Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the right thing to do. We believe in it so strongly that we prepare three GHG inventories each year. The first inventory is reported to the federal government in compliance with Executive Order 13693. We also report to the International Post Corporation in concert with our postal peers. Lastly, we report to The Climate Registry, a nonprofit that assists organizations in reporting emissions in order to reduce them. By completing these inventories, we’re transparent and can develop strategies to reduce our emissions.
Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG Emissions
We maintain two GHG reduction goals.
Goal 1: Reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions 20 percent by 2020 from a 2008 baseline.
Result 1: 15.8 percent decrease.
Goal 2: Reduce Scope 3 emissions 20 percent by 2020 from a 2008 baseline year.
Result 2: 10.2 percent decrease.
We define Scope 3 GHG emissions boundaries to include contract transportation fuel use, employee travel, contract waste disposal, transmission and distribution losses from electricity purchases, buildings with fully serviced leases, and wastewater treatment operations. We include contracted transportation emissions in our inventory to track this important and large emissions source.