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Selection of our memberships and cooperations
We use our involvement in associations and initiatives as well as cooperations to enter into dialogue with various stakeholders. The focus here is on further strengthening the relevance of sustainability issues and pushing them forward together.
Here, we focus on our commitment to key corporate responsibility issues. On the one hand, we contribute our know-how and, on the other hand, receive new impetus for our CR management. Hermes is a member of various industry initiatives that also deal with industry-specific CR topics. At present, the key memberships and cooperative agreements comprise:
| Membership/Cooperation | Since | Aim | Website (Language) |
| Member of the German Association for International Express and Courier Services (BIEK) | 1993 | The German parcel and express logistics association represents the interests of the leading companies in the CEP sector. | www.biek.de (German) |
| Founding member of the Hydrogen Society Hamburg | 1996 | The registered association aims to establish hydrogen as an environmentally friendly energy source and acts as a mediator between industry, research and politics for the promotion of environmentally-friendly energy. | www.h2hamburg.de (German) |
| Participating company in the Saxony-Anhalt Environmental Alliance (Hermes Fulfilment) | 2002 | Participating companies in the alliance between the state and industry undertake to voluntarily take environmental protection measures that go beyond state requirements. At the same time, the Environmental Alliance is campaigning for deregulation of state requirements vis-à-vis companies. | www.mule.sachsen-anhalt.de (English) |
| Member of the Environmental Partnership of the City of Hamburg | 2003 | The institution supports Hamburg-based companies in their voluntary environmental protection programmes and serves as a platform for dialogue between business, politics and administration. | www.hamburg.com (English) |
| Member of the Logistics Initiative Hamburg (LIHH) | 2006 | The Hamburg Logistics Initiative is a network for the logistics industry. Since 2016, it has awarded the ‘FairTruck’ seal to companies that promote fair working conditions for professional drivers by adopting the 'FairTruck’ Code. Hermes is both a founding member and partner of the initiative. | www.hamburg-logistik.net (German) |
| Signatory of the Diversity Charter | 2007 | The Diversity Charter is a corporate initiative to promote diversity in companies and institutions. Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel is the patron and the initiative is supported by Aydan Özoğuz, Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration. | www.charta-der-vielfalt.de/die-charta/ (English) |
| Member of the German Logistics Association (BVL) | 2009 | The association promotes networking with the public, science and industry and supports internationalisation. | www.bvl.de (English) |
| Official cooperation partner of the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) | 2010 | NABU represents nature conservation at home and abroad, operates research institutes and environmental education and provides information on important ecological issues. | www.nabu.de (English) |
| Member of the partnership for air quality and low-emission mobility | 2012 | The air quality partnership supports companies in reducing emissions in mobility while at the same time saving costs. Associated companies are committed to reducing emissions. | www.hamburg.de/luftguetepartnerschaft (German) |
| Cooperation partner in a showcase project on electromobility in Berlin-Brandenburg | 2013 | The eMO (Berlin Agency for Electromobility) aims to promote innovations in the field of sustainable, intelligent mobility and acts as a mediator between business, science and politics. | www.emo-berlin.de (English) |
| Membership in the Demography Network | 2013 | The DDN is a network of 400 companies that deals with the demographic change in the workforce and looks at promoting the learning process between the generations. | www.demographie-netzwerk.de (German) |
| Membership in the Association for Disabled Care | 2014 | The voluntary work of the association for disabled care promotes work with the disabled of BHH Sozialkontor gGmbH. | www.bhh-sozialkontor.de (German) |
| Member of Maritime LNG Platform e.V. | 2014 | The platform aims to contribute to the reduction of emissions and fine dust in shipping by using liquid natural gas (LNG). The focus lies in representing the interests of the maritime industry vis-à-vis politics. | www.lng-info.de (German) |
| Member of the Clean Cargo Working Group | 2015 | The group is committed to reducing the environmental impact of global freight transport and to responsible shipping. | www.bsr.org (English) |
| Member (Preferred Business Partner) of the German E-Commerce and Distance-Selling Association (bevh) | No details | The bevh represents the interests of the distance-selling industry in its dealings with politicians. It informs its members, offers seminars, networking and legal advice. | www.bevh.org (German) |