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Sustainability

How DHL is playing its part for the planet and its people

As global e-commerce continues to grow it is important everyone involved increases their efforts to be more sustainable.

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Enabling access points - 140,000 in Europe alone

By switching consumers to Parcel Lockers and ServicePoints for delivery and collection, we can reduce the number of delivery journeys taken, and shorter collection journeys too.

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Charging forward for change

Alongside our move to electric vehicles, we run our larger vehicles, wherever possible, on biofuels made from 100% renewable materials – and no fossil fuel. And, where possible, we’re switching to electric heavy duty trucks and those with inbuilt solar panels.

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Energy-Efficient Facilities

We put renewable production and energy reduction at the heart of our new facilities, and the updating of existing ones. This includes solar and wind generation, thermal roofs, air and ground source heat pumps, rainwater harvesting and water recycling. All buildings already have LED lighting and certified green electricity. 

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Smarter Route Planning

The more efficient our route planning, the lower the environmental impact of our network. More parcels per truck, per route, combined with fewer ‘not at home’ deliveries and more fuel-efficient driving, all result in reduced carbon emissions per parcel. 

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Reducing Packaging

Our ambition is to eliminate what isn’t necessary and reuse what is. That means direct printing on packaging to remove the need for labels, self-adhesive boxes so we don’t need tape, and right-sized packaging so there’s no empty space. Alongside this, we encourage customers to choose reusable packing and wrapping.

Our Products

We have specific products in our portfolio designed to reduce carbon emissions, through decarbonization in our fleet, our infrastructure and other measures. 

Our People

We strive to be a great company to work for all, offering our colleagues a safe, inclusive and engaging work environment where they can feel they belong. We are also committed in helping and improving the lives of our local communities through our initiatives like DHL’s Got Heart.

Our Ethics

Our aim is to be a highly trusted, ethical business. This includes protecting the information of our customers, suppliers and employees, ensuring we comply with the data protection requirements of all the countries we operate in and requiring suppliers to sign up to a rigorous code of conduct.

Learn more about our sustainability goals

A selection of our sustainability stories

There are so many amazing things happening in the world of logistics to reduce carbon emissions. Get the latest insights and learn how our industry is putting effort into building a better tomorrow.