2.5.1 Corporate social responsibility

Environmentally unfriendly production processes first and foremost affect the people living in the vicinity of a production plant and others who are dependent on the ecological quality of the soil and water near the production plant. All of us, however, benefit from clean and sustainable production processes on a global scale. That is why we are all interested parties where the Planet issue is concerned.

Sound employee policies are important to current and future employees ofa company, and its suppliers alike. The interested parties of a business policy against corruption are citizens in the broader sense. Indeed, if corrupt (political) leaders are prevented from seizing money, this money can be spent on education, health care, environmental protection and other matters of public concern. Those benefitting from the observance of human rights by companies are the ones whose rights might otherwise be infringed. As far as the issue of People is concerned, employees as well as other groups in society stand to benefit.