At the top management level, the entire Board of Executive Directors is responsible for political influence issues, including lobbying. Political communication is handled by the corporate communications department. Regulatory communications are handled by the internal legal department. Regarding our lobbying activities, access to the political decision-making process is guaranteed, and the interests of the K+S Group are safeguarded by active public affairs (German federal states, The German federal government, EU) and responsible lobbying. The most important issues are social acceptance, the "social license to operate", environmental issues, climate and energy issues, industry and raw materials issues, economic developments, the strategic direction of the K+S Group, and job security. K+S Aktiengesellschaft is registered in the EU Transparency Register and the Lobby Register of the German Bundestag. In accordance with our internal guideline on donations and sponsoring, we do not make any financial and in-kind political contributions to political parties and related organizations. Additionally, our Supervisory Board and Board of Executive Directors members did not hold any comparable positions in public administration (including regulatory authorities) in the two years preceding the reporting period.