Tag: Royal Mail

Royal Mail announces four-year national charity partnership with the British Heart Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Mail employees have chosen the British Heart Foundation as its new national charity partner for 2022-2026. The UK’s leading heart health charity will benefit from a four-year partnership with Royal Mail. Employees will be encouraged to raise £2 million, volunteer and provide pro bono support for the charity. The money raised will fund the new Royal Mail Community Hearts programme, which is aiming to: Deliver CPR training for 1 million young people Fund hundreds of Community defibrillators Develop accessible heart health information for the nation Earlier this year, Royal…

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Royal Mail passes milestone of 3,000 electric vans across its delivery and collection fleet

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Mail has announced it has passed the milestone of 3,000 electric vehicles across its delivery and collection fleet. The roll-out includes many cities where low emission zones are in force, including London, Bristol, Glasgow, Cambridge and Oxford. The 3,000th electric vehicle was deployed at Peterborough Delivery Office, where Royal Mail CEO, Simon Thompson and MP for Peterborough, Paul Bristow, made a visit to see the see the fleet in operation. Peterborough Delivery Office currently has 106 vehicles on site with all delivery and collection functions operated by a fully…

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Royal Mail seeks new national charity partner

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Mail is looking for a new national charity partner for 2022-2026 and applications are now open. Royal Mail is looking to partner with a charity over the next four years that is focused on heart health. Positive heart health is important to Royal Mail as poor heart health is one of the leading causes of absence at Royal Mail. National charity partners will benefit from a four-year partnership with Royal Mail. Employees will be encouraged to raise money, volunteer and provide pro bono support for the charity selected. Employees…

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Royal Mail pledges net zero by 2040 and sets ambitious new 50gco2e parcel target – the same as making a cuppa

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Mail has launched an ambitious new environment plan, which includes a long-term target to reduce its average carbon emissions per parcel it delivers in the UK from 205gCO2e today to 50gCO2e. That’s about the same carbon emissions as making a cup of tea with milk. The company has also brought forward its Net Zero target by 10 years to 2040 and is committing to near term emissions targets in line with climate science*, reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2025/26 and Scope 3…

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Royal Mail embarks on emission-cutting tyre trial for electric vans

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Mail has embarked on a six to nine-month trial of new tyres on a number of electric vehicles (EVs). The tyres are specially designed to help reduce particulate matter emissions and improve the range, efficiency and longevity of vehicles. The trial is a joint venture between Royal Mail, Transport for London (TfL) and ENSO, as part of the London FreightLab innovation challenge. This challenge aims to tackle pollution, congestion and road danger in London. The tyres, from manufacturer ENSO, claim to produce fewer microparticles in comparison to normal tyres,…

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