ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - MAHLE Stiftung
ANNUAL REPORT 2018IDEAS THAT INSPIRE
ANNUAL REPORT 2018
3EDITORIALLadies and Gentlemen,and dear friends of the MAHLE FOUNDATION,we can only finance the tasks assigned to us by ourdonors out of the dividends of the Mahle company.With this model the brothers MAHLE have combinedbusiness with social responsibility in a way I can onlydescribe as visionary. For us, therefore, the wellbeingof the MAHLE Group is very close to our hearts.In today’s society transport is on the verge of a change,such as has not been seen since the widespread introduction of the railways or the invention of the automobile. In this connection the MAHLE company is alsofaced with tremendous challenges, which have placedheavy demands upon many different areas of the enterprise, and will continue to do so. Everyone concerned hasrisen to them, showing outstanding skill and producingextraordinary achievements, both in the area of conventional and in that of alternative engine technology – andthis in spite of the diversity of routes that can be taken.The foundation is fully aware of this and its appreciation is clearly evident in the use of MAHLE profits in
support of projects that are looking to initiate genuinemay their successes continue. My thanks also to thesocial and cultural renewal. Human health has tradi-shareholders, the advisory board, our teams in Germanytionally been one of our foremost concerns. Duringand Brazil, and, for the expertise and commitment withthis last year we have continued in our efforts to putwhich they bring new impulses into the world, I thank thethe Filderklinik, in its capacity as a hospital for treatingmany individuals and initiatives receiving our support.acute conditions, on a solid financial basis – a processwhich naturally doesn’t happen overnight, and whichI hope, dear readers, that in this report you just mightplaces the staff not only under financial strain. Health,find a world full of inspiration, interesting points of viewof course, has many facets. And one of these, which itand exciting stories.seems is generally underestimated, has been taken onboard by the Kingdom of Bhutan: here for a number ofBest wishesyears now the “gross national happiness” rate has beendetermined. The insights emerging from this are thentranslated into political measures to improve the livingconditions – and thus the happiness – of the people.This model is now being successfully emulated elsewhere,and some instances of this appear in the following pages.Jürgen Schweiß-ErtlExecutive PartnerAs always, my thanks are due to all those who makethe work of the MAHLE FOUNDATION possible, thusturning many extraordinary ideas into real-life projects.Particularly the staff of the MAHLE Company, who willbe facing bigger and bigger challenges in the future.All my good wishes go with them on this path, and
5GREETINGLadies and Gentlemen,“Donating today with the vision for tomorrow” is nowmore relevant than ever before: in keeping with thismaxim, the MAHLE FOUNDATION supports peoplewho are risking something new, who are seeking tochange the status quo, find new ways of doing thingsand new ways of thinking. The MAHLE FOUNDATIONalways works with the future in mind and thus makes ameaningful contribution to society as it is at present.With more than 480 applications, the demand for supportcontinued unabated in 2018. Altogether 160 initiativesreceived support from the foundation in the past year –quite an achievement, when one considers that all thisimportant project work is managed by a team of onlysix staff members.Equally impressive is the wide diversity of initiatives within the areas of health care, agriculture and nutrition,education, and arts and culture. The range of supportstretched, for instance, from a project for teachingmusic to young children using Waldorf methods toan initiative for developing vegetable and grain seedscompatible with modern environmental conditions
to educational projects, such as a practical learningIn 2018 MAHLE, with a workforce of 79,000 employees,workshop offering low entry-level training for adulthad a turnover of 12,6 billion euro, which, adjusted torefugees without professional qualifications. But it alsotake account of exchange rates and changes in theincluded projects geared towards widening horizonsscope of consolidation, amounts to a growth of 4.4%within the firm. Thus it came about that many of ourin real terms.staff members attended a series of lectures entitled“How we became who we are – in the footsteps ofFor 2019 continuing our team’s success in improving ourour poets and thinkers” in the City Museum Stuttgart.profitability and productivity remains one of our highestThe seven lectures, which were co-initiated by thepriorities. Their creativity, commitment and optimismMAHLE FOUNDATION, were very well received. Theyrelease just the kind of energies we need for the trans-demonstrated the complementary relationship betweenformation of the enterprise. This positive attitude iseducation and business, and how, particularly in Baden-shared by both MAHLE and the MAHLE FOUNDATION.Württemberg, this culminates in creativity and a spiritof innovation. We are eagerly looking forward to theThe charitable work of the MAHLE FOUNDATION andcontinuation of the series, which this year will be dedi-the entrepreneurial acumen of MAHLE will continue tocated to the spirit of invention in Baden-Württemberg.complement each other in the future. Both the staffand management of the MAHLE Company are happyIn view of the far-reaching changes taking place in theto be pursuing this common path.world of transport, the MAHLE company further intensified the work on its future potential. We have furtherWe wish the MAHLE FOUNDATION every success withadvanced the transformation of our enterprise and takentheir current projects and with their many new initiatives.advantage of the opportunities the changes offer. Inparticular we have pushed on with ongoing initiatives,putting innovative products on the market, and havewon some exciting contracts from customers.Dr. Jörg StratmannChairman of the Management Board andCEO of the MAHLE Group
MAHLE-STIFTUNG GmbH (MAHLE FOUNDATION)77SHAREHOLDER AND ADVISORY BOARDOF THE MAHLE FOUNDATION LTD.Nikolai KellerJohannes MaierMartin MerckensChristian RaetherAngelika SauerKarlheinz AutenriethSusanne DambeckHenner EhringhausMichaela GlöcklerAndreas GoyertGerhard PietschGeorg SoldnerHartmut Spieß
SHAREHOLDERNikolai Keller, StuttgartJohannes Maier, StuttgartMartin Merckens, StuttgartChristian Raether, StuttgartAngelika Sauer, StuttgartJürgen Schweiß-Ertl, StuttgartJürgen Schweiß-ErtlGötz W. Werner(Executive Partner)Professor Götz W. Werner, StuttgartADVISORY BOARDDr. jur. Karlheinz Autenrieth, StuttgartSusanne Dambeck, WeinheimDr. jur. Henner Ehringhaus, BerlinDr. med. Michaela Glöckler, Dornach, SchweizDr. med. Andreas Goyert, FilderstadtThomas Krauch, StuttgartThomas KrauchEberhard MahleEberhard Mahle, LeonbergGerhard Pietsch, Ostfildern-RuitGeorg Soldner, MünchenJoachim Mahle, son of the firm’s founder,Hermann Mahle, died on 13th October,2018 at the age of 89. This “visionarywith a big heart” was largely responsiblefor turning the car components plant inBad Cannstatt into the global enterpriseit is today.Joachim Mahle †Dr. agr. habil. Hartmut Spieß, Bad VilbelJoachim Mahle †
9THE MAHLE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS PEOPLE, NOT PROJECTS.PEOPLE ARE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND CHANGE AND INNOVATION –TOWARDS THE RESPONSIBLE, LIFE-AFFIRMIMG, SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT OF OUR IONHEALTHCARE-GIVING
CONTENTSSOME HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018 The dual-purpose hen – an exciting innovation in the hen-house.page 10Medicine of the futurepage 16Agriculture on the Movepage 20A basis for integrationpage 24A good life – till the last minutepage 28On the Trail of some Famous Swabianspage 32What horns tell uspage 36On tones, horses and self-confidencepage 40TIMESCAPE Educating the Whole Human Being – 100 years of Waldorf Educationpage 44CONVERSATION PIECE Happiness can be measuredpage 50CAUGHT IN THE SPOTLIGHT Why music? That’s why!page 57Day of action: “Waldorf One World Day”page 58The building site of the futurepage 59Ibero-American oncology congresspage 60Training portal for doctorspage 61IFOAM World Congress in Indiapage 62Ecological beekeepingpage 63Beyond the Granny Smithpage 64OUR TEAMpage 65STATUTORY FUNDING EXPENDITURES 2018page 66FACTS AND FIGURESpage 76IMPRINTpage 82
PROJECT FOCUS: AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION11THE DUAL-PURPOSE HEN – AN EXCITINGINNOVATION IN THE HEN-HOUSEDemeter and Bioland have set in motion the development of the hen of the future: the nonprofit firm of Ökologische Tierzucht (“Ecological Animal Breeding”) has brought out its ownbreed as a genuine alternative to the highly specialised birds produced by the four firms thatdominate poultry-breeding world-wide. This has been done humanely and independently,and without the scandalous slaughter of chicks, since both the hens and the roosters are used.Whether in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa or Americaalmost e xclusively the job of high-performance layers:(North and South), the enjoyment of chicken is steadilyWhereas a truly free-range hen will lay, at the most,growing. The white flesh of these feathered domestic40 eggs per year, these over-bred, often emaciated,animals has the reputation of being healthy,“turbo-hens” are likely to lay as many as 300. However– what happens in this method of egg produc- because it is low in fat and calories, richin vitamins and quick to prepare.Crucial to its advance is the factthat chicken, in contrast to beefor pork, is approved of by allthe world religions. World-widetion with the male chicks? Since roostersWorld-wideno less thanneither lay eggs nor accumulate flesh andare thus totally uneconomical for farmers94 million tonsno less than 94 million tons wereconsumed in 2018 – in Germanyalone this represents an averageconsumption of 20,9 kilograms perof chicken werecon sumedin 2018to raise, in hatcheries across the wholeof Europe six million day-old chicks arekilled every week – by being shreddedor gassed.Either lots of eggs or lots of meat: thegrowing demand, but also the dictum ofperson. This gigantic demand cannot “expand or perish” which has ruled agriculture forbe met by traditional hens clucking andpecking happily round the farmyard. Nowadays chickensdecades, has led to a high degree of specialisation inare fattened in densely crowded sheds – usually withmodern poultry breeding. The required animal material30 to 40 thousand birds in each one. Their productive– as it is called – is provided by globally active breedingcapacity is enormous: a chicken bred for high produc-concerns. “There is a world-wide monopoly on breeding,tion can increase its birth-weight sixty-fold withinwhereby 90% of the genetic material is in the hands42 days. The aim of poultry fattening units is to produceof four global players” states Inga Günther, poultryas much meat as possible for as little cost – chickenbreeder and director of Ökologische Tierzucht gGmbHhas become a cheap mass commodity world-wide.(“Ecological Animal Breeding Ltd.” – EAB), a non-profitinitiative of the two organic agriculture organisationsFried, boiled, poached, scrambled: of course, eggsDemeter and Bioland. The fact is that the establishedin various forms are also an indispensable part ofstrains of the current world market – bred in largeour culinary palette. Current egg production isbatches exclusively for intensive rearing – do not fitIn her element: the Bresse-Gauloise – an old strain of hen from France
13PROJECT FOCUS:AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITIONinto the living diversity of mixed farming. Nonetheless,farmers, whether organic or not, are nowadays oftenbound into a system to which there is no alternative.Thus there is no area in ecological animal breeding soin need of a paradigm shift as that of poultry rearing –also in organic farming.Inga Günther has a vision: The ambitious breeder wantsto create a hen, a so-called dual-purpose hen, which,as the name suggests, can be a source of both meat andeggs. In other words, poultry strains in which the femalescan be layers and the males fattened to produce meat.Günther’s intention here is to finally interrupt the drivetowards specialised breeds and transform the system.In this her work is focused upon the health and resilience of the birds, and their adaptability under humaneXXXXXXXand ecological environmental conditions. But her further,higher aim in this breeding work is to see “ecologicallysustainable, independent poultry breeding in the handsof the farmer” as a viable alternative to the highly specialised lines of the globally dominant breedingconcerns. It’s certainly about independence for thefarmer, but also about finally preventing the appallingInga Günther is the pioneer of ecological poultry breedingThe illuminated egg reveals a filigree of delicate beauty –a wonder of nature, that brings forth new lifelevels of chick wastage – a sensitive issue, which organicassociations have long been concerned about.Well-informed consumers are tending to feel thesame. They are appealing to proper values, insistingthat domestic animals be treated with respect by usinghumane rearing methods.Current practice in poultry breeding has now becomeso ethically suspect and generally frowned upon thatpoliticians and commercial interests have been forcedto act. With a new technology developed by scientistsat the University of Leipzig, for instance, it is now possible to determine the sex of a chicken embryo
in the egg. The male eggs are removed and put toThe basis for developing the dual-purpose hen is other uses – for instance, as raw material for the pro- provided by three genetic strains: the first two arecessing industry. The other eggs continue through thethe New Hampshire and White Rock hens from thebreeding process. But the jubilation over the new dis- Mechthildhausen estate. This organic farm, which liesposition is by no means universal. Critics warn thatnear Wiesbaden in Hessen, possesses some of the fewthe “in ovo method”, as it is called, is a purely technicalgenetic resources independent of the internationalsolution, which certainly deals with symptoms, butmonopoly. They stem from old stock from the formerchanges nothing in the system as a whole. On theGDR’s own breeding system. These were subjected to contrary, it rather reinforces it. And, since this industri-classical breeding methods in collaboration with thealised s ystem is in no way compatible with organicUniversity of Halle, independently of the methods offarming methods, Bioland and Demeter wish towestern breeding concerns. The third in this trio ofjoin forces “to set the course for a real alternative inbreeding stocks, which are currently being crossed andpoultry breeding”.selected in the hen-houses of the EAB at Bodden Farm
PROJECT FOCUS: AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION15near Kleve, is known as “the Queen of Hens”, and isa new breed, “where the hens will be able to layconsidered by gourmets to be the height of “feathered240 eggs per year, and the roosters will be able torefinement”. This is the Bresse-Gauloise, an old Frenchreach 2.5 kilos in 15 weeks.”dual-purpose strain with a good egg-laying rate andan excellent quality of meat. “The existing stocks ofSo far it has not proved possible to bring an economi-New Hampshires, White Rocks and Bresse-Gauloisescally viable dual-purpose hen onto the organic market.are unique – in Europe and possibly in the world –with regard to their size and the length of time theyNevertheless, Günther explains that it is for her alreadyhave been used for breeding purposes” says Sebastiana matter of course – as an important transitional step –Fuchs, former head of the quality department atto raise and market the layers together with their Demeter, in the journal “Lebendige Erde”. Günther’sbrothers. Under a heading urging people to “raise intention is to cross these three old stocks to developthe male chicks rather than removing them”, she isNo matter whether male or female: at EAB all chicks are reared to adulthood
“THE EXISTING STOCKS OF NEW vigorously campaigning with the network of the BrotherHAMPSHIRES, WHITE ROCKS ANDRooster Initiative Germany, so that, just as in formerBRESSE-GAULOISES ARE UNIQUE –times, these cute little creatures can grow into proudcockerels. In a Newsletter in September 2017 sheIN EUROPE AND POSSIBLY IN THE announced, “From now on the EAB will only deliverWORLD – WITH REGARD TO THEIRmixed male and female chicks.” Ordering purely femaleSIZE AND THE LENGTH OF TIME THEYrearing of the males would be financed by their sisters’HAVE BEEN USED FOR BREEDINGchicks, she explained, would no longer be possible. Theeggs, and females would thus cost 4 cents more. Ethicalbehaviour, respect for life, appreciating the intrinsic worthPURPOSES.”of domestic animals – Inga Günther’s aim to d evelop aSebastian Fuchs, former head of the Quality Dept.at Demeterdual-purpose breed makes abundantly clear: there arealternatives to conventional poultry breeding, which arein tune with the values of today’s society. Now it is up toconsumers to demonstrate whether they are preparedto honour the ethical redefining of animal breeding.Inga GüntherDirector of Ökologische Tierzucht gGmbH (“Ecological Animal Breeding Ltd.”).An agricultural scientist, for many years she has been lobbying intensively onbehalf of the hen of the future. With the breeding of the dual-purpose hen she hasbeen arguing for a radical change in the poultry breeding system. At the same time,she sees her work as a way of ending the ethically controversial chick wastage inthis sector.
PROJECT FOCUS: HEALTH AND CARE-GIVING171MEDICINE OF THE FUTUREThe Quality Control Network for Integrative Medicine seeks to bring together and extendthe most effective forms of medical therapy currently available. Nine clinics and one careprovider have joined forces on this – among them the University Clinic of Mannheim and theRobert-Bosch-Hospital in Stuttgart.“In this area we are much more advanced in nursing“THIS NETWORK IS Acare than in medicine”, said Dr Thomas Breitkreuz,FORERUNNER”medical director of the Filder Clinic in Stuttgart, whichis also a member of the network. Particularly in the23Prof. Dr Ralf-Dieter HofheinzSouth West of Germany, a complementary approachto therapy already has a decades long tradition, whichThe demand among patients for integrative medicinepatients can benefit from.is high. Of the 150,000 doctors currently at work in4German outpatient departments, more than 60,000There is political support for this: on 30 Novemberregularly use integrative methods in their daily medical2017 the Patron and state secretary in the Ministry ofpractice. Over 40,000 have additional qualificationsSocial Affairs and Integration in Baden-Württemberg,in some area of complementary medicine or haveBärbl Mielich, presented the network’s initiators withcompleted a full curricular training.ththeir charter, on behalf of the regional government.The Quality Control Network for Integrative Medicineis the only one of its kind in the country. Besides the10Filder Clinic, the institutions involved include the Paracelsus Hospital in Unterlengenhardt, the ÖschelbronnClinic and the University Clinic of Ulm.QUALITY CONTROL NETWORK FOR INTEGRATIVETODAY INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE IS A REALITY INDAILY MEDICAL PRACTICEFor most people, natural therapies and homeopathyare not contrary ideas to conventional medicine, butan important and meaningful complement. And itgoes without saying that anthroposophical medicinehas the same attitude, for as an integrative approachit sees itself as an extension and not an alternative.1University Clinic of Mannheim2Municipal Clinic, Karlsruhe3Öschelbronn Clinic in Niefern-Öschelbronn4Paracelsus Hospital, Unterlengenhardt5The Filder Clinic in Filderstadt-Bonlanden
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