For WACKER, health care also means preventive care. This integrated approach starts with safety in the workplace, continues with targeted improvement in the health state of every employee and ends with the early identification of possible addictions in employees. Based on the motto of a "healthy company," WACKER developed an integrated company health management system in recent years which is certified to OHRIS and ISO 14001. To this end, our Health Services devised and implemented guidelines, standards, indicators, and reporting and auditing systems aimed at continually improving occupational health protection. Regular campaigns are organized to promote sports and exercise among employees, provide guidance on healthy diets and giving up smoking, and draw attention to the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption, smoking and drug abuse. Additionally, we hold training courses for our managers on how to identify addiction problems in employees and how best to help them.

The "Health Days" held at the WACKER sites are now a permanent component of health protection within the company. To an extent depending on the local facilities of the sites, the employees can choose from a broad range of activities that suit their personal preferences and requirements: courses in building up the back muscles, how to lift and carry things properly, stretching, fitness training, gymnastics and Chigong, as well as running events and Nordic walking. As part of our workplace health promotion program, WACKER also offers its staff regular check-ups where they can have their blood-pressure, weight, glucose and cholesterol levels measured.