Sustainable shipping with DHL GoGreen Plus
Eco-conscious customers and government policy are putting increasing pressure on companies to adopt more sustainable, greener practices in every aspect of their business. And that includes logistics. In fact, ‘green logistics’ and ‘sustainable logistics’ are terms you’re probably reading and hearing more frequently than ever before.
Green logistics are ways of minimising the environmental impact and the carbon footprint of logistics activities. Transport and logistics are responsible for a large proportion of greenhouse gases, so it’s vitally important to make your logistics practices greener and more sustainable. As well as benefiting the planet, you may be surprised to learn that changes in this area can benefit your business too.
Insetting versus Offsetting
The regulatory environment is continuously evolving, with increasing requirements for businesses to report and reduce their carbon emissions. While offsetting was considered sufficient in previous years, this is no longer the case. Your business should be looking at ways of ‘insetting’ or investing in carbon reduction projects in your own supply chain. Insetting is acknowledged as a carbon reduction measure by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) since it is intended to reduce emissions directly associated with a business’s operations. Using a logistics partner that enables your business to inset is a certified way to comply with the SBTi.
Consumers are going green
Recent statistics show that sustainability is a top priority for buyers. In fact, 50% of buyers consider environmental concerns when making purchasing decisions and 77% of buyers are willing to pay more for a sustainable product. By marketing the fact that you are using a sustainable logistics partner, you are displaying to customers and potential customers that your business takes its commitment to the planet seriously.
DHL Greenplan
Transport is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. One way to reduce its impact is by Route Optimisation. This can reduce the time and distance to a destination, and hence lower fuel consumption, reducing both emissions and costs. DHL has invested in Greenplan, a planning solution that uses an algorithm which takes into account local traffic flow and the time of day, and we can discuss your optimisation options.
GoGreen Plus
We also provide sustainable transport solutions for road and air. We aim to have 60% of our ground fleet electrified by 2030 and we have recently launched GoGreen Plus, which allows customers to inset and reduce their Scope 3 emissions by using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The GoGreen Plus service is unrivalled in the logistics industry, as presently we are the only logistics provider offering a service of this kind. With GoGreen Plus, you can reduce 30% of the carbon emissions associated with your shipments by using SAF instead of traditional aircraft fuel.
Sustainable aviation fuels can reduce ordinary aviation fuels’ lifecycle emissions by up to 80%. This unique DHL service enables your business to both reduce carbon emissions and report on the reductions by providing an independently verified and certified carbon reduction solution with quarterly reporting options.
DHL are ready to support your business in beginning or progressing your sustainability journey. To find out more about DHL’s GoGreen Plus service, please go to www.discover.dhl.com