Rankings and ratings |
| Bertelsmann AG |
| World’s Most Admired Companies (Fortune Magazine, 2012): No.11 among German companies, No.5 in entertainment worldwide |
| Germany’s Fairest Companies (manager magazin, 2009): No.12 |
| Universum Top 100 – Germany’s Most Desirable Employers (2009): No.39 for business graduates, No.64 for IT graduates |
| Best European Employer Websites (Potentialpark, 2009): No.1 Europe, No.20 in Germany |
| Corporate Responsibility Rating of the media industry oekom research AG, 2011: C |
| Most Valuable European Brands (European Brand Institute, 2008): No.17 |
| Good Company Ranking (manager magazin, 2007): No.19 |
| RTL Group |
| FTSE4Good Index (since 2005) |
| Antena 3 |
| FTSE4Good Index (since 2008) |
Awards |
| Bertelsmann AG |
| Deutscher Personalwirtschaftspreis HR Award (administered by the trade magazine “Personalwirtschaft”) for the “Create Your Own Career” employer-branding campaign (2009) |
| HR Alliance Award for the “Create Your Own Career” employer-branding campaign (2009) |
| German Paralympics Media Award 2008 for RTL, N-TV and Bertelsmann AG for the coverage of the Paralympics in Beijing (2008) |
| Unternehmenspreis Gesundheit Health Award for Companies, administered by the European Commission and the BKK-Bundesverband (Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds) (2008 and 2007) |
| RTL Group |
| “Model of Excellence” at the 6th European Conference to Promote Occupational Health (2009) |
| Prix de la Santé en entreprise 2007 (Health Award for Companies) presented by the government of Luxembourg (2007) |
| Antena 3 |
| Ponle Freno, Grupo Antena 3’s traffic safety campaign, was crowned “Communication Media of the Year” (2008) by the Spanish governing body of associations for people with physical disabilities and the City of Madrid |
| Gruner + Jahr |
| Deutscher Kinderpreis (German Children’s Award) administered by the World Vision children’s relief association (2008) |
| Named “Most Family-Friendly Company in the German Communications Sector” by Werben & Verkaufen magazine (2008) |
| SportMerkur from the Hamburg Board of Trade, for efforts in company sports (2008) |
| KulturMerkur from the Hamburg Board of Trade and the Hamburg Cultural Foundation, for long-standing cultural efforts in Hamburg (2006) |
| Environmental Award from the Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für umweltbewusstes Management (B.A.U.M.; German Workgroup for Environmentally Aware Management) (1993) |
| Stern |
| Carnegie Lebensretter (Hero Fund) Award (2008) |
| Arvato |
| Global Eco-Tech Award (environmental award) at EXPO AICI Japan (2005) |
| Mohn Media |
| Named “Environmental Company of the Year” at the Druck & Medien (Print & Media) Awards (2008) |
News
‘RTL – Wir helfen Kindern’ Donates 400,000 Euro To Cleven-Stiftung’s ‘fit-4-future’ Initiative
A fifth of all children in Germany are overweight. Since 2005, Boris Becker has aimed to change this with “fit-4-future”; since 2007, “RTL – Wir helfen Kindern” has been supporting his...
‘Brockhaus Aktion Bildungspate’ Celebrates Its Second Anniversary
The “Brockhaus Aktion Bildungspate” (Brockhaus Educational Patron Campaign) celebrates its second anniversary. Since May 2010, Brockhaus has been donating several book packages per month to...
G+J Presents World Press Photo Exhibition
For the 18th time Gruner + Jahr in cooperation with “Stern” and “Geo” are presenting the German premiere of the World Press Photo exhibition, which opened last Thursday.

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