69 Corporate citizenship We regard it as our duty to make a contribution to society. Where feasible, we employ people with disabilities or those who have had to flee from their own country. We regard social involvement as an investment in the values of our society. Such opportunities have mainly been available at the Endingen site. We work there with 48° Süd GmbH. 48° Süd is a non-profit organisation that offers routes to qualifications and employment, sponsored by the Caritas foundation and local authorities in the district of Emmendingen. 48° Süd helps people who have difficulty accessing the jobs market to gain qualifications and find employment. This includes the long-term unemployed, the disabled and migrants. Due to the fact that hardly any work placements occurred in the years 2021 and 2022, unfortunately no offers of employment were extended – respectively, we had come to the conclusion that one of the persons concerned was not yet sufficiently prepared for regular employment. Another institution is the Centre for Occupational Health, which focuses on medical-occupational rehabilitation. Here, people are prepared to enter a new vocation after undergoing rehabilitation. Where possible, we will offer work placements to people who have undergone rehabilitation. As part of our cooperation arrangements with organisations working in the public interest, Girsberger is committed to social coexistence within society. In making this corporate commitment, we wish to fulfil our social responsibility and also make an active contribution to sustainable social development at our company sites. We work with organisations offering sheltered workplaces to people with an impairment such as the Herzogenbuchsee Regional Work Centre, the WBM Madiswil Foundation, the Dornstetten Schwarzwaldwerkstatt and the Caritas Workshop, St. Georg. Services totalling CHF 192,000 (2021) and 214,000 (2022) were able to be purchased from these four sheltered workshops. Since 2017, Girsberger GmbH has been involved in the FAIR Ways scheme run by the Freiburg Sports Club, an association of 15 partners committed to supporting initiatives on education, exercise, the environment, and solidarity. During 2022, not all of our agreed contributions in our commitment toward FAIR Ways at the SC Freiburg were able to be made. As a compensatory measure, a tree planting campaign was initiated. Twenty trees (sweet chestnut, red oak and bird cherry) were planted in the Schopfheim municipal forest on behalf of Girsberger GmbH. A total of 3,550 deciduous trees and 750 conifers were planted during the course of this campaign. This will allow the “ SC Forest” to contribute to climate protection in the region by absorbing approximately 10 kg of CO2 per year. For more information, visit https://www.scfreiburg.com/verein/engagement/solidaritat/ fair-ways-forderpreis/ We attach similar importance to our membership of associations and organisations that are committed to environmental issues, sustainable business management, and social and economic matters. Examples include the think tank Avenir Suisse; B.A.U.M. (German Environmental Management Association) and öbu, a Swiss network for sustainable business. During the next reporting period, we will further develop our concept for supporting the voluntary work of our employees, which had to be postponed for capacity reasons. Further objectives at our Bützberg site include a commitment to social projects like “ Zweimal Weihnachten” (2x Christmas), “ Schweizer Tafel” (Swiss Table) and “ Gassenküche” (Soup Kitchen). In Endingen, our focus will remain on supporting the homeless within the Förderverein Essenstreff Freiburg and continuing to support the Protestant City Mission for Ukrainian Refugees, especially children. Social affairs
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