Around 87% of UK businesses list emissions reduction as a priority, up from 81% in 2024, according to new research conducted to GXO.
The Future of Transport report also showed that 86% of transport operators now believe collaboration between logistics networks is key to reducing costs and cutting carbon emissions, up from 65% in 2024.
Additionally, 85% reported increased investment in fleet optimisation, but when it comes to alternative fuels, just 35% of organisations strongly agree they have a clear strategy and defined timeline for adoption.
To develop this report, GXO surveyed over 1,000 senior decision makers in UK supply chain and logistics organisations to uncover how businesses are addressing the challenges of cost resilience, low-emission transport and operational digitalisation.
GXO UK & Ireland managing director, Carl Hanson, said: “The cost of inaction is no longer abstract. Businesses that don’t address the challenges ahead – optimisation, fleet efficiency, real-time visibility – are paying for it in higher costs, missed deliveries and lost customers.
“The good news is that reducing inefficiency and cutting emissions are not competing goals. They are the same goal.
“What makes that possible is giving businesses the tools to see clearly and move quickly – end-to-end visibility across the supply chain, access to a collaborative community of transport networks, and the real-time data to make smarter decisions.
“That is exactly what GXO’s EyeQ digital transport solution was built to do.”
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