Sustainability strategy objectives

Improve CO₂ efficiency by at least 10 percent by the end of 2016

Swiss Post is looking to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions for every consignment transported, every passenger carried, every transaction and every heated square metre in its buildings. Numerous measures implemented in 2014 contributed to keeping Swiss Post on track to achieving this goal.

Swiss Post is aiming to improve its CO₂ efficiency by at least 10 percent by the end of 2016 (base year: 2010). To achieve this, it is implementing its sustainability strategy consistently: Swiss Post reduces energy consumption by exploiting potential economic and ecological efficiencies and investing in the best available technologies. It is increasing the share of renewable energy used for fuel, heating buildings and electricity. Swiss Post offers its customers environmentally sound products such as “pro clima” – Shipment. It raises awareness of sustainability issues among employees.

In order to substantially reduce its CO₂ emissions, Swiss Post has expanded emission-free delivery of letters with electric scooters. It has implemented measures to better utilize vehicle capacities and optimize routes, and trained drivers in eco-driving techniques. It has also constructed pioneering new buildings that comply with the German Sustainable Building Council's DGNB quality label and the MINERGIE® standard such as the new headquarters in Berne.

Swiss Post's sustainability strategy also includes social commitment: in the interests of employees and their safety, it has defined the specific targets of maintaining the proportion of trainees at 5 percent and reducing occupational accidents by 3 percent by 2016 (base year: 2013). With respect to procurement, Swiss Post is examining the issues more closely and introducing new sustainability criteria. Swiss Post's accession to the United Nations Global Compact in 2014 also underscores its comprehensive understanding of sustainability: the accession commits the company to aligning its business activities and strategies with ten principles relating to human rights, employment standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption measures, and to documenting its progress annually.