{"id":14709,"date":"2025-04-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/2025\/07\/yes-to-donations-but-only-for-a-good-cause\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:25:43","slug":"yes-to-donations-but-only-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/2025\/04\/yes-to-donations-but-only-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes to donations &#8211; but only for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>April 4, 2025 Freudenberg Sealing Technologies updates donation guidelines <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In January 2025, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) revised its donation guidelines and reaffirmed its commitment to corporate social responsibility: The updated guidelines emphasize the importance of coordinating donations in a targeted manner in order for them to effect change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporting selected projects through donations is a hallmark of good corporate citizenship. By supporting meaningful projects, FST can address pressing social issues, promote community development and enhance the company&#8217;s reputation. This commitment not only benefits the recipients, but also has a positive impact on society as a whole, reflecting FST&#8217;s values and commitment to making a difference.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In accordance with the Freudenberg Group&#8217;s guidelines, donations to certain recipients, such as religious, military or political organizations, sports clubs and sponsoring with a commercial purpose in connection with conferences, sporting events, concerts or similar events are not permitted.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All donations must be sent to <strong><a href=\"mailto:sabrina.luckart@fst.com\">Sabrina Luckart<\/a><\/strong>, Director of Compliance, using Microsoft Forms, which can be accessed via this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=XMsUI0vkiEKyBVGrQ-yxIs4cRaW-YSRHlc-CTFobztFUOEhPOUQzWFQzSkhIWlA1R1FFR1RNQzJWMS4u\">FST Donation Reporting Form<\/a>. The updated guidelines also introduce a standard form for the approval of donations, highlighting the existing thresholds: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Donations of up to \u20ac 2,000 require the approval of the responsible Division CEO and the Division CFO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donations of up to \u20ac5,000 require the approval of the FST CFO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donations in excess of 5,000 euros require the approval of the Freudenberg SE Board of Management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These measures are intended to ensure that FST&#8217;s social efforts are in line with the company&#8217;s values and strategic objectives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"14709\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"ip\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 4, 2025 Freudenberg Sealing Technologies updates donation guidelines In January 2025, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) revised its donation guidelines and reaffirmed its commitment to corporate social responsibility: The updated&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,630],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-14709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corporate-social-responsibility-en","category-social-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14711,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14709\/revisions\/14711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14709"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sw.fst.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=14709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}