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Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet – Taking action now can secure our future – IPCC Working Group II report

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BERLIN, Feb 28 – Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.

“This report is a dire warning about the consequences of inaction,” said Hoesung Lee, Chair of the IPCC. “It shows that climate change is a grave and mounting threat to our wellbeing and a healthy planet. Our actions today will shape how people adapt and nature responds to increasing climate risks.”

The world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5°C (2.7°F). Even temporarily exceeding this warming level will result in additional severe impacts, some of which will be irreversible. Risks for society will increase, including to infrastructure and low-lying coastal settlements.

The Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC Working Group II report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability was approved on Sunday, February 27 2022, by 195 member governments of the IPCC, through a virtual approval session that was held over two weeks starting on February 14.

 

Urgent action required to deal with increasing risks

Increased heatwaves, droughts and floods are already exceeding plants’ and animals’ tolerance thresholds, driving mass mortalities in species such as trees and corals. These weather extremes are occurring simultaneously, causing cascading impacts that are increasingly difficult to manage. They have exposed millions of people to acute food and water insecurity, especially in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, on Small Islands and in the Arctic.

To avoid mounting loss of life, biodiversity and infrastructure, ambitious, accelerated action is required to adapt to climate change, at the same time as making rapid, deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. So far, progress on adaptation is uneven and there are increasing gaps between action taken and what is needed to deal with the increasing risks, the new report finds. These gaps are largest among lower-income populations.

The Working Group II report is the second instalment of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which will be completed this year.

“This report recognizes the interdependence of climate, biodiversity and people and integrates natural, social and economic sciences more strongly than earlier IPCC assessments,” said Hoesung Lee. “It emphasizes the urgency of immediate and more ambitious action to address climate risks. Half measures are no longer an option.”

Safeguarding and strengthening nature is key to securing a liveable future

There are options to adapt to a changing climate. This report provides new insights into nature’s potential not only to reduce climate risks but also to improve people’s lives.

“Healthy ecosystems are more resilient to climate change and provide life-critical services such as food and clean water”, said IPCC Working Group II Co-Chair Hans-Otto Pörtner. “By restoring degraded ecosystems and effectively and equitably conserving 30 to 50 per cent of Earth’s land, freshwater and ocean habitats, society can benefit from nature’s capacity to absorb and store carbon, and we can accelerate progress towards sustainable development, but adequate finance and political support are essential.”

Scientists point out that climate change interacts with global trends such as unsustainable use of natural resources, growing urbanization, social inequalities, losses and damages from extreme events and a pandemic, jeopardizing future development.

“Our assessment clearly shows that tackling all these different challenges involves everyone – governments, the private sector, civil society – working together to prioritize risk reduction, as well as equity and justice, in decision-making and investment,” said IPCC Working Group II Co-Chair Debra Roberts.

“In this way, different interests, values and world views can be reconciled. By bringing together scientific and technological know-how as well as Indigenous and local knowledge, solutions will be more effective. Failure to achieve climate resilient and sustainable development will result in a sub-optimal future for people and nature.”

Cities: Hotspots of impacts and risks, but also a crucial part of the solution

This report provides a detailed assessment of climate change impacts, risks and adaptation in cities, where more than half the world’s population lives. People’s health, lives and livelihoods, as well as property and critical infrastructure, including energy and transportation systems, are being increasingly adversely affected by hazards from heatwaves, storms, drought and flooding as well as slow-onset changes, including sea level rise.

“Together, growing urbanization and climate change create complex risks, especially for those cities that already experience poorly planned urban growth, high levels of poverty and unemployment, and a lack of basic services,” Debra Roberts said.

“But cities also provide opportunities for climate action – green buildings, reliable supplies of clean water and renewable energy, and sustainable transport systems that connect urban and rural areas can all lead to a more inclusive, fairer society.”

There is increasing evidence of adaptation that has caused unintended consequences, for example destroying nature, putting peoples’ lives at risk or increasing greenhouse gas emissions. This can be avoided by involving everyone in planning, attention to equity and justice, and drawing on Indigenous and local knowledge.

A narrowing window for action

Climate change is a global challenge that requires local solutions and that’s why the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) provides extensive regional information to enable Climate Resilient Development.

The report clearly states Climate Resilient Development is already challenging at current warming levels. It will become more limited if global warming exceeds 1.5°C (2.7°F). In some regions it will be impossible if global warming exceeds 2°C (3.6°F). This key finding underlines the urgency for climate action, focusing on equity and justice. Adequate funding, technology transfer, political commitment and partnership lead to more effective climate change adaptation and emissions reductions.

“The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and the health of the planet. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future,” said Hans-Otto Pörtner.

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Our newest member is Equilor Corporate Advisory Zrt.

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Our newest member is  Equilor Corporate Advisory Zrt. founded in 2016,  represented by Svoób Ágnes, with HUF over 218 million sales revenue with 12 employees for 2020. Equilor Corporate Advisory Zrt. Provides a full range of financial advisory services to domestic and regional medium and large companies. Their main focus is on financing strategy, M&A transactions, various capital market solutions, market and company valuation, and corporate strategy.

Equilor Corporate Advisory Zrt. Is committed to the development and operation of the green financial system in Hungary and intends to take an active part in the related processes. Their environmental responsibility, the promotion of green finance products among their customers, through which projects with sustainability in mind are implemented – for example through a green bond. The company’s climate protection objectives can be divided into two parts. On the one hand, they are trying to minimize the environmental footprint of their own operations, with the biggest breakthrough being the consolidation of hybrid work and the holding of a significant portion of business negotiations online. In addition, their company operates in a modern, energy-efficient office building, the car park has electric quick chargers, and waste is collected selectively by workers.

The primary legal source for respect for human rights and fundamental human values ​​is the employment contract, which fully complies with the Labor Code.

The aim of their membership is to enable them to participate as actively as possible in thinking together about the sustainable development of the economy, with the highest added value. Equilor Corporate Advisory Zrt. Is committed to achieving its goals, and through their membership they want to participate in as many professional events as

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Attila Chikán Jr. re-elected as BCSDH president

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Budapest, February 22, 2022 – The Electing General Assembly of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH) has elected a Board for another three-year term. During the six-year presidency of Attila Chikán Jr., 50 new companies joined the organization, which now brings together 115 companies producing 30% of Hungary’s GDP and has become a benchmark in the field of sustainability. The re-elected President will be supported by a four-member board, whose re-elected members are Zsolt Jamniczky, Vice-president of E.ON Hungária, Dr. Ágnes Fábián, Managing Director of Henkel Hungary, Zoltán Gazsi, Managing Director of Eisberg Hungary, and Gréta Nagy, Managing Director of Dandelion Ltd. The management of BCSDH will remain in the hands of Irén Márta.

 

The re-elected Members of the Supervisory Board are Orsolya Pallaghy, Dr. Orsolya Fazekas, and János Kocsányi, CEO of Graphisoft Park SE. The mandate of the President, the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board is for three years.

‘I believe that the organization is on the right path and our business is becoming more effective each and every year’ – started the evaluation of the last three years by Attila Chikán Jr., President of BCSDH – ‘The awareness and recognition of the organization both to governmental stakeholders and to a wider audience has grown significantly in recent years due to our professional activities and their successful communication’.

Nothing proves the success of BCSDH’s efforts to introduce more and more companies to the essence and content of sustainable development than the fact that the association now has 115 members. In recent years, the 340 professional events, 220 active corporate leaders, 250 talented young people in the ‘Future Leaders’ program, more than 280 civil, scientific and corporate experts involved in the Action 2020 Hungary Program, and 140 business practices presented so far that provide real answers to sustainability challenges demonstrate the BCSDH’s commitment to sustainability.

Last year, the Circular Economy Platform, which was set up at the initiative of the BCSDH, the Dutch Embassy and the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, already had 94 members. The initiative aims to foster the circular transition through collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Further, for the sixth time this year, the For a Sustainable Future Award, launched in 2017, recognizes outstanding corporate, managerial and personal achievements in the field of sustainability, complemented by the Social Responsibility category launched in response to the pandemic.

One of the greatest achievements of recent years has been the establishment of the Net Zero Advisory Board, established in January 2021, which brings together key players committed to cross-sectoral regulatory, scientific and business sustainability. The primary goal of this cooperation is to facilitate and accelerate the process by which the Hungarian economy can become carbon neutral by 2050.

‘As for the future, we want to continue and develop all these activities with the usual determination in the coming years. We have a number of tasks ahead of us and we need to continue developing the action and programs that are planned by 2030’ – Attila Chikán Jr. highlighted as the most important tasks. – ‘It’s time to turn words and commitments into action. We must strive to further strengthen the leadership of the BCSDH as the voice of a responsible and active business community. We will continue to support our member companies in achieving their scientifically based, ambitious sustainability goals. Working with them, our shared goal is to deliver measurable results by the end of 2030 through our recently launched Time to Transform 2030 program’ – added the re-elected president about his professional program.

 

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The new leadership of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary

 

 

Attila Chikán Jr. – President
CEO
ALTEO Plc.

Mr. Chikán has a degree in economics and more than a decade of professional and leadership experience in the field of energy. The ALTEO Group, led by Mr. Chikán since its establishment, has become one of the sector’s most important actors. The company’s core businesses are smart energy management services for industrial firms and renewable energy production. ALTEO has issued stocks on the Budapest Stock Exchange since 2010 and was recently listed in the Prime Equities category. The company is one of the leading domestic representatives of an impact investment strategy aimed at making profitable, sustainable and socially responsible investment.

Chikán Attila Jr. is committed to the principles of sustainability: he runs his own blog under the name Chikansplanet. He is also actively participating in BCSDH’s professional work and has served as the president of BCSDH since 2016.

 

Dr. Ágnes Fábián
CEO
Henkel Magyarország Kft.
Adhesives Technologies business unit executive

A member of Henkel Magyarország Kft’s team since 1996, Dr. Ágnes Fábián became a business unit executive at Henkel Adhesive Technologies by moving up through the company hierarchy and spending nine years in an international environment, besides which she has also been CEO of Henkel Magyarország since 2011. Dr. Fábián began her career in 1990 in Biogal Gyógyszergyár Hélia’s cosmetics sales division. Later, she worked as regional sales manager at Maybeline’s and Loctite Magyarország when Henkel acquired the company. Her aim is to make even more leaders realize that sustainability and value creation for customers are inevitably components of good performance. Operating sustainably is now a requirement that cannot and should not evaded.

 

Zoltán Gazsi
Managing Director
Eisberg Hungary Kft. 

Managing Director of Eisberg since 2007. After graduating from the University of Agricultural Sciences in Gödöllő, Zoltán worked for the National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control, followed by 14 years of working in a multinational environment at Syngenta. After leading the Experimental Station at Ócsa, he had various marketing- and project-coordinator jobs in increasingly large fields of operation, including on almost all continents. He believes that the good examples seen at companies have an impact on the families of employees and on the direct and indirect environment of the company, and that these impacts are inevitably the start of significant changes at the level of society.

 

Zsolt Jamniczky
Vice-President,
E.ON Hungária Zrt.

E.ON Hungária Group’s Director for Central Affairs since 2007 and Deputy CEO of the company since 2010. After completing his studies, Mr. Jamniczky served as an adviser in the Foreign Relations Office of the Hungarian National Assembly. In 1996 he was appointed Director for Corporate Affairs at Reemtsma Hungary, a Debrecen-based tobacco company. This was followed by the Director for Corporate Affairs position at Philip Morris Hungary until 2005, while between 2006 and 2007 Mr. Jamniczky was Philip Morris International’s Director of EU Government Relations at the company’s Brussels office. He studied at the Budapest University of Economics and the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences. Mr. Jamniczky’s main fields of interest include corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility in a constantly changing economic and social environment, and innovation in the energy sector.

Zsolt Jamniczky was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the President of Hungary in 2016.

 

Gréta Nagy
Managing Director
DANDELION Kft.

Founder and Managing Director of Dandelion Kft. since 2006.

Gréta graduated as an environmental engineer from the Széchenyi István University, and also from an Environmental Management Engineering and Economic Analyst MBA at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

She has participated in environmental and process-optimization projects over the last twelve years, and her colleagues have developed innovations such as the methodology for calculating a company’s ecological footprint, as well as the Greenlex software, which is a self-assessment software for regulatory compliance. The company’s latest development is WorksStressMeter, which may be used to measure the stress level of employees and organizations. Gréta has been participating in BCSDH’s work as a consultant.

 

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Our newest member is Spreadmonitor Kft.

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Our newest member is  Spreadmonitor Kft. founded in 2014,  represented by Iljicsov András, with HUF over 130 million sales revenue with 5 employees for 2020. The software development company, which specializes in complex and data-intensive IT problems, delivers IT and data science solutions primarily to the energy sector.

The goal of Spreadmonitor Kft. is to stand out and become a leader among the regional software development companies in terms of sustainability, setting an example to follow and serving as a model for other companies. The company’s environmental responsibility includes reducing their carbon emissions; by purchasing 100 tonnes of Verified Carbon Unit Retirement, they have neutralized 400% of the CO2 they emit by 2018.

In addition, the company strives to use only digital signatures and e-invoicing with all its partners, and they are paying careful attention to selective waste collection. In the name of social responsibility, in 2020 the Juszt-is-teszünk Foundation in 2021 the Jamba Hungary Foundation supported the company with an amount of almost half a million HUF. The goal of Spreadmonitor Kft. is to stand out and become a leader among the regional software development companies in terms of sustainability, setting an example to follow and serving as a model for other companies. They are responsible for their responsible and ethical operations through their annual survey, which is supplemented by a monthly survey and a biennial survey to discuss any problems and current issues facing employees.

Spreadmonitor Kft. is committed to increasing social responsibility and moving towards sustainable development. From their membership, they primarily expect to be able to share knowledge, learn best practices and think together to ensure that sustainability goals are institutionalized within the company.

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Our newest member is SolServices Kft.

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Our newest member is SolServices Kft. Founded in 2017, represented by Gábor Farkas Dr. with HUF over 730 million sales revenue with 19 employees for 2020.

The company contributes to the achievement of the carbon-neutral energy objectives of Hungary and the European Union by developing high-performance large-scale solar parks. In the last few years, SolServices has developed and permitted a total of more than 700 megawatts of photovoltaic solar power plants in Hungary, becoming the largest player in the sector. The company’s first own solar park with the capacity of almost 140 MWs will be completed by the end of 2022. Lumen Park Szolnok will be one of the largest solar parks in the country, designed and built in line with the environmentally friendly principles.

SolServices Kft. works on the dissemination of energy production based on renewable energy sources, keeping in mind the criteria of sustainability and the development objectives of the future’s modern Hungarian energy industry. In addition to its core business, the company considers it important to take an active role in environmental responsibility, primarily through its educational and research activities.

The core business of the company is extremely important for sustainability, but they also pay attention to the fact that the principles of sustainability are considered not only in the goal, but also in every step of the way to it. It is considered important to share the professional experience gained so far, which is why the company’s first professional compass document was created to support the development and operation of environmentally friendly solar parks.

In 2020, the company prepared and implemented its Environment and Social Policy Statement within the organization, which always sets out not only the commitment to the principles of sustainability, but also the voluntary commitments to respect fundamental human rights and values.

The purpose of their membership is, among other things, to find opportunities for professional cooperation, to share and collect good practices, to build relationships with like-minded partners, as well as to share research results and professional experience.

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Let’s change the perspective! – HBLF 2022 Women’s Day Campaign – with support of BCSDH

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On behalf of the board of HBLF we invite the CEOs of the businesses in Hungary to join the special HBLF International Women’s Day initiative for 2022. We plan to demonstrate alliance and call for action to raise awareness about the topic of female representation in leadership.

 

 

Today, only 8% of the top 50 companies (with the highest turnover) in Hungary have female CEOs. In line with the HBLF’s mission, we believe that by working together, we will be stronger and have a greater impact on the necessary changes and give women the opportunity in leadership. Participants are invited to a F2F, outdoor event with 100 CEOs on the 4th March between 7am and 10 am.

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To shift things around we need to change perspective. We create an interactive installation that shows number 8, but by joint efforts it turns into an infinite sign. The transformation happens when enough participants make a special gesture. That’s why it’s so important to have as many leaders as possible to support the initiative with personal participation. Together, we can show that women also have endless opportunities.

We also invite the CEOs to share their commitment and with this input they can join this initiative, even if they are not available on the 4th March event. The campaign is planned to be displayed online and offline, as well as on social media, with the support of our media partners. The participating CEOs and their commitment is available on HBLF’s website. Hungarian Business Leaders Forum – HBLF Nőnapi kampány

We kindly ask participants to contribute to the cost of the campaign by paying a registration fee. Details are in the registration form.

With our partnership package (attached), we provide valuable opportunity & space for partner organization to appear in the campaign. Please let us know, if you are interested in this.

Please e-mail the photo and company logo to HBLF Secretariat. Eniko Csík is available in case of questions. hblf@hblf.hu Tel: +36305944876

Many thanks for joining this campaign and supporting the cause!

Best regards,

 

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Legrand is celebrating 30 years in Hungary

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This year, Legrand is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Hungary. We are looking back a bit at the past this year, but we are also heading towards the future.

Our company, Legrand Hungary, which grew up on the foundations of the former Kontavill, not only successfully integrated from a state-owned company into an international group of companies, but has also become an equal partner of the other subsidiaries, and we have even opened new doors.

The tremendous growth rates of recent years have justified us, and it also played a role in our success that, if necessary, besides our strengths we took on our weaknesses as well.

The world is constantly changing, always at a different pace. If we only look at the last three decades in Hungary, we can remember three situations rewriting everything, which fundamentally shaped the business and economic environment and presented our company with completely new challenges: regime change, the 2008 economic crisis and the Covid pandemic.

However, we believe that if a company was able to or is about to emerge stronger from all three, it is worth paying attention to what it does and how it does it. Legrand Hungary is exactly like this.In recent years, we have managed to blend tradition and innovation and stand in the race for both the graces of consumers and within the group.

We develop based on customer feedback, so we can turn dreams and needs into truly workable solutions.The most common topics in the media are innovations by global tech companies and startups. Anyone who listens to this will see that the future will belong to smart solutions, in our case to smart homes. However, this does not only mean that the devices we offer (switches, controllers, cameras, etc.) must be remotely controllable; we must pay attention to environmental awareness, energy savings and practicality, and to offer our customers user-friendly solutions at affordable prices and, of course, to preserve the Earth for future generations.E-mobility is playing an increasingly important role, with the spread of which various Green’UP ™ vehicle charging solutions have also appeared in Legrand’s offer. All premium chargers are equipped with Bluetooth communication by default, which provides the transfer of charging information and the ability to control charging through a mobile phone application, offering users a simple and fast solution.

In addition to switches and sockets, this is how Legrand Hungary can be present in almost every area of life with excellent solutions and products. Our slogan continues to be ‘Legrand, improving lives’, and we do that to make the lives of our customers and clients easier and better.

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Provident Financial Ltd. has been a player in the lending market in Hungary for 20 years

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With two thousand and three hundred employees, it is one of the largest employers in the country, currently serving two hundred and thirty thousand customers. For two decades, the company has been committed to providing economic and financial education to its customers and to supporting local communities through a wide range of social causes, which is why in 2008 it launched the Családi Kasszasikerek Programme, which provides Hungarian families with modern financial education and develops households’ self-care skills. Since its launch, Provident has implemented 50 successful educational programmes, which have helped 30 000 families and 300 social workers, cultural workers and educators to improve their financial literacy.

Understanding and managing our finances is an essential part of our daily lives. In order to be able to make responsible decisions in everyday life and in circumstances that require serious reflection, it is important to be aware of our financial situation and to monitor our income and expenditure.

For this purpose, Provident has produced a Family Budgeting Booklet 2022 to help with planning finances throughout the year. This booklet will be delivered personally by the company’s advisers to around 50,000 families in March to help them use it. The aim of the initiative is to ensure that by the end of 2022, as many families as possible will be able to show savings so that an unexpected expense does not put them in a difficult situation. The company believes that it can contribute to the development of financial awareness and planning among Hungarian families through such real, socially impactful programmes.

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Cinematic experiences – bird protection and sustainability

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As part of its series of sustainability programmes for employees, MAVIR has made several short films having been made available to the general public. We have captured a variety of themes and special moments on our video sharing channel, drawing attention to the fragility of nature’s balance and, consequently, the importance of sustainable operation. Among the topics, we reported on the crane migration in Hortobágy, the Wild Goose Festival of Tata, while the footages shot at the veterinary station of the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden, our partner in the rescue and rehabilitation of birds, as well as our activities in the LIFE Danube Free Sky Project – installing bird diverter assemblies over the Danube with the help of drones and the study of bird mortality along transmission lines with a tracking dog – were also included.

Action for the protection of migrating birds with the help of drone technology and tracking dogs

After the ones at Gönyű, Győr, Ercsi and Szigetcsép, another section of the transmission line became bird-friendly: almost 600 bird diverters help the safe migration of birds at the Danube crossing in Százhalombatta. Work over the rivers requires a unique solution, for which we use drones, and, because of the complexity of the task, two drones perform the task parallely: one watching the transmission line and navigating the other that is picking up and installing the bird diverter assembly. This requires the coordinated and precise work of two pilots. In order to plan protection against collision, ornithologists also studied the mortality of birds under the transmission line sections to be found in the Fertő-Hanság and Danube-Ipoly National Parks with the help of tracking dogs. Activities of the LIFE Danube Free Sky Project, encompassing seven Danube countries (Austria, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Hungary), aim to make transmission lines over the rivers visible, with the next step of making the section of the just mentioned transmission line across the Little Danube visible for birds.

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Another major forest planting commitment by MagNet Bank

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MagNet Bank has committed to planting an additional 10,000 saplings in 2022 to enhance its impact on carbon neutralization and forest planting.
The second phase of the Bank’s commitment – made in the spring of 2019 – was successfully completed in November 2021. According to the 1 customer = 1 tree commitment, it has pledged to plant 40,000 trees in two phases between 2019 and 2021, in line with the volume of its total customer base.  The 40,000 saplings were planted in the Pusztai Tölgyesek forest area in Nagykőrös and in the Ócsai Landscape Protection Area of the Duna – Ipoly National Park, with the help of the Erdőmentők (Forest Rescue) Foundation.  At the end of the first two-year phase, the Foundation certified the initiative’s measurable positive impact on carbon neutralisation. The Bank hopes that more and more players in the banking sector will commit to planting not only trees on behalf of their new customers, but the planting volume will be based on their current customer base.

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