Croatian Post commits to zero carbon emissions by 2040

 Croatian Post has joined The Climate Pledge – an international, cross-sectoral community of companies and organisations founded in 2019 by Amazon and Global Optimism. In addition to the Finnish Post, The Croatian Post has become the only postal operator that, by joining this initiative, has dedicated itself to achieving zero carbon emissions by 2040 – ten years before the goal set by the Paris Agreement.

Currently, The Climate Pledge has more than 300 signatories in 29 countries, and includes 51 different sectors such as transport, aviation, energy, real estate and information and communication technologies. The signatories of the initiative generate more than HRK 24 trillion in global annual revenue and have more than 8 million employees. Companies and organisations joining the initiative play a key role in encouraging investment in the development of low-carbon products and services.

The signatories of The Climate Pledge initiative agree:

• to regularly measure and report on greenhouse gas emissions
• to implement decarbonisation strategies in line with the Paris Agreement by introducing real business changes and innovations, including efficiency improvement, renewable energy, material consumption reduction and other carbon elimination strategies
• to offset all remaining emissions with additional, measurable, real, durable and socially beneficial compensations to achieve net zero annual carbon emissions by 2040 – a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement target of 2050.

All signatories take high-impact science-based actions to combat climate change, such as innovations in supply chain efficiency, sustainable transport, the circular economy and clean energy.

Croatian Post as part of the Development Strategy Post2022. intensively implements the digital transformation of the business, which is closely linked to increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions. In April 2021, the Sustainability Management Strategy ‘We grow green and sustainable’ was adopted, covering:

• green business
• corporate social responsibility and
• corporate governance.

The strategy defines key areas with concrete objectives that we want to achieve. By implementing the Sustainable Management Strategy, we will ensure stable growth in the long term, which will also have a positive impact on the environment and on all our stakeholders.

There are more than 200 electric vehicles in the Croatian Post fleet, which include 40 electric quad bikes and almost 30 electric mopeds. In addition to the continuous expansion of the green fleet, The Croatian Post has also set up charging stations for electric vehicles in Velika Gorica, Zadar and Osijek, which has created the foundations for the further expansion of the fleet of electric vehicles.

Last year, an alternative delivery channel was opened that will affect the reduction of harmful emissions – a network of packages. Packages increase the percentage of handouts at the first attempt, and delivery vehicles need to visit fewer locations, significantly reducing emissions.