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Financial accounting and controlling is standard in almost every company. But what about carbon data? The lack of standards and best practices for carbon measurement in our industry makes it difficult to gather and compare CO2 data. Deutsche Post DHL sets the standard for carbon accounting.
At the heart of our GoGreen program is our Group-wide CO2 efficiency target. We strive to improve our CO2 efficiency, including our subcontractors’ operations, by 30 % by the year 2020, compared to 2007 levels. As an intermediate step, we have set the target to improve our own CO2 efficiency by 10 % by 2012.
Following the management saying “You can’t manage what you don’t measure”, we see transparency on our CO2 footprint as an underlying prerequisite to identify efficiency improvement measures and track our GoGreen program’s progress. Therefore, we implemented a carbon accounting and controlling system, based on the internationally accepted Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the ISO 14064 standard.
In 2009, we linked the carbon accounting to our financial accounting system as a basis for improving our CO2 data quality, managing our emissions at the relevant level, and tracking our progress automatically. Now we are able to capture our direct CO2 emissions via our financial system by linking billing data to CO2 relevant consumption data (fuel, kerosene and energy consumption of our own fleet and buildings). This leads to an increased accuracy of our reported CO2 data and is an important step to improve our comprehensive carbon accounting and controlling, helping to verify it according to financial standards.
Carbon accounting and controlling helps us to manage efficiency improvements within our Group. CO2 efficiency is already an important key performance indicator for our strategic planning and is taken into account as a decision criterion for investments at Deutsche Post DHL.
The biggest challenge is the lack of standards and best practices, especially with regard to our subcontractors’ efficiency data. At Deutsche Post DHL, such Scope 3 emissions contribute about 80 % of the Group’s total carbon footprint. We are constantly improving our subcontractor management to obtain better transparency of their CO2 efficiency and select and manage them accordingly. As part of a cross-regional pilot in 2009, we asked more than 100 road subcontractors about their ability and willingness to share CO2 efficiency data. Based on the pilot’s findings, we will set up a survey with a wider scope to gather data from our road carriers in 2010.
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In the case of Deutsche Post DHL, CO2 emissions from subcontracted transport (as classified by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol).
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