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Management report on the Group<br />

2.5 Management report on the Group Non-financial performance indicators<br />

STEM subjects are Science, Technology,<br />

<strong>Engineering</strong> and Mathematics Mathematics.<br />

98 | 99<br />

Higher participation in Academy programs<br />

Founded in 2006, the ThyssenKrupp Academy is now an established place of teaching, learning and internal<br />

networking for the Group’s top managers. More than 100 programs were available in 2010/2011, and the<br />

number of participants doubled from the prior year. Both the reach and penetration of our programs among<br />

the 2,000 top executives have increased significantly. Alongside the development of management<br />

competencies, this year saw a focus on strategic change and business transformation. The new programs to<br />

prepare our managers for a move up the career ladder were also well attended.<br />

Diversity as a goal of personnel policy<br />

The project ‘diversity@thyssenkrupp’ was launched in fall 2011 to promote diversity in all areas of the<br />

Group, focusing on gender, internationality, capabilities and experience. The aim of the project is to<br />

gradually and sustainably increase diversity within the workforce as a whole and especially at higher<br />

management levels throughout the Group. The new program integrates existing initiatives and HR tools and<br />

promotes a common understanding of diversity. The aim is to increase the proportion of women in our nonpay-scale<br />

managerial staff in Germany from the present level of 7.6% to 15% by the end of 2020. This<br />

target is based on the percentage of women in our overall workforce.<br />

As a technology company, ThyssenKrupp is very interested in recruiting female engineers to specialist and<br />

management positions. We are particularly looking to attract students of the so-called STEM subjects. For<br />

this reason we support the Femtec university career center for women in Berlin and give female engineering<br />

students the opportunity to contact us directly and find out more about our technology company.<br />

In order to help balance family and work commitments we are currently building a child daycare center on<br />

our campus in Essen. From August 2012 we will offer full-day places to over 100 children aged from four<br />

months to six years to support parents working at ThyssenKrupp. Our daycare center “Miniapolis” will<br />

nurture children’s natural curiosity and joy of discovery, in particular in the areas of science and technology.<br />

Environment and climate<br />

The Executive Board has identified responsible environmental and climate protection as an important<br />

corporate objective. To implement this goal we have further expanded our Groupwide environmental and<br />

climate management system. In addition our international environmental and climate protection activities<br />

will be coordinated by corporate headquarters in the future.<br />

Our environmental and climate management system defines uniform requirements to be met by our Group<br />

companies around the world, improves internal reporting, and promotes Groupwide knowledge sharing. The<br />

Group’s environmental and climate protection experts meet up regularly. In addition current developments,<br />

best practices, and environmental and climate legislation are discussed at regional meetings.

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