Switch to DHL GoGreen shipping

Taking responsibility means rethinking every single step. In this story, you can find out how we approach this issue in shipping and why we switched to GoGreen.

Natural products should also be shipped sustainably. That's why we chose DHL as our shipping partner right from the start. Of all the companies operating in Germany, we were by far the most convinced by their offer in terms of sustainability and reliability. By updating our shipments to GoGreen, we are making a further active contribution to achieving the most climate-neutral shipping possible. 

How can shipping be sustainable at all?

Ultimately, every company and every individual contributes to CO₂ emissions. As a supplier of products and shipper, we are therefore an important part of this. That is why it is important to us to think about which measures have a positive effect on our environment at every single step. In our view, the bottom line is to consider all aspects of the product, packaging and shipping cycle to the customer.

Packaging materials

We only use recyclable and FSC-certified packaging materials that we source in Germany. Our packaging is plastic-free and we only use a small amount of filling materials. For individual products, we add inserts containing important product information on use or care. 

Shipping partner

We have been working with DHL since the beginning. In addition to reducing emissions, DHL's sustainability initiative also includes the active promotion of climate protection projects.  

How does CO₂ compensation work?

A CO₂ offset reduces the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere so that increased greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere have a net effect of 0. For example, a truck might emit 1 kg of CO₂ in a mile, while measures to preserve a forest remove 1 kg of CO₂ from the atmosphere. This is certainly somewhat simplistic, because you can't preserve forests or plant additional trees at will. We are therefore rather critical of initiatives such as "Plant a tree with your purchase". After all, emissions on the one hand and the impact of the reduction on the other must be effectively measured. There is a clear lack of transparency here. We therefore consider the approach of CO₂ compensation directly in relation to the impact of our shipping to be a very important measure.

 Conversion to GoGreen

By switching our shipping rate to GoGreen, we are making an active and verifiable contribution to supporting important climate protection projects. This allows us to take responsibility together with our customers. In practice, this means that we offset the emissions from shipping with a small surcharge in our rate. For you as a customer, nothing changes in terms of shipping rates, as we cover the additional costs incurred. 

By ordering from treeletic, you are supporting sustainable and long-term projects that benefit our environment.