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Our environmental approach
Our initiatives to gradually reduce carbon emissions
At GLS, we care about our effect on the world around us. Every parcel and its related logistics and transport processes have an impact on natural resources and cause carbon emissions. We want to continue our mission of connecting people around the world while gradually reducing our impact on the environment.
We launched our group-wide environmental strategy to implement a series of initiatives to progressively reduce carbon emissions and ensure that knowledge and efforts are shared and implemented across our entire international network.
Reducing emissions starts with understanding where they come from
As a parcel logistics company, most of our carbon emissions are generated through transport activities across our network. While Scope 1 and 2 emissions stem from GLS-owned transport vehicles, company cars and purchased energy, the largest share of emissions falls under Scope 3 , which is associated with linehaul and pick-up and delivery services provided by subcontracted transport partners. This is why decarbonising transport is at the heart of our environmental strategy.
Our measures to gradually reduce our carbon emissions
Reducing carbon emissions is a long-term effort that requires action across different parts of our business. We pool our resources and expertise to implement measures to continuously reduce our carbon emissions. This includes emissions from our transport operations, our site operations, such as purchased electricity or heat for our buildings, and our company car fleet.
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Transforming our transport fleet
We are electrifying the transport fleet in collaboration with our transport partners. Different electric vehicles are used within the Group, such as vans, bikes and trucks. In addition, we test alternative fuels, such as Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). More than 8,200 electric and low-emission vehicles [2] were in use across the GLS network at the end of December 2025, representing 19% [3] of the transport fleet. -
Modernising our depots and hubs
We are converting fossil heating systems to electric heat pumps, expanding charging infrastructure at our sites, increasing the use of renewable electricity and installing photovoltaic systems to support on-site renewable electricity generation. By the end of December 2025, 83% of our business' global electricity consumption came from renewable sources. -
Increasing the share of electric company cars
We are gradually increasing the share of electric company cars across the GLS Group’s network and expanding the supporting charging infrastructure. This transition is supported by local initiatives and partnerships that help accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles. By the end of December 2025, 46% of company cars across the GLS Group were electric.
1 GLS B.V. is committed to reduce its absolute Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2045, using 2021 as the base year. The residual emissions will be neutralized. This means the business counterbalances up to 10% of its CO2e emissions with investments in carbon removal projects outside its value chain, in line with the SBTi Net-Zero Standard . The Science Based Targets initiative commitment of GLS B.V. encompasses all affiliated companies of GLS B.V. operating under the GLS trademark.
2 This means vehicles that during driving operation use only electricity or fuels that create lower
emissions than diesel or gasoline fuel (e.g. HVO, biogas, natural gas such as LNG, LPG, CNG). Fur
ther, this also includes parcel deliveries on foot (as of today, only applicable for GLS Spain).
3 Excluding the transport fleet in USA.