As part of Europe's largest sports business event, the “SPOBIS Conference”, the “Award for Sustainability in Sports” was presented for the second time in a row. None other than Gerald Asamoah (team manager Schalke 04) conveyed the congratulations to KOMM MIT for a proud second place this year.

The SPOBIS conference, Europe's largest sports business event, took place in Düsseldorf last week from May 31 to June 1. The “Award for Sustainability in Sports” was presented for the first time in 2022. For the second edition this year, KOMM MIT was also among the nominees and, out of a total of 100 applications, was even one of the finalists in the “Company” category.

“We are proud and grateful that we were among the finalists for the second edition of the Sustainability Award,” says KOMM MIT managing director Philipp Reinartz, pleased with the attention received from such a prominent audience in Düsseldorf. Managing Director colleague Markus Egyptien also gives second place “a great award and appreciation for our decades of work from base to base. Our core topic is to bring young people together in Germany, Europe and the whole world at an early stage in order to clear up cross-international misunderstandings directly. Through soccer, we can convey such values even without using any language. The fact that we welcome over 25,000 children from all over the world to our events every year is a great honor for our work, which is now confirmed by this award placement.” Gerald Asamoah, team manager of Schalke 04, was the godfather of the “Company” category and congratulated the finalists.

Behind the managing directors at KOMM MIT are many full-time and volunteer — almost soccer crazy — people without whom all these events would not be possible. “Second place is for our entire team — all our employees and volunteers around the world deserve our biggest thanks,” says Reinartz once again expressing his appreciation. The orientation “from the basis for the base” underpins the non-profit organization KOMM MIT as a sustainable financing project. In addition to international understanding on sport, KOMM MIT also supports volunteer work in clubs: Since 2015 alone, more than 1,500 young volunteers have been honored in cooperation with DFB, who are thus making a significant contribution to securing future club life.

The “Award for Sustainability in Sports” is a cooperation between SPOBIS GmbH and the DFL German Football League with support from HypoVereinsbank UniCredit Germany. The jury consisted of high-ranking representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from business, science and sport: Common Goal, Deloitte, Plan International and Viva con Agua. BASF & Nielsen Sports won the award for sustainability in sports in the company category.