GS25, Eco-Friendly Half-Price Delivery... "Reducing 250 Tons of Carbon Emissions This Year"

Reduce 7.2kg of Carbon Emissions per Delivery Vehicle

Customers are using half-price parcel delivery at the convenience store GS25. (Photo by GS Retail)

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] GS25 announced on the 23rd that the amount of carbon emissions reduced through its half-price parcel service from January to October this year has reached 250 tons.

The half-price parcel service allows customers to request parcel shipments at GS25 stores, and recipients pick up their parcels at GS25 stores. All services from acceptance, delivery, to receipt are carried out through GS25's logistics network and proprietary infrastructure.

The half-price parcel service utilizes the empty loading space of return vehicles that have completed deliveries to each store, thereby reducing the number of separate parcel vehicles in operation and consequently lowering carbon emissions. This is based on the estimated carbon reduction effect of the half-price parcel logistics system at 7.2 kg per delivery vehicle, which is equivalent to the effect of growing 1.1 pine trees.

GS25 is actively expanding the carbon reduction effect of the half-price parcel service into social contribution activities. GS Networks, GS Retail's logistics subsidiary, signed a business agreement with Beautiful Store in August last year and enhanced the system to enable donation participation through the half-price parcel service as part of this effort. This year, the number of items donated to Beautiful Store through the half-price parcel service has reached about 58,000, resulting in approximately 10 tons of carbon reduction.

A GS Retail official said, “We planned an event to promote the eco-friendly contribution of the half-price parcel service and to create a culture of practice starting with our employees,” adding, “In the future, we plan to prepare events involving customers to spread carbon reduction activities.”

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