Attendees Sustainability Summit 2026

1komma5grad (written as 1KOMMA5°) is an energy supplier in the renewable energy sector that offers energy systems such as electricity storage, photovoltaic systems, heat pumps and wall boxes. Using artificial intelligence, 1komma5grad connects these technologies to form a virtual power plant that adapts energy production and consumption to the availability of sun and wind.

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.

 

Allianz ONE - Business Solutions GmbH offers a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT, operations, human resources, real estate management and building/catering services. It thus makes a very important contribution to the sustainable economic success of Allianz companies in Germany.  

With our many years of experience and wide-ranging expertise, we offer the opportunity to quickly and pragmatically implement ideas developed together with our partners and to grow with existing and new tasks. After all, security and trust are the foundation of a strong, digital insurance company and the cornerstone for an attractive, customer-oriented and sustainable service in the future.

ARRK Engineering is a globally active development partner for the automotive and mobility industry, specializing in comprehensive support throughout the entire product development process — from the concept phase through series development to the validation and system integration of mechanical and electronic components.

Aurubis AG is one of the world's largest copper producers and the world's largest copper recycler based in Germany.

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, is a listed chemical and pharmaceutical group with a total of around 99,600 employees. Business is conducted through the three divisions Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health and Crop Science.

Catella is one of the leading specialists in real estate investment and fund management and operates in 12 countries.

DEICHMANN SE is the market leader in the German and European shoe retail trade, operates more than 4,200 stores and is represented in 31 different countries.

With more than 45,000 employees and a turnover of around 3.3 billion euros, Dekra is Germany's largest and one of the world's leading inspection companies.

 

When it comes to real estate, Deutsche Investment is a reliable partner for institutional investors. Under the umbrella of the Deutsche Investment Group, it currently manages investment assets of around EUR 3.2 billion at seven locations with around 360 specialists. In addition to tailor-made investment options, the real estate specialist offers investors integrated and highly professional real estate services such as fund, asset, transaction, property, facility management and project development. The company always acts sustainably and according to high, self-defined values. Deutsche Investment assumes responsibility for people and real estate in equal measure and always has the future in mind. This symbiotic way of thinking and acting ensures that Deutsche Investment will continue to provide investors with solid capital investments with balanced risk/return potential, tenants with well-maintained properties in which they enjoy living and working, and team members with a stable working environment.

As one of the world's most valuable brands, we design innovative solutions and products in the areas of connectivity, networks, digitalization and security. #connectingyourworld

Diakonie Nord Nord Ost – Because your well-being matters! With over 100 facilities in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, we are one of the largest diaconal organizations in northern Germany. Our team of more than 4,500 employees — with and without disabilities — works every day to support people in all stages of life. Whether seniors, children and youth, families, or people in challenging life situations, we are there to help where it is needed most.

Many banks don’t even know what they truly stand for — we do! Since our founding in 1990 as Deutsche Kreditbank, we have stood by our name: loans for Germany. For everything people need to live. Our aspiration: to be a #moneyimprover Risky investment banking has never been an option for us — and it never will be. Even today, with more than EUR 52 billion (approximately 73% of our loans to business customers), we make a significant contribution to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. More than 5.2 million customers trust our services and are happy to recommend us to others.

dm drogerie markt is one of the top employers in Austria: in the dm stores and in the dm hairdressing and cosmetics studios, young professionals and experienced specialists will find a wide range of career opportunities. There are also other exciting career fields at the headquarters in Salzburg: Expansion, Finance & Controlling, IT, Marketing & Purchasing, HR and at the distribution center in Enns.

dm drogerie markt is one of the largest drugstore chains in Central and Eastern Europe. With almost 7,000 employees, dm drogerie markt is one of the largest employers in Austria. The headquarters in Salzburg is the hub for Austria and for expansion into countries in Central and South Eastern Europe.

Parfümerie Douglas GmbH & Co. KG is an international chain of perfumeries founded in Hamburg in 1910 and based in Düsseldorf. Until 2017, the company was part of Douglas Holding and, since 1 June 2015, 85 per cent of it was owned by financial investor CVC Capital Partners and 15 per cent by the Kreke family.

The global EY organization is a market leader in audit, tax, transaction and management advisory services. With our experience, our knowledge and our services, we strengthen confidence in the economy and the financial markets worldwide. We are ideally equipped to do so: with excellently trained employees, strong teams, excellent services and proverbial customer service. Our goal is to move things forward and make them significantly better - for our employees, our clients and the society in which we live. This is what our global claim “Building a better working world” stands for.

Fjällräven AB (Swedish for Arctic fox, literally ‘the mountain fox’) is a Swedish company specialising in outdoor equipment, outdoor and functional clothing.

The company, based in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, was founded in 1960 by Åke Nordin.

We operate Hamburg’s gas, electricity, and hydrogen networks. Making Hamburg possible together.

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, headquartered in Düsseldorf-Holthausen, is a publicly listed German company in the consumer goods and adhesives industry with global brands and technologies in the business areas of Consumer Brands (laundry/cleaning products, hair) and Adhesive Technologies (adhesives).

HP Inc. (Hewlett-Packard Company until 1 November 2015) is one of the largest US PC and printer manufacturers, registered in Wilmington, Delaware, with its corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

Today, IBM offers solutions in the cloud, software and hardware sectors as well as industry-specific consulting and implementation services. IBM also operates the largest development centre outside the USA with global development expertise, based in Böblingen.

Founded in Hamburg in 1909, the distribution and service company Jebsen & Jessen is part of a globally operating, family-run group of companies with more than 100 companies. With four business divisions - Trading Solutions, Textiles, Garnet Sand and Industrial Services - the Jebsen & Jessen Hamburg Group is present in more than 80 countries with its own locations or through exclusive business partnerships.

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.

 

The LVM Group offers services in the areas of insurance, pensions and financial services. Over 3.92 million private individuals and companies are customers of LVM Versicherung and have taken out around 15.1 million policies.

Mercedes-Benz commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz AG produces consumer luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles badged as Mercedes-Benz. From November 2019 onwards, Mercedes-Benz-badged heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) are managed by Daimler Truck, a former part of the Mercedes-Benz Group turned into an independent company in late 2021. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz was the largest brand of premium vehicles in the world, having sold 2.31 million passenger cars.

At Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals.

Rossmann is one of Europe's largest drugstore chains. Founded in 1972 by Dirk Roßmann, the company generated sales of €15.3 billion in 2024 and has 2,311 stores in Germany with around 40,500 employees.

WE DELIVER THE FUTURE We are Schwarz Produktion, one of Germany’s leading food producers, and we handle recycling for the retail sector. We supply food, sustainable materials, and packaging. We set the standard for quality and sustainability. And we get things done.

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad.

 

Statkraft is a Norwegian state-owned energy company headquartered in Oslo. It mainly uses hydropower to generate electricity. The company is Europe's largest producer of renewable energy. It is managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.

Suzano S.A., known as Suzano Papel e Celulose until 2018, is a Brazilian company based in São Paulo.

The company is active in forestry and produces pulp, paper, hygiene paper and paper products. The company is managed by David Feffer and Antonio Maciel Neto. The company produces exclusively in Brazil and is one of the largest pulp producers in the world. The company belongs to the Grupo Suzano group.

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

The aim is to strengthen confidence in technology and enable progress by managing technology-related risks and facilitating change. This commitment is reflected in their claim ‘Add value. Inspire trust.’ They are progressively working towards being the trusted partner of choice for security and sustainability solutions, delivering tangible value to their customers worldwide. Looking to the future, they are convinced that sustainability and digitalisation will continue to shape the image of business and society.

The United Nations Children's Fund is a specialised agency of the United Nations and acts as one of its development policy bodies. It was founded on 11 December 1946, initially to help children in Europe after the Second World War. Today, the organisation works in over 190 countries and territories worldwide. The organisation's work focuses on developing countries and crisis areas around the world. There, UNICEF supports children and mothers in the areas of health, family planning, hygiene, nutrition and education and provides humanitarian aid in emergency situations. UNICEF is also a political advocate for children's rights, for example by campaigning against the abuse of children as soldiers or for the protection of refugee children. The organisation campaigns worldwide for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, programmes are also carried out to a lesser extent in industrialised countries, for example to protect refugee children.

Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American film production and distribution company headquartered at the Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California. It serves as the flagship studio of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, which is a subsidiary of Comcast.