Postal Carbon Fund - Switzerland

Postal Carbon Fund helps offset the emissions of the postal sector by funding projects that have a positive impact, either direct or indirect. These include projects in developing countries; or local projects that would benefit the postal service of the country in which the project was financed.

Fast facts:

This project will offset the emissions of:
o 670,000 post offices
o 1 million+ vehicles that drive millions of kilometers every year
o 100+ planes
o Thousands of tonnes of paper and cardboard packaging materials

The problem

The postal sector emits around 60 millions tonnes of CO2 all over the world and also has a huge potential to reduce CO2 emissions.

The solution

Postal Carbon Fund enables postal services in developing countries to obtain funding for projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote the country's economic and social development. This project is based on the voluntary participation of postal services and on existing international offsetting mechanisms (established or inspired by the Kyoto protocol).

This project will train postal service teams to detect offsetting projects, including sustainable energies, transport, buildings and behavioral aspects (eco-driving, energy efficiency, etc.) The low-carbon development of the post of the southern hemisphere will provide carbon credit for the post of the northern hemisphere, financing low carbon development that could include solar roofs, low energy consumption systems, eco-driving training and implementing alternative vehicles.

Helping the planet

This project will lower the carbon emissions of the postal sector.

Helping people

Beneficiaries in the pilot phase are Costa Rica, Ecuador, Togo, Senegal and Thailand. Postal Carbon Fund will train the teams and help develop their expertise in assessing the project in terms of offsetting relevancy and benefit to local communities.

Scaling Up

The pilot project is testing the methodology of Postal Carbon Fund on eight postal services. If desired results are achieved this could be implemented in 192 countries.