June 06, 2024
- The insurer FM Global recognises the company’s work to protect its facilities in Leganés.
- Juan Carlos Moro, the Corporate Operations Director, and Sara Pericacho, the Real Estate Director, received the award on behalf of the company.
Logista, Europe’s leading logistics operator, has received the Risk Improvement Award from FM Global for its work in fire protection and risk reduction at its Leganés facility. FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, recognises the highest standards for corporate real estate assets with its awards.
Juan Carlos Moro, the Corporate Operations Director and Sara Pericacho, the Real Estate Director at Logista, received the award from James Ashcombe, a Senior Account Engineer in the London Operations team at FM Global.
Juan Carlos Moro highlighted the work of Logista’s Real Estate department during the awards ceremony. For the company’s corporate operations manager: “This award demonstrates Logista’s commitment to its values and strategy, prioritising risk reduction, excellence and achieving the highest standards for its real estate assets. It is also an important recognition for the Real Estate team and all those involved in the improvements that have been made to meet FM Global’s standards.”
The Real Estate department sets the technical specifications for the projects and systems implemented in the assets the company manages.
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 seven consecutive years. Logista is the only European logistics company to have been listed in this category over this period.
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.