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New Look Signals Evolution of Aramex

Posted by | Jun 18, 2008 | |

Visual Identity Transformed to Represent Changing Face of Company

Aramex unveiled a new corporate image that is designed to catch up to the rapid growth of the company from a regional transportation solutions provider into a major player in the global logistics marketplace, with an updated look that marks the biggest change in the company’s visual identity to date.

Over the past decade, Aramex has become one of the Middle East’s leading brands in terms of exposure and recognition, and has long been considered one of the most respected and admired companies in the region.

Senior executives say that the last creative stroke to the brand was more than 10 years ago, and that the new logo more accurately reflects what Aramex represents today – a highly dynamic, global company whose vitality and innovation are fuelled by the passion of its people.

Following on a 26 year history of milestones, Aramex was the first company with Middle East roots to be listed on the NASDAQ, the first to issue a Corporate Sustainability Report, and aims to become the first carbon neutral company in the industry.

To complement the brand’s evolution, the company has adopted a new slogan – “delivery unlimited” – a tagline which, with its longevity and ambition, seeks to match the company’s vision.

Building its business on sustainable practices, the company continues to set its sights high, proving that corporations can be a force for change by playing an active role in the progress of communities.

The re-brand – which goes live today in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt – will be rolled out on all Aramex packages, vehicles, materials, uniforms, and facilities across the region in June, with full completion of global re-branding expected by end of year.

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Esker Launches Online Resource to Inspire Paperless Business Practices

Posted by | Jun 13, 2008 | |

GreenerDocs.com calculates organizations’ paper consumption and provides ways to reduce the paper trail with document automation
Esker announced that it launched GreenerDocs.com, an online web portal providing valuable statistics about paper consumption and tips for how to reduce that amount of paper used, and misused, for business communications. The site targets organizations seeking ways to adopt socially responsible, green-focused initiatives.
GreenerDocs.com features an interactive Green ROI Calculator, designed to help businesses determine exactly how much paper their employees are consuming through order and invoice processing. The user enters information about the number of sales orders and invoices processed daily, the length of each document, and their daily volume of paper business correspondences. With that information, the calculator measures the number of trees, gallons of water, watts of electricity and pounds of CO2 saved by implementing more environmentally friendly document processes. With that information in hand, users can look to GreenerDocs.com to get a clear understanding of how their paper waste negatively impacts the environment.
The site builds upon Esker’s Quit Paper campaign, a campaign aimed at challenging today’s enterprises to reduce the unnecessary use of paper. Esker’s mission is to demonstrate that by quitting the paper addiction, companies will not only help the environment, but also lower operational costs, experience higher efficiency within order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles, and develop stronger relationships with customers and suppliers.

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DHL aims to impart beach safety knowledge to children with “DHL Kids’ Lifesaving Experience”

Posted by | Jun 9, 2008 | |

DHL has held its “DHL Kids’ Lifesaving Experience” on 8 June 2008, almost one month before the beach open this summer.

The event, which aimed to teach children about water and beach safety, was held at Shirahama Ohama Beach in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture.

The “DHL Kids’ Lifesaving Experience” reflects one of DHL Japan’s core themes in its Corporate Sustainability initiatives, which is “Supporting Future Generations”.

The event this year marks the fifth time it has been organized, with the inaugural event taking place in 2004.

This year’s event was held in conjunction with the “21st All-Japan Lifesaving Multi-Category Championship”, held on 7 and 8 June at the same beach.

The children were able to gain an understanding of lifesaving activities with a talk on “Safety In The Water” by local lifesavers, with the objective of educating the children on safety at the beach.

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Correos includes environmental sustainability as a corporate value

Posted by | Jun 6, 2008 | |

Correos is promoting an environmental sustainability and good practices strategy, both in its direct activities and by means of agreements and contracts signed with its partners and technology allies in all spheres of its activities, which will considerably boost its Corporate Social Responsibility policy. With this strategy, the postal operator makes a clear commitment to reducing CO2 emissions, in both its own activities and those carried out by the businesses it works with.

In its last Board of Directors meeting, held on 30 May, Correos adopted the agreement that formally includes environmental sustainability as a corporate value and as an urgent and general application principle. The Spanish postal operator will apply the strategies for the future defined by the IPC (International Post Corporation) in its recent meeting in Paris, the main strategic pillar of which urges the postal sector to design specific plans that reduce its emissions and represent a significant contribution to sustainability.

With this initiative, Correos seeks to position itself at the forefront of the fight against climate change and will contribute to meeting the environmental impact reduction objective set by Global Compact, the world-wide pact promoted by the UN, and signed by Correos, to foster best social practices among businesses.

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GLS reports positive results (NL)

Posted by | Jun 4, 2008 | |

General Logistics Systems B.V. (GLS), Amsterdam, reported its 2007/08 results with strong sales and volume increases and profits in line with expectations.
GLS increased its sales to 1.75 billion euros – an increase of 9.2 per cent. The number of parcels handled totalled 335 million, representing a new record. EBITA at 172 million euros was in line with expectations.
GLS invested approximately 47 million euros in capital expenditure in 2007/08. In addition to France and Romania, new hubs and depots were opened in Austria and Poland; and additional franchise depots were acquired in Italy. The integration of GLS Belgium Distribution (formerly ABX BELGIUM Distribution) into the GLS system is also progressing as planned.
In 2008/09, GLS is planning network investments totalling 94 million euros – with significant investments in Germany, Poland, the Netherlands and France. The focus will be on rolling out industrial parcel production processes throughout the network as well as implementing new solutions for the “last mile” in B2C business. Other priorities will be the expansion of the GLS national and international express product offering, and GLS will continue to pursue global partnerships such as the recent cooperation agreement with Gati Ltd. in India.
GLS is expecting the European CEP market to grow at a moderate rate of ca. 3.5 per cent. In its international business, GLS Group is planning double-digit growth rates.

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