Sustainability Report 2016 / 2017

14 ZEIT WISSEN Award For exemplary, unfailing engagement in sustainability, our compa- ny received the ZEIT WISSEN Award “Encouraging Sustainability” in Hamburg in March 2016. CEO Schneider, the founder of the Frosch Initiative, accepted the award in the category “Action”. The speaker Dr. Delia Schindler, Head of HR Work Environment Tchibo and spokesperson for the Zukunftsrat Hamburg, praised Schneider as a modern business leader who makes an important contribution to so- ciety while succeeding economically. Dr. h.c. August Oetker, jury member and co-initiator of the ZEIT WIS- SEN Award “Encouraging Sustainability”, presented the award and prize winnings of €10,000 during the Sustainability Congress in Hamburg on 1 March. Dr. Oetker acknowledged the achievement of Werner & Mertz as an outstanding example in business and society. In 1986 the company was daring enough to seize the trend of the times and launch a green brand targeted at consumers. That long- ago vision has since become reality with a very successful brand and products designed for recycling. Sustainability in the best interest of society is practiced every day in the family-operated company. During the event Mr. Schneider donated the prize money in equal parts to the two other nominees in the category “Action”. One is a project in which craftsmen and refugees produce furniture and the other is an association which operates a hotel with artists, refugees and guests. Great honor for Werner & Mertz: Dr. Delia Schindler, Head of HR Work Environment Tchibo and spokesper­ son for the Zukunftsrat Hamburg, and jury member Dr. h.c. August Oetker at the presentation of the ZEIT WIS­ SEN Award “ Encouraging Sustainability ” to Reinhard Schneider. Company