30-05-2023
Dublin, 30 May 2023 – Over 80 high-level representatives from 30 posts worldwide, including 20 CEOs met in Dublin for the IPC 2023 Annual Conference on 25-26 May. Hosted by An Post, the theme of this year’s IPC Annual Conference was “The Postal Contribution to Emissions’ Reduction”.
Holger Winklbauer, IPC CEO, says: “Sustainability is the topic that unites all IPC members as posts were the first sector to develop a joint programme to reduce emissions globally. It is of strategic importance to face together the global climate change challenge. Therefor we now need to rapidly reinforce our cooperation and develop a more granular reporting system and find common ground between the different standards”.
IPC is working closely with its member sustainability experts to evaluate current and future carbon reporting needs, based on global stakeholders’ requirements. Posts are highly committed to continue collaborating together.
Posts tasked IPC together with the sustainability expert group to further identify the most suitable standards, to develop the guidelines for the postal sector and explore the most efficient means to achieve these goals.
The Annual Conference featured four keynote speakers who shared their thoughts on the evolution of carbon footprint reporting needs as well as customers’ requirements for sustainable delivery, including rapidly changing needs and expectations from customers for e-commerce delivery, including: included Ben Lechner, Amazon EU Transportation Director; Mehdi El Alami, Oliver Wyman; Andrea Dorothea Schoen, Smart Freight Centre Program Manager and Professor Richard Barker, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
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The IPC Annual Conference gathered about 80 senior delegates, including CEOs, from the following posts from the IPC membership and beyond: An Post (Ireland); Australia Post (Australia); bpost (Belgium); Correos (Spain); CTT Portugal Post (Portugal); Cyprus Post (Cyprus); Deutsche Post DHL Group (Germany); Egypt Post (Egypt); Emirates Post (Arab Emirates); Hrvatska Posta (Croatia);Iceland Post (Iceland); Japan Post (Japan); Latvijas Pasts (Latvia); Le Groupe La Poste (France); Magyar Posta (Hungary); Omniva (Estonia); Österreichische Post AG (Austria); Posta Romana (Romania); POST Luxembourg (Luxembourg); Poste Italiane (Italy); Posten Norge (Norway); PostNL (The Netherlands); PostNord (Denmark and Sweden); Posta Slovenska (Slovakia); Posti (Finland); Swiss Post (Switzerland); United States Postal Service (US) and representatives from PostEurop and UPU.
About International Post Corporation
International Post Corporation (IPC) is the leading service provider of the global postal industry that provides leadership by driving service quality, interoperability and business-critical intelligence to support posts in defending existing business and expanding into new growth areas. It is a cooperative association of 26 member postal operators in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.
IPC’s solutions and services are used by over 190 posts worldwide. Since 1989 IPC has set standards for upgrading quality and service performance and developed technological solutions that help members enhance service for international letters, packets and parcels. IPC engages in industry research, creates business-critical intelligence, provides a range of platforms and programmes for member post CEOs and senior management to exchange best practices and discuss strategy. IPC also manages the system for incentive-based payments between postal operators.
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