Logistics: How to do a building boom sustainably

By Giles Heather 2021-02-15T06:00:00

A low-carbon approach to construction early on will lower the client’s future operational costs, says Giles Heather

Thanks to covid and the rising demand for goods bought online, the logistics sector is booming. As demand has grown, so too has the sector’s carbon footprint. Consequently, logistics has a responsibility to start tackling - indeed lowering - its emissions, and it will come under growing pressure to do so. This comes with significant challenges but work already under way across the sector shows how it can be done.

With so many stores closed during the various lockdowns of the past 12 months, consumers have had little option but to turn to the internet to buy the goods they need. Rising demand for online shopping has, in turn, driven retailers and distributors to invest in their logistics infrastructure.

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