Sustainable Delivery

January 2025

Celebrating our impact

2024 was a busy year for sustainability at DPD UK!

Once again we are able to demonstrate our position as a leader in decarbonisation having achieved an incredible 47.5% reduction in our emissions compared to our 2020 baseline. This is a significant increase on the 34% we achieved in 2023 and puts us in an excellent position to meet our 2040 net zero target.

We achieved this through the continued electrification of our final-mile delivery fleet and the use of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) across 84% of our HGV fleet. Continuation of the carbon budget, first introduced in 2023, meant that we were able to plan and manage our carbon emissions in the same way as a financial budget, providing oversight, and the means to influence performance, across the business.

We delivered over 80 million parcels on our all-electric final-mile fleet last year, a 25% increase on the previous year. Our EV fleet now represents 35% of our total final mile fleet with us receiving an additional 348 vehicles in 2024*. Throughout 2024 we have also focused on how we best utilise and support the operation of our EV fleet, and therefore moved to BP Pulse as our DC charge supplier, with 17 sites becoming operational in 2024 and the remaining sites set to complete in Q1 2025.

Other crucial areas of emissions for our business relate to our gas use and waste. Our waste management continues to be excellent, having maintained our 100% landfill diversion target for the fourth consecutive year. We also reduced our gas use across our estate through continued operating improvements and the use of centralised controls.

2024 saw us donate a record amount of funding from our Eco Fund: £323,701!

Our Eco Fund supports charities working to fight climate change and protect our environment, both through direct action and education. Some of the highlights were wetlands restoration at Pulborough Brooks with RSPB, stopping plastic pollution at the source with City to Sea, and supporting free tree packs for schools and communities with Woodland Trust.

There were plenty of other amazing projects that benefitted from our Eco Fund last year, and we look forward to providing more detail on these, and all of the initiatives that contributed to our 47.5% emissions reduction, in our upcoming sustainability report for 2024.