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[In New Zealand, DHL’s new tenants offer some lessons in sustainability] => 新西蘭新租戶為敦豪帶來可持續發展啟發
[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains.] => 蜂巢租賃幫助蜜蜂在意想不到的地方茁壯生長，啟發了DHL從不同的角度思考供應鏈。
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[Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.] =>
全球#拯救蜜蜂活動對於食品安全和生態至關重要
蜜蜂是多種重要植物的傳粉昆蟲之一。蜜蜂可為130多種水果和蔬菜傳粉。巧克力、堅果和辛香料等人們每天大量攝入的食物都需要蜜蜂傳粉。由蜜蜂傳粉的全球農作物產量價值達到了5770億美元（4954.3億歐元）。
“如果世界上沒有傳粉昆蟲，那麼世界上就不會有巧克力了，”食品和農業研究員HANNAH RITCHIE稱。
然而，由於農藥、氣候變化，以及工業化和單一作物栽培導致的棲息地和生物多樣性損失等因素的威脅，全球蜜蜂種群數量多年來不斷減少。根據Mohammed的經驗，全年氣溫升高會讓捕食蜜蜂的天敵黃蜂活躍時間延長。
各全球性糧食組織及聯合國發出拯救蜜蜂的緊急呼籲後，有關組織設立了育蜂認證（Bee Better Certified），旨在推廣蜜蜂友好型產品和業務。養蜂者最近甚至在社交媒體上引起了一定的關注，提出希望人們提升對蜂群的認識、戰胜對蜂群的恐懼情緒。
[Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees' role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
[At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain's warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
"On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well," said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.] => 每天早上5點，養蜂者Ibrahim Mohammed都會趕往新西蘭南奧克蘭的數百個蜂巢。 Mohammed是總部設在奧克蘭的BeezThingz公司的主管，這家公司主要向養蜂者租賃和銷售蜂群和蜂巢，目的是保護這個受威脅的物種或者需要它們進行傳粉。最近，這些蜂群在一個新的地點安家了：四座供應鏈倉庫。
這個新住所是由DHL新西蘭團隊建造的，這個團隊一直致力於推進運營可持續性。這個養蜂項目不僅為客戶和員工提供了新鮮的蜂蜜，還表達了對蜜蜂的深深敬意。這些蜜蜂給他們帶來了重要啟發，尤其是在建立可持續供應鏈方面。
“從工蜂到蜂王，每一類蜜蜂都以某種方式為蜂群做出貢獻，”Mohammed說道。 “蜂王就像將整個蜂巢凝聚為一體的董事總經理。她手下的工蜂負責採集和生產蜂蜜，而年幼的蜜蜂負責處理內務、照顧幼蟲並將蜂蜜送入蜂窩。”
“我們可以從蜜蜂身上學到很多東西。無論發生什麼，它們都會按部就班地做好自己的本職工作，並最終拿出成果，”Mohammed說道。
在DHL供應鏈倉庫不斷壯大的蜂巢是“興旺計劃”的一部分。興旺計劃是一項可持續發展計劃，由Nini Tran牽頭，CareyAnne De Goede提供支持。他們都是DHL供應鏈新西蘭分公司業務拓展和營銷團隊的成員。
“除實行更環保的倉儲作業措施外，我們還應該在更多的領域發揮自身的作用，”Tran說道。
蜜蜂是一個顯而易見的選擇，尤其是在一個以蜂蜜著稱的國家。
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[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains. At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain’s warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
“On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well,” said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.
RELATED ARTICLESHow cold chain logistics is helping to make food and pharma more sustainableDevelopments in cold chain logistics can help balance growth and sustainability. Here are some ways in which key sectors like food and healthcare benefit.Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.
RELATED ARTICLESDHL’s path to zero emissions by 2050: Tree planting in VietnamBusinesses are planting trees to combat the ill effects of climate change and global warming. The key to doing it right is long-term commitment.Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees’ role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
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The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain's warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
"On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well," said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.
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在DHL供應鏈倉庫不斷壯大的蜂巢是“興旺計劃”的一部分。興旺計劃是一項可持續發展計劃，由Nini Tran牽頭，CareyAnne De Goede提供支持。他們都是DHL供應鏈新西蘭分公司業務拓展和營銷團隊的成員。
“除實行更環保的倉儲作業措施外，我們還應該在更多的領域發揮自身的作用，”Tran說道。
蜜蜂是一個顯而易見的選擇，尤其是在一個以蜂蜜著稱的國家。
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[In New Zealand, DHL’s new tenants offer some lessons in sustainability] => 新西蘭新租戶為敦豪帶來可持續發展啟發
[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains.] => 蜂巢租賃幫助蜜蜂在意想不到的地方茁壯生長，啟發了DHL從不同的角度思考供應鏈。
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[Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.] =>
全球#拯救蜜蜂活動對於食品安全和生態至關重要
蜜蜂是多種重要植物的傳粉昆蟲之一。蜜蜂可為130多種水果和蔬菜傳粉。巧克力、堅果和辛香料等人們每天大量攝入的食物都需要蜜蜂傳粉。由蜜蜂傳粉的全球農作物產量價值達到了5770億美元（4954.3億歐元）。
“如果世界上沒有傳粉昆蟲，那麼世界上就不會有巧克力了，”食品和農業研究員HANNAH RITCHIE稱。
然而，由於農藥、氣候變化，以及工業化和單一作物栽培導致的棲息地和生物多樣性損失等因素的威脅，全球蜜蜂種群數量多年來不斷減少。根據Mohammed的經驗，全年氣溫升高會讓捕食蜜蜂的天敵黃蜂活躍時間延長。
各全球性糧食組織及聯合國發出拯救蜜蜂的緊急呼籲後，有關組織設立了育蜂認證（Bee Better Certified），旨在推廣蜜蜂友好型產品和業務。養蜂者最近甚至在社交媒體上引起了一定的關注，提出希望人們提升對蜂群的認識、戰胜對蜂群的恐懼情緒。
[Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees' role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
[At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain's warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
"On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well," said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.] => 每天早上5點，養蜂者Ibrahim Mohammed都會趕往新西蘭南奧克蘭的數百個蜂巢。 Mohammed是總部設在奧克蘭的BeezThingz公司的主管，這家公司主要向養蜂者租賃和銷售蜂群和蜂巢，目的是保護這個受威脅的物種或者需要它們進行傳粉。最近，這些蜂群在一個新的地點安家了：四座供應鏈倉庫。
這個新住所是由DHL新西蘭團隊建造的，這個團隊一直致力於推進運營可持續性。這個養蜂項目不僅為客戶和員工提供了新鮮的蜂蜜，還表達了對蜜蜂的深深敬意。這些蜜蜂給他們帶來了重要啟發，尤其是在建立可持續供應鏈方面。
“從工蜂到蜂王，每一類蜜蜂都以某種方式為蜂群做出貢獻，”Mohammed說道。 “蜂王就像將整個蜂巢凝聚為一體的董事總經理。她手下的工蜂負責採集和生產蜂蜜，而年幼的蜜蜂負責處理內務、照顧幼蟲並將蜂蜜送入蜂窩。”
“我們可以從蜜蜂身上學到很多東西。無論發生什麼，它們都會按部就班地做好自己的本職工作，並最終拿出成果，”Mohammed說道。
在DHL供應鏈倉庫不斷壯大的蜂巢是“興旺計劃”的一部分。興旺計劃是一項可持續發展計劃，由Nini Tran牽頭，CareyAnne De Goede提供支持。他們都是DHL供應鏈新西蘭分公司業務拓展和營銷團隊的成員。
“除實行更環保的倉儲作業措施外，我們還應該在更多的領域發揮自身的作用，”Tran說道。
蜜蜂是一個顯而易見的選擇，尤其是在一個以蜂蜜著稱的國家。
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[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains. At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain’s warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
“On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well,” said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.
RELATED ARTICLESHow cold chain logistics is helping to make food and pharma more sustainableDevelopments in cold chain logistics can help balance growth and sustainability. Here are some ways in which key sectors like food and healthcare benefit.Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.
RELATED ARTICLESDHL’s path to zero emissions by 2050: Tree planting in VietnamBusinesses are planting trees to combat the ill effects of climate change and global warming. The key to doing it right is long-term commitment.Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees’ role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
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Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.
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[In New Zealand, DHL’s new tenants offer some lessons in sustainability] => 新西蘭新租戶為敦豪帶來可持續發展啟發
[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains.] => 蜂巢租賃幫助蜜蜂在意想不到的地方茁壯生長，啟發了DHL從不同的角度思考供應鏈。
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[Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.] =>
全球#拯救蜜蜂活動對於食品安全和生態至關重要
蜜蜂是多種重要植物的傳粉昆蟲之一。蜜蜂可為130多種水果和蔬菜傳粉。巧克力、堅果和辛香料等人們每天大量攝入的食物都需要蜜蜂傳粉。由蜜蜂傳粉的全球農作物產量價值達到了5770億美元（4954.3億歐元）。
“如果世界上沒有傳粉昆蟲，那麼世界上就不會有巧克力了，”食品和農業研究員HANNAH RITCHIE稱。
然而，由於農藥、氣候變化，以及工業化和單一作物栽培導致的棲息地和生物多樣性損失等因素的威脅，全球蜜蜂種群數量多年來不斷減少。根據Mohammed的經驗，全年氣溫升高會讓捕食蜜蜂的天敵黃蜂活躍時間延長。
各全球性糧食組織及聯合國發出拯救蜜蜂的緊急呼籲後，有關組織設立了育蜂認證（Bee Better Certified），旨在推廣蜜蜂友好型產品和業務。養蜂者最近甚至在社交媒體上引起了一定的關注，提出希望人們提升對蜂群的認識、戰胜對蜂群的恐懼情緒。
[Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees' role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
[At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain's warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
"On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well," said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.] => 每天早上5點，養蜂者Ibrahim Mohammed都會趕往新西蘭南奧克蘭的數百個蜂巢。 Mohammed是總部設在奧克蘭的BeezThingz公司的主管，這家公司主要向養蜂者租賃和銷售蜂群和蜂巢，目的是保護這個受威脅的物種或者需要它們進行傳粉。最近，這些蜂群在一個新的地點安家了：四座供應鏈倉庫。
這個新住所是由DHL新西蘭團隊建造的，這個團隊一直致力於推進運營可持續性。這個養蜂項目不僅為客戶和員工提供了新鮮的蜂蜜，還表達了對蜜蜂的深深敬意。這些蜜蜂給他們帶來了重要啟發，尤其是在建立可持續供應鏈方面。
“從工蜂到蜂王，每一類蜜蜂都以某種方式為蜂群做出貢獻，”Mohammed說道。 “蜂王就像將整個蜂巢凝聚為一體的董事總經理。她手下的工蜂負責採集和生產蜂蜜，而年幼的蜜蜂負責處理內務、照顧幼蟲並將蜂蜜送入蜂窩。”
“我們可以從蜜蜂身上學到很多東西。無論發生什麼，它們都會按部就班地做好自己的本職工作，並最終拿出成果，”Mohammed說道。
在DHL供應鏈倉庫不斷壯大的蜂巢是“興旺計劃”的一部分。興旺計劃是一項可持續發展計劃，由Nini Tran牽頭，CareyAnne De Goede提供支持。他們都是DHL供應鏈新西蘭分公司業務拓展和營銷團隊的成員。
“除實行更環保的倉儲作業措施外，我們還應該在更多的領域發揮自身的作用，”Tran說道。
蜜蜂是一個顯而易見的選擇，尤其是在一個以蜂蜜著稱的國家。
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[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains. At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain’s warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
“On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well,” said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.
RELATED ARTICLESHow cold chain logistics is helping to make food and pharma more sustainableDevelopments in cold chain logistics can help balance growth and sustainability. Here are some ways in which key sectors like food and healthcare benefit.Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.
RELATED ARTICLESDHL’s path to zero emissions by 2050: Tree planting in VietnamBusinesses are planting trees to combat the ill effects of climate change and global warming. The key to doing it right is long-term commitment.Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees’ role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
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Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees' role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”
In the face of rapid urbanization and global threats, developments in cold chain logistics can help balance growth and sustainability.
As countries the world over struggle with threats including political and social instability and Covid-19, innovation and collaboration for sustainable development have never been more critical. Global trade networks supported by sprawling supply chains are key to the well-being of communities worldwide, as they ensure the reliable distribution of vital resources like food, medicines and infrastructure.
Due to the time and temperature-sensitive nature of many of these goods, cold-chain logistics plays a significant role in ensuring their safe and cost-efficient transportation. Of the many industries that benefit from developments in cold-chain logistics, food and life sciences are among the most vital. Here’s why.
Protecting produce and reducing food waste from farm to fork
In India, 190 million people go hungry every day, despite the country producing enough food to feed its population. Food wastage amounting to US$14 billion (€12.47 billion) was stated as a key contributing factor, as crops are left to rot in the sun, or become infested with pests without proper storage and transportation.
Globally, about a third of food produced each year for human consumption is lost or wasted. Yet, the number affected by world hunger is set to surpass 840 million by 2030. The Covid-19 pandemic risks further disruption to agricultural supply chains, threatening the livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest nations. Market and movement restrictions resulted in many farmers being unable to cultivate, sell produce, or procure seeds and supplies.
Governments and industry players have been called upon to address the waste-hunger paradox. India’s SAMPADA scheme aims to support the agricultural industry with comprehensive infrastructure to store, process and transport food. A critical component of the scheme is an integrated cold chain to reduce post-harvest food waste and ensure the quality of produce from farm to table.
Logistics players add value to the local ecosystem through innovation and big data analytics. DHL SmarTrucking’s temperature-controlled road freight solutions help India’s food producers keep their produce fresh, while leveraging data-driven insights for route optimization.
“A reliable cold chain solution that transports (our produce) at the optimal temperature enables us to reduce wastage and decrease our dependence on imports,” said Vipan Sharda, a Proprietor at JVS, a Chandigarh-based, family-owned apple trading company.
He added: “DHL SmarTrucking is not only helping us achieve that, they are also helping us reduce transit times and improve our business performance. For example, it now takes four to five days, instead of the previous seven days’ delivery time, for our produce to reach South India.”
Feeding a hungry world with ocean reefer logistics
Transporting food overseas to feed global demand is even trickier business. Refrigerated containers, also known as reefer containers, are crucial to extend the shelf life and maintain the integrity of produce. Air cooled to pre-set temperatures is circulated around specially packaged cargo to control temperature, humidity and ventilation.
“Reefer shipping is a growing activity globally, driving a continued interest and investment by most carriers. Food, in particular, has seen the biggest growth among all industries at an increase of about 4% globally versus an overall reduction of 5% in ocean shipping,” said Timo Blok, Head of Reefer and Flexitanks at DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific.
“We optimize our reefer routes and keep food at its best by loading produce fresh from the harvest,” he added. This way, self-contained refrigerated units render extra loading and unloading, and the need to build additional cold storage facilities, unnecessary.
“Reefer, particularly for perishables, is a niche market in which not all freight forwarders have the required setup and expertise. There has been a focus on key countries to set up knowledgeable teams who know markets, customers, and how to handle cargo,” said Blok.
“DHL has a strong value proposition with a compliant, global logistics network that can offer end-to-end visibility and even opportunities to access new markets. Our first step was to establish strong teams in the LATAM market with its massive fruit and meat exports. Today, we have dedicated teams also serving smaller, high-growth countries that were previously not on the radar, such as Indonesia and Vietnam in the Asia-Pacific region.”
Game-changing innovations to connect healthcare to those in need
Temperature-controlled logistics solutions are crucial to another important industry — one that plays a central role in a yet out of reach global goal — healthcare.
Rising costs, brand reputation and a shift towards transporting more structurally complex drugs are raising the stakes for proper handling and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The industry is also gearing up for a momentous challenge — the production and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine.
In this whitepaper, nearly half of life sciences and healthcare companies surveyed indicated that the ability to maintain an effective temperature-controlled chain for their products is a major issue. This is particularly so as manufacturers rapidly expand into emerging markets.
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Vaccines, for example, require strict temperature controls to ensure their efficacy. While they can potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, immunization programs have historically been constrained by outdated supply chains, especially in remote areas where they are needed most.
The pressure is on for logistics and industry players including manufacturers, governments and NGOs to improve their capabilities in supporting the life sciences industry. Recently, DHL Global Forwarding, the group’s air and ocean freight specialists, announced a series of technology enhancements for this sector. These include enhanced risk modeling, an expanded lane risk assessment tool and digitized SOP (standard operating procedure) documentation.
“We are committed to continuous improvements in technology, tailored to our customers’ evolving needs,” said Blok. “In 2016, we launched Ocean Thermonet, a fully certified end-to-end GDP compliant transport solution, and it was a game changer.”
The new developments expand on DHL’s existing solutions. According to Blok, the latest upgrades to LifeTrack, a dedicated tracking portal designed for life science sector shipments, streamline the user interface and consolidate access to near real-time data analytics, digitized SOP information and a new Lane Risk Assessment tool.
“The uncertainty in recent times urged us to roll out innovative solutions that seek to change the marketplace,” Blok noted.
“Our upgraded suite of temperature-controlled ocean logistics are ideal for businesses looking for a smooth air to ocean conversion (usually for less time sensitive shipments) and a data-driven approach to make agile and adaptive contingencies, especially in light of the capacity challenges we have seen this year.”
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As countries the world over struggle with threats including political and social instability and Covid-19, innovation and collaboration for sustainable development have never been more critical. Global trade networks supported by sprawling supply chains are key to the well-being of communities worldwide, as they ensure the reliable distribution of vital resources like food, medicines and infrastructure.
Due to the time and temperature-sensitive nature of many of these goods, cold-chain logistics plays a significant role in ensuring their safe and cost-efficient transportation. Of the many industries that benefit from developments in cold-chain logistics, food and life sciences are among the most vital. Here’s why.
Protecting produce and reducing food waste from farm to fork
In India, 190 million people go hungry every day, despite the country producing enough food to feed its population. Food wastage amounting to US$14 billion (€12.47 billion) was stated as a key contributing factor, as crops are left to rot in the sun, or become infested with pests without proper storage and transportation.
Globally, about a third of food produced each year for human consumption is lost or wasted. Yet, the number affected by world hunger is set to surpass 840 million by 2030. The Covid-19 pandemic risks further disruption to agricultural supply chains, threatening the livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest nations. Market and movement restrictions resulted in many farmers being unable to cultivate, sell produce, or procure seeds and supplies.
Governments and industry players have been called upon to address the waste-hunger paradox. India’s SAMPADA scheme aims to support the agricultural industry with comprehensive infrastructure to store, process and transport food. A critical component of the scheme is an integrated cold chain to reduce post-harvest food waste and ensure the quality of produce from farm to table.
Logistics players add value to the local ecosystem through innovation and big data analytics. DHL SmarTrucking’s temperature-controlled road freight solutions help India’s food producers keep their produce fresh, while leveraging data-driven insights for route optimization.
“A reliable cold chain solution that transports (our produce) at the optimal temperature enables us to reduce wastage and decrease our dependence on imports,” said Vipan Sharda, a Proprietor at JVS, a Chandigarh-based, family-owned apple trading company.
He added: “DHL SmarTrucking is not only helping us achieve that, they are also helping us reduce transit times and improve our business performance. For example, it now takes four to five days, instead of the previous seven days’ delivery time, for our produce to reach South India.”
Feeding a hungry world with ocean reefer logistics
Transporting food overseas to feed global demand is even trickier business. Refrigerated containers, also known as reefer containers, are crucial to extend the shelf life and maintain the integrity of produce. Air cooled to pre-set temperatures is circulated around specially packaged cargo to control temperature, humidity and ventilation.
“Reefer shipping is a growing activity globally, driving a continued interest and investment by most carriers. Food, in particular, has seen the biggest growth among all industries at an increase of about 4% globally versus an overall reduction of 5% in ocean shipping,” said Timo Blok, Head of Reefer and Flexitanks at DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific.
“We optimize our reefer routes and keep food at its best by loading produce fresh from the harvest,” he added. This way, self-contained refrigerated units render extra loading and unloading, and the need to build additional cold storage facilities, unnecessary.
“Reefer, particularly for perishables, is a niche market in which not all freight forwarders have the required setup and expertise. There has been a focus on key countries to set up knowledgeable teams who know markets, customers, and how to handle cargo,” said Blok.
“DHL has a strong value proposition with a compliant, global logistics network that can offer end-to-end visibility and even opportunities to access new markets. Our first step was to establish strong teams in the LATAM market with its massive fruit and meat exports. Today, we have dedicated teams also serving smaller, high-growth countries that were previously not on the radar, such as Indonesia and Vietnam in the Asia-Pacific region.”
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Need to keep your cargo cool? DHL Ocean Freight specializes in temperature-controlled loads with real-time visibility and active monitoring.
Game-changing innovations to connect healthcare to those in need
Temperature-controlled logistics solutions are crucial to another important industry — one that plays a central role in a yet out of reach global goal — healthcare.
Rising costs, brand reputation and a shift towards transporting more structurally complex drugs are raising the stakes for proper handling and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The industry is also gearing up for a momentous challenge — the production and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine.
In this whitepaper, nearly half of life sciences and healthcare companies surveyed indicated that the ability to maintain an effective temperature-controlled chain for their products is a major issue. This is particularly so as manufacturers rapidly expand into emerging markets.
Vaccines, for example, require strict temperature controls to ensure their efficacy. While they can potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, immunization programs have historically been constrained by outdated supply chains, especially in remote areas where they are needed most.
The pressure is on for logistics players and industry partners including manufacturers, governments and NGOs to improve their capabilities in supporting the life sciences industry. Recently, DHL Global Forwarding, the group’s air and ocean freight specialists, announced a series of technology enhancements for this sector. These include enhanced risk modeling, an expanded lane risk assessment tool and digitized SOP (standard operating procedure) documentation.
“We are committed to continuous improvements in technology, tailored to our customers’ evolving needs,” said Blok. “In 2016, we launched Ocean Thermonet, a fully certified end-to-end GDP compliant transport solution, and it was a game changer.”
The new developments expand on DHL’s existing solutions. According to Blok, the latest upgrades to LifeTrack, a dedicated tracking portal designed for life science sector shipments, streamline the user interface and consolidate access to near real-time data analytics, digitized SOP information and a new Lane Risk Assessment tool.
“The uncertainty in recent times urged us to roll out innovative solutions that seek to change the marketplace,” Blok noted.
“Our upgraded suite of temperature-controlled ocean logistics are ideal for businesses looking for a smooth air to ocean conversion (usually for less time sensitive shipments) and a data-driven approach to make agile and adaptive contingencies, especially in light of the capacity challenges we have seen this year.”
Businesses are doing their part to combat the ill effects of climate change and global warming by planting trees. The key to doing it right is long-term commitment.
Global temperatures continue to climb at increasing rates, while weather extremities are becoming more prevalent, with longer and more intense heatwaves sweeping across the planet. Climate change is affecting our planet, and it is growing worse at an unprecedented pace.
But there is a powerful weapon that can fight against climate change: the humble tree.
Forests and trees have tremendous potential to create multiple environmental, social and economic benefits with their ability to slow down environmental degradation and global warming.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, act as a natural filter by absorbing pollutants, and provide a rich habitat for a diverse range of animals and plants in the ecosystem.
“Forest-loss accounts for around 11 percent of global warming. Since 1990, at least 129 million hectares of forest have been lost,” explained Kirsten Hegener, Program Director in Vietnam with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German agency for international development and cooperation.
“Moreover, biodiversity is declining worldwide at a rate of 100 to 1,000 times faster than at any point in the last 10 million years. Our groundwater resources are becoming scarce, ocean health and fish stocks are declining, while plastic and marine litter in our oceans is out of control,” she added.
Trees act as natural barriers against coastal and river erosion.
“It is no exaggeration to say that the situation is dire. Next to promoting energy efficiency and changing our energy production and consumption patterns, we need to stop forest loss and recover lost forests.”
Trees also play a crucial role as natural barriers against coastal and river erosion, thereby protecting people and their livelihoods. “In the Ca Mau province in the South of Vietnam, for instance, many people live right next to the shoreline, relying on collecting shrimps, snails and crabs to generate income. Healthy coastal forests protect these sources of income, along with housing and personal property against storms and floods,” explained Jasper Abramowski, GIZ’s country director in Vietnam.
A long-term commitment
As the world awakens to the hard realities of global warming, many companies have embarked on massive tree planting initiatives as part of their corporate social responsibility commitments.
Only a few realize that tree-planting goes far beyond just sticking tree saplings into the soil and hope they start reducing temperatures. “Many factors need to be taken into consideration to make tree-planting a success,” said Hegener.
Executing large-scale tree-planting without proper planning could end up being counterproductive and even harm the natural order of the ecosystems.
According to Hegener, the effectiveness of the exercise is dependent on details such as where to plant the trees, which species, and the number of trees. Additionally, planting monocultures or introducing invasive species, for example, can have devastating impacts on local ecosystems.
But the effort does not end once the trees have been planted — they have to be monitored, protected, and nurtured.
An aerial shot of the plantation process in GIZ’s Vietnam tree planting initiative
“Afforestation is a medium to long-term commitment. Meaningful results can only be observed a few years after trees have been planted. It is important that sites are well-maintained and monitored to protect the newly planted trees from threats such as grazing, firewood collection and logging, and thus ensure their survival,” said Hegener.
To measure success and plan for additional measures to ensure good tree growth rates, Hegener stressed the importance of monitoring to ensure that they are on the right track with their activities, that they achieve their goals, and that they record the lessons learned.
In Vietnam, for instance, GIZ has started monitoring tree cover and biomass quantities with the help of lightweight drones.
She explained that the best practice for afforestation and reforestation projects should not only be limited to planting a diverse range of tree species that are native to the forests of the area, but also to ensure long-term care of the trees by the authorities alongside the local communities.
Establishing an appropriate management and planning structure for the longstanding maintenance of the planting sites is critical, which, according to Hegener, is one of the biggest challenges of corporate tree-planting exercises.
One million trees a year
When a project is successfully executed, the benefits to the community are manifold.
GIZ’s tree planting project in Vietnam
Citing GIZ’s current project, in the Tram Tau District in Northern Vietnam, Hegener shared that special emphasis was placed on the rehabilitation of protection forests in the mountainous area, shielding the local communities from storms, flash floods and landslides.
“The members of 50 households planted three kinds of tree species under the supervision of local authorities. GIZ provided technical support and capacity-building measures with the financial support of DHL,” she said.
As part of its commitment to plant one million trees each year until 2025 in the lead-up to its 2050 zero-emission target, DHL is working with GIZ on a project to plant 200,000 trees in Vietnam — split between the Mekong Delta in the South and the mountainous areas in the North.
Tanja Gönner, Chair of the Management Board at GIZ emphasized the strategic importance of the cooperation with businesses like DHL: “We welcome the commitment of DHL and believe that we need to support sustainable business practices. Partnerships like this help to sustain the functioning of our ecosystems in many parts of the world.”
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Global temperatures continue to climb at increasing rates, while weather extremities are becoming more prevalent, with longer and more intense heatwaves sweeping across the planet. Climate change is affecting our planet, and it is growing worse at an unprecedented pace.
But there is a powerful weapon that can fight against climate change: the humble tree.
Forests and trees have tremendous potential to create multiple environmental, social and economic benefits with their ability to slow down environmental degradation and global warming.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, act as a natural filter by absorbing pollutants, and provide a rich habitat for a diverse range of animals and plants in the ecosystem.
“Forest-loss accounts for around 11 percent of global warming. Since 1990, at least 129 million hectares of forest have been lost,” explained Kirsten Hegener, Program Director in Vietnam with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German agency for international development and cooperation.
“Moreover, biodiversity is declining worldwide at a rate of 100 to 1,000 times faster than at any point in the last 10 million years. Our groundwater resources are becoming scarce, ocean health and fish stocks are declining, while plastic and marine litter in our oceans is out of control,” she added.
Trees act as natural barriers against coastal and river erosion.
“It is no exaggeration to say that the situation is dire. Next to promoting energy efficiency and changing our energy production and consumption patterns, we need to stop forest loss and recover lost forests.”
Trees also play a crucial role as natural barriers against coastal and river erosion, thereby protecting people and their livelihoods. “In the Ca Mau province in the South of Vietnam, for instance, many people live right next to the shoreline, relying on collecting shrimps, snails and crabs to generate income. Healthy coastal forests protect these sources of income, along with housing and personal property against storms and floods,” explained Jasper Abramowski, GIZ’s country director in Vietnam.
A long-term commitment
As the world awakens to the hard realities of global warming, many companies have embarked on massive tree planting initiatives as part of their corporate social responsibility commitments.
Only a few realize that tree-planting goes far beyond just sticking tree saplings into the soil and hope they start reducing temperatures. “Many factors need to be taken into consideration to make tree-planting a success,” said Hegener.
Executing large-scale tree-planting without proper planning could end up being counterproductive and even harm the natural order of the ecosystems.
According to Hegener, the effectiveness of the exercise is dependent on details such as where to plant the trees, which species, and the number of trees. Additionally, planting monocultures or introducing invasive species, for example, can have devastating impacts on local ecosystems.
But the effort does not end once the trees have been planted — they have to be monitored, protected, and nurtured.
An aerial shot of the plantation process in GIZ’s Vietnam tree planting initiative
“Afforestation is a medium to long-term commitment. Meaningful results can only be observed a few years after trees have been planted. It is important that sites are well-maintained and monitored to protect the newly planted trees from threats such as grazing, firewood collection and logging, and thus ensure their survival,” said Hegener.
To measure success and plan for additional measures to ensure good tree growth rates, Hegener stressed the importance of monitoring to ensure that they are on the right track with their activities, that they achieve their goals, and that they record the lessons learned.
In Vietnam, for instance, GIZ has started monitoring tree cover and biomass quantities with the help of lightweight drones.
She explained that the best practice for afforestation and reforestation projects should not only be limited to planting a diverse range of tree species that are native to the forests of the area, but also to ensure long-term care of the trees by the authorities alongside the local communities.
Establishing an appropriate management and planning structure for the longstanding maintenance of the planting sites is critical, which, according to Hegener, is one of the biggest challenges of corporate tree-planting exercises.
One million trees a year
When a project is successfully executed, the benefits to the community are manifold.
GIZ’s tree planting project in Vietnam
Citing GIZ’s current project, in the Tram Tau District in Northern Vietnam, Hegener shared that special emphasis was placed on the rehabilitation of protection forests in the mountainous area, shielding the local communities from storms, flash floods and landslides.
“The members of 50 households planted three kinds of tree species under the supervision of local authorities. GIZ provided technical support and capacity-building measures with the financial support of DHL,” she said.
As part of its commitment to plant one million trees each year until 2025 in the lead-up to its 2050 zero-emission target, DHL is working with GIZ on a project to plant 200,000 trees in Vietnam — split between the Mekong Delta in the South and the mountainous areas in the North.
Tanja Gönner, Chair of the Management Board at GIZ emphasized the strategic importance of the cooperation with businesses like DHL: “We welcome the commitment of DHL and believe that we need to support sustainable business practices. Partnerships like this help to sustain the functioning of our ecosystems in many parts of the world.”
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[In New Zealand, DHL’s new tenants offer some lessons in sustainability] => 新西蘭新租戶為敦豪帶來可持續發展啟發
[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains.] => 蜂巢租賃幫助蜜蜂在意想不到的地方茁壯生長，啟發了DHL從不同的角度思考供應鏈。
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[Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.] =>
全球#拯救蜜蜂活動對於食品安全和生態至關重要
蜜蜂是多種重要植物的傳粉昆蟲之一。蜜蜂可為130多種水果和蔬菜傳粉。巧克力、堅果和辛香料等人們每天大量攝入的食物都需要蜜蜂傳粉。由蜜蜂傳粉的全球農作物產量價值達到了5770億美元（4954.3億歐元）。
“如果世界上沒有傳粉昆蟲，那麼世界上就不會有巧克力了，”食品和農業研究員HANNAH RITCHIE稱。
然而，由於農藥、氣候變化，以及工業化和單一作物栽培導致的棲息地和生物多樣性損失等因素的威脅，全球蜜蜂種群數量多年來不斷減少。根據Mohammed的經驗，全年氣溫升高會讓捕食蜜蜂的天敵黃蜂活躍時間延長。
各全球性糧食組織及聯合國發出拯救蜜蜂的緊急呼籲後，有關組織設立了育蜂認證（Bee Better Certified），旨在推廣蜜蜂友好型產品和業務。養蜂者最近甚至在社交媒體上引起了一定的關注，提出希望人們提升對蜂群的認識、戰胜對蜂群的恐懼情緒。
[Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees' role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
[At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain's warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
"On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well," said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.] => 每天早上5點，養蜂者Ibrahim Mohammed都會趕往新西蘭南奧克蘭的數百個蜂巢。 Mohammed是總部設在奧克蘭的BeezThingz公司的主管，這家公司主要向養蜂者租賃和銷售蜂群和蜂巢，目的是保護這個受威脅的物種或者需要它們進行傳粉。最近，這些蜂群在一個新的地點安家了：四座供應鏈倉庫。
這個新住所是由DHL新西蘭團隊建造的，這個團隊一直致力於推進運營可持續性。這個養蜂項目不僅為客戶和員工提供了新鮮的蜂蜜，還表達了對蜜蜂的深深敬意。這些蜜蜂給他們帶來了重要啟發，尤其是在建立可持續供應鏈方面。
“從工蜂到蜂王，每一類蜜蜂都以某種方式為蜂群做出貢獻，”Mohammed說道。 “蜂王就像將整個蜂巢凝聚為一體的董事總經理。她手下的工蜂負責採集和生產蜂蜜，而年幼的蜜蜂負責處理內務、照顧幼蟲並將蜂蜜送入蜂窩。”
“我們可以從蜜蜂身上學到很多東西。無論發生什麼，它們都會按部就班地做好自己的本職工作，並最終拿出成果，”Mohammed說道。
在DHL供應鏈倉庫不斷壯大的蜂巢是“興旺計劃”的一部分。興旺計劃是一項可持續發展計劃，由Nini Tran牽頭，CareyAnne De Goede提供支持。他們都是DHL供應鏈新西蘭分公司業務拓展和營銷團隊的成員。
“除實行更環保的倉儲作業措施外，我們還應該在更多的領域發揮自身的作用，”Tran說道。
蜜蜂是一個顯而易見的選擇，尤其是在一個以蜂蜜著稱的國家。
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[Beehive rentals are helping honeybees to thrive in unexpected locations, and inspiring their hosts to think differently about supply chains. At 5 am each morning, beekeeper Ibrahim Mohammed sets off to tend to hundreds of beehives in South Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammed is the director of Auckland-based company BeezThingz, which rents and sells bee colonies and hives largely to backyard beekeepers who want to protect the threatened species or need them for pollination. Most recently, these colonies have been buzzing around a new locale: on the grounds of four supply chain warehouses.
The new abode was set up by DHL’s New Zealand team, who have been pushing hard for more sustainable operations. Their efforts have yielded not only free honey for customers and employees, but also a deep respect for bees and the lessons they can offer, not least about building sustainable supply chains.
“Each type of bee, from worker bees to the queen, has a role that contributes to the colony,” said Mohammed. “A queen bee is like the Managing Director that keeps a hive together. Her worker bees collect and produce honey, while the younger bees do the housekeeping, tending to larvae and capping honey into cells.”
“We can learn so much from bees. No matter what happens, they keep tracking along and doing their own thing to produce results in the end,” Mohammed noted.
The beehives thriving at DHL Supply Chain’s warehouses are part of Project Bloom, a sustainability initiative led by Nini Tran and supported by CareyAnne De Goede, both part of the Business Development and Marketing team at DHL Supply Chain New Zealand.
“On top of implementing more environmentally-conscious warehousing operations, we thought that we could play out part across different business functions as well,” said Tran.
Bees were an obvious choice, especially in a country famous for its honey.
RELATED ARTICLESHow cold chain logistics is helping to make food and pharma more sustainableDevelopments in cold chain logistics can help balance growth and sustainability. Here are some ways in which key sectors like food and healthcare benefit.Global #SaveTheBees movement central to food security and ecology
Honeybees are among the many creatures that act as vital plant pollinators. Honeybees alone pollinate over 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Many of these are foods that people consume every day in vast quantities, such as chocolate, nuts, and spices. Global crop production pollinated by bees is valued at US$577 billion (EUR495.43 billion).
“A world without pollinators would mean a world without chocolate,” reported food and agriculture researcher Hannah Ritchie.
However, the global bee population has been in decline for years due to several threats including pesticides, climate change, and loss in habitats and biodiversity caused by industrialization and monoculture farming. In Mohammed’s experience, warmer temperatures throughout the year have also allowed wasps, the bees’ natural predator, to stay active for longer periods of time.
Following urgent calls by global food organizations and the United Nations to save the bees, the “Bee Better Certified” seal was developed to promote bee-friendly products and businesses. Beekeepers have even recently caught some attention on social media hoping to raise awareness and fight fears of bee swarms.
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Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees’ role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] =>
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然而，由於農藥、氣候變化，以及工業化和單一作物栽培導致的棲息地和生物多樣性損失等因素的威脅，全球蜜蜂種群數量多年來不斷減少。根據Mohammed的經驗，全年氣溫升高會讓捕食蜜蜂的天敵黃蜂活躍時間延長。
各全球性糧食組織及聯合國發出拯救蜜蜂的緊急呼籲後，有關組織設立了育蜂認證（Bee Better Certified），旨在推廣蜜蜂友好型產品和業務。養蜂者最近甚至在社交媒體上引起了一定的關注，提出希望人們提升對蜂群的認識、戰胜對蜂群的恐懼情緒。
[Thriving hives driven by digitalization
Before setting up the hives, BeezThingz guided the DHL team on hive management and safety measures. Bees thrive off a five-kilometer radius of vegetation and hives should be carefully placed to minimize risks of flight paths crossing into human or vehicle traffic.
Working with BeezThingz places DHL within a wide and vibrant beekeeping ecosystem in New Zealand. For over 20 years, BeezThingz has safely set up hives in diverse locations, from kindergartens to urban rooftops.
The company’s founder, Auckland local Kerry McCurdy, started the company to fund research on protecting bees from varroa mites — parasites that feed off honeybees, and can cripple whole colonies. In two decades of operations, however, threats to honeybees have only gotten more severe.
To monitor the bees, BeezThingz uses software developed by McCurdy’s son, IT professional Julian McCurdy, who eventually joined his father’s venture as manager and beekeeper. Buzztech, Julian McCurdy’s software — and a company in itself — collects data for beekeepers to track and optimize the health of hives and record their observations during on-site visits.
In addition, hive sensors allow beekeepers to remotely monitor the colonies’ energy levels and nutritional needs, using factors like hive temperature. They can even help keepers to forecast events like swarming, which happens when bee colonies outgrow their hives and move in large swarms to begin new ones.
All this has left quite an impression on the DHL team.
Matt Casbolt, Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain New Zealand, has been struck by the bees' role in a wider ecosystem. “Like an effective supply chain, honeybees play unique but essential roles within a larger ecosystem,” he said. “Project Bloom has done well to support DHL’s larger commitments to sustainability, where we are working actively towards greener operations and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate.”
With a healthy blueprint and lessons learned from New Zealand’s warehouse hives, Tran and DeGoede are now working on expanding Project Bloom to DHL’s warehouses in Australia and potentially other countries in the region. The project has also opened opportunities for employee and community engagement.
“With Project Bloom, we hope to play even a small part to support local bee communities,” said DeGoede. “Bees are such a vital species, and we want to join the fight to help counter the threats that are harming bees, as well as threatening our environment and food sources.”] => 
為了監測蜜蜂，BeezThingz公司採用了McCurdy的兒子、IT專業人士Julian McCurdy開發的軟件。之後Julian也加入了父親的公司，擔任經理和養蜂者。 Julian開發的Buzztech軟件――本身也是一家公司――可以收集數據，讓養蜂者能夠跟踪並優化蜂群的健康狀況並在實地走訪期間記錄觀察結果。
另外，蜂巢傳感器可以讓養蜂者根據蜂巢溫度等參數，遠程監測蜂群的能量水平和營養需求，甚至能幫助養蜂者預測分群等事件――是指蜂群增長到超出蜂巢容量的規模，開始大批建造新蜂巢的現象。
所有這些都給DHL團隊留下了非常深刻的印象。
DHL供應鏈新西蘭分公司董事總經理Matt Casbolt對蜜蜂在宏大生態系統中發揮的作用感到震驚。 “與有效供應鏈一樣，蜜蜂在宏大生態系統中發揮著獨特而不可或缺的作用，”他說道。 “為了實現DHL廣泛的可持續性承諾，我們正在積極推動綠色運營並致力於在我們運營的當地社區發揮積極影響，興旺計劃就是一個很好的例子。”
憑藉合理的規劃和從新西蘭倉庫蜂巢獲得的經驗， Tran和DeGoede現在著手將興旺計劃擴展到澳大利亞敦豪倉庫，而且還可能推廣到該地區其他國家。這項計劃也為員工和社區參與創造了機會。
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