Technologies

1. Technologies Sustainability Dianne Shoaf US Postal Service

2. What is Sustainability? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sustainable • 1: capable of being sustained • 2a: of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged <sustainable techniques> <sustainable agriculture> • 2b: of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods <sustainable society>

3. What is Sustainability? http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/basicinfo.htm What is sustainability? Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment.  Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have,  the water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment.

4. What is Sustainability? most frequently cited definition: Sustainable development: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“ * *Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report, Oct 1987, a document which coined, and defined the meaning of the term "Sustainable Development“ - Brundtland Commission (UN), Formally known as the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED),

5. U.S. Federal Government Executive Order 13423: “Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management” of Jan 24, 2007 set policy for federal agencies to ”conduct their environmental, transportation, and energy-related activities under the law in support of their respective missions in an environmentally, economically and fiscally sound, integrated, continuously improving, efficient, and sustainable manner.” Executive Order 13514: “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance” of Oct 5, 2009 builds on EO 13423 (including requirement for feds to set a 2020 GHG reduction goal) "to establish an integrated strategy towards sustainability in the Federal Government and to make reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) a priority for Federal agencies.” https://www.fedcenter.gov/programs/sustainability/

6. Case Study: Sustainability at the USPS Balancing people, planet, profit… People Safety & health Job Creation Human rights Diversity Planet Zero waste, releases, & spills Clean air, water, land Global Climate Change Reduced emissions Profit Innovation Capital Efficiency Risk management Margin Improvement …to ensure a viable US Postal Service that provides affordable, universal service for current and future generations.

7. Our Vision: Be a Sustainability Leader Green business approach: create value for customers, employees and communities. Embrace opportunities, manage risks due to economic, environmental and social changes.

8. Our Vision: Be a Sustainability leader

9. USPS Priorities • Integrate sustainability into USPS performance-based management • Build a Conservation Culture • Use sustainability to enhance postal services • Lead industry to adopt sustainable business practices

10. Integrate Sustainability into USPS Performance-based Management • Establish energy reduction goals • 30% reduction in facility energy use • 20% reduction of petroleum use • Add energy goals to performance system • Baseline corporate GHG emissions • Produce sustainability performance report

11. Sustainability Targets 1 Aligns to National Performance Assessment (NPA)

12. Build a Conservation Culture • Engage employees • 1328 and Counting: Facilities participating in Lean Green Team Initiative to do low- and no-cost projects to reduce waste of: • Facility energy use • Vehicle petroleum use • Waste to landfills • Consumables (paper, ink, etc.) • Water use • Use Infrastructure: • Backhaul Recyclables • Reverse Logistics – Partner with Mailers

13. Lean Green Team Home Page

14. Lean Green Teams • Process for measuring information in several different formats • Data is fed into the Green Initiative Tracking Tool (GITT) from the same sources that are used for annual reporting as required by the Executive Order: EDW, EEMS, FAMS, SEAM • Data reports can be pulled up at every level: National, Area, District and Facility to represent the status of facilities in those groups

15. Good for Business? Yes!

16. Good for Business? Yes! USPS saves green by staying green The Postal Service realized $76 million in combined savings and revenue last year by conserving energy and recycling tons of materials with the help of employee lean green teams. The teams recycled nearly 254,000 tons of material, which generated $24 million in new revenue and saved $26 million in landfill fees. Through other conservation efforts, the teams also saved $12 million in vehicle fuel cost avoidance, more than $10 million in facility energy savings and nearly $1 million in water savings. USPS also saved $4 million by decreasing the need for certain supplies.

17. Use Sustainability to Enhance Postal Services • Reduce UAA (Undeliverable As Addressed) • Change-of-address online - usps.com • Secure Destruction Pilot Project • Recycling by Mail • Small electronics • Reverse logistics • National Recycling Program for Feds

18. Lead Mailing Industry in Sustainable Business Practices • Guidance to mailers at www.USPS.com/green • Certified products • Baseline performance via life-cycle inventory of mail’s environmental impact • Engage customers and public

19. Life Cycle Inventory study: Product-level Perspective

20. Certified products • Priority Mail and Express Mail • Boxes, envelopes, mailing labels, label tape • ReadyPost • Boxes, envelopes, mailers • Continuity menu-boards • Cradle-to-Cradle • Stamps, stamped postcards and envelopes

21. Engage Customers • “Read-Respond-Recycle” in-lobby recycling • usps.com/green website

22. Publicly report performance 9.9% decrease —:Total GHG emissions decreased by 9.9% or by almost 1.3 million* metric tons from the FY 2008 baseline to FY 2012. *Nearly equal to removing 270,000 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.

23. Lessons Learned • Lead by example from the top • Tie initiatives to core business • Make it part of everyone’s job performance • Build on success • Engage customers • Take action!

24. The USPS: 522,144 peopleworking in over 31,000 facilities and driving 212,530 vehicles 1.3 billion miles to deliver 160 billion pieces of mail last year (40% of world’s volume)

25. Promoting a Viable Postal Servicethrough Sustainability Leadership To our Employees: Being a sustainability leader goes hand in hand with being leaner, smarter and faster. “We need to continue to optimize our network, realign our workforce, reduce energy use and our physical footprint, and drive costs out of every aspect of the Postal Service.” Leadership in sustainability requires support and involvement from all of you. PMG Pat Donahoe To the Communities We Serve: Our Sustainability Promise: Because of our size,our activities have an enormous impact, socially, economically and environmentally. We’ve chosen to use that impact to make a positive difference wherever we can. PMG Jack Potter