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Living Responsibility

As a global company, we are faced with the delicate balance between economic, environmental and social interests. Under the new motto of our Corporate Responsibility (CR) strategy, “Living Responsibility”, we accept our responsibility toward society, the environment and our employees, and we respect it by using our core competencies in dedicated programs:

Living Responsibility

We are convinced that these programs, together with our many local projects and initiatives, will also help us to make a positive contribution to the world around us and, at the same time, ensure the long-term success of our company by:

  • improving our employees’ motivation and identification
  • increasing awareness and recognition
  • strengthening our competitiveness.

To achieve this, we also rely on the commitment, the skills and the enthusiasm of our 500,000 employees around the world to help us to bring our CR programs to life. We encourage our employees to participate in numerous local initiatives. This helps to boost our employees’ motivation and strengthens our company’s brand.

GoGreen

We want to minimize the impact of our actions on the environment by using resources in a responsible manner. Since our CO2 emissions are harmful to the climate, we – as the first global logistics service provider to do so – have set ourselves a concrete CO2 efficiency target. By 2020, we intend to improve our CO2 efficiency including subcontracted transportation by 30 % compared with 2007. By 2012, we want to have improved our own CO2 efficiency by 10 %. Besides working to tackle climate change, this will also reduce energy costs and boost our own – and our customers’ – competitiveness in a sustainable manner. While our GoGreen target specifically relates to CO2 emissions, we also address all other environment impacts – NOx and SOx emissions, resource consumptions, waste, water, noise, etc. – under this program.

5 dimensions of the GoGreen House
GoHelp

We strive to improve people’s living conditions, using our core logistics expertise. By partnering with the United Nations, we provide effective emergency aid in areas affected by natural disasters. We also organize training programs in at-risk regions to prepare for logistics challenges in emergencies. Furthermore, we encourage our employees to participate in numerous local initiatives. This helps to boost our employees’ motivation and strengthens our company’s brand.

Our core GoHelp activities are:

  • Disaster Response Teams
  • Disaster preparedness
  • Partnering with UNICEF
GoTeach

GoTeach stands for our commitment to better education and equal opportunities for education. Education is a prerequisite for social progress, which is why we are promoting and building initiatives that support individuals in their development and expand their skills. This enables them to act responsibly, receive further education or training, and improve their opportunities in the job market. At the same time, we improve our ability to attract – and retain – qualified employees for our company.

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NOx

A generic term for nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2 and N2O), which are produced during combustion, especially at high temperatures. They are important pollutants in vehicle and aircraft emissions.

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SOx

A generic term for sulfur oxides (including SO2), which are produced during the combustion and refining of raw materials such as coal, oil and metal ores.

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