DGAP-News: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Sustainability GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: GEA receives an award for climate-protection reporting 17.11.2015 / 11:20 --------------------------------------------------------------------- GEA receives an award for climate-protection reporting Düsseldorf, November 17, 2015 - GEA regards responsible dealing with the environment, business, and society as the basis for long-term corporate success. The CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) has now presented GEA an award for its reporting on measures in the area of climate protection: "Best Improver Germany 2015." The CDP is an independent, non-profit organization that, on behalf of investors, collects environmental data - such as corporate CO2 emission, water consumption, and climate strategy - and publishes them in a register. Throughout the world, more than 800 institutional investors and around 3,000 companies participate in these efforts. Since 2007 GEA has voluntarily reported to the CDP. This distinction, awarded to GEA in November of 2015 on the occasion of the "Climate Leadership Award Ceremony & Conference" in Bonn, especially acknowledges the appreciable improvement of GEA in CDP ranking. This event was attended by representatives of leading companies listed on stock exchanges from the region consisting of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. "As an internationally active technological business, we bear special responsibility for our environment. For this reason, we are indeed pleased that we were able to globally improve our climate-relevant data over the past years, and that we have accordingly received recognition by the CDP for this improvement", commented Jürg Oleas, CEO of GEA, on the positive results attained by GEA. "At the same time, however, we consider systematic identification and further optimization of energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions to be much more important than this distinction." About GEA GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food processing industry and a wide range of process industries that generated consolidated revenues of approximately EUR 4.5 billion in 2014. As an international technology group, the Company focuses on process technology and components for sophisticated production processes in various end-user markets. The Group generates more than 70 percent of its revenue in the food sector that enjoys long-term sustainable growth. As of September 30, 2015, the Company employed around 18,000 people worldwide. GEA is a market and technology leader in its business areas. The Company is listed in Germany's MDAX (G1A, WKN 660 200). In addition, GEA's share is a constituent of the MSCI Global Sustainability Indexes. Further information is available on the Internet at www.gea.com. If you do not want to receive any further information from GEA, please send an email to [email protected]. Contact: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Phone +49 (0)211 9136 1492 Fax +49 (0)211 9136 31087 www.gea.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.11.2015 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft Peter-Müller-Straße 12 40468 Düsseldorf Germany Phone: +49 (0)211 9136-0 Fax: +49 (0)211 9136-31087 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.gea.com ISIN: DE0006602006 WKN: 660200 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg, Munich; Regulated Unofficial Market in Hanover, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 413733 17.11.2015