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Prologis

2040

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27.5%

Reduction in Scope 3 emissions target before 2030

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Simon Cox
Senior Vice President, Head of Development Management UK, Prologis UK

Leading the way in Zero Carbon Commuting

Prologis is the leading industrial logistics buildings provider to some of the UK’s biggest brands. A business committed to building long-standing relationships with customers and the communities close to its parks, they launched the Hub at DIRFT in Northamptonshire in 2022. This brand new facility was designed with a dedicated space for site occupiers to meet and learn.

In a bid to support their customers embed sustainability across their business operations, Prologis sought to help occupier’s employees commute more sustainably in July 2022. Utilising Mobilityways Travel Survey and CommuteIQ tools, Prologis were able to identify opportunities to decarbonise the commute, save employees money and minimise the site’s environmental impact.

Prologis’s customers – including GXO, DHL, Sainsburys and Royal Mail – were themselves seeking solutions to commuting issues impacting their businesses. This included a need to reduce emissions in line with ambitious net zero goals, the need to access a broader talent pool in a difficult labour market and a desire to engage their workforce with valuable employee benefits.

Five other Prologis parks now also use the Mobilityways suite of solutions, with Liftshare for Work utilised at more than 20 Prologis parks in total.

We’ve been delighted with the working relationship with Mobilityways. The part that stands out is our award-winning work at DIRFT. We’ve introduced Zeelo and Liftshare, measured bus movements and put cycle ways in. That work has increased applicants for jobs by 500%.
Robin Woodbridge
Head of Capital Deployment, SVP, Prologis UK

CommuteIQ report results

After receiving their initial CommuteIQ report, Prologis:

• Gained full visibility of the commuter landscape 
• Understood the key challenges faced by their customers and their employees 
• Benchmarked and tracked Scope 3 commuter emissions 
• Identified real-world travel alternatives
• Made data-based decisions to inform travel initiatives 
• Built business cases for sustainable travel interventions and measured the impact 

The location made commuters feel unsafe to walk or cycle, yet 25% of respondents said they would regularly cycle if safer, with the route from Rugby identified as a main opportunity.

It’s not just about reducing emissions from the commute, which is really important and one of my primary interests here, but it’s also about access to talent. It’s about reducing operational costs. It’s about being more competitive. It’s about being able to give a fully rounded offer to different employment groups.
Kirsty Austin
Deputy Director Future Transport, Department for Transport

An award-winning, best-practice partnership

Following the consultation, Prologis went on to support greener travel initiatives to support their customers’ environmental and operational objectives. Through data-led intelligence, they promoted a site-wide Liftshare scheme and supported the provision of an on-demand bus platform, Zeelo.

Prologis’ customers have since described how these changes had benefited their business. One of the biggest impacts of addressing commuting challenges was seeing a 500% surge in responses to job ads that detailed the availability of transport options to get to site.

Recognised as best practice, the project was promoted by the former Minister for Decarbonisation and has been recognised with two award wins – from the CiTTi Awards and Northamptonshire Logistics Awards – and four further nominations – from The National Sustainability Awards, Edie Net Zero Awards, Supply Chain Excellence Awards, and CiTTi Awards again.

The partnership showed the power and potential of collaboration between the public and private sectors, engaging 12 Prologis customers, including DHL, Royal Mail and Sainsbury’s, alongside the Department for Transport and West Northants Council. 

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“We wanted to highlight the fact that we do have transport available into the site which would give us an immediate advantage over our competitors. Pay rates are one thing but you can offer all the money in the world but if you can't get to your job it's pointless.”
Steven Wood
Senior Contracts Manager, Pertemps

Former Minister for Decarbonisation and Technology visits Prologis DIRFT in 2023

Measurable impact

Data-driven solutions

Reduce Scope 3 Emissions

Reduce Scope 3 emissions to meet net zero goals

Sustainable Travel

Identify and overcome barriers to sustainable travel at the DIRFT site

Understand employee sentiments

Understand employee sentiments towards the commute

Make data based decisions

Make data based decisions about sustainable travel initiatives

Utilise the Liftshare Platform

Utilise the Liftshare Platform to access a broader talent pool

Provide a valuable employee benefit

Provide a valuable employee benefit to help their teams save money

Results

Key outcomes so far

Increases of up to 500% in job applicants for customers due to improved park accessibility.

More than 1,000 workers at DIRFT have signed up for Prologis Liftshare since the scheme was introduced.

Car-sharing saves Liftshare members an average of £1,034 in fuel costs over the course of a year.

Two award wins and four further nominations, celebrating Mobilityways’ and Prologis’s combined achievements across sustainability, transport and data analytics.

Prologis provided seed funding for a new direct bus service from Leicester. From a standing start, 683 unique riders have made 13,052 journeys.

Using Liftshare for Work, workers at DIRFT are expected to take 1,274 tonnes of CO2e out of the atmosphere each year by carpooling

The data collection piece is absolutely at the forefront of Zero Carbon Commuting. Without that data we can’t make meaningful choices and we can’t invest in the right places and get the most for our money to get the most benefit out of whatever subsidies we have available.
David Mellor
Director of Project Management, Prologis