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akzente 3/15 7 Why did you decide to do an internship in the United States? It was my first internship abroad. As well as gaining professional experience, there were other reasons: I wanted to experience a different culture and way of life, and I also wanted to improve my English. What did you learn? I worked on a huge dairy farm in Illinois with more than 700 cows. I hadn’t experienced anything of that magnitude before in Germany. I performed the everyday tasks of a dairy farmer, which include things like examining cows that have just calved. How important is the internship for your future? Once I’ve graduated, I plan to find a management position on a dairy farm. The internship has definitely helped me in that regard – not only because English is used a lot in this field, but also because I was able to gain experience in the exact field I’m interested in. www.giz.de/dap (German only) Patrick Langenhorst, a Master’s student in agricultural science in Göttingen, Germany. In 2014, he completed an internship on a farm in the United States. He is one of around 500 interns so far who have received support from GIZ in planning and organising their internships. G7 summit at Schloss Elmau in June 2015. Excerpt from the G7 Leaders’ Declaration. ‘We commit to doing our part to achieve a low-carbon global economy in the long-term.’ THREE QUESTIONS FOR NEW ARCHITECTURE GIZ’s new office building in Bonn, which was inaugurated in mid-2015, offers space for around 500 workstations. Known as the ‘Meander Building’, the new building is carbon- neutral and has solar panels on the roof to generate additional electricity. ‘We have built our office complex in Bonn, in a city that to all intents and purposes is the Ger- man capital of sustainability and interna- tional cooperation,’ said Tanja Gönner, Chair of the GIZ Management Board. Committed to Bonn FAIR STANDARDS The strong growth in membership of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, which includes numerous leading companies and asso- ciations, has laid the groundwork for improving social, economic and eco- logical conditions along the entire tex- tile supply chain. This is precisely what the Partnership aims to do. Founded in 2014 by Federal Development Minis- ter Gerd Müller, it consists of repre- sentatives of the textile and clothing industry, retailers, trade unions and civil society. In mid-2015, Germany’s leading textile associations joined the Partnership along with big interna- tional companies such as Adidas, Aldi, H&M, Lidl and Tchibo. The group now has more than 120 members. ‘This is an important sign,’ said Müller of the influx of new members. ‘It makes Germany a frontrunner with regard to the international efforts towards fair standards in the global supply chain,’ he added. The Partnership is coordi- nated by GIZ. Textiles partnership grows ILLUSTRATION:ELLIOTBEAUMONT akzente 3/157