Promotion of health as a matter of course

• We offer events (sporting and other types) several times a week in our company health management program “Auszeit” – primarily in digital format in the 2021 pandemic year.
  
• To strengthen mental health, we provide (among other things) professional counseling services.
  
• Our canteen offers freshly cooked, organic fare
  
• We have our own climbing wall
• A large "Auszeit" room with sports equipment is available to all employees
• Our workplaces are ergonomically designed and meet the latest standards.
• Extensive options for mobile work allow health restrictions or risks to be taken into consideration
  
  

Only employees who are healthy and feel well can fully perform their services. Especially for us, as a company in the outdoor industry, there is no doubt that we must find and promote an appropriate way to offset desk work. We want to provide preventive support not only for the physical aspects of health and well-being, but increasingly for psychological aspects as well. We are continuously striving to make effective use of our potential as an employer in this regard and also encourage our employees in their self-determination and responsibility.

Responsibility for the coordination, control and evaluation of all measures is located in the personnel department; a group of very committed volunteer health coaches supports this by independently organizing a wide range of courses.

There is an important point of intersection with occupational safety (Read more here ) that is also managed by Human Resources. In addition, our Human Resources department is very involved in the conception and monitoring of health-promoting measures and, at times, provides intensive, personalized support of employees with physical or mental issues. We receive professional support wherever necessary from our company doctor.

2021 was still dominated by the Corona pandemic and limited our ability to plan new on-site courses. Therefore, our focus was on maintaining existing formats under the necessary safety and hygiene regulations and partially replacing them with online options.

• Our own health coaches offered 3-4 sports courses per week including back training, functional circuit training, aerobic dance and yoga.
  
• Since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, some courses have been offered via video conference and shorter sports and relaxation sessions have also been recorded to make them available to as many employees as possible. About 50 % of our regular schedule could be maintained in this way.
• We held a yoga class conducted entirely via video conferencing and free of charge to employees.
• In order to provide an additional, easily accessible and effective resource to counteract mental stress, we became a corporate partner of REDEZEIT FÜR DICH gUG in 2021. We are pleased to recommend these professional listeners to our employees, who have the opportunity to talk about any issue at short notice in anonymous, empathetic and concentrated one-on-one conversations.
  
• In late 2020 we once again conducted a holistic employee survey focusing on (mental) health. The Institut für betriebliche Gesundheitsberatung (Institute for Occupational Health Consulting) in cooperation with the Techniker Krankenkasse supported us in this endeavor. Based on the results that have been available to us since the beginning of 2021, we can confirm that our employees are very satisfied with their working conditions as well as with the available health courses.

When not restricted by the Corona pandemic, we supplement our portfolio with select activities led by professional instructors from our network or from our own employees, such as running courses, cross-country skiing taster sessions, swimming courses, crossfit, salsa fitness and blackroll workshops. This year and into the future, we aim to offer a selection of new programs (compatible with rules and measures to protect against infection) and offer our employees a change of pace, a healthy balance to daily work, and a sense of community.

Since 2015 we have been working in our modernized, particularly health-promoting company headquarters. This has provided us with a health-enhancing framework:

• In our "Mittagsspitze" canteen, all menus are made from organic ingredients with a focus on vegetarian or vegan dishes..
• Our impressive climbing wall offers all employees the opportunity for physical challenges
• Our sports room offers the best conditions for a wide range of sports activities within the framework of our company health management "Auszeit" as well as for sports activities organized by our employees themselves
• The fact that we have been offering very wide-ranging options for working from home since the start of the Corona pandemic (and before), enables our employees to be more mindful of their own health in their daily work. It is not uncommon for individual needs with relevance for mental or physical health to be taken into account even better in a work environment of one's own choosing.
  
• During the renovation, our computer workspaces were ergonomically designed with height-adjustable desks and ergonomic chairs

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