Sometimes even a global player can be a family business: In their work over the last 13 years, everything has revolved around engines, exhaust emissions, and vehicle safety for Jürgen Adelfinger and his brother Stefan, who is one year younger. Why TÜV SÜD? “The company has the highest quality standards in the industry – that persuaded both of us.”

As a rule, a safety check must be performed once annually on the ski lifts of Bavaria’s Sudelfeld, about an hour’s drive south of Munich. TÜV SÜD has been responsible for the inspections since the early 1950s. A traditional partnership – for safe skiing fun in Germany’s largest ski region.

In sports they are opponents: Santiago Cabanas is an avid fan of the FC Real Madrid soccer team, and for Miguel Garcia-Escudero, nothing trumps local rival Atlético. Cheer for your colleague’s favorite club? No way. Professionally, however, both play on the same team: They share responsibility for TÜV SÜD’s finances in Spain.

The brightest minds for intelligent systems: For complex projects such as the development of automated test methods for self-learning systems, TÜV SÜD needs a lot of software. In Singapore, the best experts are working together to make this happen. The diverse team in Southeast Asia demonstrates: the digital and the global are closely intertwined.

Learning from others, sharing success stories, discussing relevant issues, and providing mutual support to each other: The “Women International Network at TÜV SÜD” was launched in June 2017. In the meantime, more than 600 women from all over the world have joined the network. They’ve shown great individual initiative and created a strong basis for more gender equality.

The JOBLINGE initiative offers new perspectives to young people who are finding it difficult to obtain a job or training position. TÜV SÜD employees are a central building block in this process. On a voluntary basis, they act as mentors to help young people find jobs and provide advice and assistance. Alexandra Hanner says it’s worth the effort: “When my mentee was accepted for a training position, I was elated.”

HORIZONTE is the name of the TÜV SÜD AG’s international exchange program, which brings together the children of employees. For two weeks, 60 young people from Germany, America, and Asia each visit a host family comprising colleagues from other countries, getting to know foreign cultures and ways of life on this basis. It’s an initiative that transcends borders and supports the diversity of TÜV SÜD.