Our sustainable action in economic and social contexts derives not only from our own objectives, innovations and traditions but also from overarching aspirations and societal transformation. In coming years, climate change will fundamentally transform markets: people and companies are already affected today by its impacts, the reorientation of social objectives and / or the as- sociated adaptation of the market economy. We acknowledge our responsibility in the transformation of the energy systems and want to help our customers make significant progress toward achieving the goal of climate neutrality. As a family business, we think and act with the long term in mind, fulfill our social responsibility to our employees and society, and measure ourselves on our sustainable success. With all our stakeholders, we act with the utmost transparency. We view corporate responsibility as a business obligation with strategic utility, whereby we establish well-defined key indica- tors for control purposes, we have implemented them in our management organization, and we follow GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) standards in our sustainability reporting. We follow a documented Code of Cooperation and Conduct governing interactions with all of our stakeholders. Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations is a matter, of course, for us worldwide, as is protection of the personal data of our employees and business partners.