Zedify's April Round Up
Welcome to the 5th edition of Zedify's monthly newsletter!
Here's what we got up to in April.
We published our annual Impact Report
On the day after Earth Day, we published our latest Impact Report, detailing our progress across 2023 and our plans for growth over the next year.
If you haven't already read the report, here's what you can find in it:
and so much more!
Our site has had a facelift
We've been working away behind the scenes with our partner web agency, Squarebird, and have remodelled our site to better reflect our branding, mission and service quality.
We hope that it's now super easy to see exactly what we do and how we do it.
Perhaps you want to learn more about how a cargo bike delivery actually works - is it practical for your business needs? We've got a whole 'How it Works' page for that. Or maybe you want to have a snoop on our team, our mission, and origins? We've got some practical explainers on the sustainability side too.
We hope it's easy to find what you're looking for, but we'd love you to get in touch if not. Just drop an email to [email protected] if you have any unanswered questions. Our customer service team is always happy to help.
Our team took a trip down to Bristol to shadow our riders
Our couriers work extremely hard in all weathers, on all terrains, and at all times of day. It's a rewarding and fun job, but like any role, can certainly be tough going.
We think it's important that members of the 'central' team (those not in depots on a daily basis) shadow our depot colleagues to understand the day-to-day experience of delivering for Zedify clients. This has so many benefits; not only does it help to connect our depot and central teams, it provides context for the desk-based work we do, empowering us to make decisions in a way that makes sense for the business as a whole.
Our latest mission of this type saw Harriet Hird, our Head of Marketing, and Ella Yarrow, our newly onboarded Sustainability Manager, head down to Bristol to shadow our rider team for the day. Take a look at the behind the scenes pictures, courtesy of our talented rider, TJ.
Zedify x Veja
As huge fans of VEJA, we were so pleased to announce this one (and equally excited to attend the launch of their first UK store last week)!
We love VEJA's trademark designs as much as everyone else does, but it's their sustainability creds that really set them apart. They really put their money where their mouth is: a pair of VEJA trainers costs 30% more to produce in South America vs other brands that manufacture their products in East Asia (which is the sneaker brand norm).
VEJA also pay their material producer families upfront, so everyone knows where they stand, and ensures only the best raw organic materials are used in the manufacturing process.
Our favourite part?
The VEJA repair scheme which they operate for trainers from all brands, and a recycling scheme for those beyond repair!
Where does Zedify come in?
Our rider teams will be whizzing over to their very first UK store every day, with a bike full of shoes to restock the shelves. So if you spot us around Monmouth Street in London, give us a wave - and make sure you pop in to see the new space for yourself!
VEJA have always been super open about their BCorp certification and their desire to keep pushing forward with sustainable progress, so it makes sense to add fairly paid couriers using zero-emission vehicles into their supply chain to help with that.
Coming up:
Meet us at the National Cargo Bike Summit on the 10th May!
We'll have our new GTrike cargo bike on site, so come and take a look. You'll also be able to meet councillors and policymakers in the active travel industry, get your own cargo bike business user guide from the experts, and be able to find out what's next for cargo bikes from some of the biggest service providers in the UK ??
That's all for now,
Team Zedify
Independent Transport Specialist
10 个月Need to catch up re your work in West with Megabus plus the recent webinar on gig economy drivers & riders for local logistics operations Some headline operators (eg Yodel/Evri) seem to be expecting unviable rates as acceptable for final mile contractors, and often getting this business picked up by gig workers as a pay per drop call-off using a phone app to collect jobs Thoughts?