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CHEP emphasizes pallet ownership right. If it’s blue, it belongs to CHEP.

CHEP is one of the world’s largest supply chain businesses based on a circular economy, operating a “share and reuse” concept for the pooling of its 345 million pallets, crates, and containers.

Leasing pooled pallets is a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to purchasing one-way white wood pallets, which have steadily increased in cost, commonly exhibit quality issues, and…

Pallet pooling: The optimum supply-chain solution

In a time of rapidly changing supply chains, global pallet-pooling systems offer adaptability, efficiency, and sustainability.

Supply chains are becoming increasingly complex. They have a global reach, health-and-safety compliance is non-negotiable, and developed markets demand sustainable processes.

Markets have become more competitive than ever. Manufacturers must aim to find greater efficiencies wherever possible, while driving a socially and…

Empowering the youth, empowering South Africa

South African businesses have a responsibility to not just create employment opportunities for the youth, but to empower young people to seize opportunities, writes Tebogo Monakedi, Sub-Saharan Africa HR Director at CHEP.

South Africa’s social challenges are well documented and much of the burden of those social challenges falls on our young people.

Far from accepting this situation…

The grocery aisle of the future: an innovative, collaborative space

Grocery stores and supermarkets are likely to undergo significant change in coming years, but they will be defined by partnerships – between tech developers, environmentalists, retailers, and wholesalers.

The ultimate dynamic does not change, though: retailers and manufacturers are both looking to maximise sales in the retail environment.

Supermarkets have long been an innovative space. About 100 years…

Brambles commits to net-zero emissions by 2040 bringing its deadline forward 10 years

Sydney, Australia, 8 June 2022 – Brambles has announced its commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040. The company’s pledge to a 1.5°C climate future was an essential driving force behind its five-year sustainability targets published in 2020. By pledging to align with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, Brambles was already committed to…

Timber process innovation boosts supply-chain sustainability

JOHANNESBURG, 6 June 2022 – An innovative project by the Weatherboard timber sawmill in Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal has boosted efficiencies, saved fuel and reduced environmental impact for the sawmill and its parent company – global supply-chain giant CHEP.

Known as the ‘Raw Material Air Drying Project’, the initiative reduces the moisture content of cut timber to minimise the…