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Occupational safety

We ensure that our employees enjoy a working environment which is both safe and healthy. Our main focus is on all issues relating to occupational safety, hazardous goods management and safety in road traffic. Our efforts help us to prevent risks to the public which can arise from shipping and logistics processes.

Hazardous goods management

As a leading logistics company, we are specialized in safely handling goods and substances classified as being hazardous, and with the required care. The utmost diligence and stringent risk management ensure that potential risks to people, the environment and important public facilities are avoided as far as possible. In doing so, we base our activities on international standards and comply with the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations issued by the United Nations.

Global Road Safety Initiative

Every day, thousands of our employees participate in traffic, either on foot, on bikes or in vehicles. We are therefore dedicated to creating more safety in road traffic and, among other things, support the objectives of the European Road Safety Charter. Our efforts are based on the Global Road Safety Initiative launched in 2007.

The central component of the campaign is the Road Safety Code, which applies throughout the Group. It consists of seven straightforward but fundamental and internationally applicable rules for responsible and safety-oriented conduct in road traffic. We want to create awareness for the dangers of road traffic among our employees, by offering extensive information in German and English on the intranet and therefore encouraging them to be safety-conscious road users at all times. We make sure to consider the professional and private realities of our employees in the process.

In 2009, our initiative focused on the significance of being a role model in our position as a professional road user as well as on child safety in traffic.

Best practice

Occupational safety network

Our international occupational safety network promotes cooperation and communications between the Group’s occupational safety experts. The network consists of 200 members from 61 countries and regions who are involved in occupational safety at an operational as well as strategic level. We installed an intranet-based platform in 2009 to facilitate communications. This gives employees the opportunity to discuss occupational safety issues, speak about current campaigns, view the accident database and download presentation and training files.

Philip S. Renaud II

“Safety is everyone’s responsibility. We are globally committed to coordination, communication and collaboration.”

Philip S. Renaud II, CPCU, Deutsche Post DHL Supply Chain Vice President; Head Global Health, Safety and Environment

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