Climate protection: GoGreen

We transport billions of items each year. To do this we operate one of the world's largest private transportation networks consisting of hundreds of cargo aircraft, over 120,000 vehicles, and operational facilities in almost every major city on earth. We acknowledge that while our global operations facilitate trade and create wealth, they also have a considerable impact on the environment.

Evidence of our commitment to change our ways is GoGreen, our climate-protection program. It is our response to our number one environmental priority: tackling the causes of climate change. Operating in a more sustainable manner is a core part of our Group's business strategy.

The GoGreen program

In 2008, we launched our ambitious GoGreen Program to respond to climate change. It is one of the key programs in our Group's comprehensive environmental strategy. The GoGreen Program's main goal is to improve our CO2 efficiency. This means reducing the CO2 emissions we generate for every letter and parcel sent, every tonne of cargo transported, and for every square meter of warehouse space used.

We are ambitious. Our goal is to improve our CO2 efficiency across all of our operations, including subcontracted transportation services, by 30% by 2020 (compared to our 2007 baseline). We have already entered into discussions with our subcontractors on ways to measure and reduce their footprint, and have taken our first steps toward achieving our 2012 milestone of a 10% CO2 efficiency improvement in our own operations.

For more information on our climate protection program, please see our Sustainability Report 2009.