DPD will offer carbon neutral parcel shipping at no additional cost to customers in major European markets from July 2012. It aims to reduce CO2 emissions from its operations through initiatives like more efficient vehicles and buildings. For remaining emissions, its parent company will offset 500,000 tons annually through projects certified by CDC Climat without passing on costs. This makes DPD the first major parcel carrier to provide completely carbon neutral deliveries.

1. Total Zero
Carbon neutral parcel shipping at zero extra cost to
the customer

2. A voluntary and unprecedented commitment.
Carbon neutral parcel shipping at no extra cost to the
customer.
Every parcel sent via DPD’s network will be carbon neutral
in the five major markets France, Germany, United
Kingdom, Netherlands and BeLux from July 2012.

3. Doing the right thing.
The Total Zero approach is part of DPD’s
group-wide Responsibility strategy –
which focuses on ‘People, Planet,
Community’.
DPD adopts the values of parent
company La Poste which has also made
a significant commitment to carbon
neutrality of all mail and parcels sent via
its service.

4. DPD makes a difference to the industry and the planet.
Parcel transport is a major contributor to
carbon emissions
DPD has identified that reducing emissions
from its transport activity is the greatest
challenge it faces in reducing its impact on
the planet
By using its road network to deliver parcels in
Europe, DPD already generates significantly
less carbon than its competitors
As a responsible business, DPD is committed
to continuously reducing its impact on the
planet. Since 2006 the company is
permanently reducing its carbon footprint
Total carbon neutrality is a logical step further

5. Supporting our clients.
Like DPD, many of its clients also want to
reduce their carbon footprint
By offering them the opportunity to send
carbon neutral parcels at no extra cost,
DPD can help them deliver their own CO2
reduction objectives
DPD is committed to providing clients with
the best possible offering from a cost,
service and sustainability point of view
DPD is taking responsibility for the planet
while providing the same great delivery
service

6. The Total Zero approach is a three-step-process.
By measuring its carbon
1 footprint over several
years DPD has a
Measure detailed understanding
of the amount of carbon
DPD is constantly
2 seeking ways to
issued by its operations
reduce its CO2
footprint year on Insetting DPD will offset the CO2 that
year through in- 3 can not be avoided at no
house carbon additional cost to the
reduction initiatives customer
Offsetting The more DPD reduces its
own CO2 emissions the less it
will need to offset per parcel
– a sign of DPD’s genuine
commitment to the
environment

7. Insetting – constantly reducing carbon emissions.
A variety of initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions
are incorporated into the DPD business.Some
Insetting initiatives include:
The sustainable Veenendaal parcel hub in the
Netherlands
Zero emission vans in Stuttgart and Hamburg
Introducing motion detector light switches to
our buildings in Belgium
Reducing the carbon footprint of buildings in
France
DPD UK launching its ‘Drive Smart Campaign’
to cut fuel use

8. Offsetting: a means to fight against CO2 emissions.
For all the CO2 that can not be avoided by
DPD, its parent company GeoPost will
offset the emissions generated in France,
Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands
and BeLux from July 2012.
This will be approximately 500,000 tonnes
each year. Becoming more CO2 efficient
the amount of carbon to be offset per
parcel will reduce year on year.
GeoPost will make this investment without
passing on any extra charge to DPD’s
customers.

9. Defining DPD’s offset perimeter.
Core
business
Transport
Total offset:
Packaging
sold to DPD
500.000 tonnes CO2
clients
Estate
Sending
outside of
Paper
Europe

10. CDC Climat.
DPD’s parent company GeoPost has partnered
with CDC Climat to offset DPD’s remaining CO2
emissions.
CDC Climat’s international standing and long-
term commitment to lowering CO2 emissions
makes it the perfect offsetting partner for the
Total Zero commitment.
DPD’s parent company GeoPost is working
with CDC Climat to identify a range of carbon
offsetting projects which it will support through
the Total Zero principle.
These projects could range from overseas
projects in the developing world to more local
schemes in Europe

11. Carbon-neutral shipping – the facts and figures.
…represents the additional costs which customers have to pay for
0 DPD’s carbon-neutral transport
1 kg CO2 …is generated by the average parcel shipped by DPD
…DPD is launching carbon-neutral parcel shipping at no extra cost:
On its 5 biggest markets in Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands and BeLux
…CO2 is generated by shipping parcels within Europe by airfreight –
Up to 8 times more DPD avoids this almost completely
…represents the amount of CO2 per parcel which was already
10 per cent reduced between 2008 and 2011
represents the amount of per CO2 parcel which DPD intends to
15 per cent reduce by 2015 – compared to 2007
…of DPD’s CO2 emissions are caused by its parcel transport
Approx. 90 per cent operations
…of all DPD parcels within Europe are transported by road – which
Almost 100 per cent means eight times less emissions than CO2-intensive air freight
… of all parcels shipped on the five markets involved are
100 per cent transported in a carbon-neutral way
500,000 tonnes of CO2 …will be offset annually by DPD from July 2012 onwards

12. Total Zero.
Carbon neutral parcel deliveries
at zero extra cost to the customer
From July 2012