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15 percent compared with the reference
year 2000 ( 11), and compared with
1998 the reduction is even 22 percent.
This impressively demonstrates that our
environmental strategy ( 19) is effective
and that our efforts to implement our
environmental policy ( 22) are paying off.
Somewhat more than half of Swiss Post’s
entire environmental impact is caused by
the transport of passengers and goods by
road and by transport of goods by rail.
Two-thirds of the environmental impact
of transports are generated by PostBus
AG. However, public transport on the
roads supports substitution of individual
transport in the overall Swiss traffic system.
A single Postbus carrying 40 passengers
replaces up to 40 cars.
Goods transports
The climatic impact of rail-based goods
transport declined by 24 percent compared
with 2000, while that of roadbased
transport increased by 3 percent.
Of the overall transport service in 2005
amounting to 65.9 million kilometres,
road-based transport accounted for 62
percent (parent company, including transports
carried out by third-party companies)
and rail-based transport accounted
for 38 percent. Maximum utilization of
the nationwide service came to 80 percent,
while average utilization was 59
percent. espite an increase in roadbased
transport, we succeeded in reducing
the environmental impact of goods
transports by one percent 21 .
Goods transports are subject to considerable
financial and time-based pressure. In
recent years this has resulted in a shift of
goods from rail to road-based transport.
Thanks to the ideal distribution of transports
between roads and rail (modal
split), intelligent transport planning, fleet
management that takes environmental
aspects into account and use of low-emission
vehicles, we endeavour to make our
transport services as environmentally
friendly as possible. Of course, this is always
subject to the cost pressure dictated
by competition.
A number of different transport management
systems are used to organize transports
in the most efficient way. Orders are
entered into the system and grouped into
transport orders in the actual planning
stage. Use of these systems allows us to
identify synergies and avoid redundant
trips in a specific or similar period. More-
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“ Our profit allows us
to invest in ensuring
that our employees are
competitive on the labour
market.”
Philip Pätzold
Head of Human Resources, PostMail, Berne
over, suitable tools such as database applications
are being developed to further
reduce the number of trips with empty
vehicles.
In terms of vehicle sourcing, we focus on
the environmental compatibility of the
vehicles we use. As a rule, delivery vehicles
are used for up to seven years. The
useful life depends on the kilometres travelled
and maintenance costs per year.
Vehicles are replaced on the basis of economic
criteria. Newly purchased vehicles
feature state-of-the-art engine and exhaust
emission control technology.
We are currently testing alternatives to
our conventional vehicles. In addition to
electrically powered scooters, these
include vehicles that can be operated
with environmentally friendly natural gas
and fuel. Compared with diesel vehicles,
vehicles powered by natural gas produce
50 percent less carbon monoxide, 100
percent less carbon dioxide (CO2, in vehicles
using biogas), 80 percent fewer
nitrogen oxides, virtually no sulphur dioxide
and no soot particles. We now
have one of the biggest gas-powered
vehicle fleets in Switzerland with over 30
vehicles.