Total ZeroCarbon neutral parcel shipping at zero extra cost to the customer

A voluntary and unprecedented commitment.

Carbon neutral parcel shipping at no extra cost to the customer.

Since 2012, every parcel sent via DPD’s network from BeLux, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom has been carbon neutral.

2013 sees this programme extend its reach across Europe to customers in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania,Slovakia and Slovenia making Total Zero available almost everywhere in Europe.

Doing the right thing.

The Total Zero approach is part of DPD’s group-wide Responsibility strategy – which focuses on ‘People, Planet, Community’.

DPD adopts the values of parent company La Poste which has also made a significant commitment to carbon neutrality of all mail and parcels sent via its service.

DPD makes a difference to the industry and the planet.

Parcel transport is a major contributor to carbon emissions

DPD has identified that reducing emissions from its transport activity is the greatest challenge it faces in reducing its impact on the planet

By using its road network to deliver parcels in Europe, DPD already generates significantly less carbon than its competitors

As a responsible business, DPD is committed to continuously reducing its impact on the planet. Since 2006 the company is permanently reducing its carbon footprint

Total carbon neutrality is a logical step further

Supporting our clients.

Like DPD, many of its clients also want to reduce their carbon footprint

By offering them the opportunity to send carbon neutral parcels at no extra cost, DPD can help them deliver their own CO2 reduction objectives

DPD is committed to providing clients with the best possible offering from a cost, service and sustainability point of view

DPD is taking responsibility for the planet while providing the same great delivery service

The Total Zero approach is a three-step-process.

Offsetting

Insetting

Measure

DPD offsets the CO2 that can not be avoided at no additional cost to the customer

The more DPD reduces its own CO2 emissions the less it needs to offset per parcel – a sign of DPD’s genuine commitment to the environment

By measuring its carbon footprint over several years DPD has a detailed understanding of the amount of carbon issued by its operationsDPD is constantly

seeking ways to reduce its CO2 footprint year on year through in-house carbon reduction initiatives

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Insetting – constantly reducing carbon emissions.

A variety of initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions are incorporated into the DPD business. Some Insetting initiatives include:

The sustainable Veenendaal parcel hub in the Netherlands

Zero emission vans in Stuttgart and Hamburg

Introducing motion detector light switches to our buildings in Belgium

Reducing the carbon footprint of buildings in France

DPD UK launching its ‘Drive Smart Campaign’ to cut fuel use

ADD LOCAL INITIATIVES

Offsetting: a means to fight against CO2 emissions.

Since the launch of Total Zero in 2012, all the CO2 emissions generated in BeLux, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom that were unavoidable, have been offset by its parent company GeoPost. 2013 sees this initiative extend to Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

In 2013 GeoPost offsets carbon emissions of approximately 700.000 tonnes.

GeoPost makes this investment without passing on any extra charge to DPD’s customers.

Defining DPD’s offset perimeter.

Transport

Estate

Paper

Total offset: 700.000 tonnes CO2

Core business

Packaging sold to DPD clients

Sending outside of Europe

CDC Climat.

DPD’s parent company GeoPost has partnered with CDC Climat to offset DPD’s remaining CO2

emissions.

CDC Climat’s international standing and long-term commitment to lowering CO2 emissions makes it the perfect offsetting partner for the Total Zero commitment.

DPD’s parent company GeoPost is working with CDC Climat to identify a range of carbon offsetting projects which it supports through the Total Zero principle.

These projects could range from overseas projects in the developing world to more local schemes in Europe.

Carbon-neutral shipping – the facts and figures.

0 …represents the additional costs which customers have to pay for DPD’s carbon-neutral transport

1 kg CO2 …is generated by the average parcel shipped by DPD

Up to 8 times more …CO2 is generated by shipping parcels within Europe by airfreight – DPD avoids this almost completely

10 per cent …represents the amount of CO2 per parcel which was already reduced between 2008 and 2011

Across16 European markets

…DPD has launched carbon-neutral parcel shipping at no extra cost: Since July 2012: BeLux, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom. 2013 sees the programme extend to Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Approx. 90 per cent …of DPD’s CO2 emissions are caused by its parcel transport operations

Almost 100 per cent …of all DPD parcels within Europe are transported by road – which means eight times less emissions than CO2-intensive air freight

100 per cent … of all parcels shipped on the sixteen markets involved are transported in a carbon-neutral way

700.000 tonnes of CO2 …appr. offset in 2013 by DPD

Total Zero.

Carbon neutral parcel deliveries at zero extra cost to the customer