Sustainable Product Portfolio
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Now you can directly reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across your supply chain with GoGreen PLUS. By leveraging sustainable fuels and alternative technologies, we can help you reduce your carbon footprint and achieve your sustainability targets.
Sustainable logistics solutions for your business
Discover how our emission reduced logistics products and solutions can minimize your emissions whilst maintaining supply chain efficiency.
DHL's GoGreen Plus products utilize the 'book & claim' (English) methodology. Book & claim enables us to directly replace fossil fuels with sustainable fuels within our network and allocate environmental benefits to paying customers, even when their shipments are not physically transported with the assets using these fuels. This means we can help reduce the environmental impact throughout our own supply chain, in the air, across the ocean, and on the road. We can also provide solutions for dedicated local operations in warehousing and transportation.
This differs from offsetting, offered in some GoGreen products, which compensates GHG emissions via external climate projects outside of DHL's value chain - and therefore, DHL does not account for these reductions in our own GHG footprint.
Sustainable Solutions for Parcels and Documents (Including Express Shipping)
Emission reduced alternatives for fast international shipments.
Express GoGreen Plus
Looking to lower GHG emissions for your international express shipments? Launched in 2023, Express GoGreen Plus means you can reduce GHG emissions by leveraging Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) through our 'book and claim’ insetting mechanism.
Features
- Reduces aviation GHG emissions using ‘book & claim’ insetting mechanism
- Switches traditional fossil jet fuel with SAF through insetting
- Available globally
- Allows for different Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction percentages per shipment, based on customer demand
Mail and Parcel Germany Business Customers GoGreen Plus
By choosing GoGreen Plus, you’re investing in sustainable fuels and alternative technologies that can actively reduce the GHG emissions associated with your mail and parcel shipments in Germany.
Features
- Reduces GHG emissions in Germany
- Uses ‘book & claim’ insetting mechanism
- Leverages sustainable fuels and alternative technologies within the DHL and Deutsche Post network
eCommerce Parcel Domestic and Cross-Border GoGreen Plus
Are you a high-volume e-commerce business looking to reduce your environmental impact? With our sustainable domestic and international parcel delivery, we’re committed to first-time and fossil-free last-mile delivery for your customers, e.g. via electric delivery vehicles wherever available.
Features
- Reduces carbon emissions by leveraging electric vehicles for last-mile delivery, or using alternative sustainable fuels where necessary
- Includes first-time delivery commitment – delivery to DHL locker or another agreed place to avoid repeat delivery attempts
- Covers selected geographies outside Germany – contact us to find out more
Sustainable Solutions for Freight Transportation
Reduce your GHG emissions across air, ocean and road freight with our sustainable shipping solutions
Ocean Freight GoGreen Plus
Do you want to lower your ocean freight emissions in a flexible and effective way? Ocean Freight GoGreen Plus enables you to reduce GHG emissions by leveraging Sustainable Marine Fuel (SMF) through our ‘book and claim’ insetting mechanism.
Features
- Reduces GHG ocean freight emissions using ‘book and claim’ insetting mechanism
- Leverages a sustainable fuel switch from traditional fossil marine fuel to SMF
- Available on any trade lane worldwide for either one, some or all shipments
Road Freight GoGreen Plus
Looking for an effective transport solution that reduces road freight emissions? Pave the way for a more sustainable future with our carbon-insetting road freight product. It not only leverages sustainable fuels and alternative transport technologies across our own road fleet, but also those of our partners.
Features
- Reduces GHG emissions through insetting and sustainable fuels and alternative transport technologies across the DHL fleet
- Leverages agreements with carriers and other partners who also invest in technologies, such as HVO, Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG fuels
- Drives industry towards lower-emissions alternatives, such as line-haul trucks using hydrogen fuel cells for longer distances, or fully electric vehicles in urban areas
- Covers all trade lanes with DHL Freight EuroConnect, DHL Freight Eurapid and DHL Freight Euroline and gives flexibility to control costs by selecting number of lanes
Rail Freight (and Multi-Modal Solutions)
Did you know that there’s a freight transport solution that is low in GHG emissions, faster than ocean travel and more cost-efficient than air delivery? Our rail freight option could be the best choice if you want to drive down costs while also reducing your environmental footprint.
Features
- Provides emission reduced freight transport via rail travel
- Includes strategic network planning and cost-efficient routing
- Covers Europe – Asia Rail Freight, including LCL, FCL and Block Trains, and Domestic Rail Freight in U.S.
Optimization
Avoid CO₂e emissions with green supply chain design (burn less). DHL Global Forwarding is offering guidance to increase carbon efficiency and reduce CO₂e emissions through optimized supply chain design. Together with the DHL Sustainability Experts explore potential carbon optimization options and identify customer-specific levers with the highest impact on your supply chain, for example modal shifts or consolidation of shipments.
Features
- Carrier selection
- Routing optimization
- Modal shifts
- Consolidation
Sustainable Contract Logistics Services
A sustainable supply chain starts with the right logistics partner – one that can give you the experience, guidance and support you need, wherever you are in the world
Carbon Neutral Warehousing
By leveraging renewable electricity, building automation and sustainable heating, our carbon-neutral warehouses are designed with sustainability in mind – helping keep your own warehousing footprint to a minimum.
Features
- Sustainable and efficient heating systems rolled out
- Fuels and electricity from renewable sources
- Own power generation
- Intelligent digital building management systems
- Offers 75-100% CO₂e reduction in warehouse operations, with a compensation of residual emissions via carbon credits
- Water reduction & biodiversity measures
Sustainable Road Transport
By leveraging sustainable fuels and electric vehicle technology, we’re giving you the ability to reduce GHG emissions through our dedicated sustainable road fleet.
Features
- Uses dedicated fleet and/or a specialist network
- Includes optimized and synchronized deliveries to business sites
- Offers outbound deliveries via low-emission transport – using Bio-LNG, Bio-CNG or hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels, or battery-powered electric vehicles
Sustainable Packaging
Choose packaging solutions that help you reduce waste and drive down the environmental footprint of your warehouse consumables. Our solutions make it easier to improve the sustainability of your packaging and implement circular packaging models.
Features
- Maintains high quality standards
- Provides sourcing knowledge and purchasing power
- Optimizes packaging operations to reduce waste and support recycling
- Leverages equipment to enhance packaging operations and processes
- Gives access to technology platform and tools for full visibility
Emission Transparency Solutions for Logistics
Transparency tools that help you better understand and report on your GHG emissions footprint
DHL GoGreen Dashboard
Need to keep track of your supply chain emissions? Our interactive GoGreen Dashboard is an automated and efficient single-point solution for your company’s carbon footprint across DHL Group divisions.
Features
- Compliant with ISO14083 Standard and Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) Framework
- Provides consolidated and standardized emissions data from all DHL Group divisions
- Includes enhanced reporting insights: emissions across transport modes, lanes, and DHL products
Carbon Reports for Business Customers
Understand the GHG emissions of your DHL shipments across transport legs, modes and trade lanes. Our carbon reporting is externally verified and in line with the current guidelines and most accepted global standards.
Reach out to your DHL business partner in the relevant division for more information.
Features
- Illustrates GHG emissions, KPIs and key trade lanes and enables you to follow CO₂e development and trends
- Meets most global standards: Greenhouse Gas Protocol; ISO 14083:2023 (formerly EN 16258:2012); GLEC framework
- Gives insights on carbon reduction levers
- Verified by third-party auditor
Sustainability Insights and Education
Learn more about our GoGreen Plus products from our customer case studies or continue your sustainability journey at our knowledge hub.
Reach Out to Our Sustainability Experts
Click below to contact the experts in our different divisions.
