Caryn-Ann Allen, Associate Director of Sustainability at DPDgroup, joins me to discuss DPDgroup's strategy for achieving net carbon zero:
- DPDgroup's 2040 net zero target submitted to SBTi
- DPDgroup's interim target for 2030
- Why decarbonisation and lower emissions is important to DPDgroup's partners and customers
- How science-based targets work
- Getting to net zero across DPDgroup's entire business, including first mile, last mile, buildings, line haul, and company cars
- Shifting to electric vehicles in the first and last mile
- Going fully electric in 350 European cities
- Decarbonising line haul operations - including electric trucks and hydrogen
- EV charging infrastructure
- Addressing urban logistics challenges in different cities
- Going beyond electric vehicles
- Reducing distances from delivery hubs to recipients
- Urban depot network in Europe
- Low-emission alternatives to vans
- Consumer delivery preferences differing from market to market, for example some markets preferring out-of-home delivery
- What do consumers consider to be sustainable delivery?
- How consumer behaviour influences sustainable delivery
- Focusing on first-time delivery
- Raising consumer awareness of sustainability in delivery
- Reporting on emissions in delivery
- Urban depot trial delivering via cargo bikes as well as functioning as a PUDO
- Dressing room in PUDO
- Using urban spaces differently, for example transforming car parks into parcel distribution points
- Ecosystem thinking
- Understanding sustainability beyond the last mile
- E-commerce packaging
- ReLove initiative handling pre-loved clothing
- Stuart (France) collecting electronics for second life
- Creating a network that supports the circular economy
