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DPD helps to green the River Lea

[ January 8, 2025   //   ]

Express parcel delivery firm DPD has donated £50,000 to Gasworks Dock Partnership to support nature conservation work at Cody Dock on the banks of the River Lea, next to its Docklands sorting centre.
Gasworks Dock Partnership is a registered charity and social enterprise for the community led regeneration of Cody Dock and local waterways. The charity aims to help people access the Lower Lea’s environment and celebrate the area’s industrial heritage by developing a community-based arts and creative industries quarter, forge links with the wider community and work with volunteers to clean up and restore the riverside.
In November 2023, DPD opened its new Docklands centre, next to Cody Dock. One of its most sustainable sortation facilities to date, it has capacity for 500 battery vehicles, helping it to provide an all-electric delivery service within London.
DPD has donated £50,000 from the firm’s innovative Eco Fund to create Kingfisher and Sand Martin habitat and nesting sites at Cody Dock.
DPP’s director of marketing, communications and sustainability Tim Jones (pictured, right, with Gasworks Dock Partnership chief executive Simon Myers) said: “We are still relatively new in the area, but it has been fantastic to find out more about the ongoing work to restore the dock and protect habitats and biodiversity. It is clear the local community is hugely engaged with the facilities and the project, and we very much want to play a role in that and contribute positively to the area.”


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