Accident frequency rate, worldwide. 10 0 9,956 7,857 10,273 2023 2024 2025 5 Occupational accidents with an absence of at least one day. 1) 100 0 116 130 2023 2024 2025 150 50 Accident frequency rate, worldwide. 6 0 5.1 5.7 2023 2024 2025 3 1) Due to changes in the calculation methodology, there are deviations in the previous year’s values. 105 4.7 Occupational Safety and Comprehensive Health Promotion Ensuring the health and safety of our employees is a top priority for us. Occupational health and safety are integral parts of our corporate philosophy. We use a wide range of measures to promote safety awareness and health literacy among our employees. Embracing prevention Preventing accidents is a major concern of occupational health and safety (OHS) at Festo. To achieve this, we rely on a safety culture that is based on company guidelines and the relevant legal requirements. The occupational health and safety department cooperates closely with all Group divisions at all Festo locations to promote these guidelines. It draws on our global occupational health and safety network, which we use to encourage promote the exchange of knowledge. OHM management system We control our OHS processes at all Festo locations with a global occupational health and safety management system based on ISO 45001. Key measures from 2025 In the reporting year, we completed our OHS process map and rolled it out globally, thereby increasing the transparency of our processes. It helps us to identify and target additional potential for improvement. At the same time, we were able to complete the implementation of key performance indicators (KPIs) for monitoring the global occupational health and safety system, and integrate the KPIs into our dashboards. We also expanded our global occupational health and safety network. That forms the basis for the continuous development of our management system and is a platform for sharing best practices. Furthermore, we launched a global training concept to raise awareness of OHS at all locations and to integrate the topic in the organization more fully. Several global and local occupational safety audits were also carried out. The results were used to identify critical areas and carry out specific improvements. We assessed our progress using an internal maturity model based on ISO 45001. As a result, we realized that we have continuously improved in our pursuit of OHS excellence and have complied with all binding obligations. Prevention based on risk assessments In order to effectively prevent injuries and other health risks, we carry out risk assessments for all our workplaces. In the reporting year, we extended this to the planning of our future workplaces. Since then, we have added risk assessments to all planning processes at Festo. This helps us to prevent risks and stress from occurring in day-to-day work in the first place, it makes our managers and employees more aware of the issue at an early stage, and it avoids additional costs for any adjustments that may be needed. Raising awareness It is important that employees at our locations worldwide are familiar with the Festo OHS standards. That is why we once again implemented many local measures in the reporting year: – Festo sites in Saarland organized action days and created educational videos to raise awareness of near misses and unsafe situations. During these action days, employees were confronted with different situations at various themed stations and made aware of the importance of occupational health and safety in a fun way. – In Bulgaria, ergonomic measures were adopted to optimize manual lifting tasks and prevent muscu- loskeletal disorders. We used a presentation wall to raise awareness of the topic of occupational health and safety. That was also used for seasonal tips and best practice examples to promote safety. – Our locations in China, India, and Brazil once again organized national safety weeks complete with training courses and campaigns. Highly recommended We once more called on our employees to take part in our tried-and-tested global “CIP World Cup.” During this event, locations around the world presented best-practice solutions on topics such as occupational safety and ergonomics. This reaffirmed that improvements and productivity increases can be achieved in a simple and cost-effective way. The abbreviation CIP stands for continuous improvement process (CIP). This is firmly embedded in the corporate culture at Festo and plays a key role in promoting innovation in everyday working life. 2. Social Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2025 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2025 40 41
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