ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - Kuehne + Nagel

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Sustainability _ _ _ _ _ _ Kuehne Foundations
logistics logically leads to the development of cross-company
processes for whose optimisation the creation of networks is an
essential requirement. The Kuehne Foundation has entrusted
a group of distinguished experts with the development of
the challenging training programme. The seminar is currently
supported by the following teaching institutions: ETH Zurich,
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Kühne Logistics
University, Hamburg, Technical University Berlin, Kuehne Centre
for Logistics Management at the WHU and the German Foreign
Trade and Transport Academy, Bremen.
Logistics Day of the Kuehne Foundation
The Logistics Day of the Kuehne Foundation, which was held for
the tenth time in 2011, was organised by the ETH Zurich and its
Professorship for Logistics Management which is sponsored
by the Kuehne Foundation. Under the motto “Entrepreneurial
Orientation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management” it was
attended in June by more than 200 leading logistics experts
and prominent guests from trade and industry.
In addition to training and further education in the field of
logistics, the Kuehne Foundation also supports activities in the
medical and cultural fields:
CK-CARE – Allergy research
CK-CARE is an international centre which is devoted to allergy
research and education in the field of allergy. The centre, located
in Davos, was established by the Kuehne Foundation two
years ago. It carries out research in the following five areas,
which cover the most important problems of allergic diseases:
— Environment, allergies and exposure
— Immunoepidemiology of allergic diseases in childhood
— Innovative diagnosis and therapy
— Mechanisms of severe allergies
— Therapy and rehabilitation
The transfer of scientific and clinical knowledge to medical practitioners,
affected persons and the public is of great significance.
Increasing efforts are being made to provide doctors
and students, and also patients, with appropriate instruction. In
July 2011, CK-CARE enabled the first Global Allergy Forum
(GAF) to be held in Davos. In five working groups, more than 40
experts with a worldwide reputation in the field of allergy and
related research disciplines met to discuss urgent problems, new
solutions and possible plans of action.
Harbour Front Literature Festival in Hamburg
Logistics and literature both demand creativity and versatility.
These parallels motivated the Klaus-Michael Kuehne Foundation,
together with the Hamburg Senate, to create the Harbour
Front Literature Festival. For the third time, from 14 to 24 September
2011, German and international authors and publicists
presented themselves to a total of 22,000 friends of literature
in various venues against the backdrop of the port. For the
second time the Klaus-Michael Kuehne Prize for young authors
was awarded at the “Debütantensalon”. The donor presented
the prize at a grand finale event.
Lucerne Festival
In 2011, the Kuehne Foundation again supported the Lucerne Festival,
one of the most renowned events in the field of classical
music, which attracted more than 95,000 visitors in the summer.
The festival, which was held under the motto “Night”, presented a
highly varied programme which included a performance of Benjamin
Britten’s turbulent opera based on Shakespeare's “Midsummer
Night’s Dream”.
The Kuehne Foundation is a supporter of other cultural events
and institutions, which include the Music Summer on the Lake of
Zurich, the Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Music Festival, the
Hamburg State Opera, St. Catherine’s Church Hamburg, and the
“Literaturhaus Hamburg”. The Foundation is also committed
to the preservation of the cultural heritage. With a donation of
CHF 1 million it enabled the renovation of St. Meinrad's Chapel,
which belongs to the Monastery of Einsiedeln (Canton of Schwyz).
Located on the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, it
has long been regularly visited by pilgrims.
The sole donor of the Kuehne Foundations is
Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Michael Kuehne.