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RCD Mallorca and the companies of Schwarz Group PreZero and XM Cyber are setting an example for a more careful use of resources in sport and digital security in Spanish profes-sional football.

In the light of the ongoing inconclusive collective bargaining negotiations in the retail in-dustry, the companies of Schwarz Group are once again taking the initiative and thus sending a clear signal of appreciation to their employees

Today companies of Schwarz Group publish progress report on their commitment to sustainability

The companies of Schwarz Group, together with six other investors, are participating in the sec-ond funding round for Aleph Alpha, the leading developer of artificial intelligence in Germany.

 Ecosystem of the companies of Schwarz Group expanded to include the future-oriented business areas of digitalization and IT

For the third time in a row, Schwarz Dienstleistungen is organizing its own career fair together with the retail divisions Lidl and Kaufland: future_con.

Thanks to their transnational cooperation and diverse set of measures, the companies of Schwarz Group are making great strides toward achieving the goals of their joint group-wide REset Plastic strategy.

With two new CEOs, the management team of the companies of Schwarz Group is paving the way for the future.

FC Bayern Munich and companies of Schwarz Group join forces in taking responsibility for using resources more sparingly in the sport and for the digital safety of the club and its fans.

STACKIT, the digital brand of Schwarz IT, organized its first customer and partner event at Bildungscampus in Heilbronn on 28 June.

Today, the retail divisions of the Schwarz Group, Lidl and Kaufland, signed a “Pact against Food Waste” together with the BMEL, the Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVLH), and other industry representatives in Berlin.

The Cyber Security Report by Schwarz Digital uncovers weak points in the IT security of German companies and public sector.

The companies of Schwarz Group successfully closed the 2022 fiscal year, generating EUR 154.1 billion in revenue with their 575,000 employees across all business segments (revenue increase: 15.4 percent).

The companies of Schwarz Group yesterday announced a strategic partnership with SAP that aims to eliminate potential attack paths across business-critical applications.

Lidl and Kaufland are making progress toward achieving their climate targets by signing a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with RWE Supply & Trading for roughly 250 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy per year starting in 2028. The PPA has been signed for a duration of ten years. The power will come from the “Kaskasi” offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, which officially commenced operations at the end of March. As such, the retail divisions of Schwarz Group are the first corporate customers to conclude a PPA for green energy from the “Kaskasi” wind farm.

At the Cyber Security Conference by Schwarz, 120 decision-makers from the worlds of business, science, politics, intelligence, and law enforcement discussed current challenges related to digital security.

The companies of Schwarz Group describe their progress in a joint sustainability report

Die Unternehmen der Schwarz Gruppe Spenden eine Million Euro für Soforthilfe in der Türkei und in Syrien.

Joining forces for more animal welfare: Retail companies of the Schwarz Group endorse national animal welfare label

The future is digital. – Digitalization is becoming increasingly important within the Schwarz Group as well. In order to pave the way toward this digital future, the divisions of the corporate group, the retail divisions Lidl and Kaufland, the environmental division PreZero, Schwarz Dienstleistungen, Schwarz IT, and Schwarz Digital are capitalizing on and promoting digital talent.

Non-exempt employees at companies belonging to the Schwarz Group will benefit from the state “inflation bonus”: After the German government approved this measure on Tuesday, 25 October 2022, in the wake of sharp increases in consumer prices, they will be the first retail companies to pay out tax-free bonuses to their employees, spending a total of almost EUR 40 million in Germany for this purpose.

As part of its group-wide sustainability strategy and our plastics strategy REset Plastic, the Schwarz Group’s REmove field of action is helping to free oceans, rivers, and lakes of plastic waste. The shared vision of the corporate group is to turn today’s waste into tomorrow’s treasure. The Schwarz Group regularly organizes a wide range of “REmove activities” on a global, national, and local scale: commitment that pays off.

Die Schwarz Gruppe fördert gezielt die Karriereentwicklung von Frauen in IT-Sicherheitsberufen und unterstützt zu diesem Zweck das gemeinnützige Event CYBERWOMEN – Das Event für Frauen der IT-Sicherheit.

Over the last three years, the Schwarz Group has built a new residential area in the heart of Heilbronn called Rosenberg Quartier. They are now renting out the apartments, which significantly increase the urban value of the former KACO company premises located between Süd Street, Cäcilien Street, and Rosenberg Street.

The Schwarz Gruppe is continuing to expand the range of alternative transport options at its Lidl and Kaufland stores, thus contributing even more to the mobility transition: Effective immediately, the retail divisions of the corporate group are collaborating with nextbike to make bikes available for rent at 18 Lidl and 2 Kaufland stores in North Rhine-Westfalia.

As a pioneer in the circular economy, the Schwarz Group is rapidly approaching the targets laid out in its group-wide plastics strategy REset Plastic.

Schwarz Group is integrating further stores into the MOIA ridepooling network in Hamburg, in addition to expanding the network to Hanover. For the last two years, MOIA’s small buses have already been taking customers from designated stops directly to Lidl and Kaufland stores in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and back.

Following its acquisition of cyber security specialists XM Cyber at the end of last year, Schwarz Group is now rolling out their offering on a broad front in the European market. In doing so, the Group responds to recent international calls and efforts from politicians for improving digital security in both the business world and the public sector.

More transparency for more animal welfare and environmental protection by improving existing structures: With its retail divisions Lidl and Kaufland, the Schwarz Group appreciates the plans of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture to implement a mandatory national animal welfare label during the current legislative period.

The Schwarz Group was able to continue growing across all business segments in the 2021 fiscal year and, with around 550,000 employees, increasing its sales from EUR 125.3 billion in the previous year to a total of EUR 133.6 billion.

With the ambitious expansion of its EV charging network, the Schwarz Group is actively promoting the mobility transition: By the end of the 2022 fiscal year, the corporate group will install around 6,200 new EV charging points at store locations of its retail divisions across Europe, thus increasing the total number of EV charging points in its EV charging network to approximately 13,000.

During a celebratory event, the Schwarz Group officially signed the agreement to join Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Climate Alliance (Klimabündnis Baden-Württemberg) yesterday on Tuesday, 3 May 2022, in Stuttgart.

The Schwarz Group has opened its EU compliant and locally hosted German cloud “STACKIT” to businesses and the public sector.

As part of its group-wide sustainability strategy, the Schwarz Group is actively contributing to the energy transition: Since the beginning of the 2022 fiscal year, the international corporate group has been procuring all* of its electricity from renewable energy sources.

Already for the second time, the Schwarz Dienstleistungen together with Lidl and Kaufland, the Schwarz Group’s retail divisions, host the future_con. Students and graduates from all fields of study and specialization are invited to attend the digital career convention on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, from 1 to 6 p.m.

The Schwarz Group is investing in its next generation of employees: Starting 1 August 2022, Schwarz Dienstleistungen will be increasing the monthly salary of its apprentices by EUR 100 gross. As a result, future apprentices will earn EUR 1,100 during the first year of their apprenticeship, EUR 1,200 during the second, and EUR 1,350 during the third.

The Schwarz Group is appalled by what is happening in Ukraine. Especially in such difficult times, it is important to the corporate group to live up to its responsibility as a large retail company. Its top priority now is to provide rapid and unbureaucratic aid.

“Talking plainly. Acting sustainably. Showing progress.” This is the title of the progress report published by the Schwarz Group to present for the first time its detailed sustainability strategy with four focus topics: People, Product Quality, Circulatory Systems, and Ecosystems.

Schwarz Group, the world’s fourth-largest retailer and a growing force in cloud computing, today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in XM Cyber.

The Schwarz Group is reviewing the objectives and progress of its group-wide plastics strategy REset Plastic.

With its brand OutNature, the environmental division of the Schwarz Group, PreZero, has developed new sustainable fiber and paper products for packing solutions in trade and industry.

Climate change poses enormous challenges for our society and demands action at all levels. In virtue of their group-wide climate strategy, the Schwarz Group supports the Paris Agreement.

On December 1, 2021, Dieter Schwarz will hand over his mandate as general partner of the Schwarz Group to Gerd Chrzanowski. In doing so, the hitherto deputy of the general partner and Chair of the Board of the Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG will take office as planned following his successful becoming acquainted with the new field of responsibility.

In the spirit of the group-wide REset Plastic strategy, roughly a thousand employees in Neckarsulm and Heilbronn and at the Schwarz Produktion locations joined forces last Friday, September 17, 2021, to take part in a Schwarz Group Cleanup Event spanning all of the Group companies.

As part of the group-wide REset Plastic strategy, Lidl, Kaufland, and PreZero, the environmental division of the Schwarz Group, are giving old packaging from Germany's private households a new life and thereby are reducing the use of new plastic.

The groundbreaking ceremony on the “Obere Fundel” construction site in Bad Friedrichshall today, Wednesday 25th August, marked the start of the construction phase of the Schwarz Project Campus. The Schwarz Group is thus strengthening its presence in the Heilbronn region thanks to this location.

In fiscal year 2020, the Schwarz Group maintained its growth trajectory across all divisions and, with around 500,000 employees, increased its total sales from EUR 114.3 billion in the previous year to EUR 125.3 billion.

More recycling for more environmental protection: Since June 2021, all disposable PET deposit bottles produced by Schwarz Produktion for Lidl and Kaufland own-brand products in Germany are made of 100 percent recycled plastic (rPET), excluding the cap and label.

The Schwarz Group expands its goals as defined in its REset Plastic strategy and strives to use an average of 20 percent recyclate in private-label packaging of its Lidl and Kaufland retail divisions by 2025.

As an employer in the retail industry, the Schwarz Group and its retail divisions attach great importance to fair pay.

As part of its holistic REset Plastic strategy, the Schwarz Group is strengthening its activities in the REmove field of action.

Once again, Lidl and Kaufland, the two retail divisions of the Schwarz Group, are giving their employees a one-off bonus amounting to 30 million euros. Every store and logistics employee will receive a €220-voucher at Easter.

Lidl and Kaufland, the Schwarz Group’s retail divisions, invite you to visit the industry's first virtual career fair.

Lidl and Kaufland, the retail divisions of the Schwarz Group, are converting their receipts to eco-friendly receipts made of blue thermal paper.

As part of its continued efforts within the Group-wide REset Plastic strategy, the Schwarz Group joins HolyGrail 2.0, the cross-value chain initiative and is appointed to its management team.