UN Global Compact Communication on Progress

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Deutsche Post DHL signed the UN Global Compact (UNGC) in 2006. Our commitment to responsible business practices, including respect for human rights, our employees, the environment, and wider society, are enshrined in our Corporate Values and our Code of Conduct.

We renew our commitment to the UN Global Compact’s 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption.

We renew our commitment to the UN Global Compact’s 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption. (logo)

Since becoming a formal signatory, we have embraced the 10 principles of the UNGC, and continuously support them. We are committed to upholding human rights within our sphere of influence.

Within our CSR program, we established strategic partnerships with the United Nations in 2005. We have extended our partnership with OCHA and UNDP until 2010, and continue our partnership with UNICEF.

We are an active member of the German UNGC Network. In October 2008, we hosted the UN Global Compact VI Annual Local Networks Forum at our headquarters in Bonn.

We were proud to host the October 2008 UN Global Compact VI Annual Local Networks Forum in our headquarters in Bonn.

We were proud to host the October 2008 UN Global Compact VI Annual Local Networks Forum in our headquarters in Bonn. (photo)

We published our first Communication on Progress (COP) in July 2008. The table below illustrates our efforts in the timeframe since our last COP until February 2009.

We signed the United Nations Caring for Climate Statement in January 2009. In doing so, we pledge to strengthen our initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility complementary to our GoGreen climate-protection program.

In February 2009, Deutsche Post DHL joined the UNEP Climate Neutral Network, an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global action towards low-carbon economies and societies.

At the beginning of 2009, Deutsche Post DHL signed the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI), a joint initiative of the World Economic Forum, Transparency International, and the Basel Institute on Governance. We underline our commitment to compliance with international anti-bribery standards.

 

Commitment – a statement of specific commitments.

Systems – a description of policies, programs and management systems used to address each principle.

Actions – a description of practical actions taken during the reporting period.

Performance – a description of the impact of systems and tangible outcomes
of actions.

 

Human rights

Principles

  

Commitment

  

Systems

Principle 1:
Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.

Principle 2:
Businesses should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

  

We respect human rights within our area of influence and operate our businesses in such a way as to make us an exemplary employer. We aim to be the preferred employer in our industry, with a respectful common culture, and support for our employees’ wellbeing:

  • Embedding a common culture, more
  • Promoting health and safety, more

 
  • Corporate Values, more
  • Code of Conduct, more
  • Supplier Code of Conduct, more
  • Corporate Health Policy, more
  • Global Road Safety Initiative, more

 

  

Actions

  

Performance

 

  
  • Revised Supplier Code of Conduct, more
  • Started integrating our revised Supplier Code of Conduct into new supply contracts, more
  • Corporate Health Policy campaign and expanded measurement, more
  • Launched a web-based road safety training course, more
 
  • 500 buyers trained in using the Supplier code of Conduct, more
  • 5,000 health promotion measures in Germany each year, more
  • Health Promotion Award, more
  • German Corporate Health Award 2008, more
  • DuPont Safety Award, more
  • Road accidents affecting employees at an overall low level, more

 

Labour

Principles

  

Commitment

  

Systems

Principle 3:
Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.

Principle 4:
Businesses should support the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour.

Principle 5:
Businesses should support the effective abolition of child labour.

Principle 6:
Businesses should support the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

  

We respect the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

  
  • Code of Conduct, more
  • Supplier Code of Conduct, more
  • Deutsche Post DHL has explicitly and unequivocally spoken out against and does not tolerate any form of forced and compulsory labour and child labour.
  • German Corporate Governance Code, more
  • Embedding a common culture, more
  • Working with employee representatives, more
  • Deutsche Post World Net Forum and Social Dialogue Committee for the postal sector, more

 

  

Actions

  

Performance

 

  
  • Ran elections for the Deutsche Post World Net Forum, more
  • A competitive edge through diversity, more
  • Modern ways to recruit, more
  • Training, more
  • Executive development, more
  • International Mentoring Program, more
 
  • Detailed reference to ILO core labor standards included in official presentation and training documents for download in Group-wide intranet
  • Regular checks of access and downloads
  • Regular screening of number of employees participating in web-based training
  • Conducted 2008 employee opinion survey (76% participation rate)
    Commitment to make it an annual exercise, more
  • 2008 initiative on accepting homosexual colleagues, more

 

Environment

Principles

  

Commitment

  

Systems

Principle 7:
Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.

Principle 8:
Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.

Principle 9:
Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

  

We recognize that our transport and logistics activities have an impact on the environment, and prioritize the issue of climate change:

  • How GoGreen helps us change our ways, more
 
  • Corporate Values, more
  • GoGreen climate protection program, more
  • 6-Step Approach to environmental management, more
  • DHL Innovation Center’s research program, more
  • Member of the UNEP Climate Neutral Network

 

  

Actions

  

Performance

 

  
  • Target to improve carbon efficiency by 30% by 2020, more
  • Target to increase the percentage of employees working under ISO 14001 audited systems, more
  • Trials of hybrid vehicles and new technologies, more
  • Member of the UNEP Climate Neutral Network
  
  • 2008 Deutsche Post DHL Carbon Efficiency Index value of 101, more
  • Percentage of ISO 14001 coverage of DHL Express Europe increased in 2008, more
  • Number of non-conventional fuelled vehicles, more

 

Anti-corruption

Principles

  

Commitment

  

Systems

Principle 10:
Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

  

We are committed to compliance with international anti-bribery standards as stated in the Global Compact and local anti-corruption and bribery laws.

 
  • Code of Conduct, more
  • Supplier Code of Conduct, more

 

  

Actions

  

Performance

 

  
  • Compliance Office responsible for worldwide implementation of the Code of Conduct, more
  • Supervision, coordination of the Compliance Management Processes, development of Compliance Standards by Compliance Office
  • Support of Compliance Committee, the Integrity Board, and a network of 13 Regional Compliance Officers
    Compliance hotline available worldwide; anonymous reports are possible
  
  • The Global Compliance Office, in collaboration with Internal Audit, investigates concerns and concludes them, more
  • Anti-Corruption-Training and Policy developed, alignment and roll-out to be implemented
  • Signing the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) in February 2009

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