Deutsche Post DHL Group promotes environmental protection concept

Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced that it is working with business customers in Germany’s Ruhr region to pilot a concept which reinvests earnings from its eco-friendly GOGREEN products and services directly into local environmental projects. As part of the pilot, Deutsche Post DHL Group will increase investment in electric delivery vehicles in the region as customers in Duisburg and Essen increase their use of GOGREEN to ship their post and parcel items.

In a statement issued today, Deutsche Post DHL Group said: “The goal of the initiative is to reduce local emissions and noise pollution, while driving continuous progress toward the Group’s environmental protection targets.

“Up until now, carbon emissions resulting from the transport of GOGREEN items have been offset through climate protection projects in developing countries. With this GOGREEN Regional pilot project, the Group is now expanding its portfolio of climate-friendly shipping services to include a local component.

“At the same time, it gives business customers the chance to engage directly in environmental protection in the region. In this way, these customers can join in the effort to put sustainable mobility technologies out ‘on the street’ and, at the same time, do their part to help electric mobility break through to economic viability.”

Jürgen Gerdes, Board Member for the Post – eCommerce – Parcel division at Deutsche Post DHL Group, commented: “GoGreen Regional lends local impact to our larger environmental protection efforts.

“We believe that this initiative is a sensible approach to combining economy and ecology – both regionally and locally – for the benefit of our customers. For this reason we plan to expand the project to include additional regions throughout Germany.”

Deutsche Post DHL Group said that it will deploy around 30 electric vehicles in Duisburg and Essen over the next few months. In addition, GOGREEN business customers will receive individualized certificates to verify and document the emissions generated by the shipment of goods along their supply chains.

“Over the last several years,” added Deutsche Post DHL Group , “a total of over 11 billion post and parcel items have been sent using the eco-friendly GOGREEN service, resulting in 650,000 tonnes of CO2 being offset on behalf of customers through external climate projection projects.”