What approach does DHL have towards its community investments?
A. Globally, our community investment work is directed through our participation in a number of the World Economic Forum initiatives and strategic partnerships with organisations such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the IAVI (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) and World Links (for our bridging the digital divide work). Where appropriate, we also form strategic partnerships with major customers, where our core competences align to enable us to optimise our efforts – an example is one of our major pharmaceutical customers, where we will be delivering their antiretroviral drugs (at cost) to some sub-Saharan African countries. Charitable donations are not made at a global level, because we believe that using our core competences employs our resources more effectively and brings greater overall benefit to those in need. Locally, we believe that our employees are the strongest link with the local communities. We would therefore like to buil
