STRATEGY
Strategically, this is implemented in parallel top-down and bottom-up processes. The Sustainable Campus staff unit makes a point of involving all employees, which is one of the reasons why it has established the Sustainable Campus Arena, a discussion platform on the intranet of Forschungszentrum Jülich. It gives employees the opportunity to become actively involved in making the model a reality.
Corporate strategy and governance Forschungszentrum Jülich has a number of management systems that support responsible research and corporate governance. As a company owned by the government, Forschungszentrum Jülich is also subject to the Public Corporate Governance Code (PCKG) of the German federal government.
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Public Corporate Governance Code On 1 July 2009, the federal government introduced principles for good corporate governance and best practices for the management of company shares held by the government. The federal government’s Public Corporate Governance Code forms part of these guidelines. It contains important regulations applicable to the governance and control of companies that are not quoted on a stock exchange and in which the Federal Republic of Germany holds a majority of shares. In addition, the code also comprises national and international standards of responsible corporate governance. It aims to make corporate governance and control more transparent and to clearly define the federal government’s role as a shareholder. At the same time, awareness of good corporate governance should be enhanced. Forschungszentrum Jülich is committed to the federal government’s Public Corporate Governance Code and to the obligation to provide a report annually in Article 3 of its Articles of Association. During the period under review in this Sustainability Report, the 2012 report on the federal government’s Public Corporate Governance Code of Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH was therefore submitted. In the report, the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board declare that the recommendations of the federal government’s Public Corporate Governance Code were adhered to in the 2012 financial year and that they intend to continue to follow these guidelines in the future. In addition, the Public Corporate Governance Code report discloses the income of each individual member of the Board of Directors and lists the members of the Supervisory Board. The report has been published permanently in the electronic version of the Federal Gazette.
Quality management Forschungszentrum Jülich has a decentralized quality management system that safeguards and increases process quality. Instead of a management system that is controlled by top management, individual organizational units introduce quality management systems at their own initiative. They are supported in implementing and operating these systems by Quality Management, an organizational unit that reports directly to the Infra structure division of the Board of Directors. It is headed by Forschungszentrum Jülich’s quality management officer.
Forschungszentrum Jülich | Sustainability Report 2012/2013