PostEurop Position on the Omnibus Simplification Package

The European Commission’s Omnibus Simplification Package aims to reduce regulatory burdens and enhance EU competitiveness by streamlining sustainability reporting and due diligence legislation, as outlined in the Competitiveness Compass. Building on the Draghi report, it focuses on simplifying processes for businesses, particularly larger firms, in areas such as the EU Taxonomy, sustainability reporting and due diligence. The initiative arrives at an opportune moment and is warmly welcomed by PostEurop which supports the European Union’s Green Deal and Sustainable Finance Framework. PostEurop believes that while these rules are important for sustainability, transparency, comparability and accountability, they should be fundamentally simplified to fulfil their purpose. Currently, the sustainability reporting framework is a significant source of effort and creates unnecessary complexity that can hardly be digested by preparers and users. The Omnibus Simplification Package now presents the opportunity to focus on meaningful, decision-useful, and practical solutions to make these rules purposeful and effective.

Postal operators as an essential driver of social inclusion and territorial cohesion are investing heavily in environmental-friendly delivery options to reduce their GHG emissions and carbon footprint. With one of the largest fleets of professional electric and alternative fuel vehicles, 170,000 of its postal employees delivering on foot throughout Europe while over 89,000 delivering by bike, and the outstanding increase of electric bikes used for the last mile, postal operators are a unique example of zero-emission delivery within Europe3. They are key enablers of economic growth in the e-commerce market and circular economy.