How Consolidating Deliveries Helps Carriers Achieve Sustainable Delivery Operations

As a carrier, you are not only responsible for delivering packages but also for contributing to environmental sustainability. Lowering carbon emissions is a crucial objective for businesses. Deliveries contribute to traffic emissions by increasing the number of vehicles on the road, cruising for parking, increased dwell time, and redelivery attempts.

Consumers are also becoming more mindful of the environmental impact of parcel deliveries. Research reveals that 31% feel pressured to reduce the number of parcels they receive for economic and environmental reasons, and 42% would prefer to pick up an order to reduce their carbon footprint.

Parcel lockers offer a key benefit to carriers in reducing the environmental impact of parcel deliveries through consolidation. By using parcel lockers, a single locker system can increase parcels delivered by one van from 60 to 600 compared to home delivery. This approach not only reduces the number of delivery vehicles on the road but also reduces the time delivery vehicles spend on the road.

In fact, a single locker system can reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT) by more than half, from 150km to 70km. In urban settings, parcel lockers produce almost two-thirds less emissions than home delivery. This reduction in emissions is due to the fact that parcel lockers provide a central location for delivery and pickup, which reduces the number of delivery vehicles on the road and decreases the amount of time delivery vehicles spend cruising for parking. Therefore, using parcel lockers as a solution to consolidate deliveries can have a significant impact on reducing carbon emissions and promoting environmental sustainability.

Carriers have a responsibility to contribute to environmental sustainability while providing the best service. By using parcel lockers to consolidate deliveries, you can reduce carbon emissions, decrease the number of delivery vehicles on the road, and promote environmental sustainability.

So, if you want to optimise your delivery operations and contribute to a sustainable future, consider joining Parcel Pending by Quadient’s Open Locker Network to help consolidate your deliveries and lower your operational costs.