TRAILBLAZER
UWE BRINKS ,
CEO , DHL Freight
Uwe Brinks has been CEO of DHL Freight since 2017 , a position he assumed after a lifetime of service .
Uwe Brinks has been CEO of DHL Freight since January 2017 , managing the company ’ s operations and strategic development .
As one of the leading providers of road freight services in Europe , the division of Deutsche Post DHL Group provides its customers with an array of flexible , reliable and efficient road , rail and intermodal freight solutions .
Since 2019 Brinks has been a member of the Presiding Board of the ‘ Deutsches Verkehrsforum ’ ( DVF ), Europe ’ s only multimodal industry association for passenger and cargo transport in Europe .
Brinks has spent most of his career in DHL ’ s mail and German parcel businesses , where he has held various managerial positions , most recently as chief production officer in the Post
“ MORE AND MORE CUSTOMERS ARE ASKING FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS ”
e-commerce and Parcel division . Today , Brinks is at the forefront of the company ’ s bid to meet its net zero goals .
He says DHL ’ s sustainability roadmap provides “ a clear route to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Science-Based Targets initiative ”.
He adds : “ We plan to achieve this by investing € 7bn in green technologies until 2030 . We will grow the share of sustainable fuels to more than 30 % and ensure that 60 % of our last-mile delivery fleet are e-vehicles .”
At DHL Freight , Brinks and his team are developing the truck technology roadmap to chart their way forward , and are “ spotlighting our journey toward clean transport through viable short- , mid- and long-term solutions ”.
This includes a shift from road to rail , the use of so-called ‘ bridge technologies ’, such as bio-LNG , and longer-term technologies , such as hydrogen and battery electric trucks .
All told , DHL Freight aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 1.2mn tons
20 April 2023