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GoHelp – helping people
We take advantage of our logistics expertise and global presence to provide disas-
ter relief together with strong partners.  e partnership with the United Nations is an
expression of our social commitment, which we support in numerous projects all over
the world.
We work in close co-operation with the O ce for the Co-ordination of Humani-
tarian A airs  to provide logistics support in the a ermath of natural disasters.
To save lives, relief goods must be distributed quickly and properly. Our global network
of Disaster Response Teams can be deployed within  hours to deliver help at airports
free of charge. A er the earthquake in Haiti in January , our regional  Disaster
Response Team was in place just two days a er the disaster struck. In September ,
we set up operations at airports in three di erent locations in Asia following the tropi-
cal storms in the Philippines, the Samoan tsunami and the Indonesian earthquake. In
November , we provided logistics advice to the local authorities in El Salvador to
set up relief operations logistics a er Hurricane Ida.
Together with the United Nations Development Programme , we operate
the programme  (Get Airports Ready for Disaster) to prepare local authorities
and airport sta for emergency situations. In the year under review, we successfully
completed two pilot projects in Indonesia. Further training in high-risk areas of Asia
and Latin America are to follow.
Since , we have been supporting the United Nations Children’s Fund 
in relief projects in Peru, Kenya and India. Our partnership focuses on child survival
with an emphasis on healthcare, early child development, diet and hygiene initiatives.
By the end of , Deutsche Post DHL had collected su cient donations equalling
funding of , vaccinations, protecting children against deadly and preventable
diseases such as tetanus, diphtheria and polio.
GoTeach – championing education
Education is the third focus area of our commitment to society. With our GoTeach
programme, we are striving for improved equality and fair opportunities in education.
As founding partner of Teach First Deutschland in Germany, we are promoting the
education of less privileged children and young people. Beyond this partnership, we
want to strengthen and enhance our educational commitment all over the world.
Our company’s performance as refl ected by external assessments
In , Deutsche Post DHL was honoured with the German Sustainability Award
in the category of Most Sustainable Strategy. In addition, our performance in terms
of sustainability was reviewed by quali ed agencies. Sustainable management and vis-
ible attention to corporate responsibility are becoming more and more important as
criteria for making investment decisions on  nancial markets as well. According to
oekom Research , the volume of retail funds oriented towards sustainability in 
was   billion in Germany and even   billion in Europe. Sustainable Asset Manage-
ment gave us a rating of  out of  points (previous year:  points). We scored the
highest in the categories of environment, corporate citizenship, social reporting and
occupational health and safety.  e average score for transport and logistics companies
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