January 10, 2022. Part of K Group, Onninen serves technical wholesale business customers and makes deliveries to customers in Greater Helsinki and the Uusimaa region using two new biogas-powered trucks.
The biogas used to refuel the new fleet comes from Gasum’s biogas plant where renewable fuel is produced among other things from inedible food waste from K stores.
The biogas-powered trucks are operated by Timecap Oy in transports to Onninen customers and their building sites. This is the first time in Finland that biogas-powered vehicles are being used in goods deliveries to building sites.
“Circular economy solutions are at the heart of our sustainability strategy and the use of biogas-powered trucks in logistics is an excellent example of this. Cleaner transports are again one step in the development of our distribution and logistics services that we are constantly taking in a more climate friendly direction. We believe that our customers are also pleased with this decision since by reducing our own carbon footprint, we can also help them to reach their own emissions reduction ambitions,” says Samuli Pohjonen Transport Manager at Onninen.
Onninen has already used an e-truck in deliveries in Greater Helsinki and in the summer an e-cargobike for customer deliveries in the Helsinki Region.
Kesko’s and Onninen’s objective is to reach carbon neutrality by 2025. Emissions are being systematically reduced so that the company’s own operations and transports will be entirely emission-free by 2030.
