DHL Thailand employees in Thailand celebrate Global Volunteer Day 2013 with environmental and Laem Tan school playground restoration project at Bang Saen

DHL Thailand, part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world's leading postal and logistics group, recently marked Global Volunteer Day (GVD) 2013 at Bang Saan. Nearly 500 volunteers from three DHL business units- DHL Express, DHL Supply Chain and DHL Global Forwarding-joined in a day long effort involving activities to clean up the popular Bang Saen beaches. The volunteers later assembled to engage in some fun activities with school children and provide a donation for the restoration and installation of new facilities at the playground of Laem Tan School in Bang Saen. Over the past 10 days, DHL employees across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, along with their business partners and customers, volunteered in various community programs across these regions. In 2012, DHL’s global employee volunteer program saw over 62,000 volunteers in about 120 countries participate in more than 1,000 programs which benefitted local communities directly. DHL also announced that GVD, traditionally an annual week-long initiative held in September, has now been extended to become a year-long program in an effort to further boost participation in volunteerism within the communities the company operates in. With some 285,000 employees, and operations in over 220 countries and territories, the company’s active support for employee volunteerism is part of its efforts to make a significant impact across the globe. The spirit of volunteerism has a very long tradition at DHL and is very much entrenched in the passionate spirits and motiviation that drives our employees at DHL in Thailand, said Chananyarak Phetcharat, Managing Director, DHL Express Thailand and Indochina. “We think it is very important for our employees to select small projects that are selected locally and can be seen to have a greater and more sustainable impact. What might resonate and really drive important results elsewhere doesn’t always work in Thailand or other countries. So we are very encouraged to have been giving the latitude to create Thai solutions for Thai concerns and difficulties. Our employees welcome any opportunity to take ownership or these kinds of projects and become empowered as change agents in their communities and ‘deliver help locally.’ “Since 2008, we have increased our community engagements throughout Thailand through a wide range of practical contributions with the aim of making a difference to the society. Global Volunteer Day is very much an integral part of our “Living Responsibility” strategy and with every year the participation levels and dedication among all of our staff has dramatically increased and become such a source of pride and enthusiasm for all of us”, Thomas Tieber, CEO, South Asia, DHL Global Forwarding. “Still, it should come as no surprise as it does reflect our company’s culture of giving back to and supporting people and communities wherever we work throughout Thailand.” Kevin Burrell, Managing Director, DHL Supply Chain, Thailand, “All of our employees are delighted to have now made Global Volunteer Day an annual event among other CSR focused projects on our calendars. It is very rewarding for all of us to genuinely localize a global initiative with sustainable initiatives and projects that are meaningful and practically supported by our employees and the communities throughout Thailand that we interact with everyday. The teamwork and dedication shown by our volunteers, from the planning to the execution on Global Volunteer Day is truly inspiring. It is also gratifying to see how much our colleagues rise up to the challenge of doing better and doing more each year.” Introduced in Asia Pacific in 2008, Global Volunteer Day has expanded into the Americas, Middle East, Africa and Europe over the years, and continues to build on its success by involving more employees and community projects. As a sustained program, local country teams organize and participate in recurring activities with beneficiaries and/or partner organizations that deliver significant sustainable impact. These programs deliver to the company’s three Corporate Responsibility programs – GoGreen (protecting the environment), GoHelp (delivering help) and GoTeach (championing education). In addition, Deutsche Post DHL supports the voluntary engagement of its employees via the “Living Responsibility Fund”. Twice a year, employees can apply for financial support for their projects in the following year. The amount of support granted depends on the time the employee devotes to the project. In 2012, the company supported 104 projects involving more than 9,000 employees in 48 countries who volunteered 61,000 hours of their time to local projects. Together with the three Corporate Responsibility programs, employee volunteerism has been an integral part of the Corporate Responsibility Strategy under the motto “Living Responsibility”. -KP- Click for photo release at www.thaipr.net

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