La Poste Groupe is deploying its first climate change adaptation plan.
Climate change is already impacting La Poste Groupe
Present in France and in over 60 countries, La Poste Groupe sees its employees, sites and activities exposed to increasingly frequent and intense climate hazards. As in Mayotte at the end of 2024, where Cyclone Chido damaged or even destroyed 80% of postal sites.
For La Poste Groupe, climate change is an operational and strategic issue. 55,000 employees work outdoors every day and are exposed to heat. 700 buildings could face damage by 2030. Adaptation is imperative to strengthen its climate resilience.
La Poste Groupe faces risks from climate change. We know that decarbonisation efforts alone will not be enough and that we need to take preventive and reactive action in the face of climate events that are already affecting us today.
Anne-Sophie Cospin
Director of Climate Change Adaptation at La Poste Groupe
To strengthen its resilience, the Group has structured its adaptation approach
At the end of 2025, the Group formalised its first 2026-2031 adaptation plan. This plan is part of the company's climate policy, structured around three pillars: measure, reduce and adapt.
In its adaptation approach, the Group has mapped its exposure to climate risks. Over 12,000 sites in 60 countries have been analysed to identify the most vulnerable locations to future climate conditions and to schedule essential adaptation work.
Based on this climate risk analysis, four objectives have been defined: preserving the safety of postal carriers and their working conditions; protecting real estate assets; preparing the climate resilience of the value chain; supporting local areas by ensuring service continuity.
La Poste Groupe is deploying concrete adaptation actions
The adaptation plan is already translating into operational measures such as the purchase of 20,000 breathable t-shirts and 10,000 neck coolers, a first agreement on quality of life and working conditions, and the strengthening of business continuity plans. The goal for all the Group's business lines and subsidiaries is to anticipate and maintain activity in the event of a climate hazard.
To prevent climate hazards, we have a business continuity plan that enables us to prepare all the devices to be activated when a climate event occurs. This is the only way we will achieve climate resilience for La Poste Groupe, and protect its employees and activities.
Anne-Sophie Cospin
Director of Climate Change Adaptation at La Poste Groupe
To better raise awareness of the challenges of adaptation and the impact of climate change on the Group's activities, the company is also focusing on education. Presented at VivaTech 2026, the virtual reality experience "Immersion Climat 2035" immerses users in three situations inspired by real events: a flood on a parcel platform, a storm affecting postal carriers' delivery rounds and a heatwave in a post office. It concretely shows how the Group is preparing to protect its employees, assets and business continuity.
It is very powerful for understanding the reality of climate change, because you experience the event.
Marie-Ange Debon
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of La Poste Groupe
A new step in La Poste Groupe's climate strategy
With this first adaptation plan, La Poste Groupe is completing its climate strategy. By strengthening its climate resilience today, the Group is giving itself the means to remain a responsible and sustainable company tomorrow.
We have already done a lot of work on mitigation... But we know that this is not enough, and so now we need to tackle adaptation. Climate change is coming: we must act
Marie-Ange Debon
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of La Poste Groupe