What makes pooling sustainable?
The exchange of pallets and boxes in an open-pool system not only optimises the logistics processes of our clients in industry, retail and logistics through targeted load-carrier management, but also offers numerous additional advantages:
Sustainable exchange principle
The concept of open pooling itself is sustainable. It constitutes a Europe-wide circular exchange system from which all participants benefit because they can exchange load carriers with each other flexibly and inexpensively.
Reusability
We pool standard load carriers according to the EPAL standard, such as Euro pallets and box pallets. EPAL’s circular system is the world’s most successful open pooling system for load carriers.
Reduced CO2 emissions
Thanks to our network of over 10,000 pick-up and drop-off stations in Europe, load carriers can be reused anywhere in Europe. This eliminates empty runs and therefore cuts CO2 emissions and fuel costs.
Paperless thanks to digital solutions
Our digital solutions ensure more efficient, resource-friendly processes. With digital account management, our PAKi e-Voucher digital pallet note and our Drop & Drive app, you can organise your load carriers paperlessly.
Sustainable materials
All EPAL pallets are made almost entirely of wood, a renewable raw material. As a result, every single EPAL Euro pallet reduces the global CO2 balance of our planet by 30 kg. Broken pallets can usually be repaired or recycled.
Certified group
In 2021, the Faber Group – our parent Group – was awarded Platinum status by EcoVadis. This is the highest sustainability ranking and means that we are part of the top 1% of companies in all industries. EcoVadis is the leading provider of sustainability ratings for companies.
With over 10,000 PAKi Spots across Europe, we guarantee a functioning circular economy. This makes load-carrier management not only efficient, but also extremely sustainable.
- Marc Groenewoud, CEO of PAKi Logistics
