Filed under: Carbon Offset
DHL Gogreen Express allows Asia Pacific customers carbon-neutral shipping option
Delivery services like DHL are very efficient operations that get your package from point A to point B at the lowest possible cost, but the company's mega-fleet spews CO2 by the truckload. In the Asia Pacific region, DHL has started Gogreen Express to give environmentally conscious shippers the ability to choose carbon-neutral package delivery. Using Gogreen Express is as simple as paying an additional three percent fee on top of the cost of the overall bill. DHL then invests the money into green projects like vehicle technology, solar panels and reforestation. It's definitely not electric-powered delivery vehicles, but at least it's a start. There is no word at this time whether the option will be offered here in the U.S.
[Source: Times of India]
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Dave B 9:47PM (3/09/2008)
Oh yeah, you can tell exactly where that 3% goes... I get the idea, but geeze, DHL could do a little better. Like, put the 3% towards an EV truck.
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TG 12:58AM (3/10/2008)
If Walmart and Safeway can convert to green eco and or TDI trucks then DHL should be underway with similar fleet conversion. = TG
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