Smart circular logistics
To deliver on our low-carbon commitment, we drive operational efficiency across order processing, warehousing, packaging, and transportation.
Progress

33.3 %

The share of clean electricity within Cainiao's operational control reached 33.3%.

33.3%

420.1 tons

Cainiao's intelligent route planning algorithm helped reduce 420.1 tons of emissions.

420.1 tons

189,000 tons

Cainiao saved around 189,000 tons of packaging materials by minimizing usage at the source and increasing reuse.

189,000 tons
Approches

To better serve consumers worldwide, we leverage a diverse logistics network. However, the varying maturity of emission reduction technologies across operational stages in different logistics models hinders deployment at scale. Our strategy is to prioritize the implementation of solutions deployable on a massive scale across five key stages: order processing, packaging, transportation, warehousing, and recycling. We make continuous investments to explore and deploy innovative technologies, aiming to build a future-ready, low-carbon logistics system.

Practices
Order processing
Order processing
Packaging
Packaging
Transportation
Transportation
Warehousing
Warehousing
Recycling
Recycling
Multi-order consolidation

Multi-order consolidation

Our direct retail operations consolidate orders destined for the same address and placed around the same time. This reduces the shipping volume, thereby cutting emissions from packaging and transportation.