A report on lowering the environmental impact of produce deliveries was launched at London’s New Covent Garden Market, which showed off its latest fleet of temperature-controlled EVs
A new report examining ways to reduce the environmental impact of fresh produce deliveries into central London was launched this week at the Food Exchange at New Covent Garden Market (NCGM).
Organised by Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) and supported by Petit Forestier Group, a leading provider in refrigeration and cold chain solutions, the event introduced the conclusions of the ‘Reducing the environmental impact of deliveries to London’s West End’ report.
The occasion was also an opportunity to check out the newest fleet of temperature-controlled electric vehicles (EVs) to support the move away from diesel.
“The event was a strong foundation to move forward everyone’s thinking of the wider food solutions for London,” said CGMA chair Wanda Goldwag OBE. “We wanted to provide attendees with food for thought.”
Guests included representatives from across the supply chain for London’s hospitality business, as well as from central government, London councils and NGOs including the Cross River Partnership.
The report examined three ways of reducing the impact of deliveries: Reduce, Remode and Retime.
“Since the daily flow of vans from NCGM to the West End cannot be reduced through consolidation of deliveries, and with retiming of deliveries being dependant on the customer, moving from diesel to EVs is the option that NCGM have concluded will have the most positive environmental impact,” NCGM stated.
