Attendees Sustainability Summit 2024

1&1 Mail & Media Applications

1&1 Mail & Media Applications is an internet company with many years of market experience. The WEB.DE, GMX and mail.com brands have over 43 million active users around the world. This makes them the leading e-mail provider in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Building on this strong market position, they develop services and apps that simplify people’s digital lives – from smart mailboxes and cloud storage to personal ID management.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

AfB

AfB is Europe's largest non-profit IT company, specialized in acquiring used business IT, certified data erasure, refurbishment and remarketing. Devices that are no longer marketable are dismantled and professionally recycled. This preserves the environment and saves valuable resources.

Attendees' job titles:
Corporate Responsibility Manager

Amazon Business Germany

Think there's a better way to shop for business? So do we. That's why Amazon Business is changing the world of procurement.

We're simplifying the buying process to make it easier for our customers to get the products they need.

We're solving unmet and new needs for our customers - continually expanding our selection and adding relevant new tools and features.

Amazon Business is for any organization at any stage - startup, or large corporation.

Innovation is part of our DNA - we purposefully question what others aren't doing, creating unexpectedly better ways for them to do their jobs.

Attendees' job titles:
Customer Advisor

apoprojekt GmbH

We give existing buildings a new future

From tenant fit-outs to refurbishment & revitalization to tailor-made ESG solutions, apoprojekt successfully implements all conversion and extension measures using the design & build method. This makes us the first port of call for any transformation requirement in existing buildings.

Founded in 2007 as a two-man company, we have become one of the fastest growing companies in the construction industry in Germany in recent years. Our team now includes over 500 employees at our six locations in Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Stuttgart.

Our aim is to be the best design & build partner for existing buildings. We take real responsibility for our projects and reduce interfaces between planning and execution to a minimum. With teams that work together passionately and in partnership. #buildingteams

Aroundtown

Aroundtown SA is a publicly listed real estate company, registered in Luxembourg. It invests in commercial and residential properties in central locations in European cities primarily in Germany and the Netherlands.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

Aurubis

Aurubis AG is a leading global supplier of non-ferrous metals and one of the largest copper recyclers in the world. The company processes complex metal concentrates, scrap metals, organic and inorganic metal-bearing recycling materials and industrial residues into metals of the highest quality. Aurubis produces more than 1 million tons of copper cathodes every year and various copper or copper alloy products such as continuous cast wire rod, shapes, profiles and flat rolled products. Aurubis also produces many other metals such as precious metals, selenium, lead, nickel, tin and zinc. The portfolio also includes other products such as sulphuric acid and iron silicate.

Sustainability is an elementary component of the Aurubis strategy. "Aurubis responsibly creates value from raw materials" - following this maxim, the company integrates sustainable action and management into its corporate culture. This includes the careful use of natural resources, responsible social and ecological behavior in the operating business and sensible and healthy growth.

Aurubis employs around 6,900 people, has production sites in Europe and the USA and an extensive global sales network.

Aurubis shares belong to the Prime Standard segment of the German Stock Exchange and are listed in the MDAX, the Global Challenges Index (GCX) and the Stoxx Europe 600.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Decarbonization

AXA Climate

Reducing our negative impact on the planet is not enough. Our collective challenge is to switch from extractive companies to regenerative companies. To that end, we are transforming our business models, our organizations and our collective missions. And this transformation movement drives us.

We are changing the paradigm: our companies are living beings, nested in the living world.

☑️ We provide over 40 hours of digital training content to major companies, which are eager to support their employees in the evolution of their professions.
☑️ We provide consulting services to the agri-food, industrial, financial and public sectors to help them successfully adapt to climate change and biodiversity loss, in a regenerative way.
☑️ Using the best of satellite imagery, we insure businesses and vulnerable people to provide financial support within hours when they suffer from natural disasters.
☑️ We finance regenerative agriculture.

We rapidly build strong links with partners from all corners of the world, whatever their size, when they are driven by the same mission. We welcome talents, wherever they come from, to grow with us, and share our living culture, our values and our rituals.

We write scientific articles to feed your thoughts. We react on social networks to make you react.

We are 150 people, spread over 5 continents and driven by the same desire for impact.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of DACH-market & Netherlands - Climate School

Axel Springer

Axel Springer SE is a European multinational digital and popular periodical publishing house which is the largest in Europe, with numerous multimedia news brands, such as Bild, Die Welt, and Fakt and more than 15,000 employees. It generated total revenues of about €3.3 billion and an EBITDA of €559 million in the financial year 2015. The digital media activities contribute more than 60% to its revenues and nearly 70% to its EBITDA.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

Bayer

Bayer AG is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products.

Attendees' job titles:
Leading ESG-Strategy

Bechtle

Bechtle AG is a multinational technology company with a business model combining information technology services with the direct sale of hardware and software IT products, as well as the operation and maintenance of IT infrastructure for industrial customers and public-sector clients. The Bechtle Group is headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, and organised into multiple parent and holding companies.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability Management

Bonava

Bonava is a residential development company in Northern Europe, born out of the Swedish construction company NCC AB. Bonava develops and sells homes and neighbourhoods to consumers and investors in selected markets in Sweden, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Norway, St. Petersburg, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The name Bonava comes from the Swedish word "bo" which means living, and "nav" that means hub.

Attendees' job titles:
Sustainability Manager

Bosch

Robert Bosch GmbH, commonly known as Bosch and stylized as BOSCH, is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. Bosch's core operating areas are spread across four business sectors: mobility (hardware and software), consumer goods (including household appliances and power tools), industrial technology (including drive and control) and energy and building technology.

Attendees' job titles:
Sustainability in the Supply Chain Director

Brands & Places

Attendees' job titles:
Management

Burgbad

Burgbad AG is a German company from Schmallenberg in Sauerland. The company describes itself as the world market leader in the area of individual bathroom furniture solutions for high-quality segments. The range of the Hidden Champion also includes bathroom furniture, mirrors and mirror cabinets as well as washbasins made of cast mineral, ceramics, glass and HPL.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability Management

Buro Happold

We are an international, integrated consultancy of engineers, designers and advisers. For over 45 years, we have built an unrivalled reputation by delivering creative, value-led solutions for the benefit of people, places and planet.

Described by our clients as 'passionate', 'innovative' and 'collaborative', Buro Happold is synonymous with the delivery of exceptionally complex projects on every continent, working with the world's leading architectural practices and organisations, such as the United Nations, UNESCO and C40 Cities. Through our global community of driven, world-leading engineering, advisory and design professionals, we are acting to address major challenges in an ever-evolving world.

Attendees' job titles:
Director

Cargobeamer

The CargoBeamer Group is a logistics service provider in the “combined transportation road-rail segment” based in Leipzig, Germany.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

co-pace GmbH

co-pace started in 2017 out of a strategy process to answer how Continental should address the relationship to the startup ecosystems around the world in a structured way. We were not the first (and not the last) to start doing this, but we are proud of ‘how’ we do it. We have had the privilege to work with more than 200 entrepreneurs and thought leaders and to bring more than 20 partnerships off the ground in the past 5 years, generating value for both Continental and the startups. Our industries are going through a massive transformation. We see the changes in the shifting technology landscape as well as the dynamics of the markets (even before the pandemic). And we believe partnerships are how we keep up with the pace of change. For us at co-pace, partnerships between startups and Continental are the true north – we catalyze future products and services out of such partnerships: we jointly execute the product roadmaps innovating both internally and externally, and the outcome is renewed, reinvented, and transformative solutions. We operate in the global ecosystems from Tel Aviv to Singapore, from Berlin to Silicon Valley. It is in these global ecosystems that we find thought leaders such as yourselves – startup founders, serial entrepreneurs, investors, technology strategies and innovators. And we constantly meet new people to enrich each other’s network. This network is very important because it gives insights into all industries with the new perspectives, approaches, and players. We love linking that to Continental’s strategy, problems, and interests. And in this way, we look outwards and thus sharpen our focus inwards. Through these interactions, we anticipate product concepts and create new markets together with the thought leaders of the ecosystems. Our superpower is to be the catalyst that brings Continental and startups together to create what wouldn’t be possible if either worked alone. And we have only just begun!

Attendees' job titles:
Head of operations

Deutsche Bahn

At Deutsche Bahn, we operate with over 338,000 employees in 130 countries as one of the world's largest providers of mobility and logistics services. Together with our employees, we develop innovative projects to efficiently manage infrastructure and modes of transport for people and goods by rail, road, water and air.

Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund

The Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund is a supra-regional provider of statutory pension insurance in the Federal Republic of Germany. The Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund is a self-governing corporation under public law. It is based in Berlin and has branches in Brandenburg an der Havel, Gera, Stralsund and Würzburg. As the largest of the 16 German pension insurance institutions, in addition to looking after the insured and pensioners, it also takes on basic and cross-sectional tasks as well as the common affairs of all German pension insurance institutions, for example in the areas of public relations, statistics and finance.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle, abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service consists of channels in English, German, Spanish, Persian and Arabic.

Attendees' job titles:
Deputy Head of Sustainability Management

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG

Welcome to the world of ventilation and drive engineering. As a worldwide innovation leader in fans and motors with over 20.000 different products, ebm-papst has the ideal solution for virtually all air technology and drive engineering tasks. If we do not have it already, our 500 engineers and technicians will work with you to develop it new.

Attendees' job titles:
Sustainability Manager

EDEKA Zentrale Stiftung

About the EDEKA head office

The EDEKA head office in Hamburg coordinates the strategic development of the EDEKA Group. It manages the national goods business as well as the successful 'Wir ♥ Lebensmittel' campaign. Numerous impulses for the realization of cross-network goals come from here. EDEKA DIGITAL GmbH, EDEKA's IT company, provides EDEKA with modern and efficient IT support. Nationwide, around 3,500 independent retailers give the EDEKA brand a face. They are supported by seven wholesale companies with a diverse range of products and extensive services. In 2022, EDEKA generated sales of 66.2 billion euros with around 11,100 stores and around 408,900 employees. With around 19,300 trainees, EDEKA is one of the leading trainers in Germany.

What we offer you as an employer

Help shape our dynamic growth! Exciting tasks await you at the EDEKA head office. We offer excellent career opportunities for students, graduates and experienced professionals who love food as well as special challenges. As one of Germany's leading employers, we have a personal recipe for success: optimal employee development from training to management positions. Let us whet your appetite.

Attendees' job titles:
Project Manager Sustainability- deforestation and conversion free supply chains

Europa-Park

Europa-Park is a theme park in Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[3] Covering a total area of 95 hectares, eighteen themed areas offer around one hundred rides, several shows, and thirteen roller coasters, the park includes six hotels, a camping site, a tepee village, a cinema and a conference center.

According to the AECOM Theme Index 2020, Europa-Park is ranked 19th out of the 25 most visited theme parks in the world and is the second most visited theme park in Europe after Disneyland Paris, as well as the most visited seasonal theme park in the world.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Corporate Sustainability

Fenix Outdoor

Fenix Outdoor AG is an international group of outdoor brands. The company is listed on the Nasdaq OMX, Stockholm, Mid Cap. We are a global player in developing and selling clothing and equipment for an active outdoor life.

Our operations are historically based on the wholesale of Fjällräven products. In 2001, the outdoor retailer Naturkompaniet AB was acquired and the Retail division of the company was started. Tierra, Hanwag & Royal Robbins make up the Brands division together with Fjällräven. In 2011, the Retail division was complemented through the acquisition of Partioaitta OY.

Attendees' job titles:
Global Sustainability Director

Flughafen München GmbH

We, Flughafen München GmbH (FMG), operate Germany's second-largest airport with our 24 subsidiaries and affiliates. With around 9,000 employees across the Group and sales of almost €601.3 million in 2021, we are one of Bavaria's largest workplaces - a strong partner for the region with a wide range of interesting jobs and activities.

Attendees' job titles:
Corporate Sustainability Manager

followfood

Followfood GmbH is a German company in the organic food industry based in Friedrichshafen. With the brands "followfish" and "followfood" it sells food according to the EU organic standard.

Attendees' job titles:
Deputy CEOHead of Impact

Franz Haniel & Cie

Franz Haniel & Cie manages a portfolio of independent companies with the aim of making all investments " for grandchilds" and adding value for generations.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability & Digital

GAUFF Engineering

GAUFF Engineering are specialists in civil engineering structures, transportations facilities and infrastructure measures.
Their core competency includes the areas of water, waste water, energy and traffic. In addition, they also support the mediation of tailor-made financing, if required.

Attendees' job titles:
Director Export Finance & Sustainability

GreenSign

The GreenSign certification offers hoteliers, SPAs and companies an integrated and mature testing system that structures, evaluates and documents ecological, social and economic aspects of business management in over 100 criteria.
We want to encourage companies to commit to ecological, socially responsible and sustainable management by making meaningful changes and to live this with joy and conviction. Through sustainable and responsible corporate management, companies become more resilient and are better able to hold their own in a rapidly changing market. The criteria queried in the test catalog are based on the global sustainability goals defined by the United Nations, the SDGs. Together with the international frameworks ISO 14001 (environmental management), ISO 26000 (corporate social responsibility) and EMAS, this results in a comprehensive catalog of questions that analyzes the current status of your company.

Attendees' job titles:
Sustainability Manager

Großmarkt Rostock

Großmarkt Rostock GmbH is a municipal company in the Hanseatic City of Rostock. They are a service company and operate a trading center in Rostock-Hinrichsdorf. They have been organizing and supervising various special markets and folk festivals in Rostock and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania since 1992. In addition, they currently run 13 weekly markets in Rostock and Stralsund and the popular fish market in Warnemünde.

Attendees' job titles:
CEO

Haffhus

The Haffhus Hotel supplies itself with energy independently and without a public grid - with heat, cold and, of course, electricity.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability Management

Hamburger Hochbahn

Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA), founded in 1911, operates the underground system and large parts of the bus system in Hamburg, Germany.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability Management

HANSAINVEST

HANSAINVEST is a capital management company. Hanseatische Investment GmbH was founded in 1969. The Hamburg-based company is part of the Signal Iduna Group and, as a service KVG for real assets and financial assets, provides services relating to the administration of liquid and illiquid asset classes.

Attendees' job titles:
Teamleiterin ESG

HAW Hamburg

The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences is a higher education and applied research institution located in Hamburg, Germany. Formerly known as Fachhochschule Hamburg, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1970. In terms of student enrolment, the HAW is the second-largest university in Hamburg and the forth-largest applied sciences university in Germany, with a student body of 16.879.

Attendees' job titles:
Project Manager Digital Learning and Sustainability

HSCB Deutschland

Opening up a world of opportunity for our customers, investors, ourselves and the planet.

We're a financial services organisation that serves more than 40 million customers, ranging from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies and governments. Our network covers 63 countries and territories, and we’re here to use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up a world of opportunity for our customers.

HSBC is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability Germany & Austria

HSV

As a Hamburg sports club, we are committed to the model of honorable merchants and focus our actions on making a contribution to sustainability. In doing so, we use the power of sport - especially soccer - to act as a multiplier for sustainable development.

Attendees' job titles:
Chief Strategy, People & Sustainability Officer

iAP - Independent Consulting

iAP – INDEPENDENT CONSULTING + AUDIT PROFESSIONALS stands for a comprehensive IT-service-offering in the areas of Audit & Certification, IT Security & Resilience, Consulting and Data Privacy. Their consulting approach is characterised by a proven interplay of a consistent methodical approach, expert knowledge and passion.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability & ESG

idealo

idealo internet GmbH is a German price comparison service launched in Germany in 2000, and since bought by the Axel Springer AG publishing company. The headquarters are in Berlin, Germany. The idealo website allows users to compare prices on a range of products from hundreds of shops.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

IKEA

IKEA is a Swedish multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

in.Stuttgart

In 2005, the decision was made to combine all major city events and event areas in one company - with the in.Stuttgart they received a common roof based directly on the Cannstatter Wasen.

Attendees' job titles:
Deputy Head of Sustainability

Joschka Fischer & Company

Joschka Fischer & Company is the political strategy and sustainability consultancy for companies and organizations in transition. Whether trade, energy, mobility, urban development or sustainable finance - JF&C combines sustainability, politics and communication.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

KPMG Deutschland

KPMG is a global network of legally independent firms with more than 227,000 employees in 146 countries and territories. In Germany, around 12,500 people work for KPMG at 26 locations.

The business units at a glance:

Audit - auditing of consolidated and annual financial statements.
Tax - all of KPMG's tax advisory activities
Advisory - expertise in business, regulatory and transaction-oriented topics

We provide cross-divisional expertise in many business areas. Our employees operate globally and know what needs to be done locally.

We know what matters in complex structures. We act across borders to achieve your set growth targets. KPMG is your partner who identifies social possibilities, opportunities and ways to influence developments and steer growth.

Attendees' job titles:
Partner

Media Impact

As the marketer of Axel Springer and selected clients, media impact works passionately every day to provide their customers with the optimal stage for their advertising message. To do this, they leverage the cross-media power of Axel Springer brands such as BILD, WELT and Business Insider. They combine this qualitative reach with intelligent technology and creative solutions for maximum advertising impact for their customers. Innovative event formats refine their 360 degree marketing.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

Merck

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Corporate Sustainability

neoteq ventures

Neoteq ventures helps start-up teams to build companies that change industries.
They are the first institutional investor for start-ups and support with capital and their know-how right from the beginning.
They invest throughout Germany – with a specific focus on the Rhineland. They know that start-ups need time, capital and support. With their experience and expertise they can help to grow at speed.

Attendees' job titles:
Founding Partner

Palmira Capital Partners

Palmira Capital Partners is an European investor and asset manager for logistics and corporate real estate. Their interdisciplinary team looks after real estate along the entire value chain and offers all services as full service management from a single source. The range of services ranges from the conception of investments to fund management and asset management, with particular attention to ESG criteria and EU taxonomy.

Attendees' job titles:
Head Of Sustainability

Ritter Sport

Ritter Sport is a brand of chocolate bar from the family-owned Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, which has its headquarters in Waldenbuch, Germany.

Attendees' job titles:
Global Sustainability Communication

Rotkäppchen-Mumm

The Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH based in Freyburg (Unstrut) operates as a manufacturer and as a distributor in the food categories of sparkling wine, wine and spirits. Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien are market leaders in the categories of sparkling wine, branded wine and spirits in Germany.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

s.Oliver

s.Oliver, legally s.Oliver Bernd Freier GmbH & Co. KG, is a German fashion company headquartered in Rottendorf that sells apparel, shoes, accessories, jewellery, fragrances and eyewear worldwide.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

SAP

SAP SE is a German multinational software company based in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg. It develops enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations.The company is the world's leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software vendor.

Attendees' job titles:
Sustainability & AI AdvisorSustainability & Incubation Director

schleich®

An elephant on a bike. A fairy exploring a muddy paradise. If your first thought is “Why not?”, followed by “What if?”, then you’ll fit right in at Schleich!

Our story began in 1935 when Friedrich Schleich founded his company in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Today, schleich® is beloved the world over for the authenticity, detail and quality of its products. The figures and playsets ignite a love of storytelling and open the doors to new, exciting and magical worlds for every child. “Shaping Storytellers for life” is our vision.

Scholz & Friends

For 40 years, Scholz & Friends have been creating brand experiences with passion and creativity that change the way people think, feel and act. Today, about 1,200 Friends at eight locations develop unique solutions for unique customers. Strategic excellence, creative aspiration and trusting partnership are the basis of their success in Germany, Europe and worldwide. Scholz & Friends is a part of the VMLY&R global network within the WPP holding company. This gives their client partners the opportunity to access international solutions in more than 40 countries.

Attendees' job titles:
Senior Sustainability Consultant

Sell & Pick GmbH

The sell & pick software platform works with your data and your company-specific KPIs. Link your sales data from the POS system with other Big Data data records from, for example, the marketing system, personnel system, merchandise management system or external data records such as weather and social media. We bundle and visualize this data for you and generate new insights and precise forecasts individually for your company with the help of artificial intelligence. Then initiate the right actions directly via our software platform - scaling, targeted and with individual measures to the point of sale.

Attendees' job titles:
Chief Revenue Officer

Sky Deutschland

Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies and is part of Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company that connects people to moments and experiences that matter. At Sky, we Believe in Better. It’s in our DNA. We’re famous for innovation. We offer the world’s smartest TV, Sky Glass; our plug and play streaming puck, Sky Stream; the best aggregation platform, Sky Q; and streaming services NOW and WOW. We provide connectivity you can count on in mobile, fast, secure, reliable residential and business broadband, as well as smart home protection through Sky Protect. We’re Europe’s premium content producer. We create award-winning original content, produce the biggest live sporting events, and we provide free access to news and the arts. We believe that we can have a positive impact on society, by supporting and creating tens of thousands of jobs, addressing digital inequality, being a diverse and inclusive employer, and becoming net zero carbon by 2030.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Bigger Picture - Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli von 1910 e.V. is more than a soccer club from Hamburg: we are a community of values. St. Pauli is a lifestyle, an attitude. We stand up against fascism, racism, sexism and homophobia.

Stuttgarter Lebensversicherung

Stuttgarter instead of standard.
We have been there for our customers for over 111 years and as a
the reliable partner for all aspects of private pension provision
pension provision, risk cover and occupational pension provision.

Our 700 employees are anything but 0815.
Stuttgarter is anything but standard. We are an
employer where it is not only good to work, but also good to live.
live well. This has made us one of the leading broker insurers in Germany.
in Germany.

We value people - not just their references.
Stuttgarters know each other by name, not by grade point average.
average grade. Because we like to see great colleagues
to come to work every day.

Hand on heart - and not in front of the mouth.
At our company, the trainee inspires the manager, the head of department
the working student and the intern the board member. But don't
worry. Despite our flat hierarchies, your career with us will go steeply upwards.
upwards.

Attendees' job titles:
Organizational Director Key Accounts and Sustainability Officer

SustainableSolution

The customized sustainable solution for your company.
As an external sustainability manager, I implement sustainability as an attitude in your company, together with you and your employees.
I provide targeted support without additional organizational structure.

Attendees' job titles:
Owner

Swarovski

Masters of Light Since 1895

Swarovski creates beautiful crystal-based products of impeccable quality and craftsmanship that bring joy and celebrate individuality.

Founded in 1895 in Austria, the company designs, manufactures and sells the world's finest crystal, gemstones, Swarovski Created Diamonds and zirconia, jewelry, and accessories, as well as crystal objects and home accessories. Swarovski Crystal Business has a global reach with approximately 2,400 stores and 6,700 points of sales in around 140 countries and employs more than 18,000 people. Together with its sister companies Swarovski Optik (optical devices) and Tyrolit (abrasives), Swarovski Crystal Business forms the Swarovski Group. A responsible relationship with people and the planet is part of Swarovski’s heritage. Today this legacy is rooted in sustainability measures across the value chain, with an emphasis on circular innovation, championing diversity, inclusion and self-expression, and in the philanthropic work of the Swarovski Foundation, which supports charitable organizations bringing positive environmental and social impact.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

TAJCO

It all began in 1946, when two brothers-in-law started chasing the dream of setting up their own business. K.B. Jensen and Tage Jensen founded the company called ‘Tage Jensen & Co.’ and became resellers of spare parts for automobiles.

From the humble beginnings fuelled by a bank loan and a father-in-law who was willing to stand surety, the two young entrepreneurs would eventually bring in a third partner a decade later and become manufacturers of spare parts themselves.

During the 1980s, the company founders retired and the TAJCO legacy was carried on and taken to new heights by the Lorenz family who still own the company today.

The following shows you some of the milestones in the history of TAJCO.

Tchibo

Tchibo is a German chain of coffee retailers and cafés known for its range of non-coffee products that change weekly. The latter includes: clothing, furniture, household items, electronics and electrical appliances. In Germany, Tchibo's slogan is "Every week a new world". Tchibo has further expanded its product range to sell services such as travel, insurance, and mobile-phone contracts.

Attendees' job titles:
Director Corporate ResponsibilityCategory Leader Sustainability

TEDxFrankfurt

TEDxFrankfurt’s mission is to spread ideas for a better future and plant seeds in our engaging community with fresh ways of seeing the world. It’s a meeting place where we all have a chance to think critically on today’s society, reflect deeply on what’s happening in our culture, education, technology, and encourage each other to take action. Join us to chase the extraordinary stories that need to be shared! TEDxFrankfurt is an independently organised event licensed from TED by longtime TEDxter, Petronella-Carla Banc and run by the TEDxFrankfurt organising team and our volunteers. Our aim is to stimulate the surfacing of fresh perspectives, spark discussions and bring together remarkable humans from diverse backgrounds around the globe.

Attendees' job titles:
Partnership Coordinator

Teekanne

Teekanne GmbH & CO. kg is a German tea trading company, based in Düsseldorf. The founders Rudolf Anders and Eugen Nissle were the first to sell tea in tins and already mixed teas on a high quality level. Furthermore, they went on to invent the machine-made tea bag.[c
Today the family-run company produces 7.5 billion tea bags per year.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability

Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world

Attendees' job titles:
Managing DirectorHead of Sustainability

Tom Tailor

Tom Tailor (TT) is a German vertically integrated lifestyle fashion company headquartered in Hamburg. The range includes clothing and accessories for men and women of all ages in the middle to upper price segment.
In 2012, the company had 315 retail stores worldwide.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility

TÜV Nord

TÜV Nord Group is a technical service provider with worldwide activities. Founded in 1869 and headquartered in Hanover, Germany, the Group employs more than 10,000 people in more than 70 countries of Europe, Asia, America and Africa.TÜVs are German organizations that work to validate the safety of products and services of all kinds to protect humans, material assets and the environment against hazards.

Attendees' job titles:
Deputy Head of SustainabilityHead of Sustainability

TÜV SÜD

In 1866, our founders had a bold vision to reduce the impact of technological risks and protect people, assets and the environment. More than 150 years on, sustainability and safety continue to be the backbone of our mission and services.

Our aim is to inspire trust in technology, enabling progress by managing technology-related risks and facilitating change. This commitment is embodied in our claim “Add value. Inspire trust.” We work progressively towards being the trusted partner of choice for safety, security and sustainability solutions, adding tangible value to our clients globally. As we look towards the future, we believe that sustainability and digitalisation will continue to shape the narrative of commerce and society.

Today, we are represented by more than 26,000 employees located across over 1,000 locations. Our community of experts is passionate about technology and is inspired by the possibilities of your business. United by the belief that technology should better people’s lives, we work alongside our customers to anticipate and capitalise on technological developments.

Going beyond regulatory compliance, we inspire trust in a physical and digital world to create a safer and more sustainable future.

Attendees' job titles:
Team Lead Sustainability

VDI Technologiezentrum

The VDI Technologiezentrum strengthen the future competencies of Germany and Europe. As a 360° innovation service provider and a leading project management agency in Germany, they are dedicated to the topics and technologies of the future. Their topics are key technologies such as quantum technologies or materials, digitalization, mobility, security and education as well as health, sustainability and energy.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Sustainability and Health Division

Werner & Mertz

Werner & Mertz GmbH is a medium-sized, family-run manufacturer of cleaning and care agents with headquarters in Mainz.

Attendees' job titles:
Head of Corporate Affairs

Würth

The Würth Group is a worldwide wholesaler of fasteners, screws and screw accessories, dowels, chemicals, electronic and electromechanical components, furniture and construction fittings, tools, machines, installation material, automotive hardware, inventory management, storage and retrieval systems. The group of over 400 companies across 80+ countries has been servicing the Automotive, Woodworking, Metalworking, Industrial and Construction industries with a strong presence across Europe.

Attendees' job titles:
Sustainability Manager