89% less CO2. Delivered.

Most Ordit orders arrive by e-bike, electric cargo bike or pushbike, with vans for the largest orders. Measured across that bike fleet between Q1 2023 and Q2 2024, Ordit avoided 27 tonnes of CO2 versus diesel vans. Real measurements, not offsets.

An Ordit rider delivering office meals on an electric cargo bike in Central London

The data

Measured per kilometre, vehicle by vehicle

The numbers come from Ordit's own fleet report, vehicle by vehicle — against a 254.76g CO2/km diesel van benchmark.

89% less CO2

Per kilometre versus diesel delivery vans — measured across our bike fleet, not a marketing estimate.

27 tonnes saved

CO2 avoided versus diesel vans between Q1 2023 and Q2 2024, against just 3,293kg emitted by our bike fleet.

25–31g CO2/km

Pushbikes at 25.5g, e-bikes at 26.9g, electric cargo bikes at 30.9g — versus 254.8g for a diesel van.

Batched by design

One cargo bike carries 20–50 meals in a single run — group orders mean fewer journeys per lunch, not more.

What the bike fleet delivers

Three figures from our own fleet report: less carbon, real tonnes avoided, and lunch that still arrives fast.

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Bike fleet

89% less CO2 than the diesel vans we replace

Measured per kilometre across the bike fleet: pushbikes, e-bikes and electric cargo bikes.

27 t

Carbon avoided

27 tonnes of CO2 avoided in 18 months

Between Q1 2023 and Q2 2024, against just 3,293kg emitted by the bike fleet in the same period.

30 min

Still faster

Delivery to the desk in 30 minutes

Bikes beat vans through Central London at lunchtime, so the greener option is also the quicker one.

Why bikes beat vans in Central London

Our riders aren't a green compromise — they're the faster option. E-bikes cut through lunchtime traffic for 30-minute deliveries, and one cargo bike replaces a van run by carrying a whole team's group order in insulated bags.

How the fleet works:

  • E-bikes for individual on-demand orders across 13 postcode areas
  • Electric cargo bikes for batched group and catering orders, 20–50 meals per run
  • Scheduled collection windows so restaurants hand over once, not fifty times
  • Vans for the largest catering orders, where a bike run will not fit
An Ordit e-bike rider handing over an office lunch delivery

Cooked to order, nothing binned at five

A traditional canteen cooks for a guess at demand; Ordit partners cook for actual orders. Companies replacing a cafeteria with recurring group orders give employees a different restaurant to choose from each day, with no kitchen infrastructure, no staffing — and no end-of-day food waste.

Employees eating individually ordered meals — cooked to order, no waste

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An Ordit electric cargo bike out on delivery