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Post advocates for CO2 package label

Following the example of the Nutri-Score for food, it should become apparent how environmentally friendly the transport is when shipping packages. Support comes from the SPD faction, while the FDP is skeptical. Hermes also rejects the initiative, which would clearly favor the Post with its 23,000 electric vans.

Already extensively electrified: After the sale of its subsidiary StreetScooter, Deutsche Post recently entered into a development cooperation with Ford to further advance the already well-progressed electrification. | Photo: DPDHL
Already extensively electrified: After the sale of its subsidiary StreetScooter, Deutsche Post recently entered into a development cooperation with Ford to further advance the already well-progressed electrification. | Photo: DPDHL
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von Johannes Reichel

Deutsche Post DHL has proposed that parcel service providers should indicate the CO2 emissions of their shipments in the future. Such a regulation would be sensible to make the "CO2 emissions of their packages transparent" for consumers, explained the responsible head of the business unit Ole Nordhoff according to DPA. He referred to examples like the classification of meat according to animal welfare standards or the Nutri-Score traffic light system, which shows the content of sugar, fat, and salt on a scale from A to E. "We could well imagine something similar in the parcel industry," Nordhoff continued. 

This ties in with the postal law reform, which is to be decided by the end of the year. A key issues paper from the Federal Ministry of Economics currently makes only vague proposals to create "transparency and comparability for users" concerning the CO2 footprint. DPDHL sees itself at a clear advantage in this area, as the Bonn-based group has invested early and extensively in electrifying its fleet, with corresponding impacts on the CO2 footprint. With currently 23,000 e-vans, the Post also has by far the largest share of locally emission-free vehicles, especially the models from its formerly founded and now sold subsidiary StreetScooter.

The Post received support for the proposal from the ranks of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag: The Munich representative Sebastian Roloff welcomed such a regulation. FDP representative Reinhard Houben, on the other hand, expressed skepticism. Rejection came from Deutsche Post's competitor: Hermes rejected the required labeling obligation as "not sensible," a spokesperson told DPA.

Translated automatically from German.
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