News / Sustainability, and profitability, in the costly territory that is the 'final mile'

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The rapid increase in online shopping in has fuelled the debate on sustainability on the final mile.

Alongside moves to cut fuel emissions through deployment of electric or hybrid vehicles, packaging, dynamic route planning and parcel lockers are showing promise, according to speakers at the recent Post & Parcel online conference.

Parcel delivery firm DPD is aiming to serve 25% of the UK population with zero emissions by 2025, and key to this is the rapid expansion of the company’s fleet of ...