DHL Express Austria goes green
DHL has extended its GOGREEN range of carbon-neutral services to Austria to meet customers’ demand for a more environmentally-responsible shipping option and to compensate for the emissions generated when transporting shipments across the globe.
By the end of the financial year, customers receive a certificate about the total volume of the CO2 emissions offset during one year. The whole process is verified by the independent certification company SGS, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
DHL Express Austria has for years undertaken many measures towards environmental and climate protection. For example, it has launched an effective environment management system used for certifying among others all the 15 locations in Austria according to the environment management norm ISO 14001. In addition, the company has been continuously improving its fleet in terms of the CO2 efficiency by optimizing the planning of the routes and the network design. Furthermore, the fleet is being modernized converting 10 pct of the fleet to natural gas vehicles by 2010.
DHL has extended its GOGREEN range of carbon-neutral services to Austria to meet customers’ demand for a more environmentally-responsible shipping option and to compensate for the emissions generated when transporting shipments across the globe.
The aim of DHL’s global environmental programme GoGreen is to improve the company’s carbon efficiency by 30 pct by 2020. It has set strict targets in reducing emissions per package sent, tons transported and square meters of real estate used by nearly one third. The programme is based on the improved energy efficiency through fleet and process optimisation, green products and services, employee commitment and involving services partners and customers.
Through the exact calculation of the carbon emissions generated by transporting each specific shipment from the country of origin to destination, DHL GoGreen service allows customers to offset these emissions through external and internal carbon management projects. The calculation is effected by means of the patented ‘ACCEPT Emission Calculation Tool’.
By the end of the financial year, customers receive a certificate about the total volume of the CO2 emissions offset during one year. The whole process is verified by the independent certification company SGS, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
DHL Express Austria has for years undertaken many measures towards environmental and climate protection. For example, it has launched an effective environment management system used for certifying among others all the 15 locations in Austria according to the environment management norm ISO 14001. In addition, the company has been continuously improving its fleet in terms of the CO2 efficiency by optimizing the planning of the routes and the network design. Furthermore, the fleet is being modernized converting 10 pct of the fleet to natural gas vehicles by 2010.
