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Ulrich Gygi wins the Industry Leadership Award at the 2008 World Mail Awards

Posted by | May 20, 2008 | |

Dr. Ulrich Gygi, CEO of Swiss Post, was honored with the Industry Leadership Award at the 2008 World Mail Awards in Budapest. The award, which is sponsored by Pitney Bowes, was presented to Dr. Gygi by Patrick Keddy, President Pitney Bowes International.

CEO of Pitney Bowes, Murray Martin said: “We’ve been involved in the World Mail Awards since its inception and are very pleased to sponsor the Industry Leadership Award. This award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the success of our industry and helped shape the future of global postal systems.”

The Judging Panel said it recognized Dr. Gygi for his leadership and steady transformation of Swiss Post into a more efficient and cost-effective entity. “In addition to domestic operational and financial success, Dr. Gygi has also demonstrated creativity and initiative by forming strategic partnerships in international markets,” said David Treworgy, the non-voting chair of the judging panel.

The winner was selected through an independent Judging Panel consisting of seven distinguished individuals in the postal and mail industry:
Jean-Paul Bailly, CEO of La Poste and 2007 award winner
Helge Israelsen, CEO of Post Danmark and a previous award winner
Graeme John, Managing Director of Australia Post and a previous award winner
John E Potter, Postmaster General and CEO if the United States Postal Service, and a previous award winner
William Tan, former CEO of Singapore Post
Elmar Toime, former CEO of New Zealand Post and a previous award winner
Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, former Chairman of Deutsche Post World Net and a previous award winner

Pitney Bowes will also make a charitable donation or provide funding for an educational initiative of Dr. Gygi’s designation

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Swiss Post: Competition calls for entrepreneurial freedom

Posted by | May 8, 2008 | |

Swiss Post believes in offering a top-quality basic service. And it intends to do so, efficiently and successfully, even in a postal market completely deregulated by legislation. This is certainly possible, providing Swiss Post is granted the necessary entrepreneurial freedom as part of this new legislation. In its feedback during the consultation process, Swiss Post requested a number of amendments, the most important of which being – in the absence of any state guarantee – the opportunity to determine for itself in which markets it will operate. There was also mention of a banking licence and a basic service mandate without the limitations that result from having to define individual infrastructure elements.
Swiss Post expects this new legislation to completely open up the postal market. Over the coming years, therefore, it wants to develop and thus prove itself capable of providing an efficient basic service in an open market. Thanks to successful restructuring, improved levels of efficiency and positive performance figures in recent years, it is already well on the way to achieving this goal. The current positive results mean that Swiss Post can make important investments in advance of complete market deregulation in what is expected to be just under four years. It can also continue to promote innovation and customer orientation, consolidate the pension fund and compensate the Swiss federal government for capital it provided.

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Working towards a greener postal sector

Posted by | May 5, 2008 | |

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have agreed to work together to slash the CO2 emissions caused by members of the postal sector.

Under the agreement signed in Berne last week by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, and Edouard Dayan, Director General of the UPU, UNEP will help the UPU calculate the volumes of greenhouse gases generated by the postal sector, using a clearly-defined methodology.

The UPU’s International Bureau is shortly to launch a survey of the organization’s 191 member countries, to collect data on the sector as a whole, including buildings and vehicles, the mileage these vehicles cover, and the volumes of fuel consumed. Once this information has been gathered, UNEP will help the UPU develop a method to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the postal sector. The UPU and UNEP will then offer postal operators a range of solutions to cut these emissions, and will monitor the impact of these measures from year to year.

The issue of the environment will be discussed extensively at the Congress, and Mr. Steiner will take part in the General Debate on 25 July 2008, which will be attended by heads of international organizations, representatives of the governments and operators of the UPU member countries, and other decision-makers from across the sector.

According to even the most modest estimates, the world postal sector comprises over five million staff (twice that number if we consider the wider sector) and 660,000 postal establishments, and uses some 250,000 motorcycles, over 600,000 cars, vans and trucks, and hundreds of aircraft to deliver mail to the four corners of the world… Not to mention the tonnes of paper used daily in postal communications. The sector therefore has a significant role to play in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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Swiss Post International enters India

Posted by | May 1, 2008 | |

Swiss Post said it has tied up with Mail Order Solution to enter the Indian market.

Under the agreement, Mail Order Solution (MOS) will operate as a Swiss Post International sales agent in the country, a release said. MOS provides end-to-end integrated direct marketing solutions in print production and international postal services and distribution.

“MOS is a top-class direct marketing solutions business and Swiss Post is proud to be a part of such an interesting venture,” Swiss Post International Management Ltd’s Director Daniel Baettig said.

“Swiss Post stands for quality and reliability and we hope to grow in strength alongside such a serious partner,” MOS’ Chairman and CEO, Mehul A Desai said.

Swiss Post International offers a range of postal products and services to business customers. With its foothold in India, Swiss Post International now has expanded its international presence into 16 countries and Mumbai is now one of the five locations of the company in Asia.

The other locations in Asia are Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai, the release said.

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Does a liberalized postal market need a sector specific regulator?

Posted by | Apr 22, 2008 | |

For different reasons, most actors in liberalized postal markets call for sector specific regulatory bodies. However those should disappear over time along with an increasingly market-oriented definition of universal services.

Sector specific regulation in the postal sector has rarely been questioned so far. However, with the total opening of the European market now foreseen between 2011 and 2013, and in some countries already in place, we should think again.

To recall the context, specific regulation in the postal sector is an invention of the European Community back in 1997. The regulation was a copy of what at that time had already been set up for the telecommunications sector. Indeed the Postal Directive (97/67/EC) required every member country to set up a postal regulator. The regulator’s main functions were: firstly to make sure the Universal Service Obligation (USO) and corresponding quality criteria are fulfilled; and secondly to watch on possible cross-subsidies resulting from the monopoly, which in turn was designed as a means to finance the USO.

Abolition of postal monopoly

With the new Postal Directive of the European Community (2008/6/EC), the monopoly will be abolished in 2011 with exceptions granted to some member countries in 2013. Finland, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom have already abolished (at least de jure) their monopoly protection, while the Netherlands delayed full market opening because of continuing barriers to entry in Germany. Outside the European Union, Switzerland might open its postal market completely to competition by 2012, while Canada thinks on deregulating outbound mail.

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