DHL's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives - The Disaster Management Program

DHL was founded in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn. The first letters of their last names making 'DHL' was adopted as the name of the company. They started a door-to-door service between San Francisco and Honolulu, personally carrying bills of lading.

This enabled companies to begin the customs clearance procedure before the arrival of their cargo, thus reducing waiting time at the harbor.

The concept of sending bills by air to enable earlier clearance of cargo at harbors led to the founding of a new industry popularly known as International Air Express - to deliver shipments by airplane...

The experience that DHL gathered to provide complete service to its customers even in an emergency, coupled with the resources it had at its disposal, gave the company confidence that it could leverage its expertise for humanitarian causes and use it to provide logistical support to communities during emergencies. DHL decided to help by ensuring that humanitarian aid and relief supplies that poured in from different countries were transported and distributed into the country facing emergency...