?ód? will be the first city in Poland to implement the "Green City" project with InPost
Rafa? Brzoska, CEO of InPost: - I would like to thank the authorities of ?ód? for their hospitality and for taking the initiative so quickly. For us, the possibility of working with one of the largest cities in Poland is an honor. Nowadays, large cities should create conditions for the development of the so-called city logistics and directly support initiatives that are helping to reduce smog in the city.
The current growth of e-commerce is generating increasing problems in urban areas both in terms of traffic flow (increase in the number of cars, lack of parking spaces) and environmental issues (noise, air pollution, etc.)
The Global Ecommerce 2020 report shows that the highest growth in sales in the e-commerce channel in the world this year will be recorded in Central and Eastern Europe - by as much as 21.5% compared to last year. Some analysts predict these results will be even more spectacular.
As part of the "Green City" agreement concluded by the City of ?ód? and InPost, the city has made available 70 new locations, where modern parcel lockers with electric car charging stations will be built.
In Poland, in the whole of 2020, online sales increased by 30%, reaching the level of EUR 15 billion. Paradoxically, the global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting need to transfer their businesses to the network have certainly contributed to such a good result.
Parcel locker model is the most frequently chosen delivery form in Poland. The domestic market is an absolute exception in this field in Europe. According to the "E-Commerce in Poland 2020" report prepared by Gemius, as many as 61% of online buyers use this form of delivery. Only the second place was delivery by courier directly to home or work. There is no doubt that it is worth taking a closer look at this phenomenon and checking why this form of delivery is so popular.
A special calculator developed by InPost indicates that if traditional home deliveries were replaced with delivery to a parcel locker, CO2 emissions could be reduced by up to 75%. The carbon footprint for home delivery is 0.659 kg CO2 on average, taking into account the entire shipment route, of which 0.294 kg CO2 is only in the last mile. Meanwhile, the average results for deliveries to Parcel Lockers are only 0.229 kg of CO2 on the entire route and only 0.075 kg of CO2 in the last mile. The carbon footprint of deliveries to the parcel locker may be even smaller if our arrival at the machine is also environmentally neutral, e.g. when we collect the shipment on the way to work or when shopping, when we reach it on foot or by bicycle.
Rafa? Brzoska, president of InPost: Parcel locker constitutes the most ecological form of delivery. With our activity, we reduce exhaust emissions in cities by 66%, and in rural areas - even more. This is because our courier delivers as many as 1000 parcels during his working day, while the courier who brings parcels directly to their homes delivers 75 of them on average. Thanks to this, we are twelve times more efficient and we travel twelve times less kilometers to deliver parcels to our recipients .