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Project lead, concept and editorial
Katharina Meisel

Project management
Katrin Mingels, Inga Reske, Viktoria Rous

Graphic design
Strichpunkt GmbH, Stuttgart/Berlin, Germany

HTML design, concept and realization
nexxar GmbH, Vienna - Online annual reports and online sustainability reports

Editorial support and realisation
Ketchum Pleon GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Printing 
Druckstudio GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Photography 
Urban Zintel: PDF pp. 2, 4–7, 9–19, 21–29, 38–53
Hartmut Nägele: PDF pp. 2 (Olaf Koch), 3, 5 (Olaf Koch), 7 (Olaf Koch), 30–37, 58
iStock: PDF pp. 7 (sprout), 23 (sprout), 24 (potatoe)

Illustration
Elisabeth Moch: PDF pp. 6, 20

Photo credits
METRO AG

Published on 13 December 2017

Disclaimer
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