Environmental Pledge
Creating change for the good of the planet
At Diamond, we are very aware of our environmental responsibilities. This is why we have focused on building an environment pledge into our everyday running and wider activities. Logistics by its very nature is not very environmentally friendly, which is why we set ourselves the task of improving our footprint, investing in ESG projects and encouraging others within our industry to make meaningful change.
Our Environmental Pledge
We regularly review the environment commitments and standards we have set for our business to make sure we are hitting our goals and finding new ways to improve.
The action we have taken so far
- We follow a business model that maximises load and efficiency to reduce our environmental impact. This is driven by our logistics platform, Despatchlab, which maximises the efficiency of our fleet
- We have partnered with packaging companies who provide the most environmentally prudent products to our clients. We avoid single use plastics and utilise eco and recycle products where we can
- We offset through Carbon Footprint
- From sales prospecting to communication, we use digital utilisation across our network
- We have achieved our green office target for over 20 years running
- We are activity working towards our carbon neutral goal by 2030 and carbon zero by 2040
- We regularly promote a green agenda to our network and through the logistics industry and we award good environmental practices at our AGM
- We appointed our very own sustainability champion, Melanie, in 2023 to help us be greener, sooner
- Offset 10.62 tonnes of carbon dioxide per month but supporting a Global Portfolio of
Verified Carbon Reduction Projects - View our Carbon Footprint Certificate here
What about transferring to an EV network?
We continually monitor the advances in electric vehicles that can be used by the logistics industry, but unfortunately, so far, transferring our fleet to EVs is neither practical or affordable. However, as this technology develops to provide greater capacity, range, network reliability and affordability it is our hope that the Diamond fleet can make this transition. Until that time, we will continue to use the most fuel-efficient vehicles available for our fleet.
You can read or download our Carbon Reduction Plan by clicking here.
Small changes lead to big results
- Moved to ecologically friendly cleaning products
- Contributed to papers for electric vehicle requirements for the logistics industry
- Built returns load functionality into our proprietal software, despatchlab, to minimalise empty vehicle miles in our network of the future
- Added the Green Checklist to the Diamond standards
- Changed lights in offices to LED and automatic switch off
- Committed to the Green Agenda being part of our company’s objectives and key results
- Started our shift to electric vehicles acquiring the first 3 for our fleet
- Supported the green agenda in IoC meets
- Promoted remote working, launch and meets to minimalise road miles
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