With our basic research and development of immunotherapies, we aim to improve the health of people worldwide by utilising the full potential of the immune system to fight cancer and infectious diseases. We are driven by our belief in scientific precision, innovation and passion. BioNTech was founded by scientists and physicians to improve people's lives through the combination of science and its optimal implementation. 

The Bohle Group is one of the world's leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of glass fittings, tools, machines and industrial products as well as consumables for glass processing and finishing. Especially in the area of sliding doors and shower fittings, Bohle AG has steadily expanded its competencies in recent years and thus developed from a supplier to a manufacturer of high-quality product solutions for all aspects of interior design with glass.

Domino's Pizza is an international fast-food chain founded in 1960 that specialises in the production and delivery of pizza

Endress+Hauser is a leading global provider of measuring instruments, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. We offer process solutions for flow, level, pressure and temperature measurement, analytical measurement, data logging and digital communication to optimise processes in terms of economic efficiency, safety and environmental impact. Our customers operate in a wide range of industries, such as chemicals, energy and power plants, basic materials, metals & mining, food, life sciences, oil and gas and water/wastewater.

Engel Austria GmbH is a globally active manufacturer of injection moulding machines and associated automation systems with its headquarters in Schwertberg, Austria.

We offer clients and contractors an innovative publication and communication platform for awarding contracts.

More than 50 employees work at the modern company location in Dresden and support over 100,000 customers in the awarding and procurement environment.

Hermes Europe is an umbrella organisation of eleven companies, including Hermes Germany GmbH (HG for short) and Hermes Einrichtungs Service GmbH & Co. KG (HES for short). Hermes Europe was founded in 2009 and is a subsidiary of the Otto Group in the Service segment. Hermes Europe is the successor to Hermes-Versand, which was founded in Hamburg in 1972 by Otto-Versand and the Werner Velbinger Organisation.

The range of services offered by the companies operating under the Hermes brand includes sourcing, quality assurance, transport, fulfilment, parcel services (B2C and C2C sector) and 2-man handling. Hermes employs around 15,500 people worldwide.

Hesse GmbH & Co. KG, based in Hamm, Westphalia, is the leading German manufacturer of lacquers and stains, particularly for interior wood surfaces.

The Hesse company was founded in 1910 by Fritz and Karl Hesse and is still family-owned today. The managing partners are currently Hans Jürgen Hesse and Jens Hesse, who are the third and fourth generations of the family to run the company.

With more than 450 employees at its headquarters in Hamm, Hesse is one of the largest employers in the city, with a further 50 employees working abroad. In 2012, the training quota was over 9% with 40 trainees.

The Hesse Group has its own sites in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Belgium, France, the Middle East and China.

The customer base ranges from craft businesses to industrial customers.

HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie GmbH supplies Hamburg and northern Germany with fuels, heating products and raw materials for the chemical industry. Efficiency, safety, the high availability and quality of our products and the extremely long service lives of our committed employees are the guarantors of our sustainable success. As a forward-looking and energy-efficient company, we are actively involved in the energy transition through innovative concepts and can thus make an important contribution to a lower CO2 future. We have therefore been a reliable partner for our customers and an attractive employer for more than 30 years.

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And that for over 140 years. A family history that no other company in the DIY sector can tell you about! Six generations have made HORNBACH what it is today: one of the leading DIY companies in Germany and Europe with more than 160 stores, over 24,000 employees and net sales of over 5.5 billion euros.

HORNBACH is more than just a normal DIY store. HORNBACH is the home and DIY paradise for young and old, for men and women, for small and large projects.

We have been operating as a non-profit organisation in Berlin (Germany) since our foundation in 2018 and are always happy to welcome new members who want to get actively involved in sustainable business. Further information on our organisational structure and membership can be found here.

Our focus is on applied research. Our topics are sustainable tourism, sustainable procurement and the influence of digital developments on these areas. We want to motivate and inspire organisations to integrate sustainable management into their business processes. The transfer of knowledge from theory to practice is particularly important to us: we share our expertise and experience in various formats and promote dialogue and networking between stakeholders in particular.

Lactosan is one of the leading manufacturers of products based on live lactic acid bacteria. The core business is the production and formulation of probiotics for animal nutrition and the production of starter cultures for silage as animal feed and for biogas production. The company's strength lies in the realisation of ideas, the development of new products or processes, and production on an industrial scale. The extensive process knowledge and experience in biotechnological production, which is based on many years of research and development activities, is utilised for the contract production of a wide range of microorganisms through to the finished product.

Lemonaid Beverages GmbH is a social business founded in 2009 in Hamburg-St. Pauli that promotes social projects in the countries where the ingredients are grown by selling organic and Fairtrade drinks.

Mercedes-Benz commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz AG produces consumer luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles badged as Mercedes-Benz. From November 2019 onwards, Mercedes-Benz-badged heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) are managed by Daimler Truck, a former part of the Mercedes-Benz Group turned into an independent company in late 2021. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz was the largest brand of premium vehicles in the world, having sold 2.31 million passenger cars.

Ottobock is a group of companies based in Duderstadt, Germany, which is divided into two core areas: orthopaedics and information and communication technology.

Porsche Holding is the largest automobile trading company in Europe and has one of the highest turnovers of all Austrian companies. We import and market the brands of the Volkswagen Group, offer financial as well as after-sales services and also develop our own IT systems.

The Porsche Lifestyle GmbH & Co. KG (“Porsche Lifestyle Group”), a subsidiary of Porsche AG, was founded in 2003. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and Porsche Design Management GmbH, Salzburg, combined their activities in the distribution of accessories, apparel and sporting goods in the design and licensing business within the “Porsche Lifestyle Group”. The mission is to offer the lifestyle beyond automotive for those who follow their dreams. Porsche Lifestyle transfers the fascination and the myth Porsche to different areas of life.

The online print shop for process optimization for all aspects of the procurement of business cards, business and marketing materials. Around 1,000 customers - from SMEs to large DAX corporations - order with little effort via Web2Print via our BusinessSolution. Your personalized business stationery and POS materials are ordered via your individual order portal - guaranteed in compliance with your CI specifications. Approval and correction processes, admin scenarios, centralized or decentralized ordering processes: Thanks to our in-house programming, we can react highly flexibly to your requirements and wishes - even when integrating your merchandise management or e-procurement system. PrintPlanet – your reliable partner when it comes to printing!
 

Röchling Medical is a preferred supplier and development partner to leading pharmaceutical, biotech and medical technology companies worldwide. At six locations in Germany, the USA and China, we develop and manufacture customised pharmaceutical packaging and administration solutions, consumables for medical diagnostics as well as sophisticated components and assemblies for medical devices under clean room conditions.

Strong trunk, flexible shoots - a natural concept that has proven itself over thousands of years. DEUTSCHE GLAS customers benefit from a very similar system. As Germany's leading construction glass manufacturer and a subsidiary of the globally active SAINT-GOBAIN Group, we put down firm roots in the market a long time ago. These guarantee us stability in turbulent times, but also secure access to first-class primary products and ensure unhindered knowledge transfer at the highest international level.

As part of the SAINT-GOBAIN GLASSOLUTIONS network, which has over 200 production sites throughout Europe, DEUTSCHE GLAS is a member of a strong alliance and can draw on an unrivalled wealth of experience in the field of glass processing.
Our innovative and comprehensive range of products and services is marketed via a nationwide network of independent competence centres. For you, this means excellent personal support throughout Germany! Many DEUTSCHE GLAS companies are also members of the CLIMAplusSECURIT Group, a manufacturing and marketing community that is united by, among other things, adherence to common high quality standards.

Each of the DEUTSCHE GLAS companies specialises in a very specific area of construction glass production and processing. However, thanks to a standardised infrastructure and binding quality standards, our experts can access the knowledge and products of the entire group flexibly and quickly.

The tried and tested structures of a successful group combined with the expertise and capacities of the regionally based specialists add up to: special service, bundled knowledge, maximum delivery reliability, enormous product potential and synergies from which you can benefit!

Schott AG is an international technology group known primarily for the production of speciality glass and glass ceramics. Founded in Jena in 1884, the company is headquartered in Mainz and employs around 17,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. The pharmaceutical packaging division was spun off into the subsidiary Schott Pharma in 2022.

Stadtwerke Solingen has two business areas: On the one hand, we are a municipal utility company that reliably supplies customers in the region and beyond with electricity, gas and local heating, and performs tasks in the field of water conservation and water treatment. On the other hand, we are a regional transport service provider, providing local public transport in the Solingen catchment area and thus ensuring environmentally friendly mobility.

Trodat is the world's largest stamp manufacturer, Trotec is the global leader in laser plotters for engraving, cutting and marking and Iradion is the global market leader in ceramic CO2 laser sources.

In the 2023 financial year, the TroGroup generated sales totalling EUR 303 million and employed around 1,970 people in 44 international subsidiaries worldwide, including around 580 people in Austria.

The group of companies is present in more than 150 countries, with an export ratio of over 98 per cent. The TroGroup is based in Wels in Upper Austria, where the most important production site for stamp production, including research and development, is also located. Trotec's production and sales location is in Marchtrenk, about 2 kilometres from Wels.

TroGroup GmbH is 74.9% owned by the Müller-Just family foundations and 25.1% by the owners of the Lower Austrian ImWind Group.

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The Voith Group is a globally active technology group. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive markets. Founded in 1867, Voith is today one of the largest family-owned companies in Europe with around 22,000 employees, €5.5 billion in sales and locations in over 60 countries around the world.

The Würth Group operates in the wholesale and manufacture of fastening and assembly technology, and is also active in related business fields, including electrical wholesale, electronics and financial services.