DHL Group joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board
Deutsche Post AG, trading as DHL Group, has joined the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum.
Led by CEO Tobias Meyer, and headquartered in Bonn, Germany, the world’s leading logistics company employs nearly 600 000 people worldwide. The group generated revenues of over EUR 81.8 billion in 2023 and enabled trade in more than 220 countries.
With sustainable business practices and a commitment to environmental sustainability, DHL Group aims to achieve net-zero emissions logistics by 2050.
The Corporate Partnership Board (CPB) is the International Transport Forum’s platform for engaging with the private sector and enriching global transport policy.
Welcoming DHL Group as a new member of the CPB, ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim said:
“I am delighted to extend a warm welcome to DHL Group as the latest addition to ITF's Corporate Partnership Board. We are excited to collaborate with DHL Group to advance green logistics solutions and progress our work to reduce emissions and improve connectivity. This partnership cements an already close relationship: the most important hub in DHL’s worldwide air freight network is Leipzig, also the home of the ITF Annual Summit and a feature of our Summit technical tours!
The ITF is all about global dialogue for better transport. This mutually beneficial partnership allows the ITF to draw on the wealth of knowledge and experience that DHL Group holds as a truly global logistics leader. DHL’s Corporate Partnership Board membership will advance our understanding of the policies that we need to underpin efficiency and innovation as we transition together to more sustainable mobility and logistics.”
Volker Ratzmann, Executive Vice President Corporate Public Affairs, DHL Group, said:
“DHL is proud to join the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum at the OECD, a pivotal forum that bridges industry expertise with global policy-making. Our goal is to actively engage in discussions addressing current and future transport challenges, with a focus on driving the carbon-neutral transformation of logistics and enhancing the resilience of supply chains. Promoting efficiency, sustainability, and connectivity of global transport networks is the core of our business – we do this globally and in close collaboration with our customers, other industry representatives, and policy makers. We are excited to now also shape the future of global transport and logistics within the CPB of the ITF.”.
The CPB brings together companies from across the transport modes and related sectors who want to work with policymakers to find solutions to transport challenges.
The CPB members are Airbus, Allianz Partners, Alstom, Amazon, Aramco, AutoCrypt, bp, Bosch, CEIIA, Cruise, DHL Group; DP World, ENEL, FS Italiane, ExxonMobil, Honda, Hyundai Motor Company, Iberdrola, Kakao Mobility, Michelin, Microsoft, Mott Macdonald, NXP, PTV Group, RATP Group, Rolls Royce, Shell, Siemens, TotalEnergies, Toyota, Trucknet, Uber, Valeo and Volvo Group.
More information about the ITF Corporate Partnership Board at www.itf-oecd.org/CPB
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