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Pharmaceutical distributor Mawdsleys unveils its expanded third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse in Doncaster - bigger and greener than before
Environmental improvements include fitting the roof with an array of 3,375 individual photovoltaic (PV) panels, wired to a 39-tonne battery providing 2,600kWh of storage – one of the largest systems of its kind in the UK. The aim is to provide two-thirds (65-68%) of the site's annual electricity needs.
The extensive modifications have been completed with Mawdsleys' environmental commitments at front of mind. Besides the warehouse solar array and battery, they also include the trial of an 'E-Cool' truck trailer. While most refrigerated trailers are diesel-powered, E-Cool trailers are powered by electricity, thus reducing the carbon and particulate emissions associated with transportation of refrigerated products. They incorporate an energy recovery system which converts kinetic energy into electricity when the vehicle brakes, which is stored and then used to power the cooling unit.
All Mawdsleys' HGVs and LCVs are fitted with solar panels to power many of the vehicles' electrics, thereby reducing fuel usage by up to 5%, and even Mawdsleys' car fleet is now predominantly electric, with the remaining few vehicles being plug-in hybrids.
As part of its membership of The Climate Group's EV100 scheme, the Company aims to make all its light duty vehicles EVs by 2030.
Mawdsleys is currently a Net Zero certified company and remains committed to its Net Zero agenda, 'Action not greenwashing'. The Company plans to continue implementing further environmentally-friendly projects across its other sites.
Mawdsleys was founded in 1825 and is now the largest independent supplier of both unlicensed and licensed medicines to the UK's National Health Service, also expanding our global presence with subsidiaries in Brazil , Belgium and Israel , while also developing into further territories.
Our expertise spans all areas of the pharmaceutical supply chain, from providing physicians and their patients with access to licensed and unlicensed medicines, third-party distribution and in-licensing products in territories. Our global infrastructure and expertise in country-specific regulatory systems mean we're also ideally placed to make sure patients get the medicines they need when they need them, wherever they are in the world.
With thanks to the following companies which have made this project possible: Russell WBHO, Sol PV Group, Wattstor, Heatworks, Engineering Services Consultants Ltd, and Beaumont Lord.
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