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DHL
Express Sri Lanka celebrates ‘Volunteer Day 2008’
Over
15,000 employees drive large-scale volunteerism initiative
across Asia Pacific
DHL,
the world’s leading Express and Logistics Company recently
celebrated ‘DHL Volunteer Day’ in the Asia Pacific
region, encouraging the spirit of volunteerism among employees.
A division of parent company Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN),
the world’s sixth largest employer, DHL called upon employees
in Asia Pacific to demonstrate the true spirit of corporate
social responsibility.
As part of ‘DHL Volunteer Day,’ 31 DHL staff in
Sri Lanka together with other 15,000 employees in over 20
countries in Asia Pacific, jointly volunteered time and effort
towards various local causes earlier this month.
The DHL Sri Lanka employees were involved in the complete
renovation of Ward 02 of the Dharga Town Government Hospital.
Country Manager, DHL Express Sri Lanka Martin Dudek, said,
“Our volunteers spent two entire days at Dharga Town,
cleaning, repairing and painting beds and cupboards in the
hospital under the guidance of the hospital authorities. I
am proud to say that our staff showed a great interest in
this initiative and tirelessly worked towards its success.”
Across Asia Pacific, DHL offices partnered with local NGOs
and welfare organisations to collaborate on projects. Environmental
protection featured strongly in the choices of NGOs and projects
employees chose to partner. Clean-ups in public parks and
beaches took place in Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore while
replanting of trees and mangrove saplings took place in Indonesia,
New Zealand and Singapore. Health and education of children
and young adults were the common themes across India, Malaysia
and China while projects involving orphanages took place in
Taiwan and Malaysia.
“People are the greatest resource of any business. As
one of the world’s largest employers, the combined effort
of our staff across the region can create a tremendous positive
impact on local communities,” said Dan McHugh, CEO, DHL
Express - Asia Pacific. “We hope that ‘DHL Volunteer
Day’ instills the spirit of volunteerism that transcends
a single day’s efforts. In time, we hope that other companies
will also encourage the spirit of volunteerism among staff,
giving their time and talents to enrich the communities in
which they live in.”
These initiatives follow the company’s Corporate Sustainability
Programme – a three-pronged approach towards the Environment,
Social Responsibility and Employees. Initiatives of the programme
include the DHL Go Green Programme, aimed at improving carbon
efficiency, disaster management through the DHL Disaster Response
Team, UNICEF partnerships and ongoing green initiatives driven
by DHL employees.
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