In the industrial park ‘De Prijkels’ in Deinze (East-Flanders), a non-profit organisation is set up. This organisation groups most companies of the industrial park. Its goal is to improve sustainability (the 3 p’s: people, planet, profit) among its members.

The first point of action of this organisation was to centralise the parcel post amongst all willing companies across the industrial park. By centralising and having a single supplier, prices dropped. The companies participating now deliver and pick up their parcels at a central hub, which is situated at the industrial park.

This is a low threshold idea to start cooperation among companies which are active in different industries. By working together with your neighbours, costs decrease, employees benefit and CO2 emissions are reduced.

Of course, solid agreements between the different partners are necessary to evolve towards a cooperative model to decrease these and other costs.

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