Merz Lifecare

“Make Good Things Happen!”   This was the theme of our first ever Merz Lifecare #CorporateVolunteeringDay. On this day, employees from all our locations had the opportunity to actively participate in various projects with several non-profit organizations (NPOs).    How did it go? Words can’t express how awesome it was! We worked in gardens and helped with planting, tilled the soil, beautified a daycare, built shelters, took pictures of seniors, assisted at food banks, and the list goes on! What did we gain from it? So, so much! ✅ The results speak for themselves: paintings, fences, signs, sorted crates of produce, and more. ✅ Shifts in perspective: We broadened our horizons by stepping outside ourselves and our usual routines.  ✅ New skills: For instance, we mastered the art of building a terrace shelter. ✅ Embracing the great outdoors: Venturing beyond the office walls and heading out into nature was revitalizing! ✅ Team spirit: Strengthening bonds with colleagues in new and different ways. ✅ Office ideas: “Perhaps we could cultivate a community vegetable garden in our courtyard?!” ✅ Sore muscles: Feeling the physical effects of our dedicated efforts! 🧡 And the best part? The warmth and gratitude we received from everyone we helped!   We also received fantastic feedback from the NPOs! They praised us as exceptional volunteers who jumped right in with cheerfulness, dedication, and motivation – which is exactly how we embody Merz Lifecare’s spirit! ;-)   So, to everyone who took part (despite the hot weather), a HUGE THANK YOU!! You made good things happen 🧡   We’d also like to express our deep gratitude to our partner vostel volunteering UG, whose expertise and dedication to the cause shone brightly in the fantastic job they did organizing this Corporate Volunteering Day with and for us. And, of course, a massive shout out to all of the NPOs that made this day possible. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts, and we can’t wait to do it again!   👉 For more information about our social initiatives, check out the Merz Lifecare Sustainability Report: https://lnkd.in/e4Jg_wEQ     #MerzLifecare #HealthyLifeandLiving #CorporateVolunteering #MakeGoodThingsHappen

Last Tuesday was Diversity Day!   Together with many other companies, we at Merz Lifecare used the day to show the flag for diversity. Once more, we welcomed our diversity-guru Anna Engers to give an inspiring keynote on the topics of communication, gender and appreciation. A great impulse to reflect once more how important these topics are in our everyday company life and in our collaboration with each other… and how we all can still do a better job in it. Because living diversity, means respecting the individual.   When was the last time you’ve been giving a colleague a compliment? Telling them how important they are for the success and well-being of the company and the team? And what precisely in their behavior makes them so important? Anna encouraged us to do so by writing down compliments on post-its and sticking them on each other's backs. A small but thoughtful compliment can do so much! Both for the person receiving it and for the person giving it. A very recommendable exercise!   #DDT24 #Communication #DistributeMoreCompliments #Appreciation #MerzLifecare #Diversity 

#Women in #leadership positions: What structures in companies can support women's careers? Why is part-time work sometimes an obstacle to a career? In which way can women enrich leadership teams? Do we need quotas? What role can our own self-conception play? What’s about women at Merz Lifecare? Our CEO Xenia Barth answers these and many other interesting questions in an interview with Kienbaum in a “Top Leaders in Portrait” series. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gd6HkQsn #FrauenInFührung #WomenLeadership #Vereinbarkeit #GenderEquality #Selbstverständnis #Selfconception #MerzLifecare  

#EarthDay 🌎 What are we doing to protect the Earth, especially from plastic?    At Merz Lifecare, we take responsibility protecting the earth and act thereby in line with our purpose, “Empowering Healthy Life and Living.” Because people’s health is fundamentally connected to the health of the planet.    The theme of this year’s Earth Day is “Planet vs. Plastics,” demanding a 60% reduction in the production of all plastics by 2040.    We also use plastic for our product packaging. Avoiding or reducing this isn’t as simple as we’d like it to be, but we’re working intensively on it!    ✅ Reduce: For instance, in FY22/23, we saved 6 tons of plastic by eliminating plastic capsules in bath products.  ✅ Replace: At present, 41% of our plastic packaging consists of recycled materials. Our goal by 2030: 70%.  ✅ Recycle: As of now, about 1/3 of our plastic packaging is recyclable. Our goal by 2030: 90%.    But that’s not all! We’re also implementing measures within our company:    💦 Glass, not plastic: We use refillable glass bottles in house for both our team and our guests.  🌿 Cleanup campaigns: Once a year, our team volunteer to collect litter near our location in Frankfurt.  📚 Education: We provide our team with information and expertise on sustainability through ESG training sessions and the AWorld App.    Together, let’s work towards reducing plastic on our planet!   For more information:    👉 Merz Lifecare Sustainability Report: https://lnkd.in/eg9CjsZS 👉 Earth Day: https://lnkd.in/e7ZAFJUZ #EarthDay #MerzLifecare #HealthyLifeAndLiving #Sustainability #Nachhaltigkeit

Feeling good! Online?  Yes! With our brand new Merz Lifecare website!    Our new website offers interesting company information while embodying our Merz Lifecare claim “The Science of Feeling Good.”   ➡️ What does the claim mean? It sums up what makes our company stand out. Backed by research and an eye for what’s next, Merz Lifecare develops products that support health and well-being and thus make consumers feel good.   ➡️ How does the concept of “Feeling Good” come across on our new website? The design is vibrant, engaging, and visually appealing. The content is succinct, transparent, and on point. It provides a comprehensive overview of our company, its purpose, mission, values, and brands. It also emphasizes the "How We Work" section, specifically targeting potential applicants.   "The website summarizes us as Merz Lifecare very aptly with its design and content: What we are, what sets us apart and what we stand for. The website is therefore a further and very successful step in taking our Merz Lifecare corporate identity, which we launched in May 2023, out into the world", explains Xenia Barth, CEO of Merz Consumer Care GmbH. Special thanks go to platēa communications GmbH for their great execution! The website provides an authentic portrayal of what it's like to work at Merz Lifecare, including genuine photos and unscripted interview videos. We love it!   Interested?   👉 Check out the new website at www.merz-lifecare.com 👉 Access the press release here: https://lnkd.in/eMd28mTf #MerzLifecare #TheScienceOfFeelingGood #HealthyLifeAndLiving

Obviously, all Hessians love Äppelwoi, women can't parallel park, and men aren't able to multitask. Or are they? Since signing the Charta der Vielfalt e.V. der Vielfalt, our Merz Lifecare #DiversityTeam has come up with several initiatives aimed at enhancing awareness of an inclusive work culture among all employees. Our primary focus has been on addressing #UnconsciousBias, as it directly supports our Merz Lifecare Diversity & Inclusion Purpose: "We believe that each individual employee, with their unique qualities, contributes to a healthy workplace environment, fostering an openness and appreciation for diverse ideas and innovations." ✅ Anna Engers highlighted the importance of keeping mental "boxes" open to create impartiality and trust during a Key-Note Speech in January 2024. ✅ Additionally, various interactive training sessions on "Unconscious Bias" have been conducted by Yvonne Hägle over the past four months. ✅ The team also offered activities throughout the year, e.g. for the "International Day of Tolerance” or an digital D&I advent calendar. Many thanks to Yvonne Hägle Hägele and Anna Engers for their valuable contributions and inspiration. 👉 As you can see in the video, the next diversity initiatives are already being prepared. We’re looking forward to them! #MerzLifecare #Diversity #Vielfalt #UnconsiousBias #HealtyLifeAndLiving

Going Once, Going TWICE!    Today we're excited to announce that we're already releasing our second Sustainability Report according to the German Sustainability Code (DNK). This shows that:  ➡️ our commitment to sustainability is enduring, ➡️ we stick to our goals despite challenges, and ➡️ the road to a more sustainable company is long and winding.   The report also showcases that we've already managed to achieve quite a bit! For example, in this reporting year we: ✅ Defined Scope 1 and 2 reduction goals, including reduction measures ✅ Secured 41% recycled content in our product packaging (on average) ✅ Implemented sustainability audits at contract manufacturers ✅ Introduced ESG trainings for all employees ✅ Initiated an educational and experiential trail on pollinators in Frankfurt   We would like to say thank you to all employees and partners who've been with us on this sustainability journey, and to our fantastic Merz Lifecare Sustainability Team who made this report possible!   👉 Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/e5-jY5Xj   By the way, since we still have a ways to go, there will certainly be a third Sustainability Report, and a fourth, and a fifth, and so on. We’re looking forward to it! #MerzLifecare #SustainabilityReport #Nachhaltigkeitsbericht #DNK #HealtyLifeandLiving

At this year's Merz Lifecare #BrandSummit, the Marketing Team took us on an exhilarating mountain climbing adventure with a clear objective: scaling new peaks, exploring tried-and-true paths, and venturing onto promising new trails, headed by a strong and well-equipped team. Our efforts were rewarded with stirring insights and magnificent views of the year ahead:   • tetesept - the companion for active health and well-being manages to conquer new segments successfully, as seen recently with tetesept Baby. • Exciting new possibilities lie ahead for the tetesept brand. • Merz Spezial - the expert in substantive beauty - anticipates next year's 60th anniversary of Merz Spezial Dragees. • Valuable insights underscore the dynamic nature of the health market: We look forward to shaping and advancing this market for the sustainable health and well-being of our brand consumers.   What have we learned from all of this? • Merz Lifecare boasts strong brands that enjoy a trustworthy reputation among our consumers. • Our brands have already secured excellent market positions and hold future potential. 📢 Also, a huge shoutout goes to our creative marketing team who have passionately 🔥taken our brands to ever higher summits! Thanks for the adventure! We're excited for the next expedition in 2024! #MerzLifecare #tetesept #MerzSpezial #BrandSummit #Marketing #HealthyLifeandLiving

2023 is coming to an end. What was it like? For us, it has been an eventful year filled with challenges and successes: ✅ We unveiled our new Merz Lifecare Corporate Identity, expressing our perceived and lived identity. ✅ Despite challenging circumstances, we successfully maintained our growth trajectory in revenue, workforce size, and market share expansion. ✅ Our new warehouse is up and running, aimed at delivering to our customers more efficiently and swiftly in the future. ✅ To facilitate a better work-life balance, we introduced a policy allowing our employees to work up to 70% remotely, take workations, and sabbaticals. ✅ Behind the scenes, numerous projects and processes have been initiated to contribute to sustained and healthy growth. All of this — and much more, beyond the scope of this post — would not have been possible without our fantastic and dedicated Merz Lifecare team 💙 THANK YOU! A huge thanks also goes out to all our partners who have accompanied, supported, or even challenged us in the past year ;-) Here's to another year together in 2024! #MerzLifecare #TheScienceOfFeelingGood #HealthyLifeandLiving #XMas #ThankYou

Do #sustainability and #culture fit well together? We think yes! We firmly believe that sustainability must be an integral part of a company's culture in order to be successfully implemented. That's why "Think ahead sustainably" is one of our four Culture Principles at Merz Lifecare. You may be asking, what do we mean by this and how do we put it into practice? “Think ahead sustainably" means that, as a fourth-generation family-owned company, we stand for long-term and sustainable planning for the future. „That’s why it's important to us to develop products that are good for both people and planet.“ explains Dr. Kerstin Meyer-Lipp, our Chief Scientific & Sustainability Officer. Some examples of how we implemented sustainability in the last years:  ♻ We were able to further improve our packaging leading to a path to 90% recyclability. 🏢 We set specific goals and defined measures to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 90%. 🐝 We are contributing to a new "pollinator experience trail" that will be created on Frankfurt's Lohrberg Hill over the next 5 years. 👉 More information about our progress in sustainability we will soon share with you in our Sustainability Report for the fiscal year 2022/23. #MerzLifecare #HealthyLifeandLiving #CulturePrinciples #ThinkAheadSustainably #NachhaltigVorausdenken