DHL Global Forwarding expands GoGreen Plus Service to air freight

DHL Global Forwarding has expanded its GoGreen Plus Service to provide emissions reduction in air freight through carbon insetting.

After implementing the service in ocean freight, customers can book GoGreen Plus to neutralise their CO2 emissions for air reight on all trade lanes.

Emissions are reduced by replacing the amount of conventional fossil fuel needed with sustainable fuel. Customers can pick and choose which parts of their supply chain they want to truly decarbonise.

The GoGreen Plus Service can be added while booking online, e.g., an air freight shipment via the myDHLi customer platform.

Thomas Mack, Global Head of Air Freight at DHL Global Forwarding, said the service is a simple and efficient way to directly reduce CO2 emissions in the supply chain.

“Every airplane and vessel emit their exhaust gases into the same atmosphere, and it is not decisive on which route or which means of transport biofuels are used,” Mack said.

“From a technological standpoint, our GoGreen Plus Service is currently the simplest, most efficient and sustainable way to reduce CO2 emissions in transportation,” he said.

He continued that as one of the world’s leading logistics service providers, DHL sees it as its responsibility to lead the way to greener transportation and to set a good example for others to follow.

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The GoGreen Plus Service is based on the displacement principle, which means the more customers book the service, the more alternative fuel or clean technology is used – making transport chains greener step by step.

Following this principle, the appropriate amount of biofuel is purchased for the respective air or ocean freight shipment and used in the partners’ ships and aircrafts.

DHL Global Forwarding recently ordered large volumes of sustainable aviation fuel through Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and United Airlines’ Eco Skies Alliance. The emission reductions also help DHL’s customers to work towards their climate targets. With the “Book & Claim” mechanism, DHL can pass on the benefits of lower greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3 emissions) to its customers.

The new product offering GoGreen Plus is part of DHL’s mid-term sustainability roadmap for 2030 and contributes to the sub-target of having at least 30 per cent of fuel requirements covered by sustainable fuels.

By 2030, DHL said it will spend €7 billion (AU$ 10.8 billion) in sustainable fuel and clean technologies to reduce CO2 emissions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement.