The mail and logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group has set an ambitious goal to eliminate all logistics-related emissions to net zero by the year 2050.  That includes through the company's own activities and those of its transport subcontractors.

"The decisions we make today will determine how our children live 30 years down the line," said Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group.

If the world is going to live up to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to fewer than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, DHL is making clear it wants to be a part of that commitment.  The company has already met its previous goal of improving carbon efficiency by 30 percent over the 2007 baseline.

On the way to zero, DHL hopes to achieve four interim milestones by 2025:  To increase the carbon efficiency of its own activities and those of its transport subcontractors by 50 per cent globally, compared to the 2007 baseline;  To operate 70 percent of its own first- and last-mile services with clean pick-up and delivery solutions such as bicycles and electric vehicles;  To have 50 percent of sales incorporate 'green solutions';   And to train and certify 80 percent of its employees as specialists in the internal "GoGreen" program.

DHL also wants to become the market leader in green logistics, creating a portfolio of green products and services to aid customers in achieving their own climate protection goals.