434,868 t
16%
2,099 million
Around 1/3
100%
66,000
Sustainability and commitment
Target exceeded: Swiss Post has improved its CO2 efficiency significantly within the last six years. In 2016, Swiss Post took its last petrol scooter out of service and now operates Europe’s largest fleet of electric scooters. Swiss Post is committed to clean energy and does not use fossil fuels in new buildings. Thanks to intelligent building technology, heating, cooling and ventilation are kept to the minimum required. As a member of the Fair Wear Foundation, Swiss Post implements high social standards in the procurement of clothing.
Assuming responsibility for the future
The goal of the 2014–2016 sustainability strategy – to increase Swiss Post’s CO2 efficiency by 10 percent (base year 2010) – was exceeded: the figure achiev...
Last petrol scooter taken out of service
At the end of 2016, Swiss Post took its last petrol-powered scooter out of service. This means that all of the roughly 6,300 scooters used by Swiss Post’s mail carriers are now electrically powered, and exclusively with “nat...
On the road with eCargo bikes
To continue their promotion of sustainable mobility for their employees, Swiss Post and PostBus are supporting the “carvelo2go” pilot project as part of the “pro clima – We’re acting now” sustainability programme. The project of...
First mobile, then stationary
After their initial use, batteries from electric scooters have not yet necessarily outlived their usefulness. The pilot project “A second lease of life for Swiss Post scooter batteries” is examining how they can be used for stat...
Clean energy – efficiently used
Self-generated solar electricity, biogas, biodiesel, 100% electricity from renewable energy, 10% green electricity: Swiss Post is steadily expanding its commitment to clean and renewable energy. It is also replacing heating ...
Charging station pilot project
At Swiss Post’s headquarters and Härkingen letter center, electric cars, electric motorcycles and e-bikes can be charged with “naturemade star”-certified green power from Switzerland. In the first half of 2016, Swiss Post also c...
Better indoor climate
Since spring 2016, the roughly 380 employees at the PostFinance data center in Zofingen have been particularly satisfied with the indoor climate, which is now controlled by intelligent building technology: the MeteoViva Climate ...
First Swiss Post climate protection project with Gold Standard
For “pro clima”– shipment, Swiss Post is now focusing on its own climate protection project “Eco-electricity from biogas plants on Swiss farms”. This was successfully validated by the Gold Standard Foundation in 2016....
PostPac cardboard is 100 percent recycled
A sensible contribution to environmental protection: since 2016, all PostPacs have been PostPac Eco. All sizes of the practical and reusable shipping packaging are now produced from 100 percent recy...
Double-deckers: a sustainable investment
“There’s still some unused freight capacity in the truck!” This was something that Swiss Post noticed in 2005 about transport partner Dreier AG. After input from Swiss Post, a joint assessment of new articulated trailers was und...
Better pay for seamstresses
Globalized value chains with many subcontractors and different regional labour laws are a growing challenge for Swiss Post’s procurement unit, a challenge it has met since 2006 with its Code of Ethics and Social Responsibility, ...