In the Awards Category “Environmental Protection” Trolli Guangzhou Confectionery Co., Ltd. was honored for their “Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) Upgrading Project.” The award was presented by Callen Fang, Deputy CEO of Legal Center for NGO. Trolli Guangzhou Confectionery has worked closely with its partner vendors to upgrade wastewater treatment processes and enhance the processing capacity by installing new, high-efficiency equipment. As a result, the company has increased its capacity of wastewater treatment from 2.25 tons COD per day to 9.5 tons COD per day and is exploring new energy-saving solutions to achieve the ultimate goal: zero waste.

In the Awards Category “Diversity & Inclusion” Bosch Automotive Products (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. was awarded for their outstanding efforts in the company’s project “Hand in Hand-Caring Children with Autism.” The award was presented by Oliver Ye Yang, Trustee at Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation. Bosch Automotive Products partnered with Sunflower; an organization dedicated to supporting children with autism. Bosch supports Sunflower by providing financial assistance, organizational skills and, training opportunities for the organization’s teachers. In the past four years, Bosch Suzhou has successfully held 235 events, involving more than 1,000 volunteers and 839 direct beneficiaries.

In the Awards Category “Sustainable Supply Chains” the jury honored BRUGGER Magnetsysteme GmbH and its “Increasing Sustainability in Magnet Supply Chains” project. The award was presented by Richard Zhang, CEO at Kern-Liebers Taicang and Board Member of the German Chamber of Commerce in China | Shanghai. BRUGGER Magnetsysteme decided to focus on the risks associated with rare earths because it was concerned about the consequences of its sourcing activities in China. In 2014, it launched a project to increase sustainability in magnet supply chains. The project team carried out initial audits and a comprehensive upstream supply-chain study and organized training sessions in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

In this year’s Special Category “Jury Selection” ALDI CHINA has been selected for its “Cooperation with Food Bank to Avoid Food Waste.” The award was presented by Rolf Koehler, Principal at Koehler & Co and the German Chamber’s Honary Member and one of the founders of the More than a Market initiative. ALDI CHINA officially launched a partnership with Green Food Bank to reduce food waste and give back to the community. The project first started in the company’s warehouse on Tmall, where ALDI CHINA sorted food items close to their expiry date and donated them to the food bank. Through Green Food Bank’s distribution network in Shanghai, these food items were distributed to families in need, closing the gap between food surplus and food shortage.

In the category “Large Enterprises (more than 5,000 employees)”, SAP Labs China was awarded for their outstanding efforts in the company’s “SAP SCHOOL 4 Autism at Work” project which aims to create more awareness on autism and opportunities for people affected.

The award of this year’s special category “Cooperation with Local Partners” was won by AICHELIN Heat Treatment Systems (Beijing) Cop., Ltd. for supporting the Little Swan School in Beijing, a school for left-behind children of migrant workers.

In the category “Medium Enterprises (500-5,000 employees)”, E.G.O. Components was selected for their “Summer Camp” for left-behind children of migrant workers, which is dedicated to reuniting rural workers and their families who are otherwise separated due to the increase of high mobile labor force

Due to this year’s high number of applications, ‘More Than a Market’ has awarded yet another organization for their outstanding performance in 2019: German School Shanghai-Hongqiao (DSS-Hongqiao) and its partner, the NGO Mifan Mama, have been selected as the winner of the category “Passion & Potential” for their “Project “‘Illumine+’ Eye Care Outreach” which is a comprehensive program for the benefit of poor children to provide measures for the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of visual impairments, including free checkups, information on how to avoid and treat problems, as well as the organization and financial support of treatment and surgery when needed.

In the category “Medium Enterprises (500-5,000 employees)”, Festo China received the award for their exemplary engagement in training and equipping Chinese participants for taking part in the world’s largest international vocational skills contest, the “WorldSkill” competition.

Acknowledging the overwhelming number of German companies engaged in social inclusion, the category “Social Inclusion” was additionally introduced. Changsha Bach’s Bakery was awarded this prize for its “Bach’s Bakery Program”, by employing, training and giving people with hearing impairments the opportunity to learn baking skills and gain financial independence by being fully integrated into a normal work environment.

In the category “Medium Enterprises (500-5,000 employees)”, Lanxess received the award for their exemplary engagement in their Water Protection Project aimed at increasing public awareness and capability of protecting water resources.

Acknowledging the overwhelming number of German companies engaged in supporting schools and pupils, an additional fifth category “School Partnerships” was introduced. The companies Bosch Automotive Products (Suzhou), Freudenberg and Wacker Chemicals (China) were jointly awarded the prize for building schools, providing funds and supplies to students and training to teachers in mainly earthquake ridden areas.

In the category “Medium Enterprises (500-10,000 employees)”, the exemplary engagement of Merck China for its School Water Project was recognized. This project started in 2012 with the goal of providing children in selected primary schools in Shanghai with safe drinking water and raising their awareness of environmental protection measures.