IATA turning green?(forster's focus)

In a small room, away from the big draws of industry economics and security at IATA's World Cargo Symposium in Bangkok last month, a handful of attendees, some excellent speakers and I, had some very interesting discussions about environment, climate change, and green logistics.

Orla Hahn of DHL spoke on how climate change has been integrated into DHL's operations through the GoGreen program. Driven from the top throughout its operations, DHL measures and monitors its carbon footprint across divisions, using internally developed Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to encourage compliance. An increasing number of supply chain customers are interested in establishing their carbon footprints and pushing information needs back onto …