Parcel delivery company DPD UK has been honoured at the 2023 National Sustainability Awards in London, winning the Sustainable Transport category.
At a glittering ceremony on The Strand at London’s Waldorf Hilton Hotel, DPD UK beat off stiff competition from six other companies to top the Sustainable Transport category.
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 society can, with good leadership, find a more sustainable path so that future generations will be able to live in a cleaner, greener world.
DPD UK was the only parcel carrier to feature in the event’s 100-strong shortlist and the win 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.
Elaine Kerr, DPD UK CEO commented,
“Sustainability is absolutely core to our business DNA 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.”
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About DPD UK
DPD UK is a member of Geopost, a European leader in parcel delivery and solutions for e-commerce. Part of the La Poste Groupe, Geopost generated a €15.6 billion revenue and delivered 2.1 billion parcels worldwide in 2022.
The company operates more than 10,000 vehicles in the UK from 85 locations and delivers over 400 million parcels a year.
In 2018, DPD opened the UK’s first all-electric parcel delivery depot in Westminster. DPD currently has over 3,000 EVs in the UK and has announced plans to deliver to 30 of the largest towns and cities in the UK with zero and low-emission final mile delivery vehicles, by the end of 2023.
Details of all of DPD’s sustainability initiatives can be found on its dedicated green website: https://green.dpd.co.uk/
