DPD promises to deliver "carbon neutral" packages

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Logistics firm says emissions arising from delivering packages will be offset at no extra charge from July

German logistics company DPD plans to offer its customers free carbon neutral shipping from this summer, a move the firm has hailed as a world first. The company will offset the emissions produced by...

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