December 16, 2011

Human rights secured
at Board of Management level

By directly anchoring responsibility for human rights with the Board of
Management, Daimler is underscoring the high priority accorded to this
matter throughout the Group.

Since late 2011, Board member Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt has also coordinated Daimler’s human rights activities on a group-wide level and has led the Group’s endeavor to become a corporate leader with regard to this important issue. After all, Daimler intends to assume clear leadership in matters of sustainability and integrity. Daimler is dedicated to upholding human rights wherever the Group operates and actively enforcing them within its sphere of influence. By securing this responsibility at Board of Management level, the commitment is now optimally distributed and coordinated across all the Group’s functional areas.

For Daimler as an automaker, the principal focus is on employee rights and ensuring appropriate and acceptable working conditions. This also extends to the right to engage in wage negotiations, equal pay for equal work, taking a stand against child labor and forced labor, as well as protecting the rights of indigenous people. Daimler also seeks active dialogue in these matters and supports the Global Compact of the United Nations and its LEAD Group.