CSR Coups de Coeur Awards - Environment

Slovenia

Pošta Slovenije, d.o.o: The operator becomes a partner of the bee forage planting scheme

ACTIONS
The Pošta Slovenije Group (PS Group) has committed to carrying out activities to raise awareness and publicise calls to maintain a clean and healthy environment for bees and other pollinators. With this scheme, the PS Group is building on activities to tackle climate change which are carried out in tandem with efforts in the areas of sustainable business and sustainable development.

One of the Group’s activities in support of the ‘Bee Forage Planting Day’ project involves encouraging its own staff as well as the general public to adopt a responsible attitude towards the environment. Slovenian Bee Forage Planting Day is among the first concrete projects in the EU to make a start on achieving the EU target of three billion trees planted by 2030.

It also makes a strong contribution to plans for greenhouse gas emission sinks in the EU and efforts to make Europe ‘climate neutral’. Another of the scheme’s aims is to increase Slovenia’s future nectar yield, as climate change has put the survival of pollinators increasingly at risk.

RESULTS and IMPACT
In October 2021, members of the PS Group’s Working Group for Energy Efficiency organised the planting of linden trees next to the mail sorting and logistics centres and postal units. The linden is considered to be a sacred tree in Slovenia.