GLS supports
We promote sports and culture.
Fair play, team spirit and equal opportunities have a high priority.
Our main focus is in athletics …
GLS is committed to supporting top-level sports in Germany. As well as the German Track and Field Association (DLV - Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband), GLS also supports Julian Reus, Germany’s fastest sprinter, and Gesa Krause, 2016 and 2018 European Champion 3,000 metres steeplechase.
Photo: DLV
Together over all obstacles
Since spring 2019 GLS supports the steeplechase runner Gesa Felicitas Krause. The German record holder in the 3,000 m steeplechase, two-time European champion and bronze medal winner at the 2019 World Championships stands for both sporting success and special fairness in competition. As part of the cooperation she integrates GLS into her social media activities.
Photo: Dirk Gantenberg
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Speed unites
Julian Reus and GLS Germany combine speed. Since April 2018 GLS supports the German record holder over 60m and 100m. Julian Reus won the silver medal with the 4x100m relay at the European Championships 2012 and 2014 and the bronze medal in 2016.
Photo: Dirk Gantenberg
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Versatile top-class sport
As main sponsor of the German Athletics Association (DLV), GLS has been supporting the world's largest athletics association with over 850,000 members since the beginning of 2017.
The GLS logo is present at competitions, among other things on the start number and in the stadiums.
Photo: Kai Peters
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Surprise packages for DLV athletes
A little surprise in a blue GLS parcel was delivered to the DLV's Olympic squad athletes' doorstep at Easter. The joy was great, as in times of limited contacts and movement possibilities due to the Corona pandemic, even the top athletes need some diversion and motivation.
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… and film sponsoring
GLS has been involved in numerous film projects for years.
And action with GLS
Since 2012 GLS is the official logistics partner of the European Film Awards. First we transport the golden statuettes to the location of the award ceremony. After the award ceremony, GLS returns the statuettes to their manufacturer, the London jeweller and designer Theo Fennell. There they are engraved and afterwards GLS will send the statuettes to the winners.
Performing in front of the camera, too
In recent years, GLS has been involved in the production of several films. And not only financially or with logistical solutions: transport partners, parcels and vehicles from GLS played guest roles in films such as the German comedies 'Der Nanny', 'Vaterfreuden', the Amazon Prime series 'We are wanted' and the successful 'Rico & Oskar' trilogy.
A journey right through Europe
For the film 'Highway to Hellas' with Christoph Maria Herbst in 2014, a transport partner contracted by GLS covered a distance of over 4,400 kilometres. Props had to be transported as fast as possible in Sprinters from Munich to the Greek island of Tinos.
GLS Group sponsorships
Across the GLS Group we use various sponsorships to showcase our brand.
Our partners
Our transport partners, ParcelShop partners and suppliers form an important part of the reliable performance that GLS customers in Germany benefit from.
Our history
In 1989, the predecessor to GLS, "German Parcel", began operating. The idea: provide a high-quality parcel service throughout Germany.