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TNT Post launches wireless carbon calculator to help staff go green

Posted by | Apr 10, 2008 | |

TNT Post is encouraging its employees to go green by launching the UK’s first WAP-enabled [wireless] mobile phone carbon calculator.

The tool allows workers to calculate and measure carbon emissions, access ‘green’ tips and offset their carbon footprint.

The postal company wanted to develop a product that could be used anytime, anywhere, to help encourage employees to take action at home and in their personal lives,

Staff who wish to offset their carbon emissions can do so by making tax-free donations to woodland conservation charity Woodland Trust. One tree is planted per GBP 5 donated, with five trees required to offset one carbon tonne.

TNT plans to launch the mobile carbon calculator to the public later this year.

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Robin Boon appointed Group Director Communications at TNT

Posted by | Apr 9, 2008 | |

Robin Boon (42) has been appointed as Group Director Communications of TNT N.V. effective 1 April 2008. Before joining TNT, Robin worked in communications for nearly fourteen years, eight years at ABN Amro, initially leading the press department, and the last four years as head of Group Communications. Prior to that he worked three years managing press relations for Fortis, and for a financial public relations agency.

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TNT Post to offer 3pct structural wage increase (UK)

Posted by | Apr 8, 2008 | |

During negotiations between the trade unions and TNT Post yesterday on a revised collective labour agreement as one of the means of bringing the employment package at the postal company in line with the market, TNT Post offered a structural wage increase of 3pct.

The offer comprises a 1.5pct salary rise with retroactive effect to 1 April 2008, and a further 1.5pct on 1 January 2009. The latter is conditional on the elaboration and implementation of a plan, put forward by a joint working group with representatives from the trade unions and TNT Post, to make fundamental changes to the conditions of employment.

TNT Post and the unions have now been in discussions for a year. In April 2007, TNT Post provided more details on the necessity of achieving an additional 300 million euros in cost savings above those already being generated by earlier plans. These cost savings cannot be achieved through operational efficiency measures alone; the conditions of employment also have to be brought more in line with the market, and additional assisted reemployment measures are required as well to limit job loss. Depending on the chosen solution, between 6,500 and 11,000 employees would be affected.

The trade unions have nonetheless rejected the offer made by TNT and have announced actions. TNT is considering the present situation, but remains firm on the necessity of implementing considerable further cost savings at TNT Post, in line with that which was previously announced. In the period 2007 to 2015, TNT Post wants to achieve a total of 395 million euros annually in cost savings. A considerable portion of this must be achieved through bringing the conditions of employment in line with the market.

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TNT Express and ORTEC sign strategic global contract on network optimisation

Posted by | Apr 8, 2008 | |

TNT Express has signed a strategic global contract to optimise TNT Express’ global infrastructure and networks through the provision of and access to ORTEC’s state-of-the-art optimisation knowledge and solutions. Together, ORTEC and TNT will seek to optimise network solutions as part of the Global Optimisation (GO) programme to further enable the standardisation of TNT’s infrastructure on a global scale, as well as enhance the operational transformation and integration of TNT’s newly acquired companies in Spain, Brazil, India and China. The solutions will also include carbon footprint calculations for improving sustainability and reducing carbon emissions – an essential component of TNT’s Planet Me programme.

‘Network optimisation is critically important to TNT in achieving our strategic focus and aspirations,’ says Mark Bradley, Global Operations Director of TNT Express. ‘Already, initial results of the partnership are most promising. ORTEC solutions have already been introduced in several countries around the world and delivered significant unit cost optimisation and service improvements in all functional areas of operations.’

The GO-Toolbox consists of several ORTEC solutions, each of which contains advanced optimisation techniques. The solutions are specially tuned to optimise each of the components of the TNT Express supply chain – from line haul networks, hubs and country infrastructure to pick ups and deliveries. The solutions can either be used individually or as part of an integral programme of activities, leading to network wide optimisation possibilities.

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Marketers too late in targeting expectant mums

Posted by | Apr 8, 2008 | |

Marketers are dramatically failing to target expectant mums at the right time of the pregnancy and birth cycle according to independent research specialist Mum’s Views.
The research entitled “What Mums Really Want” was commissioned by Lifecycle Marketing, publishers of Emma’s Diary the UK’s leading pregnancy guide.
Currently 84 per cent of new mums receive the market-dominant sample packs of baby products whilst in hospital with most given out after giving birth but the research confirms that this is not the most effective channel or time to be influencing new mums’ purchasing decisions.
The research which polled over 2,600 new mums and pregnant women, shows that 99 per cent of new mums start to buy products for their baby before giving birth, with the majority (71 pct) starting to buy before the end of the second trimester of pregnancy (26 weeks).
The research also found that, generally speaking, mums are loyal to the brands that they use, with 79 per cent of mums claiming loyalty to the brands that they buy.
Of the new mums that were polled, over 90 per cent said they had bought most of the items they needed for baby by the time they went into hospital and the following percentage of respondents had bought these everyday mother and baby items before the
Emma’s Diary, created by Lifecycle Marketing, is the leading guide to pregnancy in the UK (ABC) and is published on behalf of the Royal College of General Practitioners. It has been distributed by GPs and Midwives throughout the UK for the last 15 years and is given to Mums-to-be on confirmation of their pregnancy.

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