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Helping the Environment While Saving Money
The management of Neckermann, a $ 2.4 billion German mail-order firm, wanted to help protect the environment,
(31) ... it formulated a policy directing its employees to work to this end. The
(32) ... department, responsible for handling imports from European countries and Asia, proposed sending more imports to Rotterdam,
(33) ... where they would be forwarded in barges via the Rhine waterway to the firm’s three warehouses in Frankfurt. Under the old arrangement, imports arriving in Hamburg were sent by rail or road to Frankfurt. The 120,000 tons of merchandise from European suppliers now comes by rail
(34) ... of truck as it formerly did. These changes have provided two
(35) ... :less environmental damage and
(36) ... costs. ’
Based on estimates by the prestigious Planco Institute, the company calculates that the new environme