sustainable Development Goals.

Further information