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Non-fi nancial Performance Indicators Group Management Report
Deutsche Post World Net Annual Report 2007
We are investing in modern, fuel-e cient cargo aircra , such as the Boeing 767-300 ER.
Our road eet also uses alternative powertrains, including hybrids, and burns renew-
able fuels, such as vegetable oil. We also consolidate shipments and optimise route
planning.
e infrastructure of our new central air freight hub for Europe, in Leipzig, will
emit about 3,000 fewer tonnes of CO2 each year than conventional systems, thanks
to photovoltaic technology and cogeneration.
More than 35% of our employees now work with environmental management sys-
tems audited in compliance with ISO 14001. We developed the underlying concept
ourselves in a six-stage plan.
Accepting social responsibility
Our partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the
United Nations O ce for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian A airs (OCHA) forms
a cornerstone of our socio-political commitment. We have enlarged our disaster relief
organisation, which now comprises three well-quali ed teams in Singapore, Miami
and Dubai. ese disaster response teams cover the Asia Paci c region, America,
the Middle East and Africa – more than 80% of the world’s territory most frequently
visited by catastrophe – co-ordinating logistics for incoming aid at local airports in
order to help avoid supply bottlenecks. In conjunction with the UNDP, we also im-
proved our disaster mitigation provisions in 2007. Airport managers and employees
are learning about pre-disaster planning through the GARD (Get Airports Ready for
Disasters) programme.
We are supporting the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the global
struggle against infant mortality by providing logistics services and nancial aid,
and through our employees’ personal engagement. As reported in 2006, we helped
UNICEF to distribute about 3.5 million mosquito nets in Kenya as part of Africa’s
largest vaccination campaign. We thus contributed to reducing the number of chil-
dren under the age of ve dying from malaria from 34,000 in 2005, according to the
World Health Organisation, to 16,000 in 2006. Twelve volunteers from Deutsche Post
World Net spent two weeks working for UNICEF in Kenya and taking part in local
preventive healthcare programmes. In 2008, we are extending the international reach
of our co-operation with UNICEF to include Asia and South America.
In the year under review, our social responsibility found further expression in more
than 250 regional and local initiatives. We transported and distributed aid, for ex-
ample, following the extremely cold spell in Peru, and supported orphans in Angola.
We also used Fair Trade products as giveaways, and sponsored school and cultural
projects in Bonn, the home of our corporate headquarters.