Greenhouse Challenge

The Greenhouse Challenge is a Federal Government environment program. Its goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the voluntary action of companies and organisations.

At Australia Post, our greenhouse gas emissions are created mainly through:

• Burning fossil fuels in our transport fleet;
• The use of energy for power and lighting; and
• The generation of waste.

Joining the Greenhouse Challenge has helped us to recognise the potential impacts of our everday operations, which include:

washing around 10,500 vehicles per week	Providing postal services at almost 4,500 postal outlets
using the services of around 3,000 road transport contractors across the country	running more than 7,100 motorbikes
and carrying 47.8 million kilograms of airfreight every year.

What we are now doing is controlling the level of our emissions by making changes to our facilities and vehicle fleets and by being smarter about how we do our jobs. Since joining the Greenhouse Challenge program in 1996, Australia Post has reduced its greenhouse emissions by 28.1%. This means a saving of 95,441 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Based on this progress and our planning for the future, we expect an overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 42.31%, or 143,803 tonnes of carbon dioxide, by the year 2005 – that’s comparable to planting around 30,000 trees.

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