BIFA Launches Sustainable Logistics Policy Group to Tackle Environmental Challenges
UK freight forwarder group BIFA has created a new sustainable logistics policy group to help support members on environmental and sustainability issues.
The new group will be managed by Mike Jones, who is the organisation’s policy advisor for sustainability & environment.
The organisation said that it had for a number of years been monitoring the legislation, tracking any new regulations, and delivering advice to its corporate members on various environmental issues such as plastic packaging and the problems surrounding its disposal, as well as the development of different fuel types and their respective merits and de-merits.
However, it decided to form the new policy group to help identify and report to the association and its members on environmental-related issues which may in the future have an impact upon their businesses, or in fact are already doing so.
The group help its first meeting earlier this month, where members discussed how the policy group could work to provide guidance to the association in order to deliver meaningful support on environmental and sustainability issues as they impact the UK and the international freight services industry.
Future meetings will discuss how to agree and set the association’s policy on all matters concerning environmental matters.
At the first meeting, director general, Steve Parker emphasised the significance of this new policy group and urged members that were present to encourage other members to engage with the group and attend future meetings.
“All BIFA members are at different stages of their journey in regards to the development of policy that addresses environmental and sustainability issues within the supply chains that they manage,” he said.
“By participating in this policy group, members will be able to help shape best practice guidance; and influence how BIFA can represent members’ interests on this subject in our interaction with Government and other stakeholders that are developing legislation on the matter.”
