DHL Express awards GOGREEN Certificate to SCB

DHL, the world's leading Logistics Company, today announced that it has awarded Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka (SCB) a carbon credit certificate for using the company’s carbon neutral shipment option DHL GOGREEN.

Standard Chartered Bank is the first company to receive this kind of certificate from DHL in Sri Lanka.

Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka offsets for 2012 were 5000 kg of CO2 via DHL GOGREEN products and services. Deutsche Post DHL carbon management offsets the carbon emissions generated by transportation through different climate protection projects around the world including a biomass and a hydro power plant in India and Brazil and a wind farm in China.

Malcolm Monteiro, CEO, DHL Express South Asia said “As part of our sustainability measures, we actively work towards reducing the impact of logistics on the environment by minimizing the use of natural resources and using the most efficient transport. Therefore we are proud to be associated with a prestigious bank such as Standard Chartered Bank that is equally conscious of their CO2 emissions. Globally we develop innovative ways to reduce the impact which will make a significant contribution to companies such as Standard Chartered Bank.”

DHL’s customers who avail DHL GOGREEN products and services get this certification each year. The GOGREEN certificate is issued by Deutsche Post DHL carbon management and verified by SGS. Further information on Carbon Management and the GOGREEN products, services and projects can be found at: www.dp-dhl.com/gogreen-projects.