Bascik Transport - 22% reduction in petrol use

Organisation overview

Bascik Transport is a national freight and logistics provider, employing over 500 people across 18 branches and five third-party logistics (3PL) warehouses throughout New Zealand.

Their core operations involve moving freight across all regions, using a fleet of company-owned vehicles operated by salaried drivers. Bascik values its impact within communities, driving a commitment to sustainability and continuous improvement for the benefit of its people and customers.

At a glance:

• 22% reduction in petrol use
• 36% reduction in waste to landfill
• Improved efficiency and reduced emissions
• Customer growth and deeper collaboration with existing customers through sustainability programme

The challenge

Bascik acknowledges that freight transport activities contribute to environmental emissions through fuel consumption, energy use, and other operational inputs necessary to deliver their services.

As an organisation whose business relies on the efficient movement of goods on behalf of their customers, they wanted to take responsibility for understanding and managing the environmental impacts associated with their day-to-day operations.

Customer demand was also growing, with many seeking to understand their own environmental impact, particularly the contribution from freight.

Choosing a partner

Guided by their sustainability values, Bascik Transport is committed to minimising their environmental footprint and supporting the long‑term well‑being of the communities in which their employees and customers live and work. As part of this commitment, they sought to implement a consistent, recognised, best‑practice environmental framework across all areas of their operations.

Following extensive investigation of available certification providers, they selected Toitū Envirocare due to the rigour of its certification process and the robustness of its audit requirements under ISO standards. Toitū’s comprehensive and independent audit methodology provides a high level of assurance that environmental claims are credible, measurable, and continuously verified.

By choosing Toitū, Bascik Transport is able to demonstrate its commitment to genuine environmental performance and transparency, ensuring their sustainability initiatives are independently audited, certified, and reflective of real operational outcomes—rather than superficial initiatives.

The approach

Working with Toitū, Bascik first utilised the software and methodology to measure and verify their key emissions sources and sinks across their transport and warehousing operations. This analysis identified both immediate improvement opportunities, such as waste reduction practices and managing their electricity consumption, as well as longer‑term focus areas requiring staged investment and planning, including fuel efficiency initiatives and planning.

Using these insights, they developed a structured sustainability programme with defined short‑term actions and long‑term reduction targets aligned to Toitū’s certification requirements. The process encouraged active staff engagement at a local level, empowering teams to contribute practical ideas and improvements within their own branches.

The impact

Bascik Transport's environmental objectives focus on reducing the consumption of key resources and consumables through proven operational practices, ethical decision‑making, and continuous improvement initiatives, while maintaining the high level of service expected by their customers.

As a result of these initiatives, they have achieved a measurable reduction in emissions alongside a concurrent reduction in consumable‑related operational costs, driven by smarter and more efficient ways of working. These outcomes have been supported by strong internal engagement, with sustainability principles embedded across the business from Executive leadership through to frontline operational teams.

Externally, they have seen a notable increase in enquiries from both existing and prospective customers seeking to understand their environmental policies and sustainability initiatives. This has contributed not only to customer growth, but also to deeper collaboration with existing customers, including discussions around their own emissions profiles and opportunities to reduce their environmental footprint, demonstrating the tangible value of Bascik's sustainability programme.

What's next

Building on their progress to date, Bascik Transport has developed a long-term sustainability roadmap focused on continuous improvement, credible emissions reduction, and consistent environmental performance across all operations.

They will continue to expand their use of Toitū‑aligned measurement, audit, and reporting tools to identify new opportunities, set more ambitious targets, and further improve fuel efficiency, resource optimisation, and consumable reduction.

Ongoing staff engagement and empowerment remain central to their approach, ensuring sustainability initiatives are embedded from Executive leadership through to frontline teams. By maintaining a rigorous, independently certified framework through Toitū and collaborating more closely with customers on shared emissions challenges, Bascik Transport aims to be recognised as a leader in delivering transparent, practical, and innovative sustainability outcomes within the freight and logistics industry.