Climat Protect

As a major player in logistics, the GLS Group is aware of its responsibilities towards people, the environment and society.

The aim is to offer our customers the best quality in terms of logistics while providing our employees with a stable job in a solid company.

For GLS, these two factors go hand in hand. By achieving these goals, GLS also contributes to the mobility and reliable availability of goods, an indispensable link in the economy, while at the same time protecting the environment for future generations.

GLS France CSR initiatives

Our CSR approach

On the basis of its internal assessment, GLS reports in detail on its current economic, social, environmental and corporate objectives, activities and progress.

DQS ISO Quality certification GLS France commitments

Quality certification

GLS guarantees, monitors and improves quality and sustainability through its pan-European quality and environmental management system. This system has been certified according to DIN ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015 by DEKRA, one of the largest and most respected international management system certification bodies. Through its quality management system, GLS complies with strict, internationally recognised standards.

At GLS, we are committed to a better future. Environmental infographic At GLS, we are committed to a better future. Environmental infographic

At GLS, we are committed to a better future ; take a look at the pictures of how we do it every day.

GLS France offsets its carbon emissions in partnership with ClimatPartner :

The carbon offsetting approach consists, in addition to seeking to reduce its CO2 emissions on site, in setting up projects to reduce or capture carbon in another location.

This approach is therefore one of the tools that can be used to achieve carbon neutrality and is based on the principle of global emissions. Wherever CO2 is emitted, it has the same effect on the climate. Similarly, reducing emissions in one place or another has the same benefit for the planet.

So CO2 emissions here can theoretically be offset elsewhere. For this purpose, GLS has selected a partner and participates in 4 sustainable development programmes (ecological, social & economic).

GLS France offsets its carbon emissions in partnership with ClimatPartner, Peru: Protection of an endangered part of the Amazon
 

Peru : Protecting an endangered part of the Amazon

Since 2009, our project has been protecting an area of 100,000 hectares and helping local communities in the Madre de Dios region, which is threatened by massive deforestation due to a number of factors.

GLS France offsets its carbon emissions in partnership with ClimatPartner, Brazil: Combating deforestation through land purchase

Brazil : Combating deforestation through land purchase

Our project in the Brazilian Amazon reduces emissions by avoiding deforestation. The project area covers 148,000 hectares in the municipality of Portel in the north of the country.

 
GLS France offsets its carbon emissions in partnership with ClimatPartner, India: Solar power plant
 

India : Solar power plant

In March 2018, a solar power plant was commissioned in the village of Guttigoli in Belgaum. The electricity produced is fed into the Indian grid, replacing electricity from fossil fuels with emission-free solar energy. The project also supports sustainable development in the surrounding villages.

GLS France offsets its carbon emissions in partnership with ClimatPartner, India: Wind Energy

India : Wind energy

Our project involves the construction and operation of a wind turbine in a wind farm. In addition to climate protection and increasing the share of renewable energy in the grid, the project also contributes to sustainable development.

 
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