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Environment

Clean operations for climate protection

With our mission to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, we strive for clean operations for climate protection. We are doing this by committing ourselves to a set greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target by 2030 in line with the Paris Agreement through the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). We will increase the proportion of sustainable aviation fuels to 30 percent and the proportion of electric vehicles in our first and last mile delivery fleet to 60 percent, all our new buildings will be designed to be climate-neutral and we will offer customers a comprehensive portfolio of sustainable products. 

Our 2030 targets

60%

of our last-mile delivery vehicles electrified

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>30%

share of sustainable fuels

Our aspirations

Based on SBTi, our goal is to reduce our GHG emissions from 40 million metric tons CO2e to under 29 million by 2030. We plan to achieve our target through the following aspirations:  

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Sustainable aviation

Reducing aviation’s greenhouse gas emissions

More than 30% sustainable aviation fuels blending by 2030 in our Express and Global Forwarding businesses.

Sustainable aviation
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Green last mile delivery and line haul

Ensuring more sustainable deliveries

Electrify 60% of our last-mile delivery vehicles by 2030 and increase the share of sustainable fuels to over 30%.

 

More sustainable deliveries
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Carbon neutral buildings

Leveraging the latest green technologies

Carbon neutral design to be used for all new buildings.

Carbon neutral buildings
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Sustainable product portfolio

Emission reduced services and products

We offer sustainable alternatives for our core products and solutions.

Sustainable product portfolio
Measuring carbon emissions

An important prerequisite for developing effective carbon efficiency measures is transparency with regard to the type and amount of greenhouse gas emissions. We calculate them based on widely-accepted international standards and work to continuously improve the quality of the data.

Measuring emissions
Managing subcontractors

Relevant emissions for our climate protection goal include emissions generated by our own logistics-related activities, emissions attributed to the energy we purchase, and emissions generated by our transport partners.

Managing subcontractors

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DHL and Prada Group contribute to more sustainable air freight with SAF

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Scaling the use of sustainable aviation fuel: DHL Express and Standard Chartered announce strategic partnership

 Offshore Wind Farm

DHL Group secures green electricity from RWE's Offshore Wind Farm

DHL Express and Mytheresa join forces to reduce CO2e emissions by using sustainable aviation fuel

DHL Supply Chain introduces Green Transport Policy for its transport fleet

Sustainable fuels: what is book and claim?

DHL Global Forwarding records increasing demand for sustainable transport solutions

DHL Express and World Energy agree to global partnership to speed up aviation decarbonization via Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificates

ISCC, Neste and DHL Group pilot new system for credible reporting of emission reductions in air travel and transport

DHL reduces Formula 1® cargo carbon emissions by an average of 83%

The making of a sustainable vehicle fleet

How can we drive sustainable aviation fuel production?

DHL Supply Chain to drive biomethane use in its Irish transport network

Are hydrogen-powered trucks the vehicles of the future?

Climate-neutral logistics solutions

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SGS Verification Statements

Further downloads ESG information