Comprehensive health promotion Alongside the avoidance of accidents and health hazards in the workplace, we want to actively promote the health of our employees. Our drive to achieve this has involved developing our program of occupational health promotion in 2024 and bundling it under the “Stay.Well” umbrella. This comprises a well-established program of courses for fitness and relaxation, as well as numerous analog and digital health offerings. These include nutrition workshops, check-ups, and online talks about health topics. More than 4,500 employees participated in measures initiated by occupational health promotion. Focus week mental health Health is also a question of awareness. In 2024, we held another focus week on mental health to provide a tangible representation of this aspect. It complemented the annual courses on stress management and mindfulness. 1,500 employees took part in the focus week. They listened to keynote speeches, took part in digital initiatives, and visited exhibition stands to gather insights on topics like resilience, mindfulness, and mental strength. Stay healthy through running As in previous years, we once again invited our employees to take part in a fun run together in 2024. A lot of employees from Saarland and the region around Esslingen took part in the challenge. A complementary program was offered with running training, individual performance assessments, and gait analyses. Health affects everybody The measures in our occupational health promotion are designed for all age classes. In April 2024, a health day was held specifically for apprentices. Around 30 apprentices in their second training year participated in interactive information events and exercises focused on the topics of “Health Nutrition” and “Healthy Spine and Neck”. Since our apprentices work in various departments and areas, we also prepared them for a role as multipliers in communicating information on these topics to colleagues. In addition, we provided our trainers with the skills to promote physical and mental health as part of our train-the-trainer courses. International health promotion In an all-time first, our program of occupational health promotion went beyond national borders in 2024. We launched a total of six activity initiatives to promote health as part of the global Learning Week. The centerpiece focused on physical and mental stress relief and relaxation. The series of initiatives reached more than 700 people. Making accidents transparent and systematically avoiding them Festo strives to reduce accidents to a minimum. Accident statistics are therefore continually monitored and the causes are carefully evaluated. All our locations must report accidents and near misses to their local occupational safety department. This unit investigates incidents in cooperation with the individuals involved and their superiors. The accident statistics are forwarded to senior management. Key control indicators for occupational safety worldwide Our accident statistics include all occupational accidents that involve at least one lost working day (Lost Time Incident – LTI). Gender-specific differences are not documented. We also record the accident frequency rate, known as the Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR). This is one of our key occupational safety indicators. The LTIR provides information about the number of occupational accidents with at least one lost working day per million working hours. In 2024, we recorded all the accidents in Germany for this purpose and accidents at all international production and logistics locations (indirect and direct areas). Fewer serious accidents Most accidents only exerted minimal impacts. There were no serious or fatal accidents. The main causes of occupational accidents were injuries resulting from cuts and accidents due to falls, tripping, or slipping. In 2024, we included all the plants in our reporting system. We retrospectively adjusted figures from previous years to facilitate comparability. The evaluation for 2024 revealed that we were unable to succeed in reducing the absolute number of occupational accidents and the LTIR, although there were fewer lost working days than in previous years. This demonstrates that we succeeded in mitigating the severity of accidents. We believe that one of the reasons for this positive change was continuous improvement in occupational safety processes and the proactive integration of all employees. The objective for 2025 is to further reduce the number of accidents. Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2024 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2024 2. Social 46 47
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