Our responsibility
At TNT, we actively participate in initiatives such as the Logistics and Transport Sustainability Group of the World Economic Forum (WEF). We base our company reporting on the G3 and GRI sector supplement reporting standard to improve transparency in our performance. And we are committed to raising the social and ecological standards in our industries as well of those of our suppliers and subcontractors.
We are also actively involved in initiatives such as the European Express Association (EEA), the Global Express Association (GEA), CAPEC and the International Postal Corporation (IPC). In addition to the formalised initiatives, we lobbied independently in 2007 with respect to the postal law in The Netherlands, the European Postal Directive and the European Union Emission Trading Scheme.
Our responsibility to our people
We operate in a service industry. This means that the motivation and wellbeing of our staff are critical to our operations. Employees and the way they work make all the difference. Our people management approach consists of three components: alignment with the OHSAS 18001 standard, with the Investors In People standard, and with the SA 8000 standard. We measure employee engagement amongst all our employees, and strive to create equal opportunities without discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, religion, marital status or age. TNT supports various networks across the company to serve our emancipatory goals.
Our responsibility to our world
Our environmental management approach goes beyond compliance with legislation and is fully aligned with the ISO 14001 standard. This sets standards for continuous improvement of our impact on the environment at an entity level, and therefore challenges all our entities with respect to their environmental footprint. The focus is on improvement. Our most important environmental impacts are CO2 emissions, air pollution and energy usage.
Our shareholders and social responsibility
Shareholders are developing a critical view with regard to the social responsibility of companies they invest in. Social responsibility and long-term reliability go hand-in-hand and are at the very heart of continuity.
- TNT is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index to benchmark our performance on social responsibility.
- In 2008 and 2007, TNT was leader in our transportation category but also in the Goods and Services super-sector, and we had the highest score of all participating companies.
- TNT scored 92 points out of a possible 100, up eight points from last year’s score.
- We achieved 'best-in-class' in 12 out of 18 criteria.
The integrity of the corporate sustainability assessment and the index calculation ensures the DJSI are independent, reliable and investable sustainability indexes. Only the leading sustainability companies worldwide are included. DJSI provides a bridge between companies implementing sustainability principles and investors wishing to profit from their superior performance and favourable risk/return profiles.