Sustainability
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE
What does sustainability mean for Bayer 04?
Football is of enormous social significance – that was, is and will be the case in the future. For exactly that reason, Bayer 04 have had the target for years of making football sustainable and fit for the future. This happens in three areas: environment, society and club management. Bayer 04 also always gets involved regionally and globally as a locally rooted and internationally famous football club, both inwardly and outwardly. The Werkself thereby accept responsibility in times of sustainability transformation. Bayer 04 want to continue to promote and extend the community influence of football, lead the way as an exemplary enterprise and attractive employer as well as accept ecological challenges to make professional football more environmentally friendly through innovation.
Strategy
Bayer 04 is aware of its responsibility regarding the promotion of sustainability. This challenge is accepted as a significant partner in the region (in particular working with the City of Leverkusen), as a modern company and as a responsible member of the football community. The mission consists of integrating sustainability, in all its respects, as an important aspect in the decision-making process in our operations, in prioritising key subjects and using the charisma and role model function of the club to achieve greater sustainability and to make it attractive and rewarding.
COMPASS UNDER THE CROSS
Basis
Operational Work
Sustainability report
Areas
Environment
Professional football has high environmental effects. Bayer 04 look for innovative solutions that are better for the environment and always implements them. The club never wants to stop improving.
Society
Bayer 04 sees its local, regional and international endeavours in the area of community issues as a given as the sport of football is by definition a social event. Bayer 04 also sees itself as a responsible employer off the pitch, a committed neighbour and actor for positive cooperation.
Club management
Bayer 04 is not only one of the biggest football clubs in Germany but also a medium-sized enterprise with commitment to the home city of Leverkusen and Bayer AG. That also involves a high standard in terms of integrity and compliance. The club believes in fair play – both on and off the pitch.
News
Bayer 04 support packing event for Leverkusen organic lunchbox for schoolchildren
Support under the Cross: Bayer 04 took part again this year in the packing event for the Leverkusen organic lunchbox for schoolchildren for the nineteenth time. The project of the friends' association NaturGut Ophoven e.V. is designed to contribute to the promotion of a balanced diet for children. Under this year's motto of 'Gigantic', help was provided in filling 1,888 boxes on Tuesday afternoon, 27 August, by the Bayer 04 Women's team players Lilla Turányi and Emilie Bragstad, club representative Stefan Kießling as well as several basketball players from the BAYER GIANTS. Bayer 04 also contributed all the muesli bars provided.
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For DFB Pokal game in Jena: Werkself will play with sleeve logo of German cancer charity
#50JahreDeutscheKrebshilfe: Bayer 04 will wear the logo of the Deutsche Krebshilfe (German cancer foundation) in place of the usual sleeve sponsor at the first round tie in the DFB Pokal away to FC Carl Zeiss Jena on Wednesday, 28 August (kick-off: 18.00 CEST, Ernst Abbe Sportfeld). The reason is the 50th anniversary of the foundation.
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"Better than winning the lottery": Bayer 04 HILFT day at Leverkusen children’s day-care centre
Time to roll up the sleeves and do some good again: At what was now the eighth edition of the BAYER 04 HILFT Day, staff and players once again dedicated an entire day to a good cause this year. Following last year's efforts at NaturGut Ophoven, this time the Bayer 04 team restored the outdoor area of a Leverkusen children's day-care centre with great support from Lebenshilfe-Werkstätten Leverkusen and club partner Coca-Cola.
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Tapsoba sets up foundation in Burkina Faso
Commitment under the Cross: Werkself player Edmond Tapsoba has set up the 'Fondation Edmond Tapsoba' in his home country Burkina Faso. The defender's foundation, based in Ouagadougou, aims to provide sustainable support to a wide range of people in different circumstances. The focus of the measures is on disadvantaged children, older people, the homeless, victims of violence, people with serious illness, refugees and people with disabilities.
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Bayer 04 has been committed to a large number of successful projects for years in and around Leverkusen as well as worldwide.
Bayer 04-Help-Day
Started as a one-off project in 2015, the 'Bayer 04 HILFT-Tag" day of support is becoming more and more of a traditional event for the Bayer 04 workforce. Every summer a public entity in Leverkusen is given a revamp – very much to the pleasure of all involved.
In cooperation with the City of Leverkusen, the club annually selects a public entity that can be improved in many ways. With the final building work the Bayer 04 staff, the Werkself and the Bayer 04 Women are supported by Lebenshilfe e.V. Leverkusen. The day of action was held at a Leverkusen day nursery in 2015 and 2016. The Opladen driver training course was spruced up in 2017 and in 2018 the players and staff are involved at the Wildpark Reuschenberg. In 2019 it was the turn of the Neuland Park. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, 2022 brought help to the Burgloch allotment society and in 2023 it was the turn of NaturGut Ophoven and this year at a children´s day-care centre.
Simply Football
Bayer 04 Learning Curve
Werkslöwen Actions
Networking
Bundesliga moving
Football fans in training
Festival of friends
Diabetes camp
