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RHK.XETRA | Hospital activities

RHOEN-KLINIKUM AG, based in Germany, operates hospitals and healthcare facilities. The company provides a range of medical services, including inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostics, and rehabilitation. Their facilities offer various specialties such as cardiology, oncology, neurology, orthopedi...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

RHOEN-KLINIKUM AG, a hospital operator, treated over 912,000 patients in 2024 and plans €850 million in modernization investments. However, its ethical profile is mixed. Critics point to a 2015 compliance report suggesting only 36% of employees were aware of company rules, alongside a low SDG Transparency Score of 3.9. In late 2024, a Horizon Healthcare RCM data breach allegedly compromised sensitive patient information, with 20 data breach cases reported in 2023. While the company targets net-zero by 2040 and used 59.3% renewable energy in 2023, its DitchCarbon score is reportedly lower than 80% of the industry average, and Scope 3 emissions data is lacking.

Value Scores

Better Health for All-30
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect20
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business-10
-100100
Kind to Animals-30
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-70
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

-30

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG's core business is operating hospitals and healthcare facilities, providing comprehensive medical services, which means its entire portfolio is devoted to health improvement. The company does not generate revenue from products or activities with negative health outcomes. The company developed a 'House of Best Care' concept to improve working conditions and patient care, implemented a digital staffing management system, and promotes academic qualifications for nursing staff.

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It also focuses on data security and data protection for its digital health initiatives.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company maintained full operational capacity and provided care for COVID-19 patients. The company plans to open a new adult psychiatry clinic as part of its investment projects.
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It also engages in health literacy through its 'RHÖN Campus' approach, which includes health forums and information events for the public.
4

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

RHK.XETRA operates hospitals and healthcare facilities, not financial services.

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Consequently, the company does not offer lending or deposit services to consumers, nor does it generate or manage customer finance data.
2
There is no evidence of revenue from high-cost financial products or penalty fees.
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The company does not provide debt products to consumers, nor does it offer financial education programs.
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Its core business lies outside finance, and it does not operate financial service access points or offer financial products requiring disclosure or explanation.
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Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services are not applicable.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

20

The company's CEO to median employee pay ratio was 40.

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Approximately 92.5% of all employee employment contracts are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
2
The voluntary employee turnover rate for 2023 varied by professional group, with the lowest at 10.9% for technical service and the highest at 56.6% for other staff.
3
The company reported 9 incidents of discrimination, including harassment, and 3 complaints filed through employee channels in 2024, with no material fines or penalties.
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In 2023, 24.4% of employees were under limited-term employment contracts.
5

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No specific, concrete data points related to fair trade, ethical sourcing, or supply chain practices were found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs. Both articles explicitly state that they do not contain such information.

1

Honest & Fair Business

-10

The company maintains a whistleblowing system that allows anonymous reporting and was enhanced in 2023 to meet the statutory requirements of the Whistleblower Protection Act.

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However, there is no evidence of specific training frequency or uptake rates. The company has not reported any financial restatements in the past five years (2020-2024), with KPMG issuing unqualified auditor's reports for 2023 and 2024.
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While no conflicts of interest for Board of Management or Supervisory Board members were reported in 2023,
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a deviation from the German Corporate Governance Code was noted in 2019 due to a supervisory board member's belated disclosure of another company membership.
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A Group-wide Compliance Management System (CMS) was established in 2008,
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with a Central Compliance department
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and regular risk assessments.
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Compliance training was held at each site in 2015,
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and new employees in Bad Neustadt attend compliance training.
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The company's non-financial report was reviewed by KPMG with limited assurance,
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and KPMG also audited the Dependant Company Report, confirming factual statements and fair consideration.
11

Kind to Animals

-30

RHK.XETRA is a service-oriented company operating hospitals, therefore KPIs related to cruelty-free product certification, ethical input substitution, and cage-free sourcing are not applicable. The company's associated universities (UKGM Giessen and Marburg) conduct experiments on animals, including sheep, rodents, bees, and larvae, for research purposes.

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They also utilize in vitro approaches and conduct research based on the 3R method (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) to reduce animal experiments.
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The company adheres to ethical and legal animal welfare standards, including the Animal Welfare Act and EU Directive 2010-63 EU.
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Both universities are members of an industry consortium working on animal-free testing methods and engage with the public on the "Transparent Animal Experiments" initiative of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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No War, No Weapons

0

No evidence available to assess RHOEN-KLINIKUM on No War, No Weapons.

Planet-Friendly Business

-70

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG aims for greenhouse gas neutrality in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040 and plans to reduce these emissions by up to 42,900 tonnes by 2030, relative to a 2022 baseline.

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In 2023, the company's main electricity supplier provided 59.3% renewable energy.
2
Water consumption in 2023 was 643,730 m³ with revenues of 1,595.6 million EUR.
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Waste produced in categories A-B was 4,236 t, and C-E was 94 t in 2023.
4
The company reported 1.4% taxonomy-aligned CapEx and 25.1% taxonomy-eligible CapEx for 2023.
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A transition plan for climate change mitigation is being prepared, and the company has established a process for assessing ESG risks, including transitory risks with a financial effect.
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No environmental compliance violations were mentioned in the provided articles.
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The company does not report specific carbon emissions data for Scope 3, nor does it disclose SBTi-validated targets, or conduct full life-cycle impact analyses for its services.
8

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

The provided articles do not contain specific, quantitative data points for any of the KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'. Information regarding formal partnerships, revenue reinvested in local communities, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms for community concerns, complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement share, indigenous supplier count, cultural site protection, social license operations, charitable giving to cultural organizations, community fund allocation, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, or cultural training completion is not explicitly stated or quantified.

1

Safe & Smart Tech

0

The company outlines user rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict, and object to data processing.

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Data are erased or blocked when no longer needed, with exceptions for legal requirements.
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The company explicitly states compliance with GDPR and revised German data protection rules, and adopted a data protection policy adapted to these regulations, including Group-wide requirements, rights, roles, responsibilities, and breach consequences, with operational implementation adapted by facilities.
3

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

No evidence available to assess RHOEN-KLINIKUM on Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.

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