Ep 282: DPDgroup's net zero strategy

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