Pelican BioThermal–a provider of temperature-controlled packaging for the life science industry–announces it has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Air Cargo Sustainability Award in the corporate category by The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA). The company received the award on Dec. 10, 2020, during the last day of the Digital Air Cargo Forum.
Pelican BioThermal was recognized for its work to improve sustainability through manufacturing and use of durable, reusable temperature-controlled packaging to replace single-use packaging. Research and analysis show that a two-year clinical trial with 30,000 individual package shipments of single-use shippers emits 1,122 tons of CO2e. By contrast, the same trial using Pelican BioThermal’s Crēdo Cube shipper requires only 772 units and 241 tons of CO2e. This suggests a 78% reduction of global warming carbon footprint potential between the single-use and reusable approaches. These same benefits apply to global air cargo shipments of critical pharmaceuticals transported using Crēdo Cargo pallet-accepting shippers, according to the company.
