Challenge #9
What if …
the citizens in Ghent were aware of their co2 impact related to e-commerce?
Partner
City of Ghent – Environment and climate department
Our mission is to move our city to a sustainable and climate neutral city.
Involved SDG's
#11 – Sustainable cities & communities
#12 – Responsible consumption & production
#13 – Climate action
Language
- Dutch
- English
Problem description
People are not aware of the CO2 impact that is related to their e-commerce behavior. They forget that an online purchase sometimes has a significant CO2 impact, for example related to the distance that is covered, the packaging that is used, the vehicle(s) that were used, inefficient delivery routes, … By showing the impact we want to change their behavior and show the different alternatives.
At the moment we are missing data to quantify the impact and their is a lack of communication and choice when it comes to the logistics following the purchase of the products via e-commerce.
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What has been done already?
In the Netherlands there are some examples that tackle this problem such as Thuiswinkel.org.
What are the next steps?
Find data on this problem, benchmark and analyse it.
Interaction with different stakeholders
Expected outcome
A plan of action to continue with the project and a summary of the data & information that has been found.