Descartes Systems Group’s second annual Home Delivery Sustainability Report finds consumers expect one-third of retailers to publish the carbon footprint of individual deliveries currently and 59 percent to do so within five years.
The survey of 8,000 consumers across nine European countries, Canada and the U.S. found only 43 percent felt retailers were doing a good job employing sustainable delivery practices. The majority were open to combining orders over a period into a single delivery, having the seller recommend the most environmentally friendly delivery option, picking up orders at a store, and slowing down deliveries to make delivery more environmentally friendly.
