ITASCA, ILLINOIS (By PECO, 22.Sep.2025, Words: 325) â PECO Pallet, Inc., a North America pooled pallet rental provider, enhanced its long-standing commitment to environmental sustainability, completing a study detailing the company’s carbon footprint, establishing a framework for continued GHG reduction and committing to net zero emissions by 2050.
“PECO has embraced sustainability from the start. It’s not something we’ve added on, it’s built into how we operate,” said Joe Dagnese, PECO’s chief executive officer. “Our share and reuse model is inherently circular and reduces waste, emissions and resource consumption. That not only delivers environmental benefits, its core to our business model and the value we provide to our customers.”
Driving to net zero
PECO completed a formal third-party verified (Tunley Environmental) GHG inventory for 2023 establishing an accurate baseline to measure future progress. This work created the framework for setting environmental targets, which include:
— net zero emissions by 2050:Â achieve net zero GHG emissions,
— short-term:Â reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 55% by 2035, aligned with the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi),
— waste:Â sivert 35% of waste from landfill by 2035.
PECO also completed a lifecycle analysis (LCA) which revealed that PECO’s pooled pallet model produces 88% fewer emissions than one-way whitewood pallets, which often are disposed of after a single use. The analysis used actual PECO operational data to compare against whitewood pallets.
The pooled pallet model is an example of supply chain “circularity” in action. Operating in a continuous loop, it extends pallet lifecycles, reduces waste, increases efficiency and conserves resources leading to less impact on the environment.
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