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| Geopost SA | |
| Formerly | DPDgroup (2015–2023) |
| Company type | Limited |
| Industry | Courier |
| Founded | 1999; 27 years ago (1999) inParis, France[1] |
| Headquarters | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
Areas served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yves Delmas (CEO) |
| Services | Parcel delivery Express mail freight forwarding Third-party logistics |
| Revenue |  €15.8 billion (2024)[2] |
| Owner | La Poste |
Number of employees | 55,000 (2024)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | DPD BRT Chronopost CitySprint Seur Speedy AD Jadlog Ninja Van (40%) DTDC (42%) |
| Website | geopost |
Geopost SA (formerlyDPDgroup) is amultinationallogistics company and an internationalparcel delivery service for sorter compatible parcels based inIssy-les-Moulineaux, France.[3] Until 2015 DPD stood for Dynamic Parcel Distribution. Its brands are DPD,Chronopost, Seur, Speedy AD and BRT. The company is based inFrance and operates mainly in the express road-based market. Geopost is owned and operated byLa Poste, the French state-ownedpostal service.[4]
Geopost services are available inEurope,Asia,South Africa,India,Brazil and several other countries, either directly or through partnerships.
In 2024, Geopost delivered 2.1 billion parcels worldwide and achieved revenues of €15.8 billion.[5]
Geopost bought the UK-based Parceline (now DPD UK) and Ireland's Interlink (now DPD Ireland) parcel service in November 2000, for around $277 million.[6]
In 2001, Geopost became the main shareholder of DPD, a company created in 1977 inAschaffenburg,West Germany (Deutscher Paketdienst until January 2008, then Dynamic Parcel Distribution).[7] In the same year, Geopost rebranded Parceline as DPD, completing the transition in March 2008.
Geopost then made successive acquisitions:
In 2015, Geopost combined its DPD, Chronopost and Seur brands under one umbrella: DPDgroup.[9] On this occasion, Exapaq became DPD France and the logo of Chronopost was modified to show it was part of DPDgroup.
In 2018, the stake in the SEUR network was increased to 94% and DPDgroup acquired a minority stake inNinja Van, a specialist in last-mile services in Southeast Asia.[10]
In 2019, DPDgroup became the major shareholder in BRT by increasing its share in the capital to 85%,[4] acquired a majority stake in Lenton, the Asian-based cross-border service provider[11] and entered into an agreement with the logistics company in theCzech Republic andSlovakia Geis Parcel.[12]
In 2020, DPDgroup increased its stake to 98% in Jadlog inBrazil.[13][better source needed]
In 2023, GeoPost/DPDgroup rebranded as Geopost, replacing the company’s logo and substituting a lower-case p in the name.[14][15]
Geopost operates in the light-weight parcel delivery market (less than 31.5 kg), which is typically referred to as the “CEP” market (courier, express and parcel).
The CEP market differs from courier services (that do not require a sorting centre) and from freight (that requires several people or equipment to handle the parcels).
Geopost operates in the different sub-segments of the CEP market, which are defined according to the following criteria:
Geopost mainly operates in Europe, with a direct presence in 24 countries:
The company also operates through joint ownership and commercial partnerships in other European countries such asNova Poshta in Ukraine,[18] PostNord in the Nordic countries,[19] and Yurtiçi Kargoin inTurkey, which it GeoPost has partly owned since 2007.
Outside of Europe, Geopost operates:
Since the beginning of 2022, the company has been chaired by CEO Yves Delmas, who is also Executive Vice-president of La Poste Groupe.[21]
Geopost's strategy is to develop its business in several lines:
In 2012, the company committed itself tocarbon-neutral deliveries.CO2 emissions are gradually being reduced and offset, through support for renewable energy projects in India and Brazil. In 2019, DPDgroup reduced its CO2 emissions generated by road transport by 14% per parcel compared to 2013.
Offset of the remaining transport emissions is done by purchasing carbon credits. DPDgroup's investment represents more than 1% of the global voluntarycarbon offset market in 2019.[25]
For inner-city deliveries, DPDgroup has implemented smart urban delivery initiatives. Since October 2019, Chronopost France has been operating 100% green deliveries in Paris, thanks to low-emission vehicles and urban depots.[26] In autumn 2018, DPD UK's first urban depot opened in London[27] and now 700 electric vehicles are deployed in the United Kingdom, to form the largest UK green livery.[28] The company's green fleet and urban depots are in line with London's Ultra Low Emission Zone standards. Deliveries by alternative vehicles are also operated in Dublin,[29]Hamburg,[30]Madrid,Tallinn andWarsaw.
In February 2018, DPD faced widespread criticism in the UK due to the treatment of Don Lane, one of its couriers. Lane had previously been fined £150 by DPD UK for attending a medical appointment to treat hisdiabetes and ultimately collapsed and died of the condition. According to Lane's widow, he had missed appointments with specialists because he felt under pressure to cover his route.Frank Field MP, Chairman of theHouse of Commons'Work and Pensions Select Committee, said "DPD have been told time and again that their punitive regime is totally unjust, particularly as their workers are labelled ‘self-employed’. Such mistreatment of workers smacks of sweated labour from the Victorian era." In March 2018, DPD UK announced that they would be offering all of their UK workers the opportunity to be classed as employees, and that they would abolish the fines for missing work. Plans were announced in March 2018 to create a DPD Driver Code later in the year, and to introduce a "self-employed worker" contract, which will offer drivers an alternative to working as a direct employee of DPD UK or working with the company on a self-employed basis.[31]
In November 2019, DPDgroup launched a Group-wide air quality monitoring programme measuring air quality with sensors on vans and Pickup points.[32] Data are provided for free to cities & citizens.
In October 2020, DPDgroup announced its commitment to deliver 225 of the largest European cities with zero- and low-emission delivery means.[33]
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