Vodafone

Year: 2023

Award: Supply Chain Excellence Awards - UK

Award Name: The Sustainable Materials Award

Company: Unipart Logistics

Creating a more sustainable world and future for the planet is this generation’s biggest challenge.

Fortunately, Vodafone and Unipart haven’t only just started thinking about it.

From reducing waste and the use of consumables, removing single-use plastic, helping customers make greener choices or lowering energy consumption and emissions - the Vodafone Unipart partnership has been minimising its impact on the environment for over 20 years.

Vodafone recognises society needs a more efficient, circular economy-focused approach to eliminating waste and has committed to reducing network equipment waste and helping customers, businesses, and consumers to reduce device waste and make more sustainable choices.

Unipart has adopted science-based targets to achieve net zero carbon for operational emissions by 2030 and net zero across the entire value chain by 2040.

The entry focuses on the progress the partnership has made over the last 18 months through several key projects that have targeted more efficient use of materials, reduction in waste, and the introduction of sustainable resources.

The companies take the partnership sustainability commitments seriously and are collaborating to optimise energy usage, remove waste from the value chain, engage colleagues, and use zero-emissions technology to develop new environmentally friendly products and services for Vodafone customers.