The measure of our responsibility

Our CR indicators provide an overview of our commitment. They help to analyze, compare and above all to steadily improve our efforts. Taking our cue from the Guidelines issued by the Global Reporting Initiative, we will expand our CR reporting step by step in the years ahead.

 

Financial figures

Key figures 
 
Total revenues by divisions
Operating EBIT by divisions
 
 

 

Employee figures

Employee distribution
 
Seniority
 
Full- and part-time employees
 
Age pyramide
 
Age structure 
Paid and unpaid leave 
Accident statistics 
Personnel costs 
Number of trainees  
 

 

Environmental figures

Carbon footprint
 
Other key indicators
Calculating greenhouse gas emissions
Use of resources

 

News

Educational Award Digita 2012 For Brockhaus Audio Pen 'Ting'

The Brockhaus Ting Starter Set has won another award: after the Giga-Maus and the Comenius Medal, the set with the innovative audio pen has now received the German educational media award "Digita...

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104.6 RTL Takes Up Collection For Berlin's Homeless

90,000 euro and truckloads of warm clothing and sleeping bags is the impressive result of a relief action to benefit Berlin's homeless people. For three weeks, the associations "104.6 RTL Hörer...

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‘In August We Were Strangers; Here In Cologne We Meet Again As Friends’

"I hope we still have something to teach you," laughed Peter Kloeppel, RTL Editor-In-Chief and a member of the International Academy of Journalism (Intajour) Journalism Advisory Board, as Oleg...

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We invite you to explore numerous Corporate Responsibility projects and initiatives from across the Bertelsmann world. 
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Sustainability-related products.


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Editor-in-Chief principle? FSC? Work-life balance? Click here for an explanation of important CR terms.

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