.The adidas Group employs over 50,000 employees worldwide; more than 3,500 of them work in Franconia. People from more than 70 (81 in Germany) nations work at the Group’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach; over 900 of them are not of German origin. The average age of our employees is 30 globally; at the Group’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach it is 37. This is a phase of life when many young people think about starting a family. Every year, about 200 children are born to our employees working in adidas locations in Germany alone. Therefore, the Work-Life Integration department of the adidas Group has developed various concepts with the focus on supporting this particular life phase. The Work-Life Integration (WLI) team concern themselves with the compatibility of leisure time and work, as well as with supporting “hard workers” and generation 50+. This way, we accomplish our aim to create a working atmosphere where all employees feel comfortable, where they are able and willing to perform and where we can fulfil our social and corporate responsibility.