Sustainably better – our path to climate neutrality:

As the world’s leading logistics company, we are keenly aware of our special responsibility for the climate. Social and ecological sustainability are an integral part of our strategy: for more than 10 years, we have sought and implemented sustainable solutions for the transport, sorting and delivery of letter mail and parcels. We develop and implement concepts allowing us to reduce CO₂ emissions in absolute terms.

 Rolling out sustainable transport solutions – for road and rail

• 6% of parcels, or about 10 million parcels per month, are already carried by rail.
• The new Bahntransport rail service allows private customers to actively work with us to avoid carbon emissions
• Gas-powered trucks unlock sustainable solutions for road transport.
• The (bio)gas-powered truck fleet will grow to more than 400 in 2022 and 2023.

 Sustainable building concept and carbon-neutral delivery centers

• 95% green electricity in our production sites for many years now
• Some EUR 300 million invested in carbon-neutral delivery centers in 2022; 280 carbon-neutral centers by 2025
• Buildings are equipped with photovoltaics, heat pumps and building automation, and use biogas, geothermal energy and district heating
• 24,200 charging stations supply our fleet of electric delivery vehicles with power from our photovoltaic arrays; expansion to 28,000 charging stations by the end of 2022

 E-fleet already enables 50% green delivery districts and 70% by 2025

• The world’s largest fleet of electric commercial vehicles for mail and parcel delivery
• Our 20,000 e-vehicles, 12,600 e-trikes and 6,700 e-bikes enable carbon-free delivery
• Fleet expansion to a total of 38,000 e-vehicles and 14,000 e-trikes by 2025 
• Our deliveries are already carbon-free in about 50% of our delivery districts. 
• Some EUR 300 million in e-mobility investment is planned for Germany in 2022.
• That means we can also help our public sector customers to meet the requirements of the German Clean Vehicles Procurement Act.

 Packstations: green parcel collection at locations with good transport links

• Climate-friendly parcel collection at 9,300 locations in Germany; expansion to 15,000 locations planned by 2023
• Packstations cut carbon emissions by about 30% compared to direct front-door delivery
• Locations with good transport links (train stations, supermarkets, etc.) mean our customers do not need to make extra journeys
• New app-driven Packstations use much less electricity; power is generated by solar panels 
• In city centers, we are planning parcel delivery to Packstations by other modes of transport such as tram (currently being piloted in Schwerin)

 Climate-neutral products and services for carbon offsetting and avoidance

• Since 2007, GoGreen has enabled the offsetting of mail and parcel transport emissions with investments in climate protection projects across the world.
• All parcels and small packages sent by private customers are transported with GoGreen, anywhere in the world from July 2022. 
• GoGreen is also automatic for all letters and – internationally – all advertising items and periodicals without any extra charges.
• Business customers can book GoGreen for their parcels and their domestic advertising items and periodicals.
• Our climate-neutral packaging product range – Packset, Pluspäckchen and Plusbrief – ensures climate-neutrality right from the start. 

Information: dhl.de/gogreen and deutschepost.de/gogreen

• We are taking things to the next level with GoGreen Plus, which allows customers to actively manage and avoid their mail and parcel transport emissions. We are jointly investing in additional reduction measures in the Deutsche Post DHL logistics network, for example by purchasing sustainable fuels and electric trucks. This service is currently being piloted with selected parcel customers. GoGreen Plus is also offered to business customers for advertising items and periodicals, and we plan to offer a letter mail product beginning in summer 2022.

Information about GoGreen Plus for business customers can be found here