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Career at Bachmann: www.confiserie.ch/ausbildung Health and well-being We only process the best natural and fresh ingredients, and we source them from the local region whenever pos- sible. One example is our spelt flour, which is produced to Demeter quality and comes from Sursee in Canton Lucerne. We allow the dough to rest for up to 48 hours, making the bread particularly wholesome. Our proprietary touch screen declaration system informs customers in our specialist stores about the ingredients in our products and is a big help for allergy sufferers. High-quality education In our family business, we’re currently training around 35 apprentices across various departments. We help to develop positive character traits and the unique skills of our appren- tices and also support qualified employees by providing var- ious types of high-quality advanced training. After all, our Bachmann team is the foundation of our success. Sustainability Gender equality At Bachmann, we pay people of all genders equally. To assist with this, in 2021, we carried out an equal pay analysis and had it verified by an external reviewer. Currently, 76 percent of employees at Confiserie Bachmann are women and 24 per- cent are men. 100% green electricity We’ve been using 100% green electricity and renewable energy for almost 10 years now. Our electricity comes from certified Swiss wind and hydropower plants. Even small changes can have a big impact; the light sources in our bakery and specialist stores are being continually replaced with LED lights, allowing us to save much more electricity. Reduced CO₂ emissions As a member of the Energy Agency of the Swiss Private Sector (EnAW), we’ve volun- tarily committed ourselves to complying with the CO₂ emissions goals agreed with the government. A concrete example: in the last few years, we’ve invested over a million Swiss francs in our heat recovery system. This takes the waste heat from our ovens and cooling sys- tems and turns it into do- mestic hot water. The system provides enough of this water for our production site and 170 households in Lucerne. 38