FEATURED: Postal statistics - Pandemic is shifting sector’s transformation
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated long-term postal trends away from mail and toward parcels and logistics. This led to higher-than-expected operating revenues, specifically in developed countries, and increased operating expenditures, according to the UPU’s latest Postal Economic Outlook report.
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Climate and sustainability
Posts the “lifeblood” of the second-hand market Read story
UPU promotes circular economy in postal sector Read story
Postal partnerships
UPU reaches for the sky in Post-airline partnerships
UPU marks World AIDS Day, reflects on largest health initiative undertaken by the Post Read story
Media zone
UPU Podcast: With multilateralism at its core
Voice Mail is concluding its debut year with an interview with Pascal Clivaz, outgoing UPU DDG. Drawing on the decades of postal leadership, the conversation offers an exclusive outlook at the future viability of the Union, its biggest challenges, evolving role and positioning, as well as the state of global postal development and postal business models that work.
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UPU Blog: Post-Customs cooperation in a new regulatory era
Postal processes dependence on high-quality data has grown at an unprecedented pace. In the situation of ever growing EAD requirements, Post-Customs cooperation has never been more relevant.
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What's up next - Upcoming events
The official handover ceremony of the General Management of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union will take place at the UPU headquarters in Berne on 5 January 2022, at 11 am CET. The ceremony will be broadcast live on UPU TV.
Postal economic outlook 2021 - The difficult road towards profitable growth
Every year, the UPU’s Postal Economic Outlook provides a snapshot of the state of the postal sector in juxtaposition with the evolution of the global economy. This year’s edition takes stock of accelerated economic transformations more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
