Corporate Social Responsibility

• is a way to describe responsibility in business. (Yvette)
• should help keep a balance between social, economic and environmental factors in business (Julian)
• is a system to evaluate companies and to provide employees with better social standards so as to promote understanding within the company (Kim, Lena, Andi)
• explains the responsibility of a company towards society, the environment and the economy (Stephan, Lara)

Our CSR principles

Clothes manufacturer (Julian, Vanessa W.)

• Better working conditions and payment
• Buy cotton from sustainable growing

Food producer (Yvette, Nga, Nadja)

• less plastic packaging
• produce more vegetables than meat
• flexible working hours for pregnant women

Coffee producer (Kim, Lena, Andi)

• support familiy farming
• provide appropriate payment
• farmers’ children should go to school
• use organic growing methods and fertiliser
• equality for men and women
• packaging should be made of recycled materials
• transparency for customers
• get a Fair Trade label

Organic sportswear (Cindy, Anna, Jan, Christopher)

• use healthy, organic materials without chemical additives
• working conditions (fixed working hours, minimum wage, workplace safety)
• no child labour
• get a certificate (Fair Trade, Organic Farming)