Customers choose climate protection project for Swiss Post

published: 29.01.2010

At Swiss Post, customers have been able to offset the CO2 effect of mailing letters, parcels and goods with the "pro clima" surcharge for the past year. The CO2 emissions resulting from the 55 million "pro clima" items mailed in 2009 will now be offset via a waste disposal gas power plant in Turkey, recognised by the World Bank as the best environmental project in 2009. This was decided by 61% of 2691 Swiss Post customers in an online vote.

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Greening the Post at Copenhagen

published: 07.12.2009

Joint effort with UPU to represent Global Postal Sector and its environmental intitatives at United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP15.

UPU press kit for Copenhagen

UPU and Climate Change

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De Post-La Poste to substantially cut its CO2 emissions together with WWF Belgium

published: 02.12.2009

On the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen De Post-La Poste has announced its commitment to reduce its CO₂ emissions by 35 per cent with the support of WWF Belgium. That commitment is just one of the aspects of the three-year partnership established by De Post-La Poste and WWF Belgium.

CEO Johnny Thijs affirmed: "Environmental protection is a cornerstone of our commitment to being a sustainable business. Our customers can be confident that their letters and parcels are delivered with respect for the environment".

press release

Belgium Post and the environment

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Eesti Post  joins PostEurop Green House Gas Reduction Programme

published: 12.11.2009

Eesti Post, postal operator in Estonia and member of PostEurop, joins the Green House Gas Reduction Programme as of the year 2010, bringing the total participants to 26 PostEurop members.  

Eesti Post, our postal operator in Estonia has decided to follow the footsteps of the 25 participating European postal operators and join as an observer from 2010 onwards. 

“Eesti Post is confident that joining the initiative and with mutual efforts will demonstrate postal operators’ goodwill and bring closer the global targets for reducing CO2 emissions for the next decades.“  commented Mr. Ahti Kallaste, Chairman of the Board in Eesti Post.

press release

see also Eesti post environmental collaboration with Unicef 

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Ingemar Persson at Post Expo 2009, Hannover 
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PostEurop Secretary General will participate at the Panel on" EnvironmentThe postal sector and climate change from the global environmental perspective"

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