TÜV Rheinland^®

TÜV Rheinland Presents its Second Integrated Corporate Report.

The entire report is based on the internationally recognized IFRS and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards, the principles of the Global Compact, and the anti-corruption guidelines of the UN and Transparency International. It takes into account the Group companies included in the consolidated financial statements. Reference has been made to GRI Guideline (G3) dated October 2006 which comprises over 120 indicators that describe both the company and its output and the report itself. Furthermore, this report is in accordance with the COP Advanced Level of the UN Global Compact.

The GRI Content Index lists the indicators in the current GRI Guideline that were raised in TÜV Rheinland’s 2011 Sustainability Report.

The previous Sustainability Report was published in April 2011 and the annual publication frequency is to be maintained in the future.

Methodology Used in the Report

The reporting period is the business year 2011. If, at the time of publication (deadline: February 26, 2012), the final figures for 2011 were not yet available, comparable annual figures for 2010 have been used as the basis.

Environmental Indicators

Germany:

Of the more than 300 properties in Germany, only office locations with 20 or more employees were covered in the past year, as were motor vehicle testing centers with more than three employees. Due to certain changes from the previous year, the survey covers 71 sites (previous year: 80), but despite the smaller number of locations, more than 80 percent of the Group’s employees in Germany are included. The data collected was then projected for the entire workforce in Germany and the figures were rounded up or down. Other bases of calculation are stated separately. The use of standardized datasets such as GaBi leads to a retroactive adjustment of individual figures for 2009. These figures are therefore only comparable in the overall view. Several figures were newly aggregated. Although some details are lost in the process, it nonetheless permits reliable long-term comparisons and goals to be formulated; estimates and assumptions are identified as such.

International Companies:

To achieve a global coverage of key figures for environmental protection, data was collected from all seven TÜV Rheinland regions. Each of the international companies that has an environmental or an occupational health and safety management system or that has more than 50 employees was considered at the company level. This covered 80 percent of the employees in international companies. The data collected was then projected for the entire workforce in international companies and the figures were rounded up. Other bases of calculation are stated separately. Data for economic factors and personnel information cover all of the Group’s consolidated companies.

For readability purposes, we use the term employee throughout; it should be clear that this means all male and female colleagues. Furthermore, if not listed in full-time equivalent (FTE) numbers, details concerning employee structure are based on numbers of employees. Both refer to the cutoff date figures (December 31, 2011) unless otherwise indicated. Capture efficiency is 90% among international companies.

The present TÜV Rheinland Sustainability Report takes full account of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) reporting framework. The report corresponds to the highest GRI application level (Application Level A+), as the GRI has confirmed in the course of an inspection. The figures stated in the report were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers subject to the limitations stated in the verification statement.