The store chain supports with sandwiches and 1.5 million HUF donation the civil initiative Feed the Doctor!, which takes care of hot lunch for more than 100 healthcare workers – free of charge.

The chef, Márton Keve and his team in the Easy Wine Budapest Bisztró downtown prepares 100 portions of hot lunch daily for the workers of Szent László Hospital. For the performance of operational tasks of the collaboration, a complete crew was established among others from the teams and volunteers of Borganika, Easy Wine and Menedékház Foundation.

SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. supplies not only raw material for the hot lunch, it provides also cold food – pre-packaged sandwiches prepared in SPAR enjoy. convenience plant in Üllő – for doctors and healthcare workers of many hospitals in the capital city taking part in the fight against coronavirus.

„It is inexpressible in Forint and food, how grateful and thankful we are to the healthcare workers. We encourage all our partners and customers to cooperation and we ask everyone to comply with the rules required by the authorities to control the epidemic” – said Márk Maczelka, head of communication at SPAR.

Our newest member company is Amundi Asset Management Hungary, which has been dealing with fund management, collective portfolio management and investment management in Hungary since 1992. In 2018, it had an annual turnover of 2222 million and had 20 employees. As the number one leader, Sándor Vízkeleti has been managing the company’s operations since 2006.

The group is committed to financing a sustainable economy, and sustainability criteria are becoming increasingly important in its investment activities. Their operations and reference index are determined by the so-called ESG principles. ESG acronym stands for Environmental, social and governmental, and its approach ranks investments based on these main sustainability factors. The company has incorporated the UN’s sustainability criteria into its policy and excludes companies, that pollute the environment, violate social responsibility and fair corporate governance from its investment palette.

The company can ensure its transparent operations, as its core business is regulated officially, thus the fulfillment of the promises made is under constant control. Internal ethical operations are ensured through the Code of Ethics and Conduct, internal regulations, the criteria, moreover their memberships in international organizations.

Amundi wants to be one of the companies standing at the forefront of sustainability. By joining BCSDH, they expect to expand their knowledge in this area, and their goal is to make Hungary more inclusive to sustainable investments.

In the past weeks, the energy company has introduced all necessary health, operational safety and work safety measures in order to protect the health and safety of all employees and to ensure continuous energy supply as well as the operational safety of power plants operated by ALTEO Group. ALTEO Group has not only taken the necessary measures among its own employees to provide safe and continuous service to its clients, but at the same time it has set the list of subcontractors essential for its operations – there are continuous consultations with them to create safe conditions to carry out contract work.

Among others, ALTEO Group has taken the following measures:

• Cancelled all trips abroad.
• Mandatory “home office” ordered for positions where work can be carried out from home.
• For employees who must go to work and used mass transportation before, can now use their cars and will be reimbursed for related costs by the company.

Additional preventive measures have been taken for power plants and constructions:

• No delivery person, transportation company driver or outside contractor can enter the command rooms of company sites.
• Managers work in weekly shifts at the power plants and each shift is covered by the minimal number of necessary employees.
• Hand sanitizer, disposable rubber gloves are available at each site, and twice a day sites are cleaned by chemicals specified in regulations. Wearing face masks is mandatory for subcontractors working at the sites and for site employees.

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has switched its lubricants unit MOL Lub in Almásfüzitő (64 km northwest of Budapest) to sanitizer production to support the fight against coronavirus,

MOL switched over a production line, which earlier made windshield cleaner fluid, to hand and surface sanitizer production in just two weeks, they said.

The plant is making around 50,000 liters of sanitizer a day in three shifts.

MOL Lub has already delivered the first volumes to hospitals, waste managers, public utilities and municipalities and is working to launch retail sales of the product as soon as possible.

MOL will also start making sanitizer products at its plants in Slovakia and Croatia, they added.

Shell is making its foray into electric vehicle (EV) charging in Central and Eastern Europe by opening its first high-powered charging station in Hungary, in partnership with charging network operator IONITY, also launching its first Shell Recharge point, Shell’s electric vehicle charging global brand. Both charging points enable drivers to charge their cars on the go at Shell service stations.

“I am pleased, that we’re starting a new chapter in the history of Shell Retail in Central and Eastern Europe today. The region has in the past driven innovations in traditional fuels by launching our premium Shell V-Power fuels and now we enter new era on our journey to offer low-emission transport fuels to our customers”, said István Kapitány, Executive Vice President of Shell Retail.

With opening its first high-powered charging station together with IONITY, on M7 highway next to Lake Balaton in Hungary, Shell will help electric vehicle drivers to make longer-distance journeys easier. Each of four charge points offers the potential of up to 350 kW charging power. The high-powered chargers take up to 10-15 minutes to charge next-generation electric vehicles, making them up to three times faster than current chargers available to drivers.

In total, IONITY aims to build 21 charging stations at Shell sites across Central and Eastern Europe covering Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia by the end of 2021. At the same time Hungary will become the 5th market for Shell in Europe (and 9th for Shell worldwide), where Shell Recharge is being introduced. Its own electric vehicle charging service offering 50kW rapid charging capacity typically provide from 0% to 80% charge in approximately 30 minutes. The service has launched on two sites, on the M7 highway offering EV charging to drivers travelling from Budapest in the direction to Slovenia and Croatia and on the M3 highway. Both will serve for Shell as pilot testing EV service points in the region. The launch price of 1 925 HUF per session[1], to be applied after the initial test period, refers to the year when Shell was founded in Hungary.

Shell is committed to supporting people’s vehicle charging needs – whether they are at home, at work or on the road. This is because Shell believes more people will choose to drive electric vehicles if they can access quick and reliable facilities. “Hungary is currently the most developed electric vehicle market in Central and Eastern Europe and that’s why we have started to develop and test our solutions here. Our ambition is to provide EV charging capabilities at 100 Shell retail sites by the end of 2021 across the region through our own investment or via our partners” comments Sasha Koliakin, General Manager for Shell Retail in Central and Eastern Europe.

Electric vehicle charging solutions is just one of the ways that Shell is aiming to deliver more and cleaner energy around the world. Shell is also working to enhance the efficiency of traditional fuels and support the development of low-emission transport fuels such as hydrogen, biofuels and natural gas following regional opportunities.

[1] There are no subscription or connection fees associated with Shell Recharge.