Our journey to sustainability

Over the last number of years, An Post has been working to build a more sustainable business and to help us deliver on our purpose which is to act for the common good and to improve the quality of life in Ireland, now and for generations to come.

From achieving the ISO 50001 Energy Management System in July 2013 for our property portfolio, to being the first postal company in the world to achieve zero emissions deliveries in all of Ireland's cities - Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Kilkenny, resulting in no tailpipe emissions or noise pollution.

Check out our journey to net zero emissions by 2030 below

 

• Maintaining a zero Gender Pay Gap for a fourth consecutive year
• Female representation in the Senior Management Group reaching 47%
• Achieving zero waste to landfill for the seventh consecutive year
• Restoring an additional 32,000m2 of our available land for biodiversity
• Achieving 39.8% of our fleet being alternatively fuelled
• Supporting the resale revolution with our national campaign to encourage the Circular Economy transition in Ireland
• Introducing a Responsible Divestment Protocol, as a pledge to the future of local communities while ensuring an open and transparent approach to property divestment
• Ranking fourth in the world in the International Postal Corporation’s Sustainability Measurement and Management System, meeting our objective to be ranked in the top 5 for the fourth year in a row
• Organising a national beach and waterways clean-up day to protect and preserve Ireland’s marine life and waterways for future generations, in conjunction with the issue of two new marine life stamps

• Became the first postal service in the world to operate in a LEED Platinum and Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) headquarters
• Reduced emissions related to the delivery of letters by 12% and by 4.4% for packets and parcels year-on-year
• Maintained zero gender pay gap for a third consecutive year
• Zero waste to landfill for 6th consecutive year
• Implemented biodiversity actions, upgrading over 6,500m2 of our landscaping footprint
• Ranked second in the world by the International Postal Corporation’s Sustainability Measurement and Management System
• Named as the second most reputable organisation in Ireland in the2023 Sustainability RepTrak® Index
• Met our ambition to train all of our delivery drivers in eco-driving
• Launched the first of its kind in Ireland BookTok Book Club, reaching over 1.7 million users and building a community of more than 11,200 book lovers