From 20th March, 2017 onwards, Zsófia Galambosné Dudás will be the new project manager of the Action 2020 Hungary program of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH).
The new project manager will also be responsible for the coordination of the related working groups.
Zsófia Galambosné Dudás has a master’s degree in economics, and started her career at the KÖVET Association for Sustainable Economies. As a project manager for eight years, she gained professional experience in the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. Zsófia was involved in several projects for verifying company sustainability reports, created CSR training materials for companies, took part in international and Hungarian CSR research projects, and has also participated in a green office program and written tenders.
BCSDH guarantees family-friendly working conditions, which is an important consideration for Zsófia, who is the mother of two small children.
The new manager’s primary aim is to get more top business leaders to commit to improving company sustainability and to inspire them through the Action 2020 Hungary program. Zsófia’s mission is to further motivate business leaders to transform their commitments to sustainability into everyday practices, meaning that BCSDH can have a significant impact through the dissemination of these business solutions.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-03-08 16:17:262017-03-08 16:17:26New Action 2020 Project Manager at BCSDH
The company starts its European expanding from the Viennese central office with its innovative software ‘SOLARIS’ that gives solution to comprehensive social issues such as migration-integration and active ageing. For its business clients the firm has been working out a programme in order to strengthen the innovation and the cooperation within the organisation. With its strategic partners, such as university labs, technology companies and delegation of the biomedical field they are working on 21st century solutions.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-03-07 13:28:292017-03-07 13:28:29The ProSelf International Co. has opened its Austrian representation
KPMG and the UN Global Compact have developed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Industry Matrix to inspire and inform greater private sector action to drive inclusive, sustainable prosperity. In 2015, the member States of the United Nations adopted 17 new Sustainable Global Goals to make our world more prosperous, inclusive, sustainable and resilient over the fifteen year period to 2030. To help turn this commitment into action, KPMG has worked with the UN Global Compact to publish the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Industry Matrix for Energy, Natural Resources and Chemicals. This report highlights commercial opportunities for shared value. The opportunities to contribute to each of the 17 Goals are illustrated with multiple examples of leading practices from companies in the energy, natural resources and chemicals industry. The publication also includes good practice industry principles and global multi-stakeholder partnerships. More information about SDG Industry Matrix available here.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-03-06 12:50:032017-03-06 12:50:03SDG Industry Matrix update
The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary celebrated its 10th Anniversary at the General Meeting which took place at the new headquarters of E.ON Hungária. Currently, BCSDH has 79 members, representing a community of value-creating business leaders of companies that contribute 30% of Hungary’s GDP.
During the past 10 years, 200 professional events, 200 active business leaders, 100 gifted participants of the ‘Future Leaders’ Talent Program, and more than 130 experts from NGOs, scientific, academic and business sectors have been involved in the Action 2020 Hungary program. Due to these efforts more than 500 business solutions have been introduced that provide real answers to sustainability challenges, and which demonstrate BCSDH’s strong commitment to sustainability.
Zsolt Jamniczky, Member of the Board of Directors of E.ON Hungária and Executive Board Member of BCSDH pointed out in his welcome speech that the organisation has now reached the optimal size which was defined as a strategy goal a few years ago.
’10 years ago, 15 companies and one private person thought that Hungarian businesses should take action for sustainability. Now, in 2017, BCSDH has 79 members who engage 400 thousand employees and produce 30% of Hungary’s GDP. Through the community of value-creating business leaders of these companies, BCSDH has achieved remarkable results in the field of sustainability. Nowadays, more and more leaders are recognising that operating sustainably generates competitive advantages for businesses, and are taking real steps by contributing to Hungary’s sustainability goals.’ – said Attila Chikán Jr., summarising the organisation’s development over the past 10 years.
BCSDH has been at the forefront of laying the foundation of this transformation since 2012 when ‘The Complex Interpretation of Corporate Sustainability Recommendations for Business Leaders’ were formulated.
‘At the moment, the most important task is to facilitate the practical implementation of these basic principles. BCSDH members are taking the lead in this process: 55 pre-existing business solutions have been identified which offer real answers to sustainability challenges.’ – added Irén Márta, Managing Director of BCSDH.
Nearly 80 business leaders and delegates attended the special Assembly of Members. To commemorate the jubilee, the founding members of BCSDH (Accor-Pannonia Hotels, ING Bank, Magyar Lapterjesztő, Szentkirályi-Kékkúti Ásványvíz, MOL Group, OTP Alapkezelő, Shell and two private individuals, Sándor Lakatos and Kinga Scodnik) were honored with a certificate.
Furthermore, 10 new members (4iG, Daikin, Duna Aszfalt, Graphisoft Park, Greenpro, Iberdrola, K&H Group, MVÜK, PPD Hungária, and Szerencsejáték Zrt.) were introduced in front of the large group of participants.
Furthermore, a collaborative project between two partner organisations was introduced in relation to BCSDH’s announcement of the need to transform recommendations into practice, and combat climate change. Gábor Décsi, founder of LEO, introduced the organisation and talked about benchmarking research relating to facility maintenance. Éva Beleznay, Vice-President of HuGBC, described the association’s work in depth.
Pictures from the event can be viewed by clicking here.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-03-02 09:25:322017-03-02 09:25:32The Business Council has been taking sustainability seriously for 10 years
Last Christmas, employees at Allianz Hungária, once again, proved their commitment to their responsibility for society. Unfortunately, in Hungary there are a lot of families who are deeply in need, being really poor, they live in extremely sad conditions. These families don’t have either money nor any other resources to purchase warm and water-resist boots for their children. In winter times, which in Hungary can be very hard, children go to school in sopping, thin shoes – no matter if it is raining or snowing. Of course, they easily become sick. That is why Allianz employees organized a „boot buying” activity, buying new and warm boots for 150 children!
The organizers asked the help of local social workers who gave a list about the children with name, footsize and age; so the children got personalized packages. The colleagues were so nice (usually a little, 4-5-membered team chose one children), they felt a real responsibility for these children, so they completed the packages with for example: thick socks, chocolates, little toys, they wrote them short, kind messages. The colleagues of Allianz Hungária loved this activity so much, they proved their humanity again.
Not much to say about the outcome: The pictures of happy kids’ faces and pleased employees taken by Allianz colleagues speak for themselves, don’t they?
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-02-23 13:40:352017-02-23 13:40:35These boots are made for walking – personalized gifts from Allianz colleagues
The MOL Group’s Female Engineers MOL ProgramMe provides financial support and skills development opportunities for outstanding female full-time students from selected universities. These students are pursuing degrees in the fields of Geoscience, Petroleum Engineering, Chemistry, Petrochemicals and other MOL Group relevant STEM subjects.
After the pre-selection, in which 69 applicants competed to enter the semi-final, the best 7 candidates were chosen to take part in personal interviews and to give presentations about the topic of Diversity & Inclusion. The competition was very tight and all the candidates demonstrated impressive knowledge at the event, but at the end only the best 3 candidates could receive the scholarship. The winners are:
Sara Mujahid – Pakistan
Nikolina Petrović – Croatia
Anikó Dóra Kazup – Hungary
The winners won valuable awards, including a 5000 Euro Scholarship, an opportunity to participate in an international Oil & Gas conference in 2017, a possibility to visit MOL Group’s site to see oil & gas operation in reality and an employment offer once their studies are completed. MOL Group will grant internship or opportunity to work on MOL Group projects, if it is relevant both for MOL Group and for the students.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-02-23 13:37:452017-02-23 13:37:45Female Engineers MOL: Here are ‘The Women of Tomorrow’!
MOL service station situated at Istenhegyi út has been upgraded by two new fast chargers suitable for simultaneous charging of four cars. Each charger has a total power throughput of 50 kW DC and 22 kW AC, both of them are compatible with the Japanese (CHAdeMO) and the European (CCS) standards and are equipped with Type 2 AC plugs, i.e. suitable for electric cars produced by VW, BMW, Renault, Opel, etc. Moreover, by using fast chargers, it takes only 20 minutes to fully charge a car.
The required electric energy is partly provided by the integrated solar panels installed on the canopy and on the “solar tree” above the fuel dispensers.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-02-20 13:21:382017-02-20 13:21:38State of the art electric chargers installed at MOL Istenhegy service station
MagNet Bank was accepted as the first East-Central European member in the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), the international association of value-based banks. GABV is represented by 39 member banks, through which it is present on 5 continents and serves more than 24 million clients.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-02-20 13:15:102017-02-20 13:15:10MagNet Bank has become the proud member of GABV
BCSDH launched the 4th year of the Future Leaders Talent Program with the participation of 33 talented young leaders at an opening ceremony hosted by BASF on 18th of January. The first professional day was hosted by Grundfos, at which participants could start to engage with the strategic approach to sustainability.
00eszter.chikankovacshttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngeszter.chikankovacs2017-02-19 17:42:422017-02-19 17:42:42The fourth year of the ‘Future Leaders’ Talent program has started with a record number of participants
As part of the Budapest Water Summit 2016 (BWS 2016) a Sustainable Water Solutions Expo was held aiming to display internationally recognised water management technologies.
Recognising the fact that water-related business entities as well as representatives of the academic and scientific sectors can significantly contribute to the development and to the improvement of the aquatic environment, the co-organisers of the Expo, the Hungarian Water Cluster and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade will present the award of the “Water Innovation of the BWS 2016 Expo”.
Application for this Award was open to exhibitors and speakers of the Innovation Day of the BWS 2016 Sustainable Water Solutions Expo to nominate their own innovative equipment and/or technology. Pureco and Budapest Waterworks as exhibitors submitted an application about the latest common development: the ReWater drinking water treatment container.
From the entries the international evaluation committee – consists of international water professionals: Head of Unit for Water and Marine Resources in JRC Directorate D – Sustainable Resources, Director, Freshwater Program of WWF, president of ICSU, representatives from the Presidential Office, director of Water Unit of Hungarian Chambers of Engineers, rector of Eötvös József College, president of European Water Associations and member of the streering group of EIP Water – awarded Pureco and Budapest Waterworks with the prize of Water Innovation of the BWS 2016 Expo.
On the award ceremony, Mr Giovanni Bidoglio, Head of Unit for Water and Marine Resources in JRC Directorate D – Sustainable Resources, highlighted in his appraisal the importance of this innovations as it offers local solutions and access to drinking water for everyone even in risk areas of water scarcity.
The system that is able to produce drinking water even from biologically pre-treated waste water is equipped with the latest technological development operating with Reverse Osmosis technology, installed after suitable physical-chemical pre-treatment.
From the treated water BDL produces potable water with remineralization: disinfection and replacement of trace elements.
The compact, modular, cost-effective solution is available in container, flexibly used the modules in accordance with local environment and the given task.
ReWater container is easy to install where it is most needed such as high risk areas of water scarcity, contaminated freshwater sources, in case of disaster and havaria, etc.
The Master Unit has been tested in October and November this year in the Central WWTP of Budapest and thanks to the accurate and precise engineering and manufacturing work BDL can proudly say that from the pre-treated waste water of Central WWTP they were able to produce clean, healthy drinking water!
On the Budapest Water Summit 2016 Expo not only the ReWater container has been exhibited but visitors can taste ReWater as well.
Development of ReWater, after long preparation work, started at the beginning of 2016 as a cooperation between Pureco Ltd. (they were responsible for the technological development), BDL Ltd. (for engineering and development work) and Budapest Waterworks (responsible for manufacturing and logistic), and this award represents the success of the collaboration and hard work.
00adminhttps://bcsdh.hu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bcsdh-logo.pngadmin2017-02-15 11:26:372017-02-15 11:26:37The ReWater drinking water treatment container of BDL, Pureco and Budapest Waterworks won the prize of Water Innovation of the BWS 2016 Expo
