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Last update 8 July 2023

Description of economic activities

Manufacture of other food products nec (NACE2 1089)

This company is engaged in the production, refinement, and sale of cheese for the food retail business in Europe. Founded in 1927, it has its registered head office in Heimenkirch, Germany. The company is one of the largest manufacturers and refiners of cheese in Europe. It manufactures cheese items under a number of different brands: Hochland, Almette, Patros, and Valbrie. The company supplies cheeses to national and international markets in more than 30 countries. It has sites in six European countries: Poland, Romania, France, Spain, Russia and Switzerland. The company has plants in Germany and Poland. It also has established working partnership with RPC Bebo Plastik, which produced a thermoformed PP tube ideal for cheese spreads, with a curved shape and post mould labels from 3 P Specialdruck. The company aims to enable the company to bear its environmental responsibility, implement environmental objectives with modern methods, and continuously improve environmental protection within the framework of its industrial operations.
  • HOCHLAND SE

  • Germany (DE)
  • Company type: Corporate
  • Parent company: HOCHLAND HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Mr Felix Johann Friedrich Ahlers
  • CEO Total remuneration: N/A
  • Website: www.hochland-group.com

Financial data

Number of employees

N/A
5,730
5,411
5,040

Revenue 1

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2
2
2

EBIT 1

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63
80
80

EBITDA 1

N/A
120
146
126

1 numbers are in millions

  • RepRisk Indicator (last month):  1

Social dialog

  • Transnational Corporate Agreement (TCA): N/A
  • Global Framework Agreement (GFA): N/A
  • Societas Europaea (SE):
  • Bangladesh Accord: N/A

European Works Councils

Standards and certifications

  • Global Compact: N/A
  • CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): N/A
  • Modern Slavery Statement: N/A
  • Transparency Index: N/A
  • SA8000 Social Accountability: N/A
  • Integrated report: N/A
  • ISO26000: N/A
  • OECD Guidelines:
  • Social Development Goals (SDGs): N/A

Global Reporting Initiative certification

  • Global Reporting Initiative standards: N/A
  • Global Reporting Initiative GRI G4: N/A

Other company declarations

  • Corporate Social Responsability:
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  • Accessibility: N/A

Policies

  • Training policy: N/A
  • Policy to protect the right to health and safety in the workplaces where the company operates: N/A
  • Policy to protect the right to health and safety in the workplaces in the supply chain: N/A
  • Diversity policy: N/A

Universal declarations

Declarations and treaties recognised by the country where the company has its registered office

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
  • European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR):
  • Charter of Fundamental Rights of CDFL Workers (Strasbourg Charter 1989):
  • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union EU CFR (Nice Charter 2000):
  • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union TFEU:
  • Registered office in an OECD country:
  • ILO C029 - Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29):
  • ILO C087 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87):
  • ILO C098 - Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98):
  • ILO C100 - Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100):
  • ILO C105 - Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105):
  • ILO C111 - Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111):
  • ILO C138 - Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138):
  • ILO C182 - Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182):

Directives applied in the company offices in EU 27

  • D. 80/987/EEC:
  • D. 89/391/EEC:
  • D. 98/59/EC:
  • D. 2000/43/EC:
  • D. 2000/78/EC:
  • D. 2001/23/EC:
  • Council D. 2001/86/EC:
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  • D. 2002/73/EC:
  • Council D. 2003/72/EC:
  • EP and Council D. 2005/56/EC:
  • D. 2009/38/EC:
  • D. 2004/25/EC:
  • D. 2011/35/EU:

Presence in main rankings

  • Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations: N/A
  • Global CSR Rep Trak 100: N/A
  • BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable US Brands: N/A
  • The Worlds Best Multinational Workplaces: N/A
  • The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25: N/A
  • The Worlds Most Innovative Companies: N/A
  • The Diversity Inc Top 50 Companies: N/A
  • Best Global Websites: N/A
  • Green Ranking Global Top 500: N/A
  • Green Ranking Global Top 100: N/A

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