DHL Express has launched GoGreen Plus, a new service that will allow customers to reduce the carbon emissions associated with their shipments through the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The service will initially launch in the UK, followed by Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Australia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. Customers will have the option to select GoGreen Plus when choosing their shipping service through MyDHL+, the company’s online shipping and tracking platform. The service is designed to be fully flexible and can be selected for individual shipments.
GoGreen Plus will become available to all DHL Express customers globally over the coming months, with customers being given the chance to tailor the CO2e reduction they want to achieve and the amount of SAF they use.
John Pearson, CEO DHL Express, commented, “We know our customers are committed to reducing their environmental impact so it’s important we’re giving them the means to do so. I’m delighted that our investment in SAF can now be fully leveraged by customers to enable them to bring down the emissions of their shipments. SAF is currently the primary route to reducing carbon emissions in aviation, so this is the most effective way to help our customers make their own supply chains more sustainable.”
Insetting through GoGreen Plus allows customers to bring down their Scope 3 emissions, the indirect greenhouse gas emissions that occur in a company’s value chain, including downstream transportation and distribution. Unlike offsetting initiatives, GoGreen Plus (insetting) reduces emissions within the logistics sector and so can be used for DHL customers’ own voluntary emission reporting, following the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) philosophy.
Read more about carbon insetting in the March 2023 issue of Parcel and Postal Technology International.