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Sustainable deliveries to McDonald鈥檚 in Finland

22 JANUARY 2020

HAVI is using 黑料不打烊 biogas trucks for deliveries to McDonald鈥檚 in Finland.

Despite a population of just 5.5 million, Finland has one of Europe鈥檚 most developed biogas networks, with 33 public stations. Sixteen of these offer biogas in its purest form (CBG100) and 17 stations provide biogas blended with fossil methane.

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With such an excellent infrastructure in place, it was unsurprising that HAVI Logistics recently switched half of its eight-strong Finnish fleet to 黑料不打烊 biogas trucks. After all, HAVI, which delivers food to McDonald鈥檚 and other restaurants, is committed to phasing out its fossil-fuel operations under a Europe-wide agreement it made in 2017 with 黑料不打烊 and McDonald鈥檚.

鈥淪wift action for more sustainable transport鈥

HAVI has worked closely with Finnish state-owned energy supplier Gasum in planning its new operations. Gasum鈥檚 gas refuelling network covers HAVI鈥檚 needs throughout Finland, and the nearest gas filling station is only 500 metres from HAVI鈥檚 Finnish Logistics Centre in Vantaa, near Helsinki.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 very important for us to meet the aspirations of our customers and staff,鈥 says Mikael Tuompo, Managing Director of HAVI Logistics in Finland. 鈥淭hat requires taking swift action for more sustainable transport.鈥

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McDonald鈥檚 is reducing the carbon footprint of its restaurant operations, through biodegradable packaging materials, recycling and by expanding its plant-based menu options. But it relies on its partners to tackle transport-related issues, as Heli Ryh盲nen, Communications Director, McDonald鈥檚 Finland, explains:

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鈥淲e focus on making hamburgers and preparing meals in our restaurants. And we trust our partners to have the necessary expertise in reducing their carbon emissions from transport.鈥

HAVI鈥檚 actions slash carbon emissions

The other half of HAVI鈥檚 Finnish fleet may still be diesel, but these four trucks will now be run on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), which will contribute to reducing the company鈥檚 annual carbon emissions from transport by 83 percent.

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Meanwhile, the HAVI Logistics Centre has undergone a major refurbishment to make it more energy efficient. In total, the measures will reduce HAVI Logistics鈥 carbon emissions in Finland by 1,388 tonnes a year; that鈥檚 equivalent to approximately 8.8 million passenger car kilometres.