Just Eat will replace its corporate sales fleet with fully electric vehicles by 2025, supporting wider plans to fully transition its entire corporate fleet to EVs by 2030.

The first 12 EVs are already on the road, featuring complete Just Eat branding

The 175-strong diesel vehicle fleet will initially be replaced by fully electric Cupra Born and Volkswagen ID.3 vehicles, reducing carbon emissions up to 480 tonnes per year. The vehicles were chosen due to their long ranges and advanced driver technology. The first 12 EVs are already on the road, featuring complete Just Eat branding.

The vehicles are used by sales teams within Just Eat to visit prospective restaurant and grocery partners and to provide ongoing support for current partners already on its platform.

Just Eat has partnerships with 68,000 restaurants and groceries in the UK, spanning cities such as London, Manchester and Liverpool but also including remote towns in Cornwall and the Scottish Highlands. This means vehicles must satisfy a wide range of requirements to meet the varying demands of each area sales team.

Leigh Phillipson, Just Eat UK sales director, said: “Our sales team is committed to providing services to restaurant partners up and down the UK and by replacing all our vehicles with electric vehicles, we are further reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting our environment for future generations.”

The initiative is part of Just Eat Takeaway.com’s wider plans for transitioning 100% of its corporate and sales car fleet to electric vehicles by 2030 as per the company’s net zero target for direct operations.

The company launched its Responsible Business Framework in 2021, identifying key areas (Planet, Food, People & Society) to take positive action to drive sustainability across the industry.

In the UK, Just Eat is working to drive sustainability through the takeaway sector through initiatives such as its ongoing partnership with Notpla to provide seaweed based compostable packaging to restaurants as well as a recent carbon labelling trial in partnership with My Emissions. The business also conducted research with Hubbub into food waste, resulting in a trial with restaurants which gave customers the option of a smaller chip ‘waste-less’ portion size.