Climate Counts, a non-profit organisation working in collaboration with Clean Air-Cool Planet to bring consumers and companies together in the fight against global climate change, recently published its scoreboard, which evaluates businesses based on their efforts to review, reduce and report their impacts on the climate.
Compared to last year's scoreboard, DHL has made significant gains following the improvement of its measurement efforts, setting stronger reduction goals, reporting on reductions and taking increasingly vocal stances on positive policies related to climate change.
DHL Express UK has a clear strategy to continue to make year-on-year improvements to its environmental credentials, as part of the company's wider Go Green program. This includes a published Carbon Management Strategy and a UK target of a 10% reduction in carbon emissions by 2010 against a 2007 baseline. Strong carbon reduction performance across DHL's property portfolio as well as innovative management of its fleet network will assist in achieving this.
DHL, along with its parent company Deutsche Post World Net, is also the first company in the logistics sector to set specific carbon efficiency targets and the first express logistics company to offer carbon neutral shipments.
Climate Counts scores companies on 22 criteria in four main categories: review, reduction, policy stance and reporting.
DHL was awarded for the completion of measurements of the impact that it has on global warning since 2001.
The evaluation highlighted DHL's setting of clear and absolute goals to reduce CO2 emissions, investment in renewable energy and efficiency programs, and the offer of products that balance greenhouse gas emissions caused by cargo transport.
The support of climate-specific employee awareness programs was also recognised, as well as DHL's detailed public information on its efforts to address global warming.
