Business and environment

Business activities and organisation

The leading mail and logistics group

Deutsche Post DHL maintains a global network that offers our customers everything they need for transporting and processing goods and information, from standard products to customised solutions. We place great value on service, quality and sustainability, and we accept our social responsibility through our programmes for climate protection, disaster relief and education.

Our MAIL division is the only provider of universal postal services in Germany. We deliver mail and parcels throughout Germany and internationally, and we are specialists in dialogue marketing, nationwide press distribution services and electronic services.

Our EXPRESS division offers courier and express services to business and private customers, taking advantage of a network comprising more than 220 countries and territories.

Our GLOBAL FORWARDING, FREIGHT division handles the carriage of goods by rail, road, air and sea. We are the world’s number one air and ocean freight operator and one of the leading overland freight forwarders in Europe.

Our SUPPLY CHAIN division is the global market leader in contract logistics, providing warehousing, managed transport and value-added services at every link in the supply chain for customers in a variety of industries. We also offer end-to-end solutions for companies which outsource document management.

In Global Business Services, we have centralised the internal services which support the entire Group, for example Finance Services, IT and Procurement. This allows us to make efficient use of our resources whilst reacting flexibly to the rapidly changing demands of our business.