AutoStore Sustainability Reporting

How do you define sustainability?

Sustainability is the ability to maintain and support a process continuously over time without depleting natural or physical resources. It has many dimensions but is mainly focused on economic, environmental, and social responsibility.

AutoStore’s grid-based robotic system covers all three by increasing energy efficiency, reducing building footprints, and promoting employee well-being.

It provides real results to companies striving to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future.

Energy Consumption

Powered by renewables

An average AutoStore system with 3 ConveyorPorts™, 7 CarouselPorts™, 1 Controller, 40 Red Line Robots, and 30 charging stations operating 8 hours per day and 250 days per year consumes approximately 8,900 KWh per year per year.

This output can be generated with rooftop photovoltaic systems:

Active Ants implemented AutoStore at Brackmills Industrial Estate in Northampton, England, using 1,000 rooftop solar cells. Former CEO Jeroen Dekker explains the benefits of true self-sufficiency. ‍

People First

Technology made for humans

AutoStore brings products to warehouse workers, not the other way around. Picking and replenishing the Grid from ergonomic workstations, aka Ports, makes work life comfortable, productive, and safe.

Employees at TTI in Texas were long-accustomed to walking a 74,322-sqm (800,000-sf) warehouse and using horizontal carousel technology for fulfillment. Now, all the picking and restocking take place within easy-to-use workstations.
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At the PUMA e-commerce distribution center in Indiana, the traditional warehouse environment perceived as "dark, dirty, and strenuous" has been transformed into a tech-forward place where people enjoy work.
While picking productivity and warehouse productivity doubled, employee satisfaction soared for German e-grocer Knuspr after adopting AutoStore.

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There's some boxes that range in sizes, from a 20-pound box, to a 10-pound box, to a 5-pound box, and you're doing that constantly for six to seven hours a day, and now (using AutoStore) those parts are all at your waist level.

Aaron Hein

Senior Director of Distribution, TTI

Man picking items at AutoStore Port at TTI. Photo.

Now we can see people are very proud of working in an AutoStore environment, which is very clean and technology-driven.

Thomas Liske

Global Logistics Director, PUMA

Employees picking from AutoStore at PUMA. Photo.

Where the automation helps a lot is to help us simply move less, carry less, and then of course our employees and workers are less tired. So they can also ensure quality. And at the same time, they can enjoy working with us in the warehouse more.

Aleš Malucha

Chief Automation Officer, Rohlik Group

Portrait photo of Marc Cohen leaning over to his left side. Photo.

We’re focused every morning with getting everything out – so that we can deliver everything to the customer as quickly as possible. Our record right now is 49 seconds from the customer placing the order until the order is ready for distribution.

Lars Lindgaard

Chief Operating Officer, Boozt Fashion

Boozt HQ building view from the front. Photo.

Space Saving

The densest warehouse storage system

AutoStore provides companies with up to four times the storage capacity in the same footprint. Its density allows for much smaller locations with significantly lower energy consumption. Modular components fit easily around your existing real estate, eliminating the need for costly new construction and lowering environmental impacts.

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The high cost of real estate in Switzerland made AutoStore's cubic storage solution a practical and sustainable solution for BRACK.CH, an e-commerce 3PL provider operating a 55,000-sqm (600,000-sf) distribution center. Company founder Roland Brack explains how the system allows for continuous expansion within a limited footprint.

Sustainable space

Building greener spaces together.

How do companies ensure they have enough room to meet growing customer expectations, while also minimizing the negative impact of their operations? AutoStore is committed to building innovative solutions that help companies operate effectively and more sustainably:

‍High energy efficency Super dense storage allows for much smaller locations with significantly lower energy consumption.
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‍Shorten the last mile Huge, out of town sites and greenfield developments can be replaced with smaller locations nearer to population centers, reducing last mile energy requirements.
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‍Innovative solutions We're committed to building innovative solutions that help companies consume less, serving to their communities more sustainably.

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The greatest advantage of AutoStore™ is efficiency compared to manual picking with a lift truck, for example. The system is very reliable with excellent uptime. In addition, it’s easy to learn. It only takes a few minutes to learn the system independently. It gives us a great advantage.

Kai-Remi Berge

AutoStore Manager, XXL

In store shelves filled with shoes on the top and shoe boxes in the lower part. Photo.

Sustainability was an important factor for us when we selected our AS/RS solution, because we have commitments to our customers and ourselves to become greener.

Chief Operating Officer

E-commerce Brand

In terms of business, the cost savings is immense. Our biggest savings was space, followed by staff, followed by energy, followed by stock loss. And then there are less measurable things, like being more accurate with your stock, your customers being able to trust your stock levels better.

Marc Cohen

Managing Director, Davcor