Uniper : becomes partner of the Düsseldorf Marathon 2020

At the beginning of the year, Düsseldorf-based energy company Uniper intensified its commitment in the state capital. On Thursday evening, Uniper's CEO Andreas Schierenbeck and Sonja Oberem, Managing Director of rhein-marathon düsseldorf GmbH, signed the cooperation agreement in the presence of Düsseldorf's Lord Mayor Thomas Geisel in the city hall. This year, Uniper will appear for the first time as premium sponsor of the largest running event in the city.

Uniper CEO Andreas Schierenbeck: 'Health promotion, company health management, personal fitness and especially an active sporting spirit are important elements of our professional life at Uniper. In recent years, well over a hundred employees who are enthusiastic about running have already taken part in the Düsseldorf Marathon over various distances. I am therefore all the more pleased that we as a company can also be involved as partners in this special running event.'

In addition to large-scale branding, Uniper is planning to equip and support the company's active runners and to provide a Uniper-run 'Family & Friends' event in the finish area. Schierenbeck: 'I, too, have already marked April 26 in my calendar and plan to run the half-marathon distance - it's time to make good on New Year's resolutions and start training'.

About Uniper's corporate citizenship
Under the project name 'Corporate Citizenship', Uniper has been bundling its corporate commitment in Düsseldorf since the beginning of the year, bringing together existing and new memberships (including Medienhafen e. V., Destination Düsseldorf) and other activities.

Uniper CEO Andreas Schierenbeck says: 'Uniper is an international company, but our home port is Düsseldorf. With almost 2,400 employees we are one of the largest companies in the city. In the future, we want to assume our responsibility as a good neighbor to a greater extent - be it at occasions such as sporting events, in the Media Harbor, or as member in associations. Our energy for Düsseldorf!'

In Düsseldorf's media harbor, what has always belonged together has grown together: since March 2019, the concentrated expertise of almost 2,400 colleagues has been in one place. But Uniper's location on Holzstraße does not only combine the administrative functions of a corporate head office. The commercial heart of the company has always beaten in the Media Harbor, and commodity trading and the control of energy generation plants and storage facilities also take place here.

Leif Erichsen is responsible for the 'Corporate Citizenship' project at Uniper and explains its rationale: 'We have a special corporate culture at Uniper - we are a dynamic energy start-up with 100 years of experience and history. In the future, we will use this culture and our enthusiasm even more strongly and in a bundled manner for the benefit of the city and the people who live here. This is our understanding of corporate citizenship.'

As a visible sign of Uniper's commitment to the state capital, Uniper-branded trams have been running in Düsseldorf's media harbor since last year. There, the energy experts are also involved in the corporate neighborhood organization Medienhafen e.V. Uniper is also a partner in the Düsseldorf IN event series and the Ständehaustreff and is an active member of Destination Düsseldorf.