REDUCING DELIVERY-RELATED EMISSIONS
LATEST EDITION OF PRESTIGIOUS MENTORING PROGRAMME LAUNCHED COUNTRY: France SCHOOL: NEOMA Business School
Seven students from NEOMA Business School have been selected to take part in the latest Women@Dior mentoring and educational programme. Launched in Paris from UNESCO’s amphitheatre, the digital event was also the graduation ceremony of the previous year’s cohort. Founded in 2017, the programme has now joined with UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition and gives women across the world a chance to be partnered with a Dior Mentor. Its aim is to enable young woman to build a better future by developing their autonomy and gaining key knowledge. The online programme is said to welcome 500 mentees and 300 mentors each year from 25 different countries. Its content, meanwhile, features courses taught by faculty at institutions that include Bocconi University in Milan and HEC Paris, a ‘Dream for change’ project aimed at empowering young girls, and networking opportunities, both on a local and global scale. Dior’s Director of Human Resources, Emmanuelle Favre said at the launch of 2020’s programme: ‘Dior is no stranger to controversy when it comes to the role of fashion in female empowerment. We are proud to have been in the front row for some of the most pivotal moments in women’s history. As new waves of feminism continue to break, we are determined to make a difference.’ One of the NEOMA students selected to be a participant in this year’s Women@Dior programme, Cecilia Conti – who is currently enrolled on the School’s International Master in Luxury Management degree – said: ‘This programme, which supports young women by boosting their self-confidence and focuses on several themes such as gender equality and sustainability, will allow me to develop soft skills such as autonomy, creativity and team-working.’ Participants are selected from top Business Schools as well as engineering, art and fashion schools for their talent, ambition and generosity, and their future leadership potential. / EB
COUNTRY: Germany SCHOOL: TUM School of Management
There has been an upsurge of reliance on logistics companies during the pandemic, but home delivery – and the share of motorised traffic these services represent – come at a cost for people and the environment. What is the alternative? Electric cargo bikes that can transport around 50 packages each are not widely used by logistics companies but could help reduce delivery-related CO2 emissions by around a seventh, according to economists and mobility researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU). ‘Cargo bikes can be used to best advantage in built-up areas, with short distances between package drop-offs and where delivery vans struggle to find parking,’ said Stefan Minner, a Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at TUM School of Management. Using a mathematical optimisation model to identify suitable areas, the research team found that cargo bikes could potentially deliver around 28% and 37% of packages in the German cities of Munich and Regensburg, respectively. This would reduce the total kilometres driven by motorised delivery vehicles by 16% in Munich and 18% in Regensburg, which would equate to decreases in delivery-related CO2 emissions of 14% and 17%, respectively. If two logistics companies were to co-operate and avoid overlapping trips, then the reductions in kilometres travelled by motorised delivery vehicles could be 29% and if three companies were to collaborate, the saving could be as high as 42%. The study also encompassed the infrastructure needed to support cargo bike delivery – micro depots positioned throughout the city to which goods could be brought (albeit, by motorised vehicle) in low-traffic periods. This is an important consideration as suitable placement is likely to require political support. ‘The use of cargo bikes in city centres is a chicken-and-egg problem. Where service providers don’t find the suitable infrastructure, there is no incentive for them to adapt their logistics,’ said Rolf Moeckel, a Professor of Modelling Spatial Mobility at TUM. / TBD
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