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sustainability. partnerships: this is the case with the collaboration with
With regard to safety, DHL industrial Projects is the US airline United Airlines and the new Eco-Skies
committed to the highest HSE and compliance AllianceSM programme. Together with other industry
standards. All operations are carried out strictly leaders, it is planned to purchase 3.4 million gallons of
following the guiding principles of ‘zero harm’ and ‘zero Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) that can reduce
tolerance’, protecting people, goods that are moved emissions by almost 80% compared to conventional
and the environment. Scalability is also a very important fuel. The division’s recent investment of 33 million
value: over the years, DHL Industrial Projects has gallons of SAF with Air France KLM Martinair Cargo
supported customers of all sizes to successfully (AFKLM) will eliminate at least 80 thousand tonnes of
execute their projects, whether it be single moves or ad emissions. Building partnerships with stakeholders
hoc shipments, capital and maintenance, repair and along the supply chain is key to accelerating the
operations (MRO) projects, including global transition to low-carbon and ultimately zero-emission
management of multiple suppliers. Project management transport.
expertise is another focal point of DHL Industrial In addition, by 2030, 8,000 electric vehicles will be
Projects’ mission. Global presence, local knowledge used for long-distance deliveries, with 60 per cent of
and experience in operating in the harshest of the fleet being electrified. Today, DHL already has more
environments, in-house engineering and on-site than 20,000 electric vehicles.
presence means that DHL Industrial Projects can take In case of ocean freight transportation, DHL Global
complete charge of the projects it oversees. Last but Forwarding has activated the “Go Green Plus” service
not least, a proprietary web-based material for both LCL (less-than-container-load) and FCL (full-
management system (MMS) enables data collection, container-load) shipments, with a view to clean and
management and reporting to improve operational sustainable sea freight. As part of the “GoGreen Plus”
control and cost savings through accurate performance programme, customers of the various Deutsche Post
data and detailed visibility of expenses. DHL Group divisions are offered various solutions to
The DHL Global Forwarding Italy Industrial Project minimise logistics-related emissions and other
Competence Centre takes care of the operational environmental impacts along the entire supply chain,
management required to identify the most suitable such as the use of sustainable fuels. One of this, the
solution for each type of transport, from vehicle rental Insetting Solution, is based on the use of Sustainable
and what it entails in terms of resources and costs, to Marine Fuel instead of the fossil fuels for the
pure operations. The Industrial Projects team, which transportation. Thanks to the “Book & Claim” solution,
can count on the collaboration of 650 employees in 90 DHL is able to pass on the benefits of reduced
countries, manages entire projects with a ‘smart and greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3 emissions) to its
flexible’ approach to the challenges that each one may customers, helping them to meet their climate targets.
entail by coordinating the organisation, planning, The “GoGreen Plus” product offering is part of the
implementation and improvement of procedures. Group’s medium-term sustainability roadmap for 2030
and contributes to the goal of having at least 30% of
fuel needs covered by sustainable fuels. In fact, to
Innovation and focus on reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with the Paris
sustainability Climate Agreement, the Group will spend EUR 7 billion
on sustainable fuels and technologies by 2030. Since
The Industrial Project division also places great January 2021, by using certified sustainable marine
emphasis on sustainability. In fact, as part of its ESG fuels (SMF), DHL has managed to reduce more than 35
(Environmental, Social, Governance) strategy thousand tonnes of Tank-to-Wheel (TTW) emissions for
announced in March 2017, the Deutsche Post DHL all LCL ocean shipments from harbour to harbour and
Group has published a new roadmap for environmental offset more than 52 thousand tonnes of Well-to-Wheel
protection involving all its operations, with the goal of (WTW) carbon emissions related to the pick-up and
achieving zero-emission logistics by 2050. delivery of goods to and from harbours.
To reduce the climate impact of global freight transport, Recently, DHL Global Forwarding and GoodShipping,
DHL Global Forwarding is promoting the development the global pioneer and market leader in insetting to
and use of fuels produced from renewable energy. The decarbonize the container shipping industry by
largest investments are in aviation, where the company changing the marine fuel mix, have announced they are
aims to cover at least 30 per cent of its aviation and further expanding their long-standing partnership. With
airline fuel needs with sustainable fuels by 2030 - to the latest purchase of approximately 60 million litres of
date, the Group has purchased more than 830 million Sustainable Marine Fuel, DHL will reduce a total of
litres of sustainable aviation fuels. The development of 180,000 tonnes of TtW-CO2 on both FCL and LCL
new fuels is accompanied by the search for new shipping until 2024. This commitment is equivalent to

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