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Our sustainability focus topics

Strategy and objectives as a basis for action

Eight focus topics are of paramount importance for Ottobock and our internal as well as external stakeholders. These areas of activity form the basis for managing our sustainability activities.

Our key areas of activity and objectives

We have translated the results of the materiality analysis into a consistent sustainability strategy. To this end, we have set ourselves objectives in each area of activity along the three dimensions of environment, social and governance (ESG), which we want to achieve in the short and medium term. For implementation, initiatives have been defined with appropriate measures and indicators have been established to measure the achievement of objectives. At Ottobock, sustainability the responsibility of the entire Executive Board.

Technician adjusts prosthetic socket.

Technician adjusts prosthetic socket.

Innovation and research

Product quality, safety and transparency

Woman with the Exopulse Mollii Suit hears music.

Woman with the Exopulse Mollii Suit hears music.

User experience and customer satisfaction

Man with a leg prosthesis carries a water canister. There are fields and trees in the background.

Man with a leg prosthesis carries a water canister. There are fields and trees in the background.

Access and affordability

Two female colleagues are sitting in the office. They talk to each other.

Two female colleagues are sitting in the office. They talk to each other.

Employee recruitment, development and retention

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A woman and a man standing in an office full of people and looking at a tablet together.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Mother and father are playing with the child outside in the countryside by a swing. The father wears the Genium X3 leg prosthesis.

Mother and father are playing with the child outside in the countryside by a swing. The father wears the Genium X3 leg prosthesis.

Environmental footprint

A boy in a Juvo wheelchair is out with two friends.

A boy in a Juvo wheelchair is out with two friends.

Corporate governance and ethics

Your contact for more information on sustainability

Maren Harloff

Senior Manager Global Sustainability

+49 5527 848 1865
Maren.Harloff@ottobock.de

Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
Max-Näder-Str. 15
37115 Duderstadt, Germany

Christin Franzel

Head of Global Sustainability

+49 5527 848 3262
Christin.Franzel@ottobock.de

Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
Max-Näder-Str. 15
37115 Duderstadt, Germany

Wolfgang using his arm prosthesis and Myo Plus pattern recognition as he feeds a calf a bottle of milk on his farm.

Wolfgang using his arm prosthesis and Myo Plus pattern recognition as he feeds a calf a bottle of milk on his farm.

Our sustainability strategy

Responsibility is our foundation

As a member of the UN Global Compact, we are committed to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and have integrated them into our sustainability strategy.

Lina, a young woman with a prosthetic arm, is standing in an office and looking confidently into the camera

Lina, a young woman with a prosthetic arm, is standing in an office and looking confidently into the camera

Our sustainability reporting

Creating transparency

Read how we intend to continuously improve the sustainability performance of Ottobock, and how we make it measurable in the context of ESG performance indicators.

Ottobock O&P professional adapting a man’s C-Brace orthosis. Both people are sitting in a room on chairs.

Ottobock O&P professional adapting a man’s C-Brace orthosis. Both people are sitting in a room on chairs.

Helping and supporting people around the world

We see Ottobock not just as a company, but also as an active member of society. That is why doing our part to ensure sustainable development is a matter of course for us, both inside and outside the company.