Externally: Daimler Chrysler communicates with its stakeholders on corporate citizenship, next to personal dialogue, though its report "Corporate Social Responsibility in 2004", the "Environmental Report" and the "Annual Report". In the CSR Report e.g., Prof. Jürgen E. Schrempp, Chairman of the Board of Management, reiterates the company''s support for the Global Compact (page 5) and many of the described initiatives illuminate what the company does to implement the Global Compact principles and to support the initiative (e.g. page 12 and 13). Next to explaining to the reader the idea of the Compact, selected examples illustrate the implementation of the principles (e.g. with the ?Workplace Initiative on HIV/AIDS? in South Africa, the Poema project in Brasil etc.).

Internally: In order to establish both management and employee awareness of the Global Compact, the company has developed jointly with the "World Employee Committee" - based on the principles of the Global Compact - the "DaimlerChrysler CSR Principles", which complement the internal Integrity Code of the company. In addition, the GC initiative is part of the education program of the DaimlerChrysler Corporate University.

Due to the worldwide presence of the company, the approach to provide selected examples in the reporting has been very well received is widely accepted by recipients. However, this does not replace personal dialogue, which will be further strengthened internally and externally - both locally, regionally and nationally (wherever the company operates) and internationally (e.g. within the Global Compact. This dialogue is one of the major tasks of the department of External Affairs and Public Policy.