Mercedes-Benz Cars is opening a new 2.6-hectare logistics facility at its Jawor plant in Poland. The facility will be linked by rail and is designed to make the distribution of parts, notably lithium-ion batteries, more sustainable across its production network. DB Cargo is supporting Mercedes-Benz in the provision of rail services.

“Thanks to the new rail yard in Jawor, we will be able to conduct a large part of our transports by rail,” said Jörg Burzer, head of production and supply chain management at Mercedes-Benz Cars, in a post on LinkedIn. “I look forward to this further important step towards a CO2-neutral supply chain – a key success factor of our Ambition 2039.”

Ambition 2039 is the company’s initiative to make all of its cars and light commercial vehicles carbon neutral, including in their production and through inbound and outbound logistics. This applies to more than 30 car and van plants. The carmaker said an important part of that initiative was to make battery production carbon neutral worldwide by 2022.