Postal Hub podcast

Oct 3, 2022

Caryn-Ann Allen, Associate Director of Sustainability at DPDgroup, joins me to discuss DPDgroup’s strategy for achieving net carbon zero:

• DPDgroup's 2040 net zero target submitted to SBTi
• DPDgroup's interim target for 2030
• Why decarbonisation and lower emissions is important to DPDgroup's partners and customers
• How...

Sep 26, 2022

Professor Alan McKinnon, Professor of Logistics, Kuehne Logistics University, Hamburg, joins me to discuss five strategies to decarbonise urban logistics:

Rationalisation - Route optimisation

Realistic solutions compared to ambitious longer-term options

Switching to lower carbon transport modes

Rail

Cargo cycles

Filling...

Sep 19, 2022

• Key parcel pricing challenges
• Volatility, inflation, and fluctuating demand influencing costs
• Impact of fuel price increases
• Fuel surcharges (or energy surcharges) and limitations of fuel indexation
• Other...

Sep 14, 2022

Rob King, co-founder and CEO of Zedify, talks about his experience running a cargo bike delivery firm. We cover:

• Creating better cities via zero emission deliveries
• Delivering from urban micro-hubs
• Decoupling trunking and last mile delivery
• Consolidating consignments for local delivery
• Partnerships with 3PLs
• Recycling...

Jul 18, 2022

Dr Laetitia Dablanc, Professor at the University Gustave Eiffel and head of the Logistics City Chair, discusses recent research she co-authored entitled "Response to COVID-19 lockdowns from urban freight stakeholders". We discuss:

• A survey focusing on labour, traffic, regulations, and any other issues relevant 
• Need to...