Postal sector reaches emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule

International Post Corporation (IPC) has announced that postal operators taking part in its Environmental Measurement and Monitoring System (EMMS) programme have collectively reached the programme’s 2020 targets of 20% CO2 reduction compared to the 2008 baseline six years ahead of schedule. In a statement issued today (9 November) the IPC noted: “At the 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) in Copenhagen (Denmark), CEOs from 20 global postal operators committed to working together in order to collectively reduce the group’s carbon emissions by 20% by 2020 and to improve Carbon Management proficiency to 90%.

“In 2014, six years earlier than anticipated, the group, which in the meantime expanded its reach and scope, reached the first programme milestone of reducing carbon emissions by 20%.”

Herbert-Michael Zapf, President and CEO of IPC, commented: “Meeting our 20% emissions reduction target six years early demonstrates the commitment, motivation, and strong leadership that the EMMS participants have maintained throughout the programme. We are very proud of announcing this great achievement just before COP21 in Paris, France, where world leaders will meet with the aim of finalising a new international agreement to limit global temperature rise to below 2ºC.”