Our Social
Commitment

Viva Con Agua is an aid organization based out of Hamburg that is committed to clean and safe drinking water for the entire world. msg implemented a web shop for the initiative through which pieces by a wide range of artists can be sold. The proceeds go toward funding clean drinking water projects around the entire world. Our colleague Niclas was involved in the project himself and shared his experience on the msg career blog.

At the “WirVsVirus” (us against the virus) hackathon hosted by the German government in March 2020, a number of msg employees joined a variety of project teams. Following the motto of “Fighting COVID with IT”, more than 1,500 solutions were devised and worked on and 130 projects moved into the actual realization phase. msg employees, for example, participated in the Feasibility and Freshly Harvested projects. Stories about their experiences with the hackathon can be found on our career blog.

At our location in Passau, msg is the official sponsor of the Wissenswerkstatt (know-how workshop) educational institution. The institution aims to get young people excited about technology and science in order to improve their professional and personal prospects. Trainees at msg regularly host free courses for students to introduce them to IT topics in a fun way.

Cities and communities can participate in the nation-wide “city biking to protect the environment” competition, an initiative aimed at getting locals excited about getting out of their cars and onto their bikes for their everyday activities. The goal is to have teams bike every day for 21 days, rack up miles and prevent a whole bunch of CO2 in the process. Many of our colleagues at our different msg locations joined in the fun again in 2020, among them 40 msg employees from our headquarters in Ismaning.

With its anniversary event #100years100trees, the msg group’s msgGillardon AG is making a valuable contribution to ecological sustainability. As part of the initiative, employees were called upon to present environmental projects large and small. For every project that was started, msgGillardon had a tree planted by Bergwaldprojekt e.V. As a result, some great ideas were put into action, such as the construction of an insect hotel and the repurposing of packaging materials into pots for herb and vegetable gardens.

At our msg location in Passau, waste baskets have been banned from offices and replaced with so-called “waster centers” at different places throughout the building. Not only will this save around 18,000 plastic garbage bags, but it brings a little more movement to your work day. Our colleagues in Passau can dispose of their trash near the break room and even have the option of separating it, with bins for paper, garbage, recyclables and organic waste.

For years now, msg employees at our location in Chemnitz have been participating in the annual hospice charity run hosted by Hospiz- und Palliativdienst Chemnitz e.V, an organization dedicated to hospice and palliative care. The goal is to run as many kilometers as possible in no more than 90 minutes. For every kilometer run by our motivated colleagues, msg makes a financial contribution that benefits the organization.

600 kilometers in five days by bike. This athletic challenge was undertaken by colleagues at the msg group’s msg DAVID in Braunschweig. Destination: The msg headquarters in Ismaning/Munich. The cyclists found sponsors for each of the five stages of the tour. msg DAVID supported these dedicated employees by providing equipment, lodging and extra PTO. The money they collected went to Lebenshilfe Braunschweig, an organization dedicated to helping the disabled and their families.

The year 2020 was shaped by the COVID pandemic. As a result, all city-wide and regional company runs across Germany had to be canceled. However, we did not let that get us down and even took our own run to the virtual starting line. Under the hashtag #runforIT, 160 colleagues regularly ran, jogged or walked for 4 weeks – either outdoors or on their treadmills. The kilometers they completed were collected and submitted centrally. Together, our athletic msg’ers managed to do 1,836 kilometers! For each kilometer completed, msg made a financial contribution to “Viva con Agua”, a non-profit organization committed to clean drinking water around the world.

For the 2019 holidays the colleagues at m3 management consulting GmbH, an msg consulting subsidiary, decided to do something special and donated non-cash gifts from their own pockets to the children at a family refugee center near Munich. On top of that, m3 presented a check that doubled the value of the non-cash gifts. Great excitement and anticipation could be seen among the children as the gifts were cheerfully presented in front of the Christmas tree in the foyer of msg’s headquarters in Ismaning near Munich. About 1,100 kilometers further East, our colleagues at msg systems Romania in Cluj became Christmas elves, handing out more than 100 non-cash gifts at an elementary school and a kindergarten, bringing joy to just as many children’s faces.