Royal Mail works with SBTi to reduce carbon emissions

• 14 July 2022
• Transport / Logistics Services

Royal Mail has made a formal commitment to reduce its carbon emissions, working with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

With the SBTi, Royal Mail will set up an evidence backed path to reduce its carbon emissions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement.

The postal operator claims it is the ‘greenest option’ for parcel delivery, as against competitors’ reported emissions. Part of this is its 90,000 postal delivery staff who do much of their rounds on foot, delivering to 31 million addresses around the UK.

Under the plans, it is to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2025/26 and Scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2030, from a 2020/21 baseline year.

Greg Sage, Deputy Director Corporate Affairs and ESG, Royal Mail, said: “We have a clear plan in place to limit our environmental impact – from electrifying our fleet and upgrading our buildings to increasing our use of rail and reducing reliance on domestic flights – but we want to go further and faster.

“Our commitment to rigorous, globally recognised science-based targets will support us on our journey to become net zero by 2040, as we transform Royal Mail to provide a more sustainable service for the customers and communities we serve.”