Establishment and Purpose of the Foundation
In memory of their father, who had died at an early age in a car accident, the current Fiege owners, Heinz and Dr. Hugo Fiege and their foundation, the Josef Fiege Stiftung, which was formed in 1998, have made it their mission to support ecological and social projects in the very 18 countries in which the family enterprise operates. The foundation's work constitutes a central element of the owners' social commitment, as well as of the entire Fiege Group. The wish to give back to society manifests at Fiege in the specific support of selected projects. The Josef Fiege Stiftung thus continues to advance the very values for which Josef Fiege set an example in his lifetime.
An excerpt taken from the book titled "From Westphalia into the World. FIEGE - The Portrait of a Family Firm", by Michael Stoffregen-Büller exemplifies why the foundation was formed in their father's memory.
Josef Fiege, known to his friends as "Jöppe", is well-liked by his staff, who much appreciate his social attitude and his readiness to help. "He was alright, the best there was," one of his drivers remembers. "He would do anybody a favour. You could get anything from him. If somebody was building a house, he would supply sand that didn't have to be paid for. He would arrange for materials and allow the window frames to be made in the carpenter's shop. He even helped people to find land for building on." With building loans and financial support from the benefit fund, Josef Fiege also looks after the private well-being of his people. But it is particularly the small gestures that make him so well-liked. "Here's a chicken, it'll go down well on Sunday," he would say to one of the drivers. Or he appears
in the great shed with sandwiches and drinks for the people on the late shift. . (Stoffregen-Büller, Michael (2000):From Westphalia into the World FIEGE - The Portrait of a Family Firm, Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster, P. 91-92)
The Josef Fiege Foundation is an independent private foundation and is domiciled in Greven, Germany.
The supervisory body for the foundation is the district government of Münster. The chief supervisory body for the foundation is the interior ministry of the Land of North Rhine Westphalia.