BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwired - Feb. 10, 2014) - Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation supported the charitable food bank project Berliner Tafel on February 7 as 40 employees volunteered to gather fruit and vegetables at Berlin's largest exhibition centre. Employees from the Bombardier head office in Berlin and from Hennigsdorf, Brandenburg, the largest Bombardier site in Europe, participated in the project for the fourth year in a row. Volunteering projects demonstrate the societal engagement of Bombardier employees. Volunteers with 16 different nationalities, most of them based at the head office in Berlin, demonstrated their commitment for Berlin and Berliners in need.
Under its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, Bombardier Transportation focuses its community activities worldwide on projects related to education, environment and entrepreneurship. The Berliner Tafel project focuses on the environmental responsibility of redistributing food to people in need instead of wasting surplus food.
The Bombardier volunteers helped the Berliner Tafel to collect 100 tonnes of food from all exhibition halls in a matter of hours. The project then distributes the food to collection points and to people in need across Berlin.
Michael Clausecker, Chairman of the Management Board, Bombardier Transportation Germany, said: "The commitment of our employees to the Berliner Tafel project is founded on our company's global approach to give something back to the communities in which we operate. In Berlin we serve as role models for the entire organization and the German capital benefits twofold from our biggest asset - the passion of our employees and their cultural diversity, which is a prerequisite for the successful execution of our projects worldwide."
About Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology, offers the broadest portfolio in the rail industry and delivers innovative products and services that set new standards in sustainable mobility. BOMBARDIER ECO4 technologies - built on the four cornerstones of energy, efficiency, economy and ecology - conserve energy, protect the environment and help to improve total train performance for operators and passengers. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has a very diverse customer base with products or services in more than 60 countries. It has an installed base of over 100,000 vehicles worldwide.
About Bombardier
Bombardier is the world's only manufacturer of both planes and trains. Looking far ahead while delivering today, Bombardier is evolving mobility worldwide by answering the call for more efficient, sustainable and enjoyable transportation everywhere. Our vehicles, services and, most of all, our employees are what make us a global leader in transportation.
Bombardier is headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Our shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD) and we are listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indexes. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, we posted revenues of $16.8 billion. News and information are available at bombardier.com or follow us on Twitter @Bombardier.
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