subject: Delivery Companies Use Carbon Offsetting To Minimise Their Global Impact [print this page] Many people are trying very hard to reduce the impact their activities have on the environment, using the maxim every little helps. But when a businesss operations are so closely associated with environmentally damaging activities, it is beholden on it to do all it can to reduce the scale of that damage.
Giant trucks thundering along motorways and major roads have been the biggest evidence of the evolution of our just in time culture, in which businesses can control their costs by having what they need delivered exactly when it is needed. But the development of this culture has been at the cost of the environment. The only question is now that the genie is out of the bottle, how can it be prevented from wreaking havoc?
The answer, in the eyes of many governments, public bodies and private companies alike when it comes to CO2 emissions is to embark on a large-scale carbon offsetting programme. This is exactly what one of the worlds leading express delivery companies is doing. It has made it clear that making significant cuts in carbon emissions cannot be achieved overnight - the programme so far has taken seven years, and is still ongoing.
But in conjunction with deploying trucks which use cleaner fuels, and less of them, many logistics experts believe such a programme can make a big dent in the environmental impact of parcel delivery companies. However, many also think that the realisation of the effects of sustaining a viable express delivery service will only hit home if people are forced to pay an extra carbon tax to help pay for the environmental impact of the delivery service they are using.
Carbon offsetting can cost a delivery company millions yet when the cost is broken down into a per-parcel rate, it amounts to a few extra pence or cents on parcel prices.
If a delivery company has the courage to put that nominal extra amount on to its charges, it will be interesting to see how many people will absorb it without flinching, and appreciate that it is contributing towards providing a service which is sustainable in the long term. Securing the most efficient parcel delivery option is easy with the help of a knowledgeable online courier service. Its staff can help ensure that your parcels are sent by the most efficient route for any express delivery.
by: Jamie Francis
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