MANAGEMENT REPORT garden in the allotments behind SIGNAL IDUNA The beginning of 2021 also saw the launch of "Sustainable Merchandising", a project to develop PARK and designing a nature trail in cooperation a sustainability concept for BVB merchandising with SIGNAL IDUNA and the City of Dortmund on based on a prototype product. It will cover the land belonging to the SIGNAL IDUNA Group. prototype's entire production chain, from materials, through processing, down to logistics During the pandemic, BVB has opted not to reduce and re-use. its employees' working hours and, during the lockdowns, provided job rotation opportunities In addition, BVB has launched further projects to within its various fields of activity. You can find all promote environmental protection and biodiversity, you need to know about sustainable development first and foremost using the club mascot, Emma, at BVB in our 2020/2021 Sustainability Report, in educational programmes for children and young which will be available from 29 October 2021 at people. Examples include the BVB educational https://verantwortung.bvb.de/en.* * The content accessible via the link does not constitute part of this management report. In accordance with the statutory requirements, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft has neither audited the cross-references nor the information to which the cross-references refer. 53