M&S to expand low emission heavy goods vehicle fleet
Marks & Spencer is to deploy more biomethane powered trucks as it looks to further reduce emissions from its logistics network.
Serving both the retailer’s food and fashion, home and beauty logistics operations, the trucks will have up to 85% lower CO2 emissions than traditional diesel engine vehicles.
Subscribe to TRBThe retailer currently has over 210 bio-CNG trucks in operation, including c.150 Scania 4×2 and 26 Scania 6×2 trucks. The expansion will increase the size of M&S’ lower-emission fleet to over 300 bio-CNG vehicles by the end of March 2027.
To enable the rollout, M&S has signed a long-term agreement with CNG Fuels to deliver mobile refuelling stations at its distribution centres, which will provide daily capacity to refuel more than 300 CNG trucks. This complements CNG Fuels’ national network of 16 public-access stations, which is expanding to support up to 20,000 trucks per day by the end of 2028.
Julian Bailey, transport director at M&S, said: “Moving to lower-carbon logistics with reduced dependency on diesel and the increased use of new technologies and lower carbon fuels is key to achieving our Plan A Net Zero ambitions.
“We trialled a range of technologies and have chosen Bio-CNG as a key solution for decarbonising our logistics fleet as it is a proven, flexible and cost-efficient fuel supported by mature infrastructure.”
In addition to biomethane-powered trucks, M&S has 13 zero tailpipe-emission battery electric HGVs and five battery electric Rigids operating across its distribution networks.
The retailer is working to become a net zero business across its value chain by 2040.
