PostNord Cuts Emissions by 60,000 Tons: Here’s How
By investing in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and renewable fuels like Preem Redefine HVO100, PostNord Sweden is driving the transition towards fossil-free transportation. This commitment has yielded significant results, with greenhouse gas emissions reduced by tens of thousands of tons.
Gustav Eriksson, Head of Sustainability at PostNord Sweden, emphasizes the company’s strategy: “To achieve our goal of fossil-free operations by 2030, we are investing heavily in electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. For the portion of our fleet not powered by electricity or biogas, we fuel approximately 95 percent with HVO100.”
HVO100, a renewable diesel, plays a crucial role in reducing fossil climate emissions and facilitating the shift to fossil-free transportation.
Daniel Granquist, Business Developer at Preem, highlights the benefits for customers: “Because our customers can switch from traditional diesel to HVO100 directly without needing to replace their vehicles, it’s an excellent option for transitioning existing fleets and reducing the use of fossil fuels.”
Significant Emission Reductions Achieved
PostNord Sweden has transitioned from traditional diesel to HVO100, now using significantly more HVO100 than traditional diesel. Since 2020, the company has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 42 percent (60,000 tons), according to its 2024 annual and sustainability report.
Eriksson notes the importance of this shift: “Switching from traditional diesel to HVO100 has created opportunities for us to achieve our operational climate goals in Sweden. The quality, its ability to withstand cold, and its availability have been crucial. It’s also been important that the raw materials used to produce HVO100 do not contribute to other environmental problems.”
The Role of Svanen-Labeled Preem Redefine HVO100
Launched in the spring, the Svanen-labeled Preem Redefine HVO100 is produced at Preem’s refinery in Gothenburg. It is designed for the Nordic climate, including cold winters. The raw materials used in production are byproducts from the pulp and paper industry, as well as waste from the food and beverage industry. Preem Redefine HVO100 reduces emissions by at least 90 percent compared to fossil diesel.
Granquist underscores the significance of the eco-label: “Achieving the Svanen label for Preem Redefine HVO100 is an important quality stamp for us at Preem. The Svanen label ensures, among other things, that it has not been produced from raw materials that are considered to have high risks of negative impact on biodiversity. For example, it does not contain palm oil or soy, nor residual products from the production of these vegetable oils.”
Meeting Climate Goals and Customer Expectations
Sweden’s national climate goals require the transport sector to reduce its emissions by 70 percent by 2030 compared to 2010 levels. The EU has also introduced ambitious targets in recent years.
Granquist emphasizes the need for collaboration: “For us to achieve the ambitious goals nationally and within the EU, it is important that producers, transporters, and transport buyers cooperate to transition. PostNord’s work is an example of this.”
In addition to climate goals, PostNord’s customers, both private and corporate, have high expectations for fossil-free and emission-free deliveries.
Eriksson explains PostNord’s commitment: “We have chosen to Svanen-label our e-commerce transports in Sweden, a label that is difficult to obtain and places high demands on us, which is important. Therefore, it also feels right to choose Preem Redefine HVO100, which is Svanen-labeled.”
Driving Further Transition
Eriksson also sees opportunities to simplify the transition for transport companies in the future.
“We would like to see renewable fuels compete more with fossil fuels and for geographical availability to increase. To drive the transition within the transport sector, we see several parts – support for investment in battery-powered vehicles and charging infrastructure, improved capacity in the networks that support the transition, and environmental zones in our cities with requirements for low or zero emissions,” says Gustav Eriksson.
* The method for calculating greenhouse gas emissions in grams of CO2eq/MJ has been done in accordance with Article 31 of the EU Directive on Renewable Energy (2018/2001/EU) (“RED II”). The reference value used for fossil transport fuel is 94 grams of CO2eq/MJ according to Annex V in REDII and is used for calculating percentage reduction.
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