DHL leaves competitors feeling green with envy
DHL has been recognised for its global environmental commitment by Climate Counts.
DHL has been recognised for its global environmental commitment by Climate Counts.
Climate Counts, a leading non-profit organisation working in collaboration with Clean Air-Cool Planet, placed DHL well ahead of other major players in the logistics industry in their environmental scoreboard.
The scoreboard evaluates businesses based on their efforts to review, reduce and report their impacts on the climate. With 67 out of 100 possible points, DHL led the competition in the logistics industry by a high margin in all main categories.
In the field of CO2 efficiency, Climate Counts found that “DHL has established clear and absolute goals to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, with oversight on climate action at the highest level in the company. The company has reduced its impact on global warming (i.e. its greenhouse gas emissions or climate footprint) by focusing on investment in renewable energy and efficiency programs. The company also provides consumers with a way to take action around the use of its products and support climate-specific employee awareness programs.”
John Mullen, CEO DHL Express, commented on the recognition: “Its pleasing to receive recognition for our group-wide climate protection program. We are especially proud to be the only logistics company to fulfill around two-thirds or more of the requirements in the main categories, already in the first year that we are rolling out our comprehensive program GoGreen.”
Climate Counts scores companies on 22 criteria in four main categories like review, reduction, policy stance and reporting. DHL was awarded for the completion of measurements of the impact that it has on global warning since 2001.
The evaluation highlighted DHL’s setting of clear and absolute goals to reduce CO2 emissions, investment in renewable energy and efficiency programs and the offer of products, which balance greenhouse gas emissions caused by cargo transport. The support of climate-specific employee awareness programs was also recognised, as well as DHL’s detailed public information on its efforts to address global warming.
