Cut your delivery emissions, starting with your next order.
The biggest single thing you can do to reduce the carbon footprint of your site supplies is send fewer, fuller deliveries. Tiger Supplies is built for it — and we'll give you the verified carbon data for every order, ready to plug straight into your environmental reporting.
Talk to your account managerConsolidation is the biggest carbon lever on your site supplies.
Most of the carbon footprint of your site supplies doesn't come from the products themselves — it comes from moving them. Vehicles, fuel, packaging, warehousing. The biggest single thing a supplier can do to reduce that footprint is run fewer, fuller vehicles. Empty running and partial loads are the two largest carbon costs in any delivery operation.
That's why our distribution model is built around consolidation, not coverage. Where most national suppliers run regional depot networks — adding buildings, fleets, energy use and inter-depot trunking — Tiger Supplies operates from a single national hub at Upwood, Cambridgeshire. Every order, from PPE to fencing, ships from one place on one consolidated route.
For you, that means each delivery to your site already carries roughly half the carbon of a comparable multi-depot operation. When you bundle your orders together, that figure drops further.
What our model delivers, measured.
Based on Tiger Supplies' 2024 environmental impact assessment covering 93,600 outbound deliveries from our Upwood hub, measured against modelled multi-depot configurations.
How we make it possible.
One national hub
Our distribution hub at Upwood, Cambridgeshire is the source for every order — over 93,600 deliveries in 2024 from a single building. No regional warehouses duplicating stock. No transfers between sites. No fuel burnt moving the same product around our own network before it reaches you. One fleet, one set of buildings to heat and light, one quality control operation. Lower energy use per delivery, fewer empty miles, and a measurable carbon advantage we can show you in writing.
A hybrid distribution model
Local deliveries run on our own vehicles, routed through Orderwise TMS to minimise mileage and consolidate multi-drop orders. National deliveries go via Euro VI pallet and courier networks — DX, FedEx and Pallet Track — who consolidate loads across their customer base rather than running dedicated single-customer vans. Several of those partners are trialling HVO fuel and electric HGVs. This blend lets us serve any UK postcode next-day without resorting to ad hoc couriers, which are typically the highest-emission option in logistics.
A modern fleet, transitioning fast
47% of our own fleet is now electric or hybrid, up from 27% in 2024. We've cut our diesel vehicle count by 67% in a single year, supported by on-site EV charging infrastructure. Target: over 50% EV by 2026, with the remaining diesel and one petrol vehicle phased out by 2028. Net Zero across all scopes by 2040.
Single hub vs multi-depot, side by side.
We commissioned an environmental impact assessment in 2024 to test our model against industry-typical alternatives. The comparison below sets our single-hub operation against a modelled nine-depot configuration providing the same nationwide next-day coverage. The numbers are clear: every additional depot adds CO₂e through duplicated buildings, fleets and inter-site trunking.
| KPI | Tiger Supplies (Single Hub) | 9-Depot Model (industry typical) |
|---|---|---|
| Total CO₂e | 175.7 t | ≈ 310 t |
| CO₂e per delivery | 1.88 kg | 3.3–3.6 kg |
| Annual energy use | 326,409 kWh | 540,000–600,000 kWh |
| Fleet vehicles | 17 | 50+ |
| Inter-depot trunking | 0 km / day | 2,000–4,000 km / day |
| Buildings to heat & light | 1 | 9 |
| Quality control oversight | Centralised | Variable |
We give you the numbers for your own reporting.
Sustainability claims are only useful if they're measurable, and only credible if they're audited. We provide every contract customer with an annual customer-specific carbon report — calculated on your actual delivery activity, ready to drop straight into your environmental reporting.
What's in the report
- Your apportioned share of our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions (based on your share of total deliveries)
- Your Scope 3 emissions from our outbound deliveries to your sites, using verified courier and pallet partner data
- Total CO₂e attributable to your account
- Average CO₂e per delivery and per tonne shipped
- Year-on-year trends as the data builds
How you use it
Most customers plug the report directly into their Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) submission, the supplier-emissions section of their ESG report, or framework disclosures (such as Constructionline). Some pass it through to their own end clients to evidence supply chain progress. Free to receive for contract customers — ask your account manager.
What you can do, starting now.
Three practical actions, all available on your account from today:
Bundle your orders
Place fewer, fuller orders rather than several small ones through the week. The biggest single carbon saving on your account is the deliveries you don't make.
Time orders together
Where you can, group order placements so we can ship them as one consignment rather than separate runs. Talk to your account manager about how to set this up.
Ask for your carbon report
Every contract customer can request an annual customer-specific carbon report. Free, audit-grade methodology, ready for your environmental reporting.
Ready to cut your delivery emissions?
Talk to your account manager about consolidating your orders and receiving your annual carbon report.
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