Society: Taking Responsibility
The Klett Group and the non-profit foundation Klett Stiftung are dedicated to taking responsibility and offering perspectives as an active part of civil society.
By leveraging their expertise in related issues, they support numerous projects and initiatives that promote education, culture, and science both in Germany and around the world. Klett's efforts in this regard are founded on the conviction that these three areas play an essential role in opening up new perspectives for individuals and society at large.
The Klett Group and its employees are committed to ensuring that education succeeds.
A total of 50 companies have united under the motto “Made in Germany – Made by Diversity” to advocate for greater tolerance and a more cosmopolitan mindset. Klett is taking part in this initiative. More: www.klett-gruppe.de/en/newsroom/detailview/news/made-in-germany-made-by-diversity-an-initiative-of-german-family-run-businesses/
Collaboration with Stuttgart State Opera: The Klett Group has provided financial assistance to the Junge Oper im Nord, or JOiN, since 2019. JOiN which is responsible for the Stuttgart State Opera’s performances and projects for a younger audience. Photo: “The Impresario”, based on Mozart’s Singspiel, for children aged 6 and over / Christoph Kalscheuer.
In the “Sprache lernen im Museum” project, Klett is cooperating with the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart to offer language-focused tours for integration classes and refugees. Photo: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
In working together closely for a number of years, the Klett Group and the International Bach Academy Stuttgart have established a relationship steeped in trust. Along with organising the Musikfest Stuttgart festival, concerts, and its Bachwochen weeks, the academy seeks to promote young musicians and cultivate interest in music. Photo: Bachakademie / Holger Schneider
The Klett Group contributes to the Stuttgart reading initiative Leseohren e.V. based on the belief that being read to is the first step towards developing a personal interest in reading. With the help of local citizens, this project aims to motivate children to read as a means of promoting their overall language skills. Photo: Robert Thiele
For 25 years and counting, the Klett Group has supported the association Bundesverband Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung e.V. in its efforts to promote literacy in Germany. Literacy is an issue that Klett is truly passionate about, and one that continues to require significant action. Photo: Bundesverband Alphabetisierung e.V.
In December 2015, the Klett Group committed to a long-term sponsorship in which it has been supporting the residents and volunteers at a Stuttgart refugee shelter. To mark the beginning of this engagement, the group donated over 100 dictionaries to the local refugee aid association Freundeskreis Flüchtlinge Stuttgart-Süd. Photo: Freundeskreis Flüchtlinge Stuttgart-Süd, Böblinger Straße, Stuttgart
In its efforts on behalf of refugees, the Klett Group also plays an active role in fostering their integration in Germany as part of the Wir zusammen network Wir zusammen network. Photo: Wir zusammen
At the 25th Stuttgart-Lauf run in 2018, Klett Group employees joined refugees from a Stuttgart running group to raise donations of up to €1,000 for Future 4 Kids e.V. This association is now using the funds to finance projects designed to aid the integration of refugee children. Photo: Heiner Wittmann, Ernst Klett AG
As part of a related cooperation, Klett hosted the Stuttgart theatre LOKSTOFF! at its open-air premises in the city, where it performed the play „Pass.Worte. Wie Belal nach Deutschland kam“ for Klett Group employees and around 200 school students. The play features seven young refugees who tell Belal's story as a means of relating their own experience in fleeing desperate situations. The Klett event marked the first time that Pass.Worte. had ever been performed at a company. Photo: LOKSTOFF! Theater im öffentlichen Raum e.V.
Since March 2016, the Klett Group has been offering refugees the chance to undergo training, enter placements, and work part-time at its companies in Stuttgart. Photo: Klaus Mellenthin
The incomparable joy of making music: To enable talented young musicians at the highest level of instruction to develop their skills without any concerns, the Klett Group supports the Landesjugendorchester Baden-Württemberg as one of the orchestra's partners. Photo: Kai Knoerzer
In response to the refugee migration taking place around the world, Klett is aiding those who have come to Germany in learning the local language and integrating into society. Through its activities on behalf of refugees, the Klett Group has also joined the “Wir zusammen” initiative (www.wir-zusammen.de), which involves working with other companies to contribute to the general integration effort in Germany.
The Klett Group has provided financial assistance to the Junge Oper im Nord, or JOiN, since 2019. JOiN is not only responsible for the Stuttgart State Opera’s performances and projects for a younger audience, but it also sees itself as a mediator between performers and audiences, between grand opera and youth opera, between professionals and amateurs, between watching and participating, and between diverse art forms, disciplines and genres.
The Klett Group is also part of “Made in Germany – Made by Diversity”, an initiative by 50 family-run German businesses who, in 2019, jointly advocated greater tolerance and a more cosmopolitan mindset. By participating, we take a stand against xenophobia and call for a more tolerant, open-minded society.