May 21, 2024
- Juan José Guajardo-Fajardo collected the award on behalf of the company at a ceremony held at El Beatriz, Madrid.
Logista, one of Europe’s largest logistics operators, was honoured in the Sustainability and SDGs category with Actualidad Económica’s 100 Best Ideas award for its innovative initiative to recycle old uniforms.
Logista has collected more than 3.5 tonnes of textile material from its old work uniforms to turn them into blankets that have been woven at various social inclusion workshops. The company thus shows its commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility while supporting social inclusion initiatives.
This project, run alongside Circoolar, is an initiative that combines the circular economy and social commitment, since the blankets produced were donated to the Red Cross for people at risk of social exclusion.
The award was collected by Juan José Guajardo-Fajardo, Logista’s HR, Marketing and Communication Manager, at a ceremony held at El Beatriz Madrid, which brought together the winners of the 100 Best Ideas and was chaired by Rocío Albert López-Ibor, Minister of Finance and the Civil Service of the Region of Madrid.
Juan José Guajardo-Fajardo highlighted during the event that: “This award is a recognition of Logista’s continuous effort to integrate sustainable practices into all our activities. Our uniform recycling project is just one example of how we seek to reduce our environmental impact and contribute to a fairer and more sustainable future”
About Logista - www.logista.com
Logista is one of the largest logistics operators in Europe and specialises in distribution to local channels. It regularly serves almost 200,000 points of sale in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and Poland and offers the best and fastest market access to a wide range of convenience products, pharmaceuticals, electronic top-up, books, publications, tobacco and lotteries, among others It is also notable for being the largest transport network in Spain, which is also certified in food safety.
Logista has a team of highly qualified professionals made up of more than 7,450 direct employees and a large number of collaborators such as Nacex franchisees, Logista Parcel delegates, drivers, etc. Employees and collaborators all work focused on serving their customers in the most efficient way and adapted to their needs.
Commitment to sustainability
Logista has maintained its leadership position in CDP, which recognises global leaders in the fight against climate change, for eight consecutive years. Logista is the only European logistics company to have been listed in this category over this period. CDP has also recognised Logista’s work as a driver of sustainable change throughout its value chain and has listed it in the Supplier Engagement Leader category.
Furthermore, Logista’s firm commitment to sustainability was recognised in October 2024 by Sustainalytics, one of the world’s foremost evaluators of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance. After assessing the Company’s ESG criteria, it has awarded it an ESG risk rating of 16.5 points, thus classifying it as being at Low Risk of experiencing material financial exposure to ESG factors and certifying it as Industry TOP RATED 2024 - which assesses high performance in its sector beyond the Sustainalytics comprehensive coverage universe - earning it one of the top 50 ratings in the transport industry. Another consequence of its firm commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility is that Logista has once again been placed among the leaders in the sector by being recognised in 2024 with an MSCI rating of AA, on a scale of AAA-CCC.
Logista is also listed on the FTSE4Good IBEX index, which comprises companies that exhibit strong environmental, social and corporate governance practices, and on the Ibex Gender Equality index. It was also included in the Ibex 35 in 2022.