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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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Increased revenues and costs for Norway Post

Posted by | May 15, 2008 | |

Norway Post’s revenue in the first quarter. The operating revenues increased by 4pct to MNOK 6 997.

The earnings before non-recurring items came to MNOK 74, compared to MNOK 219 in the first quarter 2007. The profit performance in Q1 is influenced by the reduced volume during the Easter week. Easter fell in March in 2008, while it was in April in 2007. The earnings before non-recurring items as at 30 April (first four months) came to MNOK 208, an improvement of MNOK 35 compared to the corresponding period last year.

It was primarily developments in the Mail segment and the Easter effect that made a negative contribution to the quarterly result. Although the letter volume is increasing slightly, the decline in the volume of addressed letter products and banking transactions at post offices is continuing.

Norway Post’s Nordic operations improved during the quarter and now provide around 25 per cent of the Group’s total revenues. The Q1 operating revenues from activities outside Norway came to NOK 1.7 billion – a rise of 19.2 per cent compared to Q1 2007.

The Group is experiencing increased competition in all its business areas. The EU has decided on a liberalisation of the postal market in Europe and this will lead to full competition as from 2011. On 1 April of this year, Sweden Post and Post Denmark announced that they are to merge to form a large Nordic postal and logistics group.

One of the most important means of improving cost effectiveness and ensuring a high delivery quality is the new high-tech letter centre at Robsrud outside Oslo. This facility is under construction and is expected to be finished in 2009.

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Sixteen Postal Operators Sign REIMS III Terminal Dues Agreement

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

After two years of negotiations European postal operators have reached a new agreement on terminal dues payments replacing the REIMS II Agreement in force since 1997.

The REIMS III Agreement took effect on 1 January 2008 with sixteen European postal operators committing to it. REIMS stands for Remuneration for the Exchange of International Mails. The sixteen posts that are now part of REIMS III are from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

Additional posts are expected to sign the agreement, which will remain open for signature for all present and former parties of the REIMS II Agreement and the REIMS East Agreement that participated in its negotiation.

REIMS III continues with quality of service standards much more ambitious than the targets under the EU Postal Directive. The individualized penalties in REIMS III for not reaching the J+1 standard and a target of 93 percent will continue to produce quality of service benefits. Transitional rules have been outlined that will continue to raise targets for those parties that have not yet reached 93% J+1.

A second benefit in the REIMS III agreement is that ensures that terminal dues as stipulated in the EU Postal Directive are cost-based, and are based on regulated domestic tariffs in the delivering country.

The parties to REIMS III have the firm commitment to continue to offer Third Party Access in line with the EU Commission’s 2003 Exemption Decision.

With the REIMS East transitional arrangement and the REIMS and REIMS East IDM Agreements incorporated into the REIMS III Agreement, it is expected that more REIMS East parties will sign the REIMS III Agreement during 2008.

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