Partnerships
Part of being socially responsible is about working with others to make a difference. So in 2002, we joined forces with the WFP, United Nations World Food Programme, to offer our logistics skills and other resources to help combat world hunger. We also support the North Star Foundation, which is addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa.
Moving the World
In December 2002, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and TNT launched a five-year partnership aimed at a single common goal: fighting world hunger.
- The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian aid agency and the food assistance arm of the United Nations.
- In 2007, WFP reached over 90 million people in more than 80 countries.
- Three quarters of WFP’s beneficiaries are people in emergency and relief operations.
- Almost 90% of the people supported by WFP are women and children.
In five years, we have helped over one million children, funded 58 million school meals, and installed 60 water pumps.
TNT’s contribution
Since the start of the partnership, TNT has contributed a total of €32.5 million in-kind to WFP operations and €5.5 million in cash. Besides this, TNT employees have raised €9.0 million for the WFP School Feeding Programme in Cambodia, The Gambia, Malawi, Nicaragua and Tanzania. You can find out more about this partnership at www.movingtheworld.org.
Walk the World
TNT puts a lot of time and effort into its corporate responsibility programme. We value our partnership with the United Nations’ World Food Programme particularly highly.
Of course, it is nice to know that our efforts are being recognised. Mainly though, we do it because we feel strongly about our ability, indeed responsibility, to make the world a better place.
With the Walk the World event, we intend to show the world once more that we don’t just talk the talk, but walk the walk as well!
The walk, which is held not just in the Netherlands but in many countries all over the world, sees thousands of people take to the streets every year, with one aim: to raise awareness of and fight world hunger.
So dust off your finest walking shoes, and come join us for the next edition of Walk the World for a great day out for an even better cause!
North Star Foundation
TNT is also involved in the North Star Foundation, which was originally a Moving the World pilot project. Launched as an independent foundation in 2007, the Foundation is addressing the HIV / AIDS pandemic in Africa with a network of drop-in clinics and truck drivers.