Feature Taking Action To Be More Sustainable
It’s clear that the number of deliveries isn’t going to reduce, but there are now innovative solutions available to reduce the carbon impact of these packages.
For carriers there are a few potential options. We’re already starting to see delivery fleets move to electric vehicles7
, and
some companies are even offering rented electric vehicle hubs8 for last-mile logistics services. This move to electric will help to cut emissions and make carriers compliant with government schemes, such as ULEZ.
As well as introducing electric vehicles, deliveries could be consolidated, with carriers working together to serve an area or business, or group deliveries on the same day. TfL is currently trying to coordinate such an approach with their ‘Rethinking deliveries’9
scheme. The aim is to help manage levels of congestion and improve the environmental impact of deliveries.
Consumers can also play a part. Some retailers offer greener delivery options, such as ‘Amazon Days’ where consumers can receive all orders at once to save on trips. This is common practice for supermarkets, which cluster customers by location to provide greener delivery slots. As consumers increasingly choose more sustainable shopping approaches, we’ll hopefully see more retailers offer similarly greener fulfilment options.
Smart parcel lockers offer a different and innovative approach to deliveries and give city and infrastructure planners, and facilities managers, a new option to consider. Parcel lockers give residents and delivery companies a single location to drop off and receive parcels – reducing their environmental impact and offering more convenience to consumers. Parcel lockers could be installed inside housing developments and on the street to provide a secure self-service way to receive packages of any size and at any time.
Placing these lockers at key entranceways can consolidate deliveries and remove the need for drivers to travel to multiple locations or inside the development. This would significantly reduce traffic within dense urban areas and limit the distance vehicles have to travel, improving safety and cutting emissions at the same time. Another key contributor to parcel emissions is
not only the volume, but also the need for repeat visits due to missed deliveries. Parcel lockers guarantee delivery first time, further helping reduce traffic in and around neighbourhoods.
Delivering A Sustainable Future
Smart parcel lockers offer a different and innovative approach to deliveries and give facilities managers a new option to consider. Parcel lockers give facilities managers a single location to drop off and receive parcels – reducing their environmental impact and offering more convenience to everyone in the building. Parcel lockers could be installed inside the building to provide a secure self-service way to receive packages of any size and at any time, no matter if the reception is open or not.
Placing these lockers at key entranceways also means that facilities managers can help those in the building reduce the environmental
impact of deliveries beyond just business
packages. As more people return to the office, offering parcel lockers can consolidate deliveries and remove the need for drivers to travel to personal as well as business locations. This would significantly reduce traffic within dense urban areas and limit the distance vehicles have to travel, improving safety and cutting emissions at the same time. Another key contributor to parcel emissions is not only the volume, but also the need for repeat visits due to missed deliveries. Parcel lockers guarantee delivery first time, further helping reduce traffic in and around neighbourhoods.
1:
https://ukcop26.org/cop26-goals/
2:
https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/climate-change/ zero-carbon-london/pathways-net-zero-carbon-2030 3:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54998908 4:
https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/
shipping-index.html
5:
https://www.centreforlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/ 11/Worth_The_Weight_Report_Final.pdf
6:
https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_ of_the_last_mile_ecosystem.pdf
7:
https://www.royalmail.com/sustainability/environment/going-electric 8:
https://www.q-park.co.uk/en-gb/uk-news/port/
9:
https://content.tfl.gov.uk/rethinking-deliveries--summary-report.pdf fmuk 37
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