by Walther Ploos van Amstel
The WEF’s Future of the last-mile ecosystem report forecasts trends in global e-commerce–related indicators. Mckinsey leveraged the model in Japan to present specific insights, factoring in local conditions such as demography and purchasing behaviors.
WEF, co-authored with Boston Consulting Group, published a report for the Net-Zero Challenge: The supply chain opportunity. It showcases the opportunity that all companies have for huge climate impact through action to decarbonize global supply chains. Addressing supply-chain emissions enables many customer-facing companies to impact a volume of emissions several times higher than they could if they …
Growing demand for e-commerce delivery will result in 36% more delivery vehicles in inner cities by 2030, leading to a rise in both emissions and traffic congestion without effective intervention. Without effective intervention, urban last-mile delivery emissions and traffic congestion are on track to increase by over 30% in the top 100 cities globally.