Ottobock’s Valuable 500 Commitment:
For more than 100 years, inclusion has been at the heart of Ottobock’s work. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of our patients and users, and to enable them to live independent daily lives. This includes aspects such as integration and participation in society and the working environment, equal opportunities and equality, and respectful collaboration.
To achieve this aim, we will place a greater focus on people with disabilities during the recruiting process and improve accessibility. Based on results of an internal survey we are currently establishing an international Inclusion Council consisting of employees from several Ottobock sites.
The council will initiate a global inclusion network, develop and implement further measures, monitor progress as well as foster external exchange with our suppliers, customers, other companies, institutions and organisations in civil society. For example, a first project in Germany was the ratification of an inclusion agreement with first concrete measures such as the adaption of Ottobock´s job advertisements to attract more applicants with a handicap.
As a partner of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), we have also actively supported Paralympic sports for more than three decades. Ottobock offers athletes a free maintenance and repair services at the Paralympic Games and other Para sport events and will continue this engagement until the Paralympics in Brisbane 2032. We are proud to be able to empower many athletes with handicap and are committed to ensuring that they can fully focus on their competitions.
