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DPD wins Sustainable Transport category at National Sustainability Awards
The annual National Sustainability Awards seek to highlight great innovation and breadth of impact across all sectors that can help build a more sustainable and better future. As well as highlighting best practice, the awards aim to show how, with good leadership, society can find a more sustainable path so that future generations will be able to live in a cleaner, greener world.
DPD was the only parcel carrier to feature in the event's 100-strong shortlist and the company’s win in the Sustainable Transport category follows success at the same event last year when the firm scooped the Supply Chain Initiative award.
Other high-profile winners on the night included NatWest, Bellway Homes, OVO, ITV and Arla Foods.
The judges praised the breadth of DPD's sustainability initiatives - which go well beyond the 3,500-strong green fleet of electric delivery vehicles - as well as highlighting innovations such as robot deliveries and the speed of progress towards net zero.
"Sustainability is absolutely core to our business DNA,” Elaine Kerr, DPD UK CEO commented, “and this award is recognition for the progress we are continuing to make across the whole operation.
“From decarbonising our HGVs to the roll-out of our autonomous robot fleet, we are innovating across the board.
“We aim to be pioneers of sustainability in the UK's transport sector and winning ten ‘green' awards in less than three years is outstanding, independent endorsement that we are on the right track."
Published On: 12/10/2023 14:15:00
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InPost announced as official Tour de France partner
InPost Group, Europe’s leading out of home e-commerce deliveries and locker provider, operating under two consumer brands, InPost and Mondial Relay, will begin partnering Europe’s most popular annual sporting event in 2024.
With nearly 16,000 PUDO points and 5.5 thousand parcel lockers across France and Italy - and with the race kicking off in Florence, Italy - the partnership provides the opportunity for InPost to engage and interact with the Tour de France audience in thousands of French and Italian towns and cities.
“InPost Group considers France to be one of the most important markets – in addition to Poland, the UK, Spain and Italy,” said its founder and CEO, Rafał Brzoska.
“This partnership will contribute to expanding and increasing awareness of our best-in-class solution for e-commerce deliveries among French consumers and online vendors. “Cycling promotes a set of values, including sustainable transport, passion for competition and, obviously, speed. Those are the values we implement in our daily activities at InPost.”
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