Solar powered DHL Express Service Center inaugurated in India

BY Our Correspondent24 April 2017 12:31 AM GMT

Apr 24, 2017: Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group recently inaugurated a DHL Express Service Center in Goregaon, Mumbai, powered by solar energy. This is its first such service center in Asia Pacific region. The 25,000 square feet facility uses solar-powered panels that reduce the consumption of grid electricity by 30 percent.

To further support growth in the country, over the next three years, the company also plans to invest close to €45 million in new upcountry developments, upgrading and expanding its infrastructure and bolstering its retail presence.

“India’s integration into the global economy has been accompanied by economic growth and progressive policy initiatives. With the country emerging as a global trade hub, India remains a critical growth market for us and we will continue to invest proactively to support the business here,” Frank Appel, CEO, Deutsche Post DHL Group, said.

The Goregaon Service Center is the company’s 45th service center in the country, and the 6th in Mumbai, in addition to the existing centers in Andheri, Byculla, Thane, Vashi and Vidyavihar.

DHL Express has actively adopted green initiatives as part of DPDHL Group’s GoGreen environmental protection program. These initiatives are built on two basic principles of ‘burn less’ and ‘burn clean’. The Goregaon Service Center is in line with DPDHL Group’s climate protection goal of reducing all logistics-related emissions to net zero by the year 2050.

“As our previous commitment to improve carbon efficiency by 30 percent over the 2007 baseline by 2020 was achieved last year, four years ahead of schedule, we have now made a bolder promise – to achieve zero emissions in logistics by 2050,” Appel added.