CDP (Climate Disclosure Project) is a not-for-profit charity organization that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states, and regions to manage their environmental impacts. Over the past 20 years they have created a system that has resulted in unparalleled engagement on environmental issues worldwide.
EUROAPI Environmental performance has been recognized by the CDP scoring and received a “B” score. The CDP score is a snapshot of a company’s environmental disclosure and performance. The scoring methodology is fully aligned with regulatory boards and standards and provides comparability in the market.
A “B” score indicates that EUROAPI is addressing the environmental impacts of its business and ensures good environmental management. EUROAPI is committed to advancing sustainability goals, being aligned with the motivation to make an impact on society and on the planet as an integral part of our business strategy.
Further information about the company’s ESG certifications and performance:
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Stork nesting boxes to be installed at more than 100 sites.
E.ON is taking great effort to make its network safer for birds via an investment of hundreds of millions of forints into infrastructure that protects thems, including the installation of nesting boxes to protect storks.
Nest holders being installed on utility poles by the energy firm will help storks breed safely. This season, more than 100 new nest boxes will also be installed, most of them in Baranya, Tolna and Somogy counties. Nests which have been damaged, or collapsed during previous storms, will be demolished and rebuilt with reinforcements. On the nest supports provided by E.ON, the National Parks’ nature keepers reinforce the nest base with a flexible wicker base to make the nest attractive for the birds.
Storks like to build their nests, which can weigh several kilogrammes, up to a metre high,which poses a threat to both the birds and the power grid. With E.ON’s help, conservation experts can ensure that the birds can nest more safely, while the power supply is also maintained. Via the new nest boxes, there are now more than 3,000 nesting sites for stork pairs on E.ON’s electricity poles in Transdanubia and Pest County this year. At the largest landfill site in Pest County, a favourite feeding ground for storks, cable lines will be laid underground.
To protect storks and birds of prey, such as bloodhounds, hawks, or owls, E.ON has continued its network upgrades to ensure that elements around nests, hunting and feeding areas are bird-friendly during the autumn-winter season, as it usually does at this time of year. The use of covered insulation, long-span insulators, bird perches and wing splays allows raptors to use the posts as safe perches for stalking their prey. The energy company is also installing new nesting boxes for the saker falcon, the Bird of the Year in 2024.
The precise areas where intervention is needed to benefit birds are determined jointly by E.ON, the relevant national parks, and the Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Society (MME).
Bird-friendly network projects are ongoing throughout the year, and in recent months alone E.ON has carried out such network interventions at more than 100 sites. Financed entirely by the energy company, bird protection upgrades for the 2023-24 season will cost hundreds of millions of forints within E.ON Hungária Group’s territory.
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Shell Hungary continues to expand its electric vehicle (EV) charging network, announcing the launch of the first six Shell Recharge electric charging points, which will be located at local Tesco parking lots, according to previous agreements.
These fast, convenient, and reliable charging stations offer electric car owners the opportunity to charge their vehicles comfortably while shopping. The Shell Recharge network starts with 36 charging points in Tesco parking lots, with continuous expansion planned over the upcoming months to achieve nationwide coverage by the end of the year, catering to all EV charging needs.
The new charging stations are already implanted in Tesco hypermarket parking lots, providing both regular and fast charging options. Customers can charge up to six vehicles simultaneously from three charging stations at each location. The AC (alternating current) normal chargers are ideal for longer parking periods, while the DC (direct current) chargers serve faster charging needs on the road or at charging stations.
Shell’s self-operated, fast, convenient, and reliable EV charging service can be easily initiated on-site in various ways. Customers can initiate ad-hoc charging with contactless payment through the payment card terminal or, after scanning the QR code displayed on the charging pillar, by providing the bank card details. Shell Hungary’s contracted fuel card partners can start charging with the Shell Hybrid fuel card, and roaming partners with their roaming service provider card through the Shell Recharge application.
The unpredictability of the recent period also rewrote the rules on the leasing industry: although surprisingly, the rise in fuel prices only posed a minor difficulty for fleet operators, the slow arrival of new cars and the increase in rental fees caused more trouble. In addition, the number of companies that are considering switching to an electric fleet are increasing. We at ALD Automotive | LeasePlan asked more than 200 company leaders and fleet managers at our annual conference about the challenges they faced in the past year and how they see the trends of the near future in the corporate mobility market.
The biggest challenge for the majority of the companies participating in the fleet conference (58%) was the increasing monthly rental fee for new cars, and for a third of the companies, the most significant problem was the slow arrival of new cars. Surprisingly, only 5 percent of the respondents considered the fuel price increase to be the biggest recent challenge in fleet management. It is interesting that the biggest difficulty for some companies was the rethinking of vehicle benefit solutions due to home office is getting more and more frequent – this caused an issue especially for larger companies managing more than 100 cars. The emission of pollutants from traffic is also a significant problem in Hungary for which, at ALD Automotive | LeasePlan, we not only respond with climate protection and biodiversity preservation programs, but also encourage our partners through education, to implement environmental protection actions. The majority of respondents of our survey (57%) also continuously measure emissions at company level and follow an action plan to reduce them. A minority of companies have specific initiatives to offset emissions: a tree planting program works for 13 percent of the respondents, while financial support for compensation projects works for roughly 10 percent of the companies. However, a fifth of the responding companies have not yet dealt with climate protection issues at all – even though a quarter of them are companies with a company fleet of more than a hundred cars. The use of environmentally friendly mobility technologies can be an easy way to reduce corporate emissions, carbon neutrality is not yet the primary consideration when designing fleets in Hungary. According to the respondents, when choosing cars, the predictability of costs is the most important, followed by the quality of services related to the operation of the vehicle fleet. Interesting fact is that the price is only after these, in the third place. The appearance and comfort of the car comes last when a company decides to procure a vehicle.
The company leaders and fleet managers also answered what solutions they would implement in their own companies within 1-3 years, according to the current trends. Based on the answers, most managers are thinking about creating a comprehensive mobility package, which includes public transport or other micromobility and sharing services in addition to the company car, but 45 percent of them are also thinking about electrification of their fleets, which paints a positive picture regarding the future of the carbon neutrality of the fleet industry.
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National Mobile Payment Plc. participated in the event “The Values of Sustainability”, where we sought answers to questions related to corporate sustainability and competitiveness together with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) as the organiser and other participants of the conference.
For example, the Digital Service Ecosystem, a set of digital services supporting domestic competitiveness, developed in cooperation between public and market actors linked to service value chains, with its key elements of digital identification and digital payment, ensures easy access to services for a wide range of users. Full article available at:
The last period has been intense, both in terms of the legislative and regulatory environment and related professional activities, with a strong focus on sustainability – just think of the new ESG law or the many initiatives related to this issue.
We have taken a new approach to summarise all the ways in which the reporting required by the changed regulation can be translated into concrete business benefits: identify new revenue streams when assessing business risks, increase operational efficiency, stimulate innovation, reduce negative externalities, reduce exposure in resource procurement This opportunity brings a new challenge, the whole reporting process needs to be based on a corporate strategy that can well assess business processes and directions and identify key indicators. The question is: can we make use of it? Click on the link below to read our food for thought:
Finally, we are delighted to inform our readers that our Company, National Mobile Payment Plc., has published the updated edition of its Sustainability Report 2023, thus confirming our previously underlined ambition to make innovation, digitalisation and sustainability the pillars of our strategy. Our aim is to provide easy-to-use, accessible and environmentally friendly services for a wide range of citizens, which are a major driver of the digital economy development in our country.
We are particularly proud of the collaboration that went into the preparation of the Report – with the sole contribution of our colleagues: the process of its preparation has already added significant value: we have assessed our operations, deepened cooperation between our partner departments, and even outlined new, innovative directions and opportunities for the Company! Our related reflections, objectives and Report are available at the link below:
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K&H, which has been focusing on sustainability for years, has further developed its highly popular K&H Cooling Groves programme and will create K&H pet-friendly groves in the backyards of 30 public schools this spring. The triple aim of the initiative is to increase green space with a variety of plants and animal habitats, promote biodiversity in the yards of public education institutions and shape children’s environmental awareness.
For years, K&H has focused on raising awareness of environmental protection through a wide range of social initiatives and on ensuring that our planet remains liveable for future generations.
Building on the K&H Cooling Groves launched in 2022, last autumn K&H launched the K&H Animal Friendly Groves competition, for which more than 300 public education institutions submitted applications. In the selected 30 schoolyards and kindergartens, the financial institution will plant plants – fruit trees, shrubs, herbs – that support biodiversity, in partnership with the 10 Million Trees Foundation. K&H’s animal-friendly groves provide habitat for different plant and animal species on an area of 100 square metres per site. Animals will also be attracted to the grove with bird boxes, feeders, ponds and hedgehog dens. This will create a varied little green oasis in the courtyards of the institutions, and children will be able to observe the animals as well as the plants’ beneficial effects.
Education is an integral part of the programme. In the 30 public education establishments selected for the programme, children will be actively involved in the creation of the grove and will also have the opportunity to take part in a playful quiz on biodiversity. In addition, the institutions will receive a lesson plan for lower and upper grades, which will help them to better understand why it is important to create harmony between people, plants and animals for sustainable development.
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On 29 February, one year after being named the issuer of the year’s highest share price increase in the premium category at one of the most prestigious awards in the Hungarian financial and capital markets, ALTEO received another prestigious award: it won the “Company with Long-term Share Price Increase” category at Best of BSE 2023.
Balázs Szécsi, Head of Capital Markets and Investor Relations at ALTEO, accepted the award at the event, which honoured the most outstanding performers and players on the Hungarian capital market. Mr. Szécsi emphasised that in addition to the economic environment, which has had a positive impact on performance, the consistent implementation of the company’s ambitious strategy of systematical adaptation to market realities and opportunities, has also contributed to the sustained rise in the share price.
He also said that this clearly positive trend for investors could be further fuelled by a number of business moments awaiting ALTEO. One of the most significant of these is the 20 MWe solar power plant being built on the outskirts of Tereske, Nógrád county. With this unit, which will be able to meet the electricity needs of more than 10,000 households per year, ALTEO will double its solar power plant portfolio and, with its ESG certification obtained two years ago, is one of Hungary’s first certified energy companies in the independent power producer, trader and utility sectors.
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IKEA launches VÄXELBRUK, a new collection of textile products made from recycled co-worker uniforms collected from IKEA stores across Europe. Through this pilot project, IKEA has explored how to give a second life to used clothing and manage recycling processes within the IKEA value chain. The VÄXELBRUK series will be available in selected IKEA stores in Europe from February 2024.
From 2020 to 2022, IKEA introduced a new design of co-worker clothing globally in IKEA customer meeting points. During this time, IKEA also collected numerous pallets of old co-worker uniforms from its stores across Europe. This was a starting point for the pilot project to explore how used co-worker uniforms can be turned into secondary raw materials and how to develop and manage all steps of the recycling process within IKEA, from collecting textile waste to producing new products from it. The outcome is VÄXELBRUK, the collection of textile products that will be launched in selected IKEA stores in Europe from February 2024.
The VÄXELBRUK collection contains 16 textile products such as curtains, cushion covers, throws and bags. The products were made using the fibres recycled from the collected co-worker uniforms. To ensure the desired colour expressions and required quality standards, these fibres were blended with other materials e.g. recycled polyester from used PET bottles or pre-consumer textile waste. During the project, a batch of faulty new co-worker clothing was identified and used in this collection’s production as well.
Through this project, IKEA explored the complete process of recycling within the IKEA value chain. The knowledge gained from this pilot has brought important learnings for IKEA to continue finding new ways of working for recycling.
“Through the VÄXELBRUK pilot project, IKEA aimed to test and learn how to turn textile waste into secondary raw materials for new products. The VÄXELBRUK project is an example of entrepreneurship that challenges current practices and develops ways of working for recycling, says Lena Julle, Sustainability manager, IKEA of Sweden.
“For IKEA, the VÄXELBRUK project was an opportunity for a thorough exploration of recycling processes. We had to learn to navigate quite a complex landscape in terms of requirements, legislation, and logistics. The project brought a lot of cross-disciplinary learnings, not only about textiles. We’re sharing these insights across IKEA to use in everything from the supply chain to product development and design”, says Luca Clerici, Deployment leader New Business & Innovation Deployment Management Europe Supply.
The VÄXELBRUK collection will be available in selected IKEA stores in Europe from February 2024.
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Graphisoft Park is buzzing with excitement as we announce our latest sustainability endeavors, all geared towards a greener, friendlier future.
First up, we’re thrilled to introduce our newest perk: Graphisoft Park is now officially dog-friendly! We understand the importance of work-life balance, and what better way to enhance it than by allowing our tenants’ employees to bring their furry companions to the office? From playful pups to serene seniors, dogs of all shapes and sizes are welcome to roam our green spaces and brighten up our workdays.
But that’s not all—our commitment to sustainability extends beyond wagging tails. In partnership with local beekeeping experts, we’re installing three beehives within the park. These busy bees will not only contribute to the local ecosystem but also play a vital role in pollination, supporting biodiversity and enhancing the natural beauty of our surroundings.
Last but certainly not least, we’re proud to announce that our inaugural ESG report has been recognized with the prestigious Green Frog Award in the category of “Outstanding First Sustainibility Report,” founded by Deloitte Hungary. This accolade underscores our dedication to transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement in our sustainability practices.
With these initiatives, Graphisoft Park is taking meaningful steps towards a more sustainable and inclusive future. From embracing our four-legged friends to fostering biodiversity and transparency, we’re committed to making a positive impact on our community and the planet … one paw print and honeybee buzz at a time.
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An energy investment worth HUF 40 million was handed over at the production unit of Masterplast Medical Kft. in Sárszentmihály.
At the production unit of Masterplast Medical Ltd. in sárszentmihály, a phase correction device was handed over and the control measurements were carried out. The project was implemented with an investment of nearly HUF 40 million. Thanks to the equipment installed by the contractor KRL KONTROL Kft., significant energy savings can be achieved thanks to the state-of-the-art phase correction equipment and active harmonic filters.
For Masterplast, as a large company in Central Europe, it is important to reduce energy losses and increase energy efficiency. With the current investment in our Sárszentmihály production unit, we are able to reduce energy costs, which will make environmentally friendly operation a reality.
In our Sárszentmihály factory, we have installed KRL equipment to help save energy and improve energy quality, with the following results:
– A 65% reduction in power harmonic content,
– 65% reduction of the voltage harmonic content,
– Inductive reactive power reduced to below the limit,
– significantly improved power quality and operational safety,
– better use of the electricity network.
Thanks to these achievements, our company has taken another important step towards sustainability, creating long-term business stability and a positive corporate image. From an environmental perspective, it contributes to mitigating climate change and other environmental challenges. It is important to reduce the company’s ecological footprint and help preserve the environment for future generations.
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