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👷 Health and Safety at Geopost As employers and partners, we accept our safety responsibilities and understand the potential risks of accidents. We comply with all applicable regulations regarding health and safety and understand the importance of helping all colleagues maintain a positive work-life balance. When it comes to health and safety at work, we all have a role to play, for ourselves and our colleagues too. In our latest Employee Engagement Barometer, we contacted around 49,000 employees across 32 business units with questions about the quality of life at work. Of the responses we received, 80% said that health and safety conditions are good where they work. Our commitment to health and safety extends across all our European business units. For instance, DPD Nederland and DPD Switzerland are currently piloting versions of exoskeletons, exploring their potential to enhance the physical security of our team members. Similarly, DPD Ireland organised a week-long wellness programme, focusing on physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being, in line with Ireland’s national Mental Health Awareness Week. They also introduced an affordable Laya Healthcare benefit and conducted awareness campaigns on the link between stress and injuries, offering practical suggestions for preventive interventions. Click below to find out more in our latest sustainability report: https://lnkd.in/e4t4y9hx

Geopost shortlisted at The Global Sustainability & ESG Awards 2024   We're proud to announce we've been shortlisted for the Sustainability Strategy Award at the Global Sustainability & ESG Awards, hosted by Sustainability Magazine. This award recognises "exceptional companies that drive sustainable practices and guide organisations toward a more sustainable future." We’re honoured to stand among such prominent contestants, and we do look forward to who will take the prize at the ceremony on 10th September 2024 at Sustainability LIVE London!   #sustainability #award

A Century Separating the Olympics Games in Paris   On Friday 26th of this month, the Paris 2024 Games will begin! Surprisingly enough, Paris and London will soon have had the distinction of hosting the Olympics Games three times each. London welcomed the Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. Paris hosted the Games in 1900, 1924 and now in only few days for a third time! A point of trivia worth noting is that exactly one hundred years separate the last Games in Paris with those starting this month. #GeopostParis2024

Meet FEBA The European Food Banks Federation - FEBA, better known as FEBA, contributes to reducing food insecurity in Europe, through food waste prevention and the call for solidarity, by supporting and developing Food Banks in countries where they are most needed. At Geopost we have renewed our partnership with FEBA for a third year. As such, we would like to hand the mic over to the FEBA team in this video so they may share who they are, what they've accomplished and how you, if you'd like, can support them. Watch the full interview now on our YouTube channel 👇 https://lnkd.in/ddhdqXZ7

📈 Development and training at Geopost As part of our ongoing strategy to become an employer of choice, we're passionate about developing our employees. Our training programmes take place locally, ensuring that we develop diverse representation across our territories. In our latest Employee Engagement Barometer, 72% of our employees said they feel confident about their future with us, and more than 3 in 4 are proud to say they work for Geopost. Overall, our most recent study returned an engagement index score of 75%. Our Italian business unit, BRT Corriere Espresso, promotes on-site training for its employees. Operation Specialist is an experiential behavioural programme that helps colleagues develop people management skills. A second course equips Departmental Managers with the tools to lead change and oversee the next generation of talent. They also operate a Digital Academy where employees can build skills in valuable developmental areas such as personal branding, leadership and sustainability. SEUR, our subsidiary in Spain, is seeking to increase employee well-being and retain talent by offering new learning and development opportunities. These include the internally developed Go Mentoring! programme, which helps learners develop specific skills and enhance their personal and professional growth. In the past six years, 95 pairs of mentors and mentees have benefitted from SEUR's Go Mentoring! Initiative. SEUR also created an OPS School with the objectives to establish a continuous training system for drivers, minimise their learning curve, and improve poor performance on specific KPIs. Learn more in our latest sustainability report: https://lnkd.in/e4t4y9hx #development #training #engagement #employerofchoice #mentoring

🔄 Inclusion Week at Geopost At Geopost, we aim to encourage diversity and equity across all of our operations. Inclusion Week is an annual initiative inspired by DPD UK, SEUR and DPD Polska Sp z o.o. to promote a valuable two-way conversation about inclusivity. Since its launch, Inclusion Week has grown to include 32 business units with over 180 initiatives, representing an almost 50% increase compared to the previous year with a 20% rise in participating business units. Our business units also aim to improve women's working conditions and well-being through SEUR's participation in the Empowering Women's Talent programme, a project to boost female leadership, equality and diversity in companies. This programme connects SEUR with events and activities such as bringing together women from different business areas to participate in networking breakfasts, collaborative workshops and video interviews. DPD UK also actively works to motivate young people with autism and learning disabilities by offering them internships and opportunities as part of its Inspire programme. Find out more in our latest sustainability report: https://lnkd.in/e4t4y9hx

What is greenwashing? In today's YouTube video, Kerri Nadel, DPD UK's General Manager of Sustainability and our Communications Director Ingrid Maillard explain greenwashing and the impact it can have on brand reputation. Ingrid and Kerri share the good practice we have implemented at Geopost to avoid greenwashing and highlight our commitment to following EU legislation to ensure transparency in our sustainability claims. Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/eqv8n8as #sustainability #parceldelivery #logistics #ecommerce

Happy 20th 🎂 to DPD Slovenija 2024 is a significant year and milestone for our team at DPD Slovenia who're celebrating 20 years of progress & achievements! With 10 depots across the country, the myDPD and myDPD Business applications and more than 200 parcel lockers, the team is continuing on with their success story with clients, colleagues, partners and couriers 👇 #logistics #parceldelivery #urbanlogistics #birthday

♻️ The role of circularity in sustainability We are keen to increase the ways our operations can promote #sustainability. One way we can do this is by helping to support the transition to a more circular economy. One of the clearest opportunities for us to increase #circularity is by encouraging the growth of the second-hand market. Forecasts show the C2C sector has grown and will continue to grow 15% annually from 2021 to 2025. 60% of Europeans have sold a used item in the last 12 months. This suggests that consumers are increasingly interested in extending the life of their goods for both economic and environmental reasons. The team at DPD (Belgium) NV/SA set up cardboard recycling, which allowed them to stop buying material for internal packaging. As of the last twelve months, DPD Belux now only use their own shredded cardboard for internal packaging. Geopost supports retailers, marketplaces, re-packers, recycling players and more to play a part in the circular economy. Our Shop2Shop service is one example of this, enabling sustainable and affordable shop-to-shop deliveries for private consumers. Thanks to initiatives such as Shop2Shop and our expanding Pickup network, we achieved growth of 67% in pre-loved product delivery volumes between 2022 and 2023. Click below to find out more: https://lnkd.in/e4t4y9hx

☁️ Air quality in your city There is a clear connection between the quality of air and the quality of life in cities and urban areas. We are taking steps to help resolve issues with air quality by fitting our delivery vehicles, urban depots and Pickup points with laser sensors that count particulate matter at street level in 28 European cities. We then make this data accessible to citizens and city leaders to help make informed decisions to improve air quality in urban environments. We also decarbonise deliveries by transitioning conventional vehicles to EVs and cargo bikes and by setting targets to reduce air pollution. It’s vital that we continue to reduce the hashtag #emissions of our fleets if we want to keep operating in cities and serving our customers without degrading their health. Find out more about air quality in our sustainability report here: https://lnkd.in/e4t4y9hx