Swiss Post is increasing its CO₂ efficiency

Swiss Post has set itself the goal of improving its CO₂ efficiency by 25 percent by 2020 in comparison with 2010. To this end, it calculates its greenhouse gas emissions across the Group each year and implements improvement measures consistently. By the end of 2019, Swiss Post had achieved a CO₂ efficiency improvement of 27.6 percent, which means that it reached and exceeded its goal ahead of schedule.

To ensure that Swiss Post customers can receive their consignments using electric delivery vans, the infrastructure needs to be adapted. “500 charging stations are planned at Swiss Post locations throughout Switzerland,” says Yves Luchsinger, who is heading up this project at Post Real Estate.

The biggest factor is mobility

Of the more than 14,500 vehicles in use, around half are already powered by alternative drive technologies. The three-wheeled vehicles used for letter deliveries have been 100 percent electrified for over two years. A further 30 delivery vans used for parcel deliveries are powered exclusively by electricity, and 56 diesel hybrid and five electric buses are now in operation. Swiss Post also supports the Swiss Confederation’s “Electromobility Roadmap 2022” and aims to fully electrify its own delivery fleet by 2030.

Expansion of photovoltaics

Swiss Post operates 17 photovoltaic systems on the roofs of its buildings, producing over 7 gigawatt hours of solar electricity each year – equivalent to the consumption of about 2,000 households. Six of these systems supply electricity for Swiss Post’s own use, including at the newly opened regional parcel center in Cadenazzo. Two further systems are planned for the new regional parcel centers. The centers themselves consume just under half of the electricity produced; the rest is fed into the grid. Swiss Post also uses some of its old scooter batteries as energy storage units for solar power from the roof.

Electricity from renewable sources

Swiss Post covers 100 percent of its electricity requirements with a minimum standard of “naturemade basic”-certified renewable sources from Switzerland.

Early replacement of fossil fuel heaters

By 2030, Swiss Post plans to replace around 90 percent of all fossil fuel heaters with renewable heat sources. New buildings and modernization projects will meet the requirements of the sustainable DGNB construction standard as adapted for Switzerland.