Mid-way through Pride month, we speak with Regan Morton, a truck driver, activist, and member of Women in Trucking. As a trans woman, Regan works to raise awareness around issues of LGBTQ inclusivity. We discuss how the trucking industry can better support LGBTQ drivers and why Regan is optimistic about the future.

When Brexit went into effect, the whole transport industry was thrown into chaos. Now we are reflecting on what’s changed and what’s coming next with Richard Manfield from Transped Europe. We discuss what Carriers had to put up with during the Brexit transition as well as what the future of intermodal transport might look like.

This week’s podcast is in German language. Die MIGROS Ostschweiz hat kürzlich den Eco Performance Award in der Kategorie Großunternehmen gewonnen. Wie sie diesen in Zeiten einer Pandemie gefeiert haben erzählt uns Daniel Balmer, Leiter Transportlogistik der Genossenschaft MIGROS Ostschweiz welcher schon seit mittlerweile 36 Jahren den Spirit und die Motivation erleben darf, mit welcher sich das Unternehmen für Nachhaltigkeit in der Transport Logistik einsetzt. Das und noch mehr in dieser Woche bei 'Behind the Mask'.

One of the biggest challenges in road transit is what happens at the end of a long drive: finding parking. This week we talk with Denise Schuster, the CEO of Park Your Truck,  which just won the Eco Performance Award within the Start-up Category. We explore how Park Your Truck’s mission to provide safe, reliable,  and sustainable parking for truck drivers fulfills goals set by both the  European Commission and the United Nations.

Meeting ambitious, global sustainability goals requires collaboration. This week we are joined by François-Régis le Tourneau, VP Sustainability International Coordination at L'Oréal and Chairman at ALICE. Between these two roles, he knows all  about big climate commitments and how to inspire collective effort. We discuss the Physical Internet Initiative, 2030 and 2050 goals, how the pandemic has affected climate awareness, and more.

We’re discussing an unfamiliar aspect of a very familiar topic: plastic. Our guest Gergana Stancheva is a Co-Founder of the start-up LAM’ON which produces a 100% biodegradable alternative to plastic laminate and packaging foil. With the EU banning single-use plastic in July 2021, the topic of plastic laminates is more relevant than ever. Learn more about this invisible material and its environmental impact.

This week is all about reaching Net Zero. Our guests Fernando Liesa, Secretary General at ALICE and Moritz Petersen, Senior Researcher at Kühne Logistics University discuss the 5 main challenges of getting to Net Zero by 2050. Join us for an in-depth discussion on how technology can help us solve these challenges, why incubators like Transporeon4Future are so vital, and what our kids think we do all day.

For the first episode in our special Green Edition of Behind the Mask, we are talking with Daniel Anthes — Speaker, Author, Food Activist, and Social Entrepreneur — on his work to reduce food waste. The connection between food, sustainability, and transport is so strong, and it affects all of us. But the common advice to “buy local” may be only half the story. Daniel explains how to calculate the environmental impact of the food we eat based on where it’s grown, how long it’s stored, and what is seasonal at the time.

Genau das haben wir getan. Mit Steffen Riedel, Head of Logistics bei der  Eckes-Grannini Gruppe und Santiago Garcia-Escobar, Country Manager bei  der Team Rynkeby Foundation. Wie aus einer kleinen Gruppe von 11  Mitarbeitern eine europaweite Initiative wurde, die im letzten Jahr  trotz Corona über 8 Mio Euro an Spenden sammeln konnte. Was tut  Eckes-Grannini um bereits in 2021 klimaneutral zu sein und wie  funktioniert der Green Check. Das und noch mehr in dieser Woche bei  'Behind the Mask'.

It was a shock to the system for Head of Supply Chain & Logistics, Thomas Muschalla, when overnight, staying, and working from home became routine back in March 2020. It transpired that Rigips’ prior investment in digitalization formed the platform that has enabled the company to operate successfully since lockdown began – supported, of course, by the video conferencing tech that’s taken the world by storm. However, some things just aren’t the same virtually. While there’s no going back to the world we knew before CoVid-19, Thomas joins us for this week’s podcast to explain how trust in your colleagues and the occasional face to face conversation are essential in the next normal.