Progress of the implementation

The Supervisory Board’s current composition fulfils the targets set out above. The Super­visory Board is composed of people with different career paths, a wide range of experience and varying expertise, including members with considerable international experience. The target quota of 30 % for female Supervisory Board members has been met. Only Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Grube exceeded the age limit at the last election. No member has served for more than twelve years on the Supervisory Board. Most members comply with the limits on mandates. According to the Supervisory Board, all shareholder representatives are independent of the company and the Executive Board, although the Supervisory Board would like to mention as a precaution that HHLA maintains significant business relations with Hamburg Port Authority AöR, which, as an institution under public law, is regulated by the Hamburg Ministry of Finance and the Hamburg Ministry for Economics and Innovation, where the Supervisory Board members Dr. Sibylle Roggencamp and Andreas Rieckhof also hold posts. Furthermore, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Prof. Dr.  Rüdiger Grube, the Chairman of the Audit Committee, Dr. Norbert Kloppenburg, and Prof. Dr. Burkhard Schwenker are also independent of the controlling shareholder.

Significant sustainability matters within the HHLA Group include avoiding or reducing CO₂ emissions, providing good and safe working conditions and ensuring compliance. Various Supervisory Board members possess corresponding skills, which were further enhanced by means of sustainability training in the reporting period.

The skills of individual Supervisory Board members are presented in the following qualifications matrix.