Sustainability

There could hardly have been a more fitting day for Tomsetts Distribution to welcome its first fully electric heavy goods vehicle than World Environment Day. The arrival of the new 12-tonne electric lorry marks another important milestone in the company’s ambitious sustainability journey and its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 and Net Zero …

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Tomsetts Distribution would like to thank Motor Transport, regarded as the UK’s industry bible, and journalist Carol Millett for featuring Tomsett’s recent growth and sustainability journey in a national industry article published on 21 May online. The feature, titled “Sustainable strategy and ‘personal touch’ wins Tomsetts Distribution £1m in new business”, highlighted how the family-run …

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Tomsetts gives diesel forklift a new lease of life with electric remanufacturing As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and its ambitious Net Zero 2040 strategy, Tomsetts Distribution has taken delivery of the UK’s first fully remanufactured electric forklifts. Rather than purchasing a brand-new vehicle, the company chose a more sustainable alternative that demonstrates …

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At Tomsetts, we love smart engineering and we hate waste. We’re also thinking outside the box to reduce our environmental footprint and fulfil our Net Zero by 2040 pledge.

We’re incredibly proud to be part of the Green Shipping corridor between France and the UK – a zero-emissions cargo sailboat route.

On the same day Keir Starmer announced the UK’s carbon reduction targets, we were proud to declare that Tomsetts is on the road to net zero too.

Trialling a zero emissions lorry is another step on our road to net zero! We’re trialling an Iveco eDaily 7.2t electric lorry, to see how it handles our local delivery routes in and around Brighton. It’s a fantastic bit of kit that can do up to 240 miles on a single charge. Sustainable logistics 240 …

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In another exciting step on our sustainability mission, we’ve replaced our fleet of diesel forklift trucks with zero-emissions, fully electric models from Electrofit Industrial Solutions. The switch should save an estimated 24 tonnes of CO2e per year: the equivalent of 400 economy flights from London to Paris! More than just saving carbon emissions We’re on …

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