New managing director at ITW
Robert Römer, alongside Dr. Alexander Hinrichs new managing director of the Animal Welfare Initiative (ITW). From May 45, the 2021-year-old will be responsible for the areas of clearing processes, criteria development and finances at ITW. Hinrichs will take over the management of QS Qualitäts und Sicherheit GmbH from May 2021 and will continue to be responsible for the strategic development of ITW and communication. “Animal welfare is one of the major issues in the industry and an extremely exciting challenge. The ITW has played a key role here for years,” explains Robert Römer, who has been a member of the animal welfare initiative’s coordination team since 2012. "I am really looking forward to the new task."
Römer worked in various positions at QS Qualitäts und Sicherheit GmbH for 18 years, most recently as head of the meat and meat products department and food retail. Since 2020, Robert Römer has been working as an authorized officer for the Society for the Promotion of Animal Welfare in Livestock Husbandry Ltd., which is the sponsor of the ITW.
"With Robert Römer, a long-standing companion and driving force is moving up into the management board," explains Hinrichs. “QS has been the basis for ITW from the start and both programs complement each other perfectly. I look forward to Mr. Römer bringing his expertise from both programs to the ITW management.”
From left to right: Robert Römer and Alexander Hinrichs
About the Initiative animal welfare
With the Tierwohl (ITW) initiative launched in 2015, the partners from agriculture, the meat industry, food retail and gastronomy commit themselves to their joint responsibility for animal husbandry, animal health and animal welfare in livestock husbandry. The animal welfare initiative supports farmers in implementing measures for the welfare of their livestock that go beyond the legal standards. The implementation of these measures is monitored across the board by the Animal Welfare Initiative. The Animal Welfare Initiative's product seal only identifies products that come from animals from participating companies in the Animal Welfare Initiative. The animal welfare initiative is gradually establishing more animal welfare on a broad basis and is continuously being further developed in the process.
