Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time — and it affects all of us. Groupwide, DHL is actively driving carbon reducing initiatives to play our part in tackling the climate crisis. This includes switching to electric vehicles and reducing the carbon footprint of our facilities around the world.

GoGreen Plus is an industry-leading service that enables customers to reduce (inset) the carbon emissions of their shipments by up to 30% through the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), which is produced with waste cooking oil, sugar cane and other biomass fuels.

This optional green service charges based on cargo weight – and your investment goes fully and directly into developing green technologies and SAF capacity within DHL's global network.

Opting for GoGreen Plus can effectively reduce shippers’ Scope 3 emissions. Carbon reductions are independently audited with certified* emissions savings. Join us in leading the way with sustainable logistics.

*Please note that certificates are only issued for selected GoGreen Plus models.

CARBON INSETTING WITH SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL

SAF is now an effective way to reduce the carbon footprint of air transportation and is the most effective way for customers to make their supply chains more sustainable. GoGreen Plus is DHL's solution for true decarbonization, providing easy access to SAF for customers shipping anywhere in the world. help you reduce your carbon footprint.

GoGreen Plus is a more effective green logistics service – thanks to the carbon inset approach. Carbon insetting reduces greenhouse gas emissions directly where they occur. This means that your investment contributes directly to green technologies and fuels — and resulting emissions reductions — within DHL’s global transport network and your supply chain.

With GoGreen Plus, DHL offers three service options that can be tailored to your needs, whether you are a large corporation or a small business.

• GoGreen Plus (For customers using MyDHL+): For every shipment you make through our online shipping tool MyDHL+, simply opt for GoGreen Plus before you check out to reduce your carbon emissions by up to 30%.

• GoGreen Plus Basic: Reduces carbon emissions by up to 30% for business accounts.

• GoGreen Plus Carbon Reduced*: This service is designed for customers with high shipping volumes and, like GoGreen Plus Basic, is available for DHL account holders. Customize your emissions reductions from 10% to 100%, to meet your specific targets.

*GoGreen Plus Basic and GoGreen Plus Carbon Reduced are available for DHL business account shippers only. Open an account with us today!

DHL Express Japan has accelerated our shift to electric vehicles (EV) by introducing 19 electric vehicles (5 compact cars, 4 1-ton trucks, and 10 3-ton trucks), 3 electric tricycles, and 10 electric motorcycles since 2014. We are also working towards carbon neutral facilities. DHL Japan signed a 20-year renewal contract in 2022 worth EUR88 million (JYP 12 billion) for its Tokyo Distribution Centre, with plans to upgrade the large-scale facility in Shinkiba, Tokyo with renewable energy features.