Tag: Canada

Postal Industry Launches Global Carbon Measurement System

Posted by | Jun 2, 2008 | |

The International Post Corporation (IPC) has launched an environmental measurement and monitoring system providing a common carbon measurement and reporting framework for the global postal industry.

The launch and formal adoption by IPC member postal operators including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK, took place at IPC’s Annual Conference 2008 in La Chapelle en Serval, France on 30 May. The event was attended by CEOs from Europe, the Asia-Pacific and North America.
The system provides the postal industry with a transparent, scientific, sector specific carbon management and measurement system based on the requirements of international best practice standards, such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, DJSI, FTSE4Good, ISO 14001, and current best practice from the corporate environment. The system evaluates performance through the application of a scoring system that grades performance in ten carbon management proficiency areas and in key numeric carbon efficiency indicators.

The environmental measurement and monitoring system was also built on best practice as exemplified by customers of IPC members and is highly responsive to customer requirements and interests in measuring their own carbon footprint in their value chains.

The system will be piloted in 2008, with results from the first round of measurement expected to be announced in November 2009.

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ZIPCodeWorld™ USA Gold PO Boxes Database

Posted by | May 28, 2008 | |

ZIPCodeWorld™ United States Gold PO Box Edition consists of a list of more than 9,000 Post Office™ Box (PO Box) only ZIP codes, state and city name. It bundled with the ZIPCodeWorld™ US Gold Edition which covers 5-Digit ZIP code, city name, alias city name, state code, phone area code, city type, country name, country FIPS, time zone, day light saving flag, latitude, longitude, county elevation, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA), Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) and Census 2000 data in United States. The complete database contains over 80,000 precise records.

With the subscription of the ZIPCodeWorld™ database, developers and end-users can build applications to support business logics based on ZIP Code information. Free source codes in several programming languages are available in the Web site http://www.zipcodeworld.com/developers.htm to speed up the development progress.

The ZIP code information changes periodically. Since we update our products on monthly basis, we include a low-cost yearly subscription plan that allows customer to download updates anytime within a year. ZIPCodeWorld™ United States Gold PO Box Edition database is available from $99.95 onward. Internet download is available immediately once order approved. Please contact [email protected] or visit http://www.zipcodeworld.com for more information.

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Australia Post's AUD 155m tax grab

Posted by | May 27, 2008 | |

Australia Post will pay a “special dividend” of AUD 150 million to the Government in the 2008-09 financial year. The amount is on top of the AUD 300million Australia Post provides to the commonwealth annually.

Liberal senator Simon Birmingham asked Australia Post executives how they justified slugging consumers with increased postal charges when that money would simply be transferred to the Government’s coffers.

The committee heard that about AUD 90 million would be raised from increased postal charges applied to ordinary small and large letters, which were mostly sent by private individuals and some small businesses.

About AUD 55 million would be raised from pre-sorted letters, which are mostly sent by businesses, while the remaining money will come from other types of letters.

Australia Post group financial controller Michael Tenace said the amount to be raised from increased postal charges had nothing to do with the special dividend to be paid to the Government, which would come out of profits generated over two financial years.

He said the proposed price hikes were to cover the increased costs of delivering letters.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is reviewing Australia Post’s proposal to raise the basic postage rate from 50c to 55c and increase the price of other mail services.

The ACCC will release its preliminary views on the matter next month.

Australia Post corporate secretary Michael McCloskey said the average extra cost for households would be AUD 2.70 a year.
Australia Post’s CAD 155m ‘tax grab

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Canada Post Educates Marketers On ‘Responsible’ Direct Mail

Posted by | May 18, 2008 | |

Already a supporter of reducing junk mail with its eco-friendly Consumer Choice option that reduces waste and clutter, Canada Post has announced its greening with a nationwide initiative to help educate marketers and consumers on the responsible use of direct mail and its impact on the environment.

As part of its first Corporate Social Responsibility report, Canada Post is now offering www.canadapost.ca/green, which the company says offers marketing companies ideas on how to responsibly use direct mail to target their messages to consumers.

Canada took a giant conservation step toward reducing junk mail with the Red Dot Campaign. All Canadian residents have to do if they don’t want to get Spiegal-size clearing catalogs in their mailboxes, is apply a red “No Admail” or “No Junk Mail” sticker on their mailbox.

A recent survey from DMNews and Pitney Bowes found that negative perceptions of mail’s environmental impact are based on “widespread public misunderstandings.” The report said that 48 percent of those surveyed believed that mail was half of the content in the nation’s landfills. Mail, according to the report, actually makes up two percent of the nation’s municipal waste.

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Canada Post undertakes rural mailbox review

Posted by | May 15, 2008 | |

Over the next several years, Canada Post is proposing to review the physical location of more than 840,000 rural mailboxes across Canada.

The move comes on the heels of nearly 2,000 safety complaints against the federal agency since 2004.

Communications officer Mario Circelli appeared before council Tuesday afternoon to talk about a new program being undertaken by Canada Post.

“Over the next number of years Canada Post will be reviewing the physical location of 843,000 rural mailboxes,” Circelli said. “Our rural country roads aren’t so quiet anymore.”

Circelli said that Bill C-45 places the onus on employee safety squarely on the shoulders of the employer. “That’s not just Canada Post, that is every business, and we have decided to take a moral responsibility.”

Circelli said the Traffic Safety Assessment Tool (TSAT) was the result of a growing problem across Canada with the delivery of mail to rural mailboxes.

Looking at a number of factors from legal restrictions to the number of lanes, shoulder width, centre line markings, traffic volume and sight distance, TSAT is a mathematical equation that can be applied across Canada to any rural mailbox to determine the suitability of its location.

According to Circelli, with TSAT there are only three possible outcomes: 1) Rural mailboxes meet the safety criteria and the customer is notified in writing, 2) Rural mailboxes fail to meet the criteria and the customer has the opportunity to move it, or 3) If the customer cannot relocate the mailbox a community mailbox or post office box may be required.

Circelli stressed that Canada Post will not cut off mail delivery to any home throughout the process.

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