Two-year Deutsche Post deal helps Germany "GoGreen"
Deutsche Post has won a prestigious new two-year contract to handle parcels from the German federal government. The deal will see around 600,000 packages each year from all federal ministries and most federal agencies being shipped through Deutsche Post’s “GoGreen” service.
The world’s largest logistics firm said the service meant “climate-friendly” shipping for all parcels, with carbon emissions recorded and offset whether items are domestic-bound or for international destinations.
Rainer Wend, Deutsche Post DHL’s head of corporate public policy and responsibility, said: “The federal government has made itself a role model by using our GoGreen climate friendly shipping service. This will save 300 tons of CO2 each year and helps save the environment.”
“We are content that we can make an active contribution to climate protection by using the GOGREEN service of Deutsche Post DHL,” added Rainer Bomba, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development.
The “green” parcel service has been running for five years, with Deutsche Post seeing “steadily increasing” volumes.
Last year, 1.7bn pieces were shipped via the premium GoGreen option.
The German company said carbon emissions on the service were offset through the purchase of emissions certificates from independent environmental projects, compensating for 82,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2010.
Andrej Busch, CEO of DHL Parcel Germany, said: “The fact that an increasing number of customers are switching to GOGREEN to send their items underscores the growing level of environmental awareness in the general population and within companies. And now the federal government is a major customer of ours – that is proof that more and more companies and public institutions are mindful of climate protection in their daily business.”
The new contract with the federal government was signed by the Federal Procurement Office, by order of the Federal Administrative Office, which buys goods and services for 26 federal agencies, foundations and government-financed international organisations.
The GoGreen deal comes as the German government strives to minimise its own environmental impact, having set a target to cut its carbon emissions by 40%, compared to 1990 levels, by 2020.
