Apart from the economic performance of our group of companies, we see the fulfilment of our responsibility towards society as representing one of the key factors in our success. This is why the companies of the MVV Energie Group have for many years been actively committed to supporting activities in the fields of sport, culture, science and social projects at their respective locations.
In 2003, companies, organisations, institutions and municipalities in the region launched the “Future Initiative Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region”. This has set itself the target of promoting this economic region as one of the most attractive places to live and work in the heart of Europe. MVV Energie AG was one of the founder companies of this initiative. We have thus been committed from the very start and have focused the greater part of our sponsoring activities on the Rhine-Neckar triangle.
We have maintained our longstanding commitment to the University of Mannheim and the Mannheim Technical College. In the national school project “Youth Thinks Future”, pupils at the Humboldt secondary modern school in Mannheim turned their thoughts to “Renewable Energies” and developed some astonishing project proposals.
The Mozart Week and the Schiller Days held at the Nationaltheater in Mannheim also benefit from our financial support, as do selected projects and exhibitions at the State Museum of Technology and Work and the Reiss-Engelhorn museums.
Sports sponsorship by MVV Energie AG focuses on promoting sporting talent at an early stage. Individual sportsmen and women, such as Kirsten Bolm, hurdle sprinter, Carolin Leonhardt, current world champion in the double and quadruple canoe, and Dr. Robert Figl, medal winner at the European handcycling championships, as well as the TSG Hoffenheim, SG Leutershausen and Adler Mannheim teams, are among the popular regional figures benefiting from our support. We are also once again sponsoring the jerseys of SV Waldhof Mannheim 07.
One new development during the year under report was the establishment of the Sponsoring Fund, with which MVV Energie AG promotes exemplary projects, especially in the field of social welfare. Twice a year, clubs and institutions from Mannheim and across the region have the opportunity of submitting applications, which are decided on by a jury. During the year under report, our support enabled 34 clubs and institutions to implement their projects.
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