According to the World Wildlife Fund, Estonians have the ninth most significant ecological footprint globally, only slightly less wasteful than significant economies such as the US, Canada, Australia, or Denmark. This a thought-provoking fact in itself, but one that does us no credit as a country striving for efficiency through IT development. We owe our high ranking in this ranking primarily to the use of oil shale for energy production, which releases large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air. At the same time, we cannot underestimate the environmental damage caused by inefficient handling and transport.

Because talking the talk and doing nothing won't get you results, we have defined a set of principles for our day-to-day business activities, also known as TVC's 10 Commandments of Environmental Stewardship, for existing and prospective customers, investors, employees, and other stakeholders:

• We provide a full logistical service; each stage is carried out in strict compliance with environmental legislation, social and ethical standards, and good practice

• Each of our employees plays a responsible role in implementing TVC's environmental policy - we are constantly working to raise the environmental awareness of our employees

• We only use means of transport that comply with stringent emission standards and legal requirements

• We reduce the fuel wasted in transport by consolidating pre-, and post-sales flows and simultaneously carrying out distribution and pick-up

• We also expect our contractors and subcontractors to be environmentally sustainable

• We use an efficient IT solution for automated communication between the warehouse and the customer's business software, avoiding the environmental impact of additional activities based on the principle that data, not people, move

• We motivate our customers and partners to use the modern and sustainable IT solutions we have developed to reduce the negative impact on the environment caused by duplication of activities.

• We are saving resources - by automating many warehouse procedures; we save paper and, thanks to efficient transport organisation, we minimise fuel consumption

• We reuse the packaging of the goods and sort the waste generated

• By acting in an eco-efficient way, we help to reduce our ecological footprint