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As one of the world’s largest employers with a high demand for quali ed employ-
ees, Deutsche Post DHL promotes better education and educational systems. We have
partnered with the organisations Teach For All and Children’s Villages since . Our
co-operation with these organisations is personi ed primarily by the voluntary com-
mitment of our employees.
• Teach For All: e network currently includes organisations in countries that
recruit outstanding university graduates to work as assistant teachers, known as
fellows, for two years in underprivileged schools. Deutsche Post DHL is supporting
Teach For All’s goal to expand the network to over countries by the year . In
addition, we are working closely with six country organisations in Argentina, Chile,
Germany, India, Peru and Spain. A further partnership in Brazil is planned for .
• Children’s Villages: is partnership fosters the empowerment and employabil-
ity of young people between and . We guide them in their preparations for
their careers and provide them with initial work experience. Since , we have
partnerships in Brazil, Madagascar, South Africa and Vietnam. e programmes
are tailored to the precise needs in each country in co-operation with the partner
organisation. Other countries are to follow.
• UPstairs: We o er our employees’ children the opportunity to earn a higher school-
leaving quali cation or degree through scholarships. In the year under review,
scholarships were awarded in South Africa, Mexico, Indonesia and Romania. In
the year , UPstairs will be introduced in at least countries. We shall increase
the number of scholarships to over , by the year .
Procurement
Rise in expenditure
In the year under review, the Group centrally purchased goods and services having
a total value of approximately . billion (previous year: . billion). As in previ-
ous years, this gure does not include transport services, which are generally procured
separately by the divisions. However, the divisions received support from Procurement,
which was greater in than in previous years. Procurement works continuously to
reduce the Group’s expenditures and this includes providing support to the divisions to
make important investments cost-e ectively.
Corporate Procurement, for instance, has been providing support in the area of
aviation since , including involvement in the purchase of new Airbus -
aircra . A further example is a master agreement for aircra fuel, into which the depart-
ment entered for European Air Transport, an express business and a Group subsidiary
operating out of the hub in Leipzig, Germany. e agreement reduces annual costs by
more than million; the fuel can be called o as needed and fewer fuel transports
increase energy e ciency.
e procurement team supported the division in the reporting year with the
selection and order placement of new sorting solutions. Capacity and processing speed
increased by around as a result during the testing phase.
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. Procurement expenses,
Volume: . billion
26 % Services
14 % and communications
13 % Ground fl eet
8 % Network supplies
29 % Real estate
7 % Production systems
3 % Air fl eet
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