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<strong>DPD</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>Total</strong> <strong>Zero</strong> <strong>factsheet</strong><br />
<strong>DPD</strong> shareholder GeoPost has partnered with CDC Climat to manage its offsetting work. CDC<br />
Climat is a subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts (a French financial organisation dedicated to long term<br />
investment), with over 10 years‟ experience of combatting climate change. It invests in carbon<br />
assets either directly, or in the form of innovative carbon funds open to long-term investors aimed<br />
at reducing CO2 emissions by 60 million tonnes for 2014.<br />
<strong>DPD</strong> shareholder GeoPost is working with CDC Climat to identify a range of carbon offsetting<br />
projects which it will support via the <strong>Total</strong> <strong>Zero</strong> principle. The amount of greenhouse gas (GHG)<br />
emissions reduced thanks to these projects is translated into carbon credits. Carbon reduction<br />
projects that <strong>DPD</strong> will support include: transforming alfalfa-feed production in France; bringing<br />
biodigesters to rural farming communities in Cambodia; and reforestation and habitat restoration in<br />
Columbia. All projects are certified with globally recognised carbon standards and each deliver<br />
significant socio-economic benefits as well as environmental improvements. Apart from these<br />
projects, GeoPost supports other offset initiatives certified by best in-class standards, and in other<br />
regions of the world<br />
Insetting<br />
<strong>DPD</strong> already has an advantage over its competitors in terms of its commitment to lower its carbon<br />
footprint by using the <strong>DPD</strong> road network to transport nearly all of its parcels. <strong>DPD</strong>‟s ECO calculator<br />
demonstrates that sending parcels by road within Europe produces up to eight times less CO2 than<br />
if sent by air (see www.whyflyparcels.com for more information).<br />
However, <strong>DPD</strong> aims to go further and is looking at every aspect of its business to reduce CO2<br />
emissions year-on-year. Insetting initiatives currently helping to reduce <strong>DPD</strong>‟s carbon footprint<br />
include for example:<br />
� The introduction of Compressed Natural Gas vans, which run entirely on natural gas in<br />
Belgium and the Netherlands;<br />
� Using delivery bikes and electric vehicles instead of small diesel vans in Germany<br />
(Hamburg / Stuttgart);<br />
� Using rail instead of road to transport parcels in Germany;<br />
� Reducing energy consumption in Chronopost buildings across France by using<br />
automatic light switches and locking thermostats;<br />
� Favouring renewable energies like photovoltaic cells and wind turbines in all new depots<br />
of Exapaq in France;<br />
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