Green Transport
As the largest distributor of parcels and letters in Denmark, we generate significant environmental benefits by optimizing our capacity utilization, using biofuels, investing in fuel-efficient vehicles and increasing the use of electric vehicles for distribution.
Electric Trucks Drive PostNord Toward a Sustainable Future
PostNord is making an ambitious push toward the electrification of heavy transport as a key part of its goal to achieve a fossil-free future. Electric trucks are a vital component in the green transition, significantly reducing PostNord’s overall CO₂ emissions — and they also make drivers happier.
With the introduction of electric trucks, drivers are experiencing major improvements in their working environment — less noise, increased comfort, and a better driving experience. At the same time, PostNord is expanding its charging infrastructure with dedicated charging stations for electric trucks, which in the future will also be available to other companies.
PostNord is firmly committed to having a fully fossil-free fleet by 2030, and electric trucks play a crucial role in this green journey.
Switch from diesel to electric vehicles in the largest Danish towns and cities
PostNord aims to become fossil-free by 2030. We are working tirelessly to reduce our carbon emissions and replace all our diesel vehicles with electric ones.
Home delivery is already emission-free in large parts of Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, and Horsens, as are all home deliveries on Samsø.
Click here to find out more about our switch from diesel to electric
Fossil-free biodiesel reduces CO₂ emissions by up to 85 percent
The fossil-free HVO biodiesel has played a central role in our green transition, and in 2020, PostNord converted a large part of its trucks to this new type of diesel made from animal by-products such as slaughter waste. HVO biodiesel reduces the CO₂ emissions of vehicles by up to 85%.
The transition to HVO biodiesel is one of the green solutions that provides visible results immediately. The immediate positive impact on the climate is something we need while technological options become more numerous and accessible. We still have trucks running on HVO biodiesel, but today we also have trucks using biogas as well as seven new electric trucks.
Biogas-powered trucks make parcel deliveries greener
As from the autumn of 2021, PostNord in Denmark has been leasing ten new trucks designed to run on biogas. They have the capacity to cut carbon emissions by around 850 tons per year as they transport parcels between PostNord’s customers, terminals and distribution centers – especially on Zealand.
The initiative involving these ten trucks is one of the largest examples to date of a single company in Denmark choosing biogas as fuel. Later this year PostNord will be establishing its own biogas refueling facility in connection with the company’s parcel terminal in Brøndby.
