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Ringier CSR Report 2008

R i n g i e r C S R R e p o r t 2 0 0 8 7 F O R E W O R D B Y T H E D E L E G A T E F O R C S R For Ringier, CSR means acting with responsibility ? towards society as a whole, towards our customers, our colleagues and the owners of the Group.Ringier has been reporting on this for years now, though reports to date have been restricted to Swit-zerland and largely to environmental topics. It was therefore a big step to compile a CSR Report providing information about the activities of the entire Group in nine countries and about all activities relevant to CSR. For the first time we are report-ing in accordance with the interna-tionally accredited Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard, as we are convinced that reporting on eco- logical and social aspects of busi-ness will become just as important and as much of a routine as finan-cial reporting. That is why we are doing so transparently and in a comparable manner.This report would not have been achieved without the active coop-eration of a large number of people. Special thanks are due to the Gen-eral Managers and officers in the individual countries who compiled the necessary data with great ded-ication, though also in particular to the team that advanced this project step by step, not to mention the experts called in from outside.Yet it is with the publication of this CSR Report that Ringier?s com-mitment to a sustainable corporate policy begins in earnest. On the basis of the report, a Group-wide CSR strategy is being defined and a genuine CSR management sys-tem is in operation. You can read about the things we have tackled and when, where and how we approached them in the next CSR Report, which will be published in 2011, and under the continuously updated rubric ?CSR? at www.ringier.com.Marco Castellaneta, CCODelegate for CSR and member of the Group Executive Board

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