Ten winning teams were honoured on the tenth anniversary of the sustainability competition for junior employees. In their projects, the young REWE Group employees were involved in waste reduction, daycare centre children and refugees, and built feeding houses, insect hotels and a pergola for the monkey house. one briefly presents the winning projects.
- Jan Ohlfest
- Sebastian Tix
- Jonah Braun
- Jesko Lübsen
REWE Region North
The project
- Reducing the amount of waste at one warehouse location: replacing the disposable cups in the industrial coffee machines with reusable cups (future savings of up to 400,000 disposable cups per year)
- Improving the employee break experience by using freshly ground coffee beans instead of instant coffee.
- Yusuf Sen
- Lilly Bieneck
- Nektarios Syntzanakis
- Eren Dogan
REWE Centre Region
The project
Financing the construction of a well in Cameroon to provide people there with clean drinking water by organising several fundraising campaigns for customers and employees.
A total of 3,500 euros was raised, of which 2,500 euros went to the well project and 1,000 euros to the children's cancer charity in Mainz.
- Leonie Herrmann
- Kebrab Tesfalem
- Jennifer Kremer
- Burak Lichtenberg
- Lian Paul
REWE Group Centre
The project
Reproduction of the stations served by the "REWE supermarket train" in the form of individual food stalls in front of the REWE supermarket in Wiesbaden-Erbenheim. In this "train", the project team communicated interesting facts about fair trade products, regional suppliers and REWE brands
This resulted in a profit of over 700 euros, which was donated to a children's hospice in Wiesbaden.
- Paulina Ewa Czarnecka
- Fatih-Mehmet Marti
Glockenbrot
The project
Production and sale of 25 sustainable carrier bags made from production waste
Donation of the proceeds of 250 euros to the WWF World Wide Fund
The aim of the team is to continue the production and sale of bags and donate the proceeds generated
- Patrick Vollweider
- Florian Wawer
- Justin Esche
- Josephine Koebel
- Kim Röhl
Toom Baumarkt DIY store
The project
Creating a retreat for animals with people with disabilities: building an insect hotel, a herb snail and bird feeders together with people with disabilities on a fallow plot of land
Use of sustainable materials, e.g. waste wood
The REWE Group Star is a company-wide team competition for trainees and junior employees of the REWE Group. One of the aims of the competition is to strengthen sustainability awareness among young colleagues and to encourage and support them in their development.
It is important that they independently carry out an action or project that is characterised by a positive contribution to people, animals or the environment and does not pursue any economic goals. The commitment of the participants is voluntary and the teams can take advantage of start-up funding of 200 euros.
The assessment criteria include that the submitted project has created added value for people and/or the environment, how much and how independently the participants have committed themselves to the project realisation, how creative the project was and how much attention it was able to attract within and outside the company.
The prizes are usually travel vouchers from DER Travel and Tourism.
The team
- Aaron Krone
- Dave Bulemi
- Mark Siebenmorgen
REWE Region Centre
The project
In cooperation with the city of Neu-Isenburg: Supporting Ukrainian refugees in their job search. The goals are a regular working day and social connection.
Inviting the refugees to the store: introducing the team and giving them a tour of the store
Recruitment and induction of a new employee at the store
- Leon Heyer
- Mariia Rausch
- Lea-Marie Gallus
- Christian Geier
Toom Baumarkt DIY store
The project
The aim was to create a health-promoting leisure area in a day-care centre:
- Creation of a sustainable barefoot path as well as the restoration of the "Amselexpress" mentioned a playground equipment
- Organising a flea market to improve the budget, which raised a further 200 euros
- Moritz Walther
- Eric Linder
- Svenja Liebold
Toom Baumarkt DIY store
The project
The team built eleven bird feeders from wood waste from the Toom Baumarkt DIY store and painted them artistically. The feeders were donated to kindergartens and various social and care facilities.
- Sophie Rose
- Maren Piel
- Simon Batschkuhn
- Benedikt Steinbacher
- Julia Brose
rEWE German Supermarket
The project
The team replaced plastic product dividers with sustainable wooden dividers in a REWE store in Cologne.
The dividers were made in an inclusive workshop where people with mental illnesses receive vocational training and integration.
The dividers were painted with Cologne colours, symbols and slogans by children from an inclusive kindergarten.
- Lukas Frank
- Fabian Werner
- Kevin Poser
- Richard Bach
- Pierre Oettel
Toom Baumarkt DIY store
The project
The team restored the pergola of the monkey building at Hof Zoo, using existing materials.
launched in 2013, the REWE Group Star was awarded for the tenth time this year. For this reason, there were not just five, but ten winning teams who were honoured at an awards ceremony where they presented their projects.
In total, there have been
189 projects submitted
62 winning teams
855 participants
The topics of the submitted projects were diverse, ranging from species conservation to water supply in cut-off locations. There were projects on climate and environmental protection, animal welfare, inclusion and more sport and exercise for children. Some projects supported social or nature conservation organisations, while others focused on sustainable business practices and upcycling. The commitment ranged from local for the local daycare centre to global for well construction in African villages.
