As a brand of Trane Technologies, Thermo King is uniquely positioned to lead a movement to tackle climate change, empower customers to decarbonize, and address issues such as food loss. Trane Technologies’ 2030 Commitments, including the Gigaton Challenge to reduce one gigaton of CO2 emissions from our customers’ footprint by 2030, are changing every major aspect of our business. The demand for our climate-focused innovation has never been higher. Still, there is a lot to do to change our industry.
In container refrigeration, three main factors impact sustainability in the cold chain:
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Move across the product range to the lowest global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants.
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Indirect emissions linked to power consumption and the source of energy for refrigerated cargo (reefer). Our Container Fresh and Frozen (CFF) reefer is a game changer, responding to customers needing to reduce cost, increase sustainability, and comply with IMO 2030 requirements. CFF is up to 20 percent more energy efficient vs. competitive units, which on common shipments of fruit with set-point 10-15°C can represent a net savings of up to $65 per trip, per container and a positive environmental impact.
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Food loss. The UN estimates about 14 percent of food is lost between harvest and retail. Our job is to minimize transportation risks in the cold chain and help ensure that temperature-control measures are carried out throughout the transportation process and with proper refrigeration equipment such as efficient container reefers, gensets, etc.
Since 2020, pharma cold chain has also been under great pressure to distribute a high-value load: COVID-19 vaccines. Reliable, temperature-controlled equipment providing security, traceability, and temperature monitoring has been critical. Thermo King’s end-to-end transport and storage solutions proved to be flexible, adaptable, and scalable to the demand.