The sustainability challenge in the growing home delivery industry. Over the past 7 years, the total volume of e-commerce activity in Spain has increased by 200%, with urban freight transport contributing more than 15% of traffic in our cities and being responsible for 25% of emissions.
MOOEVO presented the report “Last mile. Will the growing demand for urban parcel services be sustainable? This second study analyzes the sustainability of the growing demand for urban parcel services.
Resulting from the boom in eCommerce, which has increased by more than 200% over the past seven years, coupled with the already traditional supply of businesses, these home deliveries today have a greater impact than ever on the quality of life of citizens, the environment and economy.
With the evolution of the pandemic, it was possible to see that the changes in trends that occurred in 2020 were maintained in certain branches of activity, such as hypermarkets, supermarkets and food stores, whose turnover business continues to be the most important electronic commerce. with 3.2%, thus becoming one of the 10 activities with the highest volume of business in eCommerce.
Although the growth of e-commerce in our country is evident, with a greater volume of business every year, at European level there are countries that present a higher percentage of turnover in this type of commerce, Spain occupying the 11th position, leading the ranking Iceland, Czech Republic and Belgium.
