Social Responsibility
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TNT is a delivery and network management company that employs 140,000 people and a large fleet of vehicles and aircraft. Accordingly, we have a major responsibility with respect to the environment.
While we are proud of our overall sustainability performance, we are not yet satisfied with our environmental accomplishments. Various groups of stakeholders have also stressed that this is one of their main concerns. We have decided therefore to embark on an ambitious campaign to reduce significantly this negative influence. One of the ways in which we will achieve this is through our Driving Clean project, which will ensure a sustainable and significant reduction in our environmental impact. The project is described overleaf.
ISO 14001 certification
TNT decided to use the international standards ISO 14001 to manage its environmental performance.
CO2 footprint
Human activities have led to a continuous build up of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. There is strong scientific evidence that this release of greenhouse gases will have a substantial impact on the future global climate. Scientists agree that global climate change is a serious problem that will threaten the basic elements of life for people around the world. The risk of severe and irreversible impact from climate change will increase unless the atmospheric level of greenhouse gases is stabilised at a level that will prevent dangerous interference with the climate system.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important manmade greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Major sources of carbon dioxide emissions are the combustion of fossil fuels for energy and transportation. According to the World Resources Institute, transport currently accounts for 18% of global carbon dioxide emissions and transport emissions are expected to grow rapidly in the next decades. TNT, whose core business is transport, therefore contributes to climate change. This concern was also expressed by TNT’s stakeholders who identified the reduction of CO2 emissions as an area of particular importance. Moreover, regulatory measures will become a cost factor in doing business going forward.
| GRI indicators: EN3, EN4 and EN8 | ||||
Estimated
| Measured
| Total
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In tonnes CO2(x 1,000) | ||||
| Automotive | FY 2005 | 51.6 | 164.1 | 215.7 |
| FY 2006 | 44.0 | 188.7 | 232.6 | |
| Aviation | FY 2005 | 0.0 | 336.5 | 336.5 |
| FY 2006 | 0.0 | 415.4 | 415.4 | |
| Electricity | FY 2005 | 23.6 | 96.7 | 120.2 |
| FY 2006 | 25.3 | 108.2 | 133.5 | |
| Heating | FY 2005 | 13.3 | 29.5 | 42.8 |
| FY 2006 | 11.1 | 32.9 | 44.1 | |
| Total | FY 2005 | 88.5 | 626.8 | 715.2 |
| FY 2006 | 80.4 | 745.2 | 825.6 | |
We have omitted the 2004 figures as 2004 data is not comparable to the 2005 and 2006 data. This is due to the fact that in 2004 almost 60% of the data was estimated.
Fuel efficiency
In order to monitor and improve our energy performance, we calculate our energy usage averages for our buildings and our fleet.
| GRI indicator: EN 4 | ||||||
| Express | TNT | |||||
| Average energy usage per surface and volume unit | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity in kWh / m2 | 128 | 123 | 73 | 68 | 93 | 84 |
| Gas in m3 / m3 buildings | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
We do not have reliable data for 2004. The differences in electricity use between the divisions are explained by the fact that Mail Netherlands runs large sorting plants with significant electricity consumption. The European operations in Mail are in line with Express.
| GRI indicator: EN 3 | ||||||
| Express | TNT | |||||
| Average litres fuel usage per 100 km | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company vehicles | no data | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Small trucks/vans < 7.5 tonnes | 8.8 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
| Trucks > 7.5 tonnes | 26.9 | 26.9 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 22.5 |
Within Express, the business units have reviewed the processes involved in collecting their fuel and kilometre data. This has resulted in more accurate consumption figures than in 2005. Consumption levels increased when comparing the 2005 data with the more accurate 2006 data.
Types of vehicle
| GRI indicator: EN 14 | |||||||||
| Express | TNT | ||||||||
| FY 2004* | FY 2005* | FY 2006 | FY 2004* | FY 2005* | FY 2006 | FY 2004* | FY 2005* | FY 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles carrying on-board computer with fuel performance monitoring | 3,284 | 3,213 | 3,248 | 6 | 16 | 169 | 3,290 | 3,229 | 3,417 |
| Vehicles running on natural gas | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 101 |
| Vehicles running on hybrid engines | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Vehicles running on electricity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Vehicles running on biofuel | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 685 | 0 | 0 | 738 |
| Vehicles running on fuel (diesel and petrol) | 4,462 | 5,154 | 5,714 | 702 | 2,095 | 10,860 | 5,164 | 7,249 | 16,762 |
| * Based on the number of FTEs in ISO 14001-certified sites. | |||||||||
Most of our natural gas-powered vehicles are operated in India, Argentina and Egypt. In France and Belgium, Express is using six vehicles on hybrid engines. Within Mail, four company cars use these engines. Most of our electrically-powered vehicles are located in Express Belgium (Liège). Vehicles using biofuel are mainly running in Express UK. Within TNT, we have 176 large Euro 5 trucks. TNT Post Production operates 136 small trucks with soot filters.