London climate specialist partners with delivery platform to reduce carbon footprint

Orkestro, the last-mile delivery infrastructure platform, has announced a partnership with London based Pledge, the carbon measurement and removal API specialist.

The partnership is set to offer a new service that gives Okrestro’s customers the ability to measure and offset the footprint of their deliveries through Orkestro’s last-mile delivery management platform.

The integration will allow Orkestro’s customers to measure and offset their deliveries with climate contributions going towards both nature-based solutions as well as engineered removals.

Companies will gain access to “detailed analytics and insights” provided by Pledge as well as recommendations on how to reduce their emissions over time. Calculations follow “globally recognised and trusted standards”, including the GHG protocol and adhere to ISO standards.

The footprint measurement services provided by Pledge are paired with a marketplace of verified carbon offsetting solutions that allow companies to purchase down to a fraction of a carbon credit and access a basket of carbon offsetting projects as part of portfolios.

Edoardo Del Bino, founder and CEO of Orkestro said: “Understanding operational footprint and taking climate action is an ever-important issue in the logistics industry, notably amidst the boom in e-commerce over the past 24 months.

“As a last-mile delivery infrastructure provider, we’re seeing first-hand how brands and fleet partners, driven by consumer demand, increasingly want their deliveries to be sustainable. At Orkestro, we’ve always cared deeply about minimising waste and optimising efficiency to limit the environmental impact of deliveries and we wanted to do more.”

“Through our partnership with Pledge, we not only wanted to give customers data around the carbon footprint of every delivery, but we also wanted to go a step further and offer simple solutions to enable our customers and partners to take climate action.”

David de Picciotto, co-founder and CEO of Pledge, commented: “We’re excited to provide hundreds of brands with visibility on the footprint of their shipments and enable seamless climate action through Pledge’s carbon offsetting marketplace. This will benefit both businesses and their clients looking to make climate-conscious purchasing decisions.”

Looking to promote your product/service to SME businesses in your region? Find out how Bdaily can help →