Sustainability 
practices

Leading the way in
environmental responsibility.

Coolpak is committed to long-term sustainability, striving for Carbon Zero by reducing our environmental impact through ethical and innovative business practices.

We adhere to strict guidelines and employ a number of initiatives to reduce our environmental impact. Our commitment goes beyond meeting standards; we aim to establish new benchmarks for sustainability in the cold chain industry.

Coolpak has set the ambitious target of eliminating all Category 1 & 2 emissions from our cold storage operations. Part of our journey is ensuring we add zero cost to our consumer to achieve this goal.

Progress

• Reduced emissions by 41% since 2020, despite product movement through our sites increasing from 181,636 tonnes in 2020 to 480,752 tonnes in 2024.
• Begun phasing out our high Global Warming Potential (GWP) freon refrigeration systems with ammonia systems, reducing refrigerant leakage emissions by 88%.
• Emissions from forklifts have also been reducing in recent years as we replace our LPG forklifts with electric units. These efforts have led to a 51% reduction in LPG emissions.

Next steps

• Eliminating high GWP refrigerants from our two sites.
• Complete phase out of LPG forklifts and replaced with electric forklifts.
• Currently we are retrofitting rapid doors to decrease the amount of heat entering refrigerated spaces and increasing their overall efficiency.
• We are in the process of evaluating rooftop solar panels for several of our sites, along with Renewable Electricity Certificates. This would see the cold storage operations reach zero Category 1 & 2 emissions once the Freon refrigerant and LPG forklift phase outs are complete.

Coolpak is currently installing rainwater harvesting tanks.  This water will be utilised around the plant. The first tank was completed in March 2024 with additional tanks throughout 2025.

This collected water is then fed into our truck wash equipment, reducing our dependence on mains water.  This has the added benefits of reducing stormwater runoff and conserving groundwater.

As Coolpak focuses on its carbon footprint and adds rainwater capturing tanks to its sites this assists in reducing energy use and carbon emissions. Using rainwater instead of treated water can save energy and reduce the amount of carbon emitted into the environment.

A sustainable transportation system is one in which fuel consumption, vehicle emissions, safety, congestion, and social and economic access are of such levels that they can be sustained into the indefinite future, without causing great or irreparable harm to future generations of people throughout the world.

Coolpak has made a commitment that will see all new transport trucks procured with Euro 6 engines instead of Euro 5. The Euro 6 standard imposes a further 67% reduction in Nox emissions from diesel engines in comparison to Euro 5.

Over 70% of Coolpak’s fleet now has Euro 6 engines.

All trucks are fitted with EROAD driver and vehicle monitoring to enhance road safety and all refrigerated transport units are fitted with sophisticated live telematics monitoring.

Read our latest initiatives, news and success stories and learn how we are continuing to set industry standards.