Prologis Research: E-Commerce Lowers the Carbon Footprint of Retail

Media Alert – January 18, 2021

Driven by the stay-at-home economy, e-commerce set records during the 2020 holiday season. A new study by the MIT Real Estate Innovation LabLogistics Real Estate and E-Commerce Lower the Carbon Footprint of Retail reveals the tangible environmental benefits of online shopping.

Aside from the immediate positive impact on emissions, the outlook of an increase of 80% in package delivery over the next decade combined with on-going innovations such as more effective planning, package innovations, smart buildings, electrification of vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) can foster even more sustainable operations.

Dirk Sosef, Vice President, Research and Strategy: “The annual e-commerce growth rate across Europe follows similar upward trends as seen in the US. In Europe, in-store shopping has a slightly smaller impact on emissions, due to a higher density of the brick and mortar network and the availability of the public transport facilities. Still, we will continue to see the strong positive effects of the innovations in e-commerce on emissions.”

Pre-holiday period European increases in annual e-commerce sales are reported to be 34% from November 2019 to November 2020, with variations for each country (source Eurostat).

Attached we are sending you a short overview of the research results and you will find the full research here.

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