July 2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, one of the darkest chapters of the Bosnian war. A recent episode of the Ö1 podcast series ‘Dimensionen’ by Austrian broadcaster ORF offers historical context and insights into the regions ongoing challenges. It’s a powerful glimpse into life in the region three decades later, showing how memory, identity and the search for reconciliation continue to shape reality to this day.

Contributing to the communities in which we live and work are becoming more and more important in today’s world. Hilti recognizes this need and encourages its team members’ social commitment through the corporate volunteering program Engaged Beyond Business (EBB). One of our recent volunteers shares about his exciting experience about his EBB trip to Bosnia and Hercegovina.

With Engaged Beyond Business (EBB), Hilti’s employee engagement program, every region has amazing local projects running. Today, we want to focus on Bea’s work: The international EBB projects “building houses”. Back in 2014, the Hilti Foundation accidentally learned about a house building project in Bosnia. "Three months later, we actually went down there with a group of apprentices from Hilti Plant 4 in Austria and after one week we had built two houses", recalls Bea.