With the importance of the natural environment and sustainability in society and industry growing in importance for all companies, NX GROUP provides services that help to solve such social issues as the environmenal reconsiderations that confront our customers and the logistics industry. This is the delivery of new value to satisfy the needs of our customers, and for our Group is also a business growth opportunity that will increase the number of customers and the volume of transactions.
Due to labor shortages caused by the declining birthrate and aging population, and the increasing logistics demand due to the expansion of e-commerce, improving productivity and securing human resources have become urgent issues in the logistics industry. We receive many inquiries from customers about improving the sustainability of logistics by utilizing a diverse workforce.
Nippon Express Co., Ltd. is promoting the “Warehouses that are Friendly to Everyone” project, which aims to remove barriers for people who have previously found it difficult to work in warehouses by introducing advanced logistics robots and work assistance equipment and improving the work environment. This initiative aims to build a cutting-edge logistics facility using electric wheelchairs, following robots, and AMRs (autonomous mobile robots). This project not only improves productivity and secures human resources through digital transformation, but also updates logistics sites by creating an environment in which a diverse workforce can work, serving as an example of contributing to the realization of sustainable logistics and society while also supporting the growth of our customers’ businesses.
Traditionally, the construction industry has been faced with the problem of mixed waste generated by a wide variety of building materials at construction sites, which makes separation and recycling difficult. It also poses the issue of transportation costs and CO2 emissions from transporting the materials individually to recycling facilities.
In order to promote the recycling of some of the building material scraps that have been landfilled up until now as building material raw materials by utilizing the wide-area certification system*3, Taisei Corporation and Nippon Express Co., Ltd. have developed a “mobile collection system” that can collect multiple construction sites with the same vehicle and then transport them to recycling facilities for each item.
By using a double-door type cage cart called “NRBOX” for collection, management and collection at construction sites are made easier, and the loading rate is improved by transporting different types of building material scraps together in one vehicle. Through this collaboration, we have established a stable operation system by expanding the amount of recycled materials and securing the volume of cargo, and are promoting its spread throughout the construction industry.
In the future, we plan to further improve the system by expanding collection areas, adding compatible items and building material manufacturers, and enabling long-distance transportation through a modal shift, in order to reduce the environmental impact of the construction and logistics industries and build a resource-saving, recycling-oriented society.
Please refer to the Sustainability Report the Sustainability Handbook and this link for other initiatives related to this Material Issue.
