Neste, DHL Group collaborate to reduce logistics emissions

The partnership aims at leveraging renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize DHL’s transportation.

DHL Group and Neste have agreed to jointly evaluate how renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel can support the logistics company in its decarbonization targets in air and road transportation.

DHL aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emission logistics by 2050. Interim targets by 2030 include electrifying two-thirds of last-mile delivery vehicles and increasing the share of more sustainable fuels across all transportation modes to more than 30%, which includes also the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). 

As one of the leading producers of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, Neste is set to support its partner in achieving these goals.

“We are looking forward to further strengthening our existing cooperation with DHL Group through a holistic, joint approach to tackling GHG emissions in transportation. This gives us a chance to support DHL as a frontrunner in its field with our renewable fuels, which provide a solution to reduce GHG emissions on the road as well as in the air,” says Carl Nyberg, Senior Vice President, Commercial, Renewable Products at Neste.

The parties will develop a commercial model that would gradually lead to the offtake of around 300,000 tons of neat, i.e. unblended SAF per year and enable the sale and purchase of additional volumes of SAF. 

At the same time, DHL Group and Neste will work together to explore using renewable diesel to support DHL in achieving its decarbonization targets in road transportation.