Global Postal Industry Marks 40% Emissions Reduction on Green Postal Day, Sets Ambitious 2030 Targets

Global Postal Industry Marks 40% Emissions Reduction on Green Postal Day, Sets Ambitious 2030 Targets

(IN BRIEF) On Green Postal Day 2024, postal companies worldwide celebrated a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions since 2008. These companies are working towards further lowering emissions by 50% by 2030, with a focus on using renewable energy and sustainable transportation. DHL Group leads the charge with 30,000 electric vehicles and plans to add 450 Bio-CNG trucks in Germany by the end of 2024. The postal industry is prioritizing global partnerships, sustainable logistics, and circular economy practices to achieve these goals.

(PRESS RELEASE) BONN/BRUSSELS, 19-Sep-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — On Green Postal Day 2024, postal companies from across Europe, North America, Oceania, Africa, and Southeast Asia are celebrating more than 15 years of cooperation in reducing their environmental impact. Since 2008, these global postal companies have collectively reduced their annual CO2 emissions by nearly 40%. The goal is to further decrease emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to 2019, with 75% of their energy consumption coming from renewable sources.

DHL Group is at the forefront of this movement, using over 30,000 electric vehicles, which account for 44% of its fleet in Germany. The company plans to increase this percentage to 80-90% by 2030. DHL is also investing in transitional technologies like Bio-CNG trucks, with over 450 trucks planned for deployment in Germany by the end of 2024. Additionally, DHL is experimenting with hydrogen and HVO-powered vehicles to decarbonize long-haul transport.

Postal companies worldwide are prioritizing partnerships in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals), sharing experiences to accelerate progress on sustainability goals. This includes sustainable procurement practices, waste reduction, and supporting the circular economy by recycling materials and optimizing transport routes. These efforts are essential in promoting sustainable logistics and consumer behavior.

Tobias Meyer, CEO of DHL Group, emphasized the importance of collaboration, stating, “To meet our customers’ expectations for reduced CO2 emissions, we need uniform sustainability standards and effective regulations. Working together as an industry, we can continue to drive investments and innovation in more sustainable mail and e-commerce transport.”

About Green Postal Day
Green Postal Day was established in 2019 by the CEOs of the postal companies participating in the IPC Sustainability Measurement and Management System (SMMS). The aim of this joint campaign is to highlight the environmental and business advantages achieved by the postal industry over the past ten years by cooperating as a sector to reduce CO2 emissions. 26 postal companies from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania take part in this program.

Post & Parcel Germany is a business division of DHL Group with some 187,000 employees. Its core business involves shipping domestic mail and parcels – in other words, transporting, sorting and delivering mail and parcels in Germany. The division is an industry pioneer in environmental and social sustainability, and in Germany it is represented by two strong brands:

Deutsche Post is the biggest mail service provider in Europe and the market leader in the German mail services sector. Its business activity focuses primarily on the product segments Mail Communication, Dialogue Marketing and Press Services. Deutsche Post’s range of products and services includes the processing and delivery of physical documents, as well as a broad digital portfolio in its product segments.

DHL ist die weltweit führende Marke in der Logistik. Its core business comprises parcel logistics, and DHL Parcel is the market leader in the German parcel services sector. The division is the Provider of Choice for both sender and recipient customers in online retail. A diverse range of flexible services makes it easy for customers to both ship and receive parcels. DHL Parcel also operates the largest network of automated parcel stations (Packstations and Poststations) in Germany.

DHL Group generated revenues of more than 81.8 billion euros in 2023. Mit Investitionen in grüne Technologien sowie dem Engagement für Gesellschaft und Umwelt leistet der Konzern einen positiven Beitrag für die Welt. DHL Group aims to achieve net-zero emissions logistics by 2050.

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SOURCE: Deutsche Post AG