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Diversity at Dreher

At Dreher Breweries we are proud of our nearly 170-year history, the Dreher heritage: building on local communities with a strategy of adaptation in mind, our company has passed on the tradition of brewing across generations and it permeates our operations to this day. Thanks to this heritage, people not only buy beer with Dreher, but also a piece of history, a way of thinking and a philosophy. All of this has repercussions on our staff members, who are proud of the Dreher heritage and of the Dreher team. That’s why we often emphasize that at Dreher we brew experiences, not only beer.

Our goal is to continue to build on this special heritage even in the 21st century, part of which is to pay close attention to the diversity and tolerance that have become integral parts of our modern corporate culture and strategy. For us, this is important from several aspects, as it means not only gender equality, but also the creation of appropriate and recognized jobs for up to four different generations. We are proud that there is no discrimination within the company with regard to gender, age, nationality or anything else, and we support the strengthening of an inclusive culture.

In addition, together with several international companies and Asahi Europe and International, the CEO of Dreher Breweries signed in March the commitment entitled “The LEAD Network Pledge 2020”, which, in line with our 2030 sustainability commitments, aims to create gender balance and promote diversity in the workplace.

Éva Kreiter, HR Director of Dreher Breweries and Gábor Békefi, CEO of Dreher Breweries hold the signed commitment

The commitment, which can be read HERE, was signed by Gábor Békefi, CEO of Dreher Breweries, accompanied by the following quote:

“Since 1854, diversity and inclusion have been firmly anchored in our history and corporate culture. Though we were given a multi-generational team as a legacy, generational, gender and knowledge diversity has become the fundament of our modern corporate culture and people strategy. We believe that different views from different colleagues deliver a rich flow of ideas and a variety of approaches to drive innovation and create an inclusive and future-proof workplace.”

The electric car charger network of SPAR is extended further

The retail store chain is constantly looking for and applying such innovative solutions with which it contributes to environmental sustainability and provides quality service to the customers. In the spirit of this, SPAR with its professional partner extends further its electric charger station network.

In the framework of the cooperation made in 2019 between SPAR and NKM Mobilitás Kft. (National Public Utilities Mobility Ltd.), Mobility installed by the end of January 2020 in the area of the retail store chain at 17 sites 33 AC-chargers with the capacity of 2×22 kW, which could be occupied from 1st February 2020 by the customers using electric cars.

„The electric car charger stations installed by SPAR have an important role in the sustainability programme of the company and also in the development of the customer experience. The charger devices contribute to the reduction of the environmental pressures and help the customers arriving to the SPAR and INTERSPAR stores. In the following period, the number of electric cars is increasing further in Hungary, and we also adapt to the changing circumstances, therefore with the cooperation of our professional partner, NKM Mobilitás Kft., we are continuously extending our electric charger stations” – said Márk Maczelka, Head of Communication at SPAR. He emphasized that during 2020, the electric car charger network was extended further. As a result of the companies’ cooperation, in the parking lot of 20 new selected super- and hypermarkets – by the order and financing of the store chain – 48 similar to the previous ones AC-quick chargers with maximum charging capacity of 2×22 kW will be connected to the system. After the closing of the project, more than 80 charger devices with double charger head will be available in the parking lots of 37 stores of the SPAR-group for the customers arriving with electric cars.

Besides the service of electric car users and support of driving electric cars, the environmental aspects have also great importance. The accelerating development of charger stations contributes to the reduction of the environmental pressures. The first device was installed in 2019, in the meantime until 31st October 2020, the drivers loaded 16 352 kWh energy that is enough to drive nearly 90 000 zero emission kilometres. With the energy loaded with the SPAR chargers, a today’s new modern electric car (considering the 13 kWh/100 km capacity) could have circled the Earth even three times.

 

 

 

SPAR is looking for emerging Hungarian suppliers

This time, the exciting Hungaricool products can get to the shelves from the TV screen. The Among Sharks business show goes on on RTL Klub. This year, the Hungaricool by SPAR product competition also joins to the show, the winners of which with their new, marketable products can reach the shelves of INTERSPAR hypermarkets as well.

In the popular business show of RTL Klub, internationally recognized investors, the Sharks are waiting for entrepreneurs who would like to challenge, revive their business or present their creative product. To this year’s season of the show joins the Hungaricool by SPAR competition, in the framework of which the producers who enter the show and successfully qualify themselves in the first round also can enter the competition of the store chain with their products of food industry or other products being able to be sold in hypermarkets.

„It is a high priority for SPAR Hungary to support the domestic products and their producers.  The purpose of our Hungaricool by SPAR product competition started last year was to find domestic small entrepreneurs producing high quality products of food industry and to give them an opportunity to introduce themselves in such way that helps the development of their brand, business. Our competition continues this year as well, this time we joined to one of the most popular business shows and extended the scope of competition categories into which entry are allowed. In this way together, we can give more opportunities to the new products because besides the appearance on national television in prime time, the winners of Hungaricool can appear on the shelves of INTERSPAR stores” – said Márk Maczelka, Head of Communication at SPAR.

The commercial channel and SPAR Hungary encourage the owners of new imaginative products using specific solutions in ingredients, production and/or packaging, can be found in the Hungarian market but possibly cannot be available in retail network to apply to the show and by this to get an opportunity to participate in the Hungaricool by SPAR competition.

Information is available about the details of Hungaricool by SPAR and the method of the application on the following website: www.hungaricool.hu

The SBTi Net-Zero Criteria has been launched for Public Consultation until March 12th 2021

We invite you to provide your feedback, opinions and comments on a global standard for net-zero criteria.

Please find the draft criteria (including instructions on commenting and the consultation process) below:

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How Unilever will help to build a more equitable and inclusive society

Unilever has a long history of driving social change, from improving the health and wellbeing of more than 1 billion people, to enhancing the livelihoods of millions under the Sustainable Living Plan. That’s why they’re announcing a set of ambitious commitments and actions to help build a more equitable and inclusive society.

 

 

These include:

• Ensuring that everyone who directly provides goods and services to Unilever earns at least a living wage or income by 2030.
• Spending €2 billion annually with suppliers owned and managed by people from under-represented groups, by 2025.
• Helping 5 million small and medium-sized businesses to grow through access to skills, finance and technology, by 2025.
• Increasing the number of diverse people involved in the production of our advertisements, both on screen and behind the camera.
• Ensuring that our employees are reskilled or upskilled, and have access to flexible employment options by 2030.
• Equipping 10 million young people with essential skills to prepare them for job opportunities, by 2030.

“The two biggest threats that the world currently faces are climate change and social inequality,” says Unilever CEO Alan Jope. “The past year has undoubtedly widened the social divide, and decisive and collective action is needed to build a society that helps to improve livelihoods, embraces diversity, nurtures talent and offers opportunities for everyone.”

Inclusion is at the heart of the global sustainable development agenda, with its central ambition being to ‘leave no one behind’. So building diversity and inclusion within and beyond our business supports a range of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This has been part of our DNA since Unilever was formed more than a century ago. And it’s integral to our strategy today: to contribute to a fairer and more socially inclusive world with brands that champion human rights, stand up for equality and distribute value fairly.

Find out more here.

SPAR helps the integration of employees with changed work capacity

SPAR Hungary creates new value on the domestic labour market by which their social sustainability programmes provide real support more and more widely for those, who need it. The cooperation between the company and Janka Tanya is a guideline model for that how our fellow humans with changed work capacity can be integrated into the world of work.

It is important for SPAR Hungary to integrate the employees with changed work capacity and to solve their long-term employment. Therefore, it applies an equal opportunity rapporteur, organizes awareness-raising trainings for the employees, furthermore, it provides for more than ten years sales points to Szerencsejáték Zrt.: lottery tickets can be bought in almost a hundred super- and hypermarkets from people with changed work capacity. Currently, 119 employees with changed work capacity work at the company and it employs ten young people with disabilities, autism. From 2010, SPAR Hungary has won four times the Disability-Friendly Workplace Recognition, moreover, it has also received Accepting Workplace special prize which was given as a recognition for its realized programme with Janka Tanya.

It is a challenge for the economic operators to involve in a wider range our autistic or mentally disabled fellow humans into day-time and alternative employment. The cooperation of Janka Tanya in Tótvázsony and SPAR Hungary is sustainable and sets an example for us to follow. The purpose of the community, besides day care, is to provide development and rehabilitating employment for adults with changed work capacity, by which it facilitates and supports their integration into society. The effort, work and results of founders and workers of Janka Tanya were presented in November 2020 by the article published by Napi.hu with the title „They no longer look at us strangely that our team is „different” – an exemplary initiative for people living with disabilities”, which is available at the following link: https://www.napi.hu/magyar_vallalatok/mar-nem-neznek-rank-furcsan-hogy-a-mi-csapatunk-mas—peldamutato-kezdemenyezes-a-hatrannyal-elokert.716514.html

SPAR, being dedicated to equal opportunity, works together with Janka Tanya in Tótvázsony from 2017: two or three times a week, the INTERSPAR employees in Veszprém welcome the youngsters who carry out self-stacker and storage tasks there, moreover, ornaments and commodities made by them can be purchased at the annually organized Christmas and Easter markets in the centre of the company. The company has also made a report movie with the title „Hosszú út” (Long road) about the everyday lives of disabled youngsters living in the community in Veszprém county and about working together. The emotional movie, which presents that with the help of experts in Janka Tanya and with appropriate educational work our fellow humans with autism can also live a full life, is broadcasted on Saturday, 20th February 2021 at 10:25 by ATV television channel.

The movie was broadcasted by RTL Klub earlier and it is available on the website of the company: https://rtl.hu/rtlklub/fokusz/betekintes-a-janka-tanya-autista-fiatalok-mindennapjaiba-hosszu-ut-dokumentumfilm-spar

and you can watch the movie in full length on SPAR Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoU7mPijwIw&list=PL7ShKg970sBCEgyPkqs_7ruCHSusg1oLo&index=2

“The time has come for stakeholder capitalism – a global economy for progress, for people, and for the planet” – Peter Bakker, President-CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, in an inspiring speech to corporate leaders.

Budapest, February 23, 2021: Following last year’s regional consultation, the General Assembly of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH) hosted Peter Bakker, President-CEO of WBCSD, as guest speaker, who gave a presentation on “Making stakeholder capitalism real and rewarding” to nearly 100 CEOs.

BCSDH, which now has 102 leading member companies, has defined the goals for 2021 of supporting its members and the business sector to achieve climate-neutral operations, to meet biodiversity restoration objectives, to promote inclusion, equality and diversity, and to create a corporate culture and way of operating that maximizes respect for business human rights and involves the highest levels of transparency.

“2020 was marked by the dynamic development of BCSDH, and the membership of important financial players continued to increase the strength of the organization. In 2021, we need to find ways to create more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth. We must step up the fight for climate protection and adaptation, we must achieve carbon neutrality, and we must give priority to creating a net zero-emission economy and a net zero-emission Hungary” – explained Attila Chikán Jr., President of BCSDH.

In light of this, the focus of BCSDH’s professional program in 2021 will be the Race to Zero program, the primary goal of which is to facilitate and accelerate the process by which the Hungarian economy can become carbon-neutral by 2050, thus taking an important step towards stopping climate change. To facilitate this, BCSDH has established the Net Zero Advisory Board. The aim of the Board is to enable wide-ranging cooperation, help coordinate programs, to scale up impact, and accelerate the related processes. This can be achieved because the program also includes scientific, regulatory, and economic actors.

“The members of the Board are renowned professionals who, through their expertise and recognition in their respective fields, can make a real impact together. This special cross-sectoral partnership aims to give greater impetus to the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by exploiting synergies” – said Irén Márta, Director of BCSDH.

“We have less than ten years to get the pathways of transformation on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy. Moreover, the pandemic and growing social unrest around the world have made it clear that this vision can only be realized if we put people and communities at the center of our thinking and actions. Leaders will be the key differentiators for success or failure” – highlighted Peter Bakker.

To support fundamental system-level transformation, WBCSD will present an updated version of Vision 2050 on March 25 that defines a roadmap for priorities for the next critical decade. In 2020, at the initiation of BCSDH, Hungary was able to host the WBCSD Central and Eastern European Regional Consultation, at which business leaders, regional leaders, and leaders of professional organizations discussed the role of companies in the implementation of Vision 2050. In line with the results of this work, Peter Bakker, President-CEO of the WBCSD, gave a presentation at the organization’s general meeting.

“Sustainability is no longer an ancillary factor, but it is placed squarely at the heart of meetings with stakeholders. We need to act faster, together, to lead the critical transformations in the coming decade. Business plays a central role in driving and delivering the actions, innovations, products and services that are required to transform our economic systems”- highlighted Peter Bakker.

The general Assembly has approved the organization’s 2020 professional and financial report and 2021 plans. The leaders of the newly joined companies also introduced themselves.

Peter Bakker

President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD

 Mr Bakker has led WBCSD since 2012. WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. WBCSD member companies come from all business sectors and all major economies, representing a combined revenue of more than USD $8.5 trillion and with 19 million employees.

Mr Bakker is a distinguished business leader who, until June 2011, served as CFO and then CEO of TNT NV, the global transport and logistics company. He has been recipient of the Clinton Global Citizen Award (2009) and the Sustainability Leadership Award (2010). Mr Bakker serves as a member of several corporate sustainability advisory boards. He received the royal order Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2018, in recognition of his long-lasting commitment to engaging business in tackling global sustainability issues.

Our newest member is Auchan Hungary

Our newest member is Auchan Hungary which opened its first store in our country in 1998. The company is managed by Dominique Ducoux, and had a net sales revenue of 333 million HUF in 2019 with 7140 employees. The core business of the company includes the retail sale in non-specialised stores with food.

Auchan believes the food industry and retail chains play a big role in achieving sustainable food security. So far, the company has paid a lot of attention to environmental protection, and through their environmentally friendly solutions, they seek to play a prominent role in shaping consumer behavior. They are constantly working on minimizing the proportion of disposable plastics also considering their suppliers, partners and stores. This way, they reduce

their plastic production by 14,2 tonnes each year. Reducing the carbon footprint is also vital for the company: they modernized their refrigeration equipment, changed the light systems of the stores and parking zones and optimized their transport routes, etc. Auchan is taking an active role in food rescue, as they collaborate with the Hungarian Food Bank Association since 2015, thus every day the remaining food is delivered to those in need.

Their Charter of Ethics provides standards covering human rights and fundamental values, violations of which are monitored among their employees, partners and suppliers through their so-called Whistle-B system. The company rejects any discrimination. In addition, their parent company has been publishing its sustainability report for years, and its domestic adaptation is among their plans.

The purpose of joining BCSDH is to get first-hand information on sustainable development issues affecting the corporate sector, learn from success stories from member companies, moreover getting professional support and joining BCSDH events also contributed to their decision.

 

The Giving is Joy! initiative helps ten thousand families

The customers supported this year with donation cards worth of more than HUF 18 million the Giving is Joy! Christmas fundraising campaign of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta and SPAR. By the donations, the Charity Service can deliver food packages to ten thousand families in need before Christmas. At closing the campaign, SPAR has made a special offering: she doubled the value of the customer donations, thus helping the programmes of Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta supporting needy people which can strengthen already at the beginning of 2021 thanks to the further HUF 18 million offered by SPAR. All in all, this year’s Giving is Joy! initiative ended with HUF 36 million monetary donation.

The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta and SPAR organized 24th time the Giving is Joy! campaign between 16 and 21 December 2020. During the Christmas fundraising this year, the people in need got help by the purchase of donation cards. The initiative was carried out in 105 designated SPAR and INTERSPAR stores and in the SPAR online shop as well.

„The coronavirus pandemic has changed fundamentally our every day lives and set us new challenges. Although, this difficult situation has also pointed out how much it is needed that people help each other as far as possible. It is a pleasure to SPAR Hungary that during a pandemic, we could organize again together with the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta our traditional Giving is Joy! fundraising campaign. We would like to say thank you to our customers that they testified also this year their solidarity and contributed to the success of our initiative by their donations which we wanted to increase further, therefore we decided to double the value of the donations offered by the customers. Finally together with this, the result of the Giving is Joy! campaign was HUF 36 million monetary donation” – said Márk Maczelka, Head of Communications at SPAR.

The customers of SPAR and INTERSPAR stores has contributed to the charity initiative with donations worth of more than HUF 18 million. The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta has bought from this amount non-perishable food that was enough to ten thousand food packages which were delivered to the people in need before Christmas. The donation of SPAR helps that the needy people can get significant support in 2021 as well.

„The food packages are given to those families in need, elderly people left alone, people living with a disabled relative in difficult circumstances that are supported by the charity service. The packages are delivered by the workers of the charity service on the basis of an address list compiled in advance, and the homeless people can receive their packages in daytime warming shelters. We are really grateful to the customers, who also gave help in this new situation that we could make ten thousand food packages to the families in need” – said Tamás Romhányi, Head of Communication at the charity service.

The slogan of this year’s fundraising was also „I had another family”. This means that by their unselfishness, more and more people are bound together unknown helping each other. The charity campaign had also a surprise in 2020. Public personalities, TV characters as Nóra Ördög, Adrienn Marton, Edina Kulcsár, András Szabó „Csuti”, Andi Molnár and Anett Czippán sang together one of the most beautiful Christmas songs. Anyone could join to the recording of Silent Night via the website www.adniorom.hu, a common video was also made from the recordings.

SPAR popularizes the domestic products

The protection of good quality Hungarian products, the importance of supporting the domestic producers has increased particularly because of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus. SPAR Hungary has been dedicated long ago for the domestic products and its producers, therefore the company joined to autumn period of the campaign Buy the domestic! Protect the domestic!.

„The pandemic has created a new situation in the domestic food market, in the retail trade. The epidemic endangers countless companies, the work and the living of many people. However, community partnership and the support of domestic products help the industry players to successfully go through this challenging period. SPAR Hungary, who is dedicated long ago to the Hungarian products, joins again to the campaign Buy the domestic! Protect the domestic! and participates actively in popularizing the products produced in Hungary” – said Márk Maczelka, Head of Communication at SPAR in connection with the initiative of Magyar Termék Nonprofit Kft. (Hungarian Product Nonprofit Ltd.).

„The Hungarian Product Nonprofit Ltd. has launched a campaign to call the attention to how important is to help each other now, to buy domestic products. The success of the campaign is proved by the thousands of private persons and the almost one hundred companies producing domestic products who joined until now” – explained the reason of the initiative Eszter Benedek, CEO of the company which runs the Hungarian Product trademark system. According to her, everyone has the opportunity to help each other also in this difficult situation, because with all of our shopping decision, we can contribute to that the members of our community can keep their jobs.

The customers entering into the SPAR stores become acquainted with the message of the initiative, which helps the conscious consumer decision supporting the domestic products and its producers. Besides SPAR Hungary, more of its suppliers has joined to the campaign as well, who are also entitled to use the logo #veddahazait (#buythedomestic).

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