Management's Commitments to Sustainability

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Use of trucks over air
• Optimize routes for trucks and carriers (to the detriment of mail service)
• Purchasing zero emissions and reduced emission vehicles
• Business Travel, Employee Commuting, Wastewater disposal and Treatment
• Contract Transportation

Renewable Energy

• Solar units on USPS Buildings (USPS has solar locations in CA, NJ, DC, MA)
• Solar units on top of parking roofs
• Recycle waste and landfill
•   Recycle packaging  
  •  Blue Earth Federal Recycling Program,
  •  USPS Blue Earth Secure Destruction
  • USPS Blue Earth Carbon Accounting
• Battery Recycling                       
• Purchase on site renewable energy certificates

USPS Postal Fleet Vehicles

• Provide charging stations for the USPS (should offer charging station use for the public)
• Purchasing more Electric and Hybrid Postal Vehicles
• Alternative fuel use

USPS Climate Risk Adaption Resiliency Tools  

The Postal Service uses the Corporate Energy Interface Resiliency Tool to plan for disruptions caused by natural disasters and other risks.
The tool enables users to: 

• Identify facility leases that are about to expire.
• Map facilities and analysis for climate change risk include:
• Sea level rise
• Natural disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and earthquakes
• Ask the appropriate questions about building construction, safety features and backup systems.

Develop an emergency plan to:

•  Keep employees safe.
• Determine when and where to move vehicles and equipment
• To help create a cleanup plan to resume operations as quickly and safely as possible.
• Our goals for this tool are to provide a user guide and offer training to promote it and demonstrate its practical applications