Tom Day, Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Financial Officer at the International Post Corporation (IPC), joins me to discuss reducing emissions in the postal sector:
- Six key aims for SMMS
- Recyclable packaging products sold by postal operators
- Reusable packaging products
- The impact of 2020 on posts' emissions reduction strategies
- Workload for letter delivery compared to parcel delivery
- Strategies postal operators are using to reduce last mile emissions
- Electric vehicles and the source of electricity (renewable vs fossil fuel)
- Life cycle analysis and the goal of reducing or eliminating carbon emissions
- Rooftop solar panels and powering the post's processing cycle during the night
- Return on investment for renewables
- Savings that can be driven by building inspections and proper building maintenance
- Monitoring partner emissions (e.g. subcontractor drivers and franchised post offices)
- Suppliers reporting emissions - and customer expectations of posts to report emissions
- Government and customer pressure to reduce last mile emissions
- The urgency of reducing emissions (compared to far-off carbon reduction targets)
