The Postal Service tracks the fuel used by its contractors to move the mail. This contract transportation includes highway contract routes and employee-owned vehicles used on rural routes, as well as air, rail and ship transport. Though technically outside our typical boundaries, we choose to track and report contractor fuel as it’s our largest source and essential to our operations.
Goal: Reduce contract petroleum fuel use 20 percent by 2020.
Result: 0.1 percent reduction.
We are currently off target for this goal but continue our efforts to reduce this number. Supply Management and the Office of Sustainability are actively working with Highway Contract Route (HCR) suppliers to promote alternative fuel use, implement fuel-efficient technology equipment and ensure a best value determination process in HCR negotiations.
