It’s hard to underestimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global cold chain, especially with the unprecedented scale and speed of the vaccine rollout and distribution, which has been a challenge for every cold chain.
What’s more, this wasn’t the same cold chain we knew previously. Aside from the stress caused by the vast number of vaccines that needed to be distributed, plans had to be made for nontraditional delivery points, such as mobile clinics, which required precise temperature control and safeguards in multiple formats for transport and storage.
Maintaining sustainable distribution has required innovative thinking, strategic partnership, and leveraging the best technologies available across end-to-end -temperature-controlled logistics.
Efforts to maximize efficiency and mitigate risk in vaccine logistics across all temperature-controlled markets, including cold storage solutions, air, ocean, road, and last-mile distribution, and a shift to more flexible manufacturing strategies to more quickly respond to market fluctuations will provide valuable lessons for shippers and transportation providers in dealing with future challenges in 2022 and beyond.
Going forward, sustainability can’t just be a buzzword, and directly addressing climate change will remain at the core of ThermoKing’s strategy. Commitments made to reduce emissions by 2030 are changing every major facet of the business — from operations to supply chains, employee and community development, and corporate governance.
As part of our Gigaton Challenge, ThermoKing has set a goal of removing one gigaton — one billion metric tons — of carbon emissions from our customers’ footprint by 2030. This is the largest customer climate commitment made by any -business-to-business (B2B) company, and our math shows that this reduction could equate to 2 percent of annual global emissions, equal to the annual emissions of Italy, France, and the United Kingdom combined.