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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
LOCATION-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS // EMPLOYEES
MANAGEMENT REPORT
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The Oak Forest research project was launched back in 2008. As
well as the first trial site close to Ingolstadt, the project has now
planted around 95,000 trees on various sites in the vicinity of
the Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm, Győr (Hungary), Brussels (Belgium)
and Sant’Agata Bolognese (Italy) locations. The Audi Stiftung
für Umwelt GmbH has taken charge of providing long-term
research support for this project. Led by the Chair for Forest
Growth and Yield at the Technical University of Munich and in
conjunction with additional project partners, the research
project seeks among other things to investigate the interaction
between stand density on the one hand, and the potential for
capturing CO2 and for biodiversity on the other.
/ EMISSIONS TRADING
In introducing the trading of CO2 emissions rights in 2005, the
European Union took on a leading role in matters of climate
protection. The third trading period, which now includes the
Győr (Hungary) production location in addition to the Ingolstadt,
Neckarsulm and Brussels (Belgium) locations, started in 2013.
This period will run for a total of eight years, ending in 2020.
To minimize the risk of a shortfall in cover and the potential
costs that the Audi Group could consequently incur, instead of
selling certificates that were not needed in the past trading
period it has carried them forward to the third trading period.
EMPLOYEES
/ WORKFORCE
Average for the year 2013 2012
Domestic companies 50,891 48,970
of which AUDI AG 49,239 47,121
Ingolstadt plant 35,097 33,311
Neckarsulm plant 14,142 13,810
Foreign companies 18,185 15,656
of which AUDI BRUSSELS S.A./N.V. 2,547 2,501
of which AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. 9,683 8,340
of which Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. 966 925
of which VOLKSWAGEN GROUP ITALIA S.P.A. 884 911
of which Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.
1)
1,033 483
Employees 69,076 64,626
Apprentices 2,363 2,283
Employees of Audi Group companies 71,439 66,909
Staff employed from other Volkswagen Group companies
not belonging to the Audi Group 342 322
Workforce of the Audi Group 71,781 67,231
1) As of December 31, 2012, Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., Bologna (Italy), had a total of 958 employees (excluding apprentices).
The Audi Group employed an average total of 71,781 (67,231)
people in the 2013 fiscal year. At the end of the year, the work-
force reached a level of 73,751 (68,804) employees.
The increase in the workforce was prompted mainly by the
recruitment of new employees at AUDI AG and the expansion
of the plant at AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft., Győr (Hungary).