People Performance Development

Corporate Values Guide 2014

Our Corporate Values

Menschlichkeit  Act with social responsibility Play an active role in Knauf Build an inclusive Knauf community Treat each other with fairness and respect

 Partnership 

Take on individual responsibilities and make decisions Encourage new ideas Establish and retain mutual trust and loyalty Act as one team

 Commitment

Grow and develop our people Enjoy striving to be the best Go the “extra mile“ Encourage people to take ownership and responsibility

 Entrepreneurship 

Think and act ‘outside the box’ Drive change and innovation Be pragmatic and take calculated risks Take initiatives and be results-oriented

 

Our Corporate Values

Living according to the 4 values of Knauf and leaving your mark

I am Knauf …

I AM KNAUF

Menschlichkeit Partnership

Commitment Entre-preneurship

Four values make us unique:

Menschlichkeit• Everything we do, every decision we take,

we have the well-being of everyone in societyin mind

Partnership• We act as a team and support each other

Commitment• I am committed to my work and the results

of my work

Entrepreneurship• How we get to be successful

The uniqueness of Knauf

The value ‘Menschlichkeit’

MENSCHLICHKEIT

‘Menschlichkeit’ –Treat each other fairly and embrace diversity

Principles of ‘Menschlichkeit’

Play an active role

in Knauf

Act with social responsibility 

Build an inclusive Knauf community

Treat each other with

fairnessand

respect 

"We see our colleagues,our business partners and

our stakeholders as part of a big family where traditional principles of integrity and humanity still count. By

treating each other fairly and by embracing diversity,

together we act with social responsibility. We take care

of each other,for society and for the

environment."

The value ‘Partnership’

PARTNERSHIP

‘Partnership’ – See each other as one team

Principles of ‘Partnership’

"We work to create an environment of mutual trust.

This means that we are encouraged to take on

individual responsibility and make decisions, because we trust each others judgment. We are one team. We are

loyal. We support each other and all the members of the

Knauf community."

Encourage new ideas

Take on individual responsibilities

and make decisions

Establish and retain mutual trustand loyalty

Act as one team

The value ‘Commitment’

COMMITMENT

‘Commitment’ – Going one step further than needed

Principles of ‘Commitment’"We are committed to our

work, our colleagues and our community. Taking pride and

pleasure in what we do comes naturally to us. We always go the extra mile,

achieve sustainable results and provide our customers with high quality solutions.

Knauf offers real opportunities for personal growth and development

helping create a successful team."

Grow and develop

our people

Enjoy strivingto be the best

Go the extra mile

Encourage people to take

ownership and

responsibility

The value ‘Entrepreneurship’

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

‘Entrepreneurship’– Entrepreneurial mindset runs in the ‘family’

Principles of ‘Entrepreneurship’

"Through an entrepreneurial style and a willingness to

take risk, we have successfully grown from a

small family company into a family-owned, globally active

organisation.Our continued success is

driven by a spirit of pioneering, innovation and change combined with a

pragmatic and results oriented approach."

Drive change and innovation

Think and act"outside the box"

Be pragmatic andtake calculated risks

Take initiatives

and be results-

oriented