Tag: France

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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DPD to hike prices for parcel deliveries instead of parcel shops expansion

Posted by | May 23, 2008 | |

DPD has stopped the expansion of its parcel shops in Germany and is instead planning to increase prices for parcel deliveries to cope with the rising fuel costs, DPD CEO Arnold Schroven told the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview this week.

In the beginning of April, the company had announced that it would continue its strategic growth by opening another 1,500 parcel shops in Germany by the end of 2008 in addition to its existing 3,000 retail outlets. Meanwhile, DPD has surprisingly changed its strategy and is now planning to invest in the development of a new express delivery service and to concentrate on its international parcels business. In both segments, the company generates considerably higher profits than in the domestic parcels business, Arnold Schroven further explained. He added that the company was under pressure as it couldn’t fully implement the price increase of 4 pct for parcel deliveries planned for this year.

In view of the rising transport costs, further increases in parcel deliveries between business clients – the company’s core service – are unavoidable from 2009, Schroven said.

From October this year, the company plans to increase the prices for a single parcel by 3 cents due to the government plans to hike truck toll fees. As a result of the price increase, Schroven expects an annual revenue growth of 50 pct in the express sector. Currently, DPD’s express division accounts only for 5 pct of the total group revenues.

Last year, the company’s sales grew more than 5 pct, exceeding EUR 1 billion revenues for the first time.

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Chronopost extends geographical coverage of delivery service (FRA)

Posted by | May 23, 2008 | |

Chronopost has extended the geographical coverage of its next-day delivery service “Chrono 10” providing next-day delivery before 10 a.m now covering all important cities and regions in France.

More than 1000 new French “communes” will be accessible with this service offered to contract customers and customers of the Chronopost online shop.

“Chrono 10” delivers parcels to all destinations nationwide from Monday to Saturday and covers 6000 communes from a total of 36000 French communes representing the last subdivision of 100 départments and 26 regions in France. The new cities covered by the extended service include Le Havre, Perpignan, Nancy, Monaco, Angers and Lorient.

“The optimisation of the coverage will strengthen our next-morning delivery service. Thus we are responding to our customers’ demands for parcel delivery in the service and industry sectors. For certain types of shipments, it is essential that the parcel arrives in the beginning of the working day”, said Chronopost CEO Christian Emery.

Founded in 1985, Chronopost is specialized in express delivery of parcels up to 30 kg to companies and private customers worldwide. In 2007, the company generated revenues of EUR 587 million. It has a nationwide network of 76 operational sites including 6 hubs and employs 3500 people.

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E-BOX decides to reinforce capital stock

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

The extraordinaire general assembly of E-BOX met on 20th May 2008, decided to reinforce the capital stock of E-BOX by a capital growth of EUR 910 K.

By not filing for bankruptcy of E-Box, the company preserves the potential value of its immaterial assets like patents, marks, models, software and the company believes it can continue to take advantage of the rights in the various procedures which opposes to La Poste group.

The company declared this will allow to continue the discussions with a big international group to propose new local logistic services.

The innovative technological solutions developed by E-BOX (M2M, real-time, single data, interworking of IF, automation) join economic efficiency and ecological urban logistics.

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Warsaw is cultural capital with the lowest price tag

Posted by | May 16, 2008 | |

Culture vultures who want to save hundreds of pounds on the cost of an arts and entertainment-packed short break should head for Warsaw. The Polish capital was far and away the cheapest city for a cultural weekend away, according to the new Cost of Culture report conducted by Post Office® Travel Services.¹

Even though sterling buys 22 per cent fewer Polish zloty than a year ago, the GBP 75 price tag – which included visits to Warsaw’s historic art galleries, museums and heritage sites, together with nights at the renowned Polish National Opera, ballet and a symphony concert² – weighed in at less than 25 per cent of the equivalent London cost.

London proved by far the most expensive of the 10 cultural capitals surveyed by the Post Office®. Its itinerary of 10 cultural highlights, which included trips to the Royal Opera House, Buckingham Palace and the Victoria & Albert Museum, costs around GBP 308, despite the offer of free entry to its national museums and galleries.

By contrast, while the sliding pound has made Prague up to 25 per cent more expensive than a year ago, the Czech capital rates as great value for lovers of the arts. It was second only to Warsaw, at just under GBP 104 for a culture-filled trip.

The survey of Europe and North America’s top cultural centres included six eurozone capitals and, as with other price comparison reports by the Post Office®, revealed a huge disparity in costs between these destinations.

The Cost of Culture survey identifies the five best value choices for each of the six cultural categories researched (allowing one entry per city in each category)³ and found that Paris was the only city not to feature. However clued-up culture vultures can cut their costs by visiting Paris on the first Sunday of each month, when galleries are free.4

The Post Office® Cost of Culture survey is available online for holidaymakers to view at postoffice.co.uk/costofculture

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