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CORPORATE AND REPORT PROFILE 11

1.3 Our focuses
Considering the various ways in which the RAFI Group can effectively exert influence, we filtered out four
key topics from the broad spectrum of SDGs. These topics are important for the sustainable development
of our company with the involvement of stakeholders from business, society, and the environment.

SDG 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
[GRI 102-46 ] Innovation and a pioneering spirit are all employees at all locations. With our sustainable
integral components of RAFI’s DNA and have al- growth strategy focused on the future viability of
ways driven our company’s success in the realms the company, we are committed to providing train-
of both business and corporate social responsibility. ing and qualifications to junior staff and to ensuring
With our innovative, customized HMI solutions, we that employees are able to reconcile the responsi-
enable particularly user-friendly interac- bilities of their family with those of their career. We
tion between machine and operator. also offer additional social and health benefits to all
The shorter response and adjust- RAFI employees. Beyond our internal structures,
ment times resulting from this make we also look at our upstream suppliers. We use a
it easier to use our products in ener- systematic supplier management system to evalu-
gy-efficient operation. Together with ate suppliers according to aspects such as integrity,
our customers, we work on efficiency- environmental sustainability, and adherence to so-
optimized electronic assemblies for elec- cial standards. Right now we are designing the
tro-mobility. We are also currently examining alter- structures and processes necessary to ensure that
native materials for housing manufacturing and con- our group complies with the German law on corpo-
tinuing to work on our goal of replacing petroleum- rate responsibility for the prevention of human
based synthetic materials with recycled raw materi- rights violations in supply chains by
als while achieving the same or even better product 2024. Included here will be a system
properties. (2.2.3 ) As a member of the Compo- for monitoring our direct suppliers,
nent Obsolescence Group Germany (COGD), we which can be extended to indirect
are committed to sustainable obsolescence man- suppliers if necessary.
agement. This means increasing the longevity of
electronic products through improved component SDG 3: Health and well-being
and material availability and making product devel- A clean environment, healthy lifestyle,
opment more resource-efficient overall. and good medical care have a crucial influence on
human well-being. As a manufacturer and supplier of
SDG 13: Climate protection measures quality solutions for medical technology, we are di-
Systematic replacement and upgrading of our exist- rectly involved in product development. We are well
ing production equipment and buildings are leading positioned particularly in the area of medical imaging
to a significant reduction in the primary energy we for ultrasound, X-ray, computer tomography, and
use. At our headquarters in Berg, we have been us- magnetic resonance systems. Technologies from
ing the cogeneration of heat, power, and cooling as RAFI also operate and control ventilators, high-fre-
a resource-conserving source of heat and energy quency surgical devices, and operating tables. In
since 2013. Our photovoltaic systems at various lo- partnership with customers and users, we constant-
cations also generate around 330 MWh of renew- ly work to accelerate the technological
able electricity each year. We are continually mod- development of our medical technolo-
ernizing our facilities in line with our carbon reduc- gy products. During critical phases of
tion strategy. This also involves increasing solar en- the Covid-19 pandemic, we helped
ergy generation. In 2019, we switched to 100% to address acute supply shortages
green electricity from hydropower for the rest of by increasing production capacity for
our energy supply at our German locations. All our ventilators.
product development and manufacturing is focused
on responsible, efficient use of ener-
gy and materials.

SDG 8: Decent work and eco-
nomic growth
Decent work and economic growth
form the universal foundation for so-
cial progress. This is why RAFI ensures compliance
with applicable labor law and fair compensation for