Commitment to society

Accepting social responsibility as a company goes far beyond the concerns of TAKKT‘s own staff. Corporate responsibility stands for socially and environmentally responsible corporate management. In this spirit, TAKKT approved early the Global Compact initiative, which was formulated in 1999 by the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and undertakes to abide by principles as protecting human rights, abolishing forced labour, eradicating child labour and preventing corruption.

The Group and its individual subsidiaries are also firmly committed to various social projects. Here are a few concrete examples:

Sponsoring children in India:
TAKKT is providing long-term sponsorship for 30 children from the Indian city of Mumbai. This ensures that each child receives ten years of schooling as well as healthcare and food. Staff are also actively involved in the project. They write letters to the children to keep in touch with their progress. The project is run in India by the children‘s charity Prem Dan, which means “gift of love“.

Schoolchildren in Germany:
For the second time, KAISER + KRAFT EUROPA has donated a minibus to a school for children and young people with learning difficulties. For two years now, Topdeq has been funding lunch-time meals at Schillerschule, a special school in Pfungstadt, as some pupils could not otherwise afford to buy a hot meal.

Charity projects in the USA:
Staff at TAKKT‘s US subsidiaries are traditionally involved in various charity projects, from renovating a retirement home or participating in a charity race to donating second-hand clothes and putting together Christmas hampers for needy families. At Hubert alone the various charity projects are coordinated by a team of eight colleagues.