DHL Global Forwarding

Our 2050 targets

We've made it our mission to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Beyond our 2030 milestones, we've mapped out a detailed pathway to get there:

• Make aviation continuously more sustainable by investing in the latest technology, improving flight operation efficiency, supporting innovative technologies, decarbonizing ground handling, and adding more green options for customers.
• Make our last-mile and line-haul fleets greener by continuing to electrify where suitable, increasing our use of sustainable fuels, optimizing fuel consumption, supporting innovative technologies (e.g., hydrogen and electric long-haul trucks), facilitating carbon insetting, motivating subcontractors to invest in green solutions, and empowering employees to be more eco-friendly
• Make our facilities carbon neutral by designing all new buildings with a zero-carbon footprint (started in 2021), increasing green electricity and heating, fueling e-vehicle fleets with local renewable sources, and implementing smart facility management systems.
• Make our product portfolio green by offering green alternatives for all our core products, expanding our carbon reporting capabilities, driving innovation and adopting new technologies, and partnering with like-minded suppliers and customers.

Our 2030 targets

At DHL Group, sustainability is a journey, not a destination. That's why we've set milestones to focus our efforts and measure our progress. These transparent, time-bound targets and KPIs are integral to our strategic planning and decision-making processes, much like our financial goals. For 2030, we aim to achieve the following objectives:

• Electrify 60% of our last-mile delivery vehicles
• Increase the share of sustainable fuels to over 30%
• Offer green alternatives for 100% of all core products and services

_{* Our science-based target represents a 42% reduction in absolute direct emissions from the use of fuels and indirect emissions from purchased energy (Scope 1 and 2) and a 25% reduction in absolute emissions from fuel and energy-related activities, upstream transportation and distribution, and business travel (Scope 3).}

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Q: What is GLEC?
A: Tracking a company’s GHG emissions can be challenging because there are so many methodologies and reporting formats requested by different customers, countries and programs. To create a universal way of calculating logistics emissions, Smart Freight Centre (SFC) established the Global Logistics Emissions Council, or GLEC. GLEC is a group of companies, industry associations and programs backed by leading experts, governments and other stakeholders to make carbon accounting work for industry and to create a harmonized approach across all existing carbon calculation methodologies and standards currently in place.


Q: What is EN 16258:2012?
A: EN 16258:2012 is a methodology for calculation and declaration of energy consumption GHG Protocol Product Lifecycle Accounting and Reporting Standard. It is the most acceptable standard globally.


Q: What is CDP?
A: CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) is an international, not-for-profit organization, providing a global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. This online platform enables companies to disclose their carbon emissions information for public usage, such as financial market analysts.


Q: What are Emission Factors?
A: An emission factor is a number that allows companies to convert transportation activity into emissions. It is the average emission rate of a given source. Here are the source emission factors DHL uses for:- Road: HBEFA (Handbook Emission Factors for Road Transport)- Ocean: CCWG (Clean Cargo Working Group)- Air: NTM (Network for Transport Measure)