DHL Freight announced a new service meant to reduce CO2 emissions on road transportation.

It said the GoGreen Plus service is achieved through carbon insetting, which is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases through investments in green road transportation technologies and fuels.

In contrast to offsetting, which helps to compensate for carbon emissions through climate protection projects worldwide, DHL noted that insetting focuses on decarbonizing road freight by investing in low- and zero emission technologies and fuels such as electric vehicles, biogas (Bio-LNG or Bio-CNG) or hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

"This is a major milestone for our company's sustainability goals. With the introduction of GoGreen Plus at DHL Freight, we at Deutsche Post DHL Group can now offer our customers carbon-neutral transport services across all modes of transport, in line with the Paris COP 21 targets to limit global warming," said Uwe Brinks, CEO DHL Freight, adding that GoGreen Plus services are available for every core transport product of DHL - be it Eurapid, Euroconnect or Euroline.

"Our existing green road transportation projects are very popular with our customers, and we look forward to expanding GoGreen Plus services across our entire product portfolio," Brinks added.

DHL Freight has been doing green road freight projects over the years. In 2018, it embarked on the insetting product Skicka Grönt in Sweden, which has helped to significantly reduce carbon emissions by introducing electric, Bio-LNG or -CNG and HVO trucks to the fleet. 

DHL noted that the GoGreen Plus service is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group's sustainability goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

The product offering is part of the Group's mid-term sustainability roadmap for 2030 and contributes to the sub-target of having at least 30% of fuel requirements covered by sustainable fuels.

To reduce CO2 emissions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, the Group will spend EUR7 billion on sustainable fuel and clean technologies by 2030.