Sustainability Organisation and Dialogue

A Sustainability Council headed by the Chairwoman of the Executive Board takes responsiblility for the sustainability strategy. The Council comprises of managers from within the Group as well as Prof. Schaltegger from the Leuphana University in Lüneburg. This body provides a forum for discussing and approving sustainability issues and measures across the Group, as well as for regularly evaluating and updating the existing stakeholder structure. At Group level, the sustainability team reports directly to the Chairwoman of the Executive Board.

HHLA engages in regular dialogue with its stakeholders, including customers (e.g. shipping companies), customers’ customers (e.g. forwarders), employees, suppliers, potential and existing shareholders and investors, associations and institutions, research institutes, political decision makers, NGOs, local residents close to the terminals and interested members of the public. The Annual Report is an established medium that supplements this regular dialogue and takes the stakeholder groups’ interests into account. see Materiality Analysis