Royal Mail has been named the global sustainability leader of the Transportation and Transportation Infrastructure Industry in the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the second year in a row while Deutsche Post DHL was also included in the DJSI both on the global and European levels once again.
The British postal group said it achieved top rankings again in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Indices. The company was submitted to the index for the first time last year as a publicly listed company.
In terms of scoring, Royal Mail Group was once again ahead of around 100 other companies in the transportation sector including marine, rail, trucking, freight forwarding, and logistics and infrastructure businesses.
Royal Mail Group was evaluated on its performance in various areas such as social reporting, corporate citizenship and philanthropy, environmental reporting and supply chain management. The review also examined human capital development, labour practice indicators and human rights, risk and crisis management.
Lily Heinemann, Royal Mail Group’s Head of Corporate Responsibility & Community Investment, said: “We’re thrilled that Royal Mail Group has been recognised as a global sustainability leader in our industry in this prestigious benchmark. We are especially delighted to have achieved industry-best scores for corporate citizenship and philanthropy, tax strategy, social reporting and stakeholder engagement. This demonstrates our commitment to being a sustainable and responsible company for the communities we serve and the thousands of people we employ nationally and internationally.”
Meanwhile, Deutsche Post DHL was once again included this year both on the global and European levels. The group improved its scores in several of the Index’s primary categories despite the continuously rising demands in the assessment process, including increased requirements for the implementation of sustainability-minded business practices.
"This confirmation by the world's leading sustainability indices DJSI World and DJSI Europe underlines that we are on a good path of combining commercial success with responsible business activities," Deutsche Post DHL Group CEO Frank Appel said. "An improved rating demonstrates that we have taken the right measures to increase our sustainability step by step."
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index has been analysing and measuring companies' sustainability activities and results according to strict standards since 1999. It serves as a key guide for sustainability-focused investors.
In addition to DJSI, Deutsche Post DHL Group is currently represented in other important sustainability indices. In June 2015, for example, it was included again in the FTSE4Good index which evaluates the sustainability of companies according to criteria such as environmental standards, climate change efforts, and labor standards.
