As a central transshipment point between manufacturers, suppliers and retailers, the wholesale trade for consumer goods plays a key role in the sustainable transformation. The industry responds to new market requirements, recognizes trends in consumer behavior and helps retailers optimize their product ranges and expand the range of sustainable products. The industry’s sustainability efforts are aimed at high product quality and compliance with the highest possible environmental and social standards along the supply and production chains, starting with the optimization of our own processes.

If products come from distant regions with long supply chains, retailers are faced with the task of determining and minimizing CO2 emissions along the transport and storage chain, if necessary finding alternative sources with “short supply chains” and as low in CO2 as possible Using renewable energies to store and transport.

Regionality, certifications, labels and energy efficiency as well as zero waste concepts are just as important as smart packaging and innovative logistics solutions in order to deliver to retailers on the same day as possible. Consumer goods wholesale helps make production and consumption styles sustainable. Wholesalers have impact leverage when deciding which consumer goods to offer to retailers. Supposedly cheap mass-produced goods from precarious production can be questioned.

The industry includes the wholesale trade in consumer goods for use or consumption, such as textiles, household appliances, cleaning products or stationery.