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sponsibility. The RAFI factory fire department in 2.3.2 Outlook and objectives
Berg also participates in firefighting and disaster In the coming years, we intend to broaden our cor-
prevention, even beyond the factory boundaries ( porate social responsibility activities based on a
see 6.2.2). newly developed corporate strategy for donations
and sponsorship. This is how we intend to raise pub-
2.3.1 Supporting sports, culture, and traditions lic awareness of RAFI as a partner for social com-
Our social commitment also includes support for mitment that goes beyond our existing programs for
sports. RAFI is a sponsor of the soccer clubs VfB sports clubs. To do this, we will intensify our efforts
Stuttgart, SC Freiburg, and the Freiburg Soccer to nurture the next generation and provide greater
School. Furthermore, we make annual donations to support for social projects run by our employees and
local clubs such as SV Deggenhausertal. We are for animal welfare.
also a sponsoring partner of the ProKeeper Acade-
my Upper Swabia (ProKA), which trains young goal-
keepers and goalkeeper coaches. We sponsor the
ice hockey club Ravensburg Towerstars and the FV
Ravensburg soccer club, and we are the naming
rights sponsor of the RAFI Stadium venue of TSV
Berg. Child welfare and youth work are particularly
important to us, so we support the activities of vari-
ous kindergartens as well as the organization “Help
for Children.” Internally, we also give financial aid to
RAFI employees whose families in their home
country are affected by disasters – most recently,
the earthquake in Syria and Turkey. Another area
close to our heart is supporting regional culture and
customs by subsidizing local music and carnival as-
sociations. Our commitment includes involvement
in the organization of the annual Ravensburg Rod
Festival, which we support with a monetary dona-
tion as well as by manufacturing large quantities of
the traditional Rod Festival souvenir favors. On ap-
plication, we also directly supply funds to individual
initiatives and activities with a focus on the region
and youth development programs. A third core con-
cern of ours is the promotion of young talent and
career guidance in the education and training sector
( see 5.1).