An organizational development system involving innovative methodology and completely novel software products was developed by ProSelf International Inc., whose CEO and innovative leader Attila Kelemen, the owner of former Ben & Loch Lomond International Inc.

In response to current and future problems the organizational development system provides complex solutions for companies as a whole. Individual and organizational well-being, its dimensions and effect on individual and organizational efficiency constitute the the focal point.

Humanizing is the value of ProSelf methodology, the man, the person are put at the center of their solutions. By offering solutions this methodology helps to anticipate dramatic changes affecting individuals and organizations, while ProSelf software products that are based on this methodology ensure increasingly precise forecast for its users. The efficiency of the application is enhanced by the unique feature at the market that the software enables real time analytics and intervention.

The professional team of ProSelf International is composed of the representatives of human sciences, data scientists, customer experience experts. The operation of the consulting office is ethical, transparent in all cases, it is based on involvement and commitment.

– Our aim is to do good and do it well. We have elaborated a business model that is able to realize these two objectives – said Attila Kelemen, CEO of ProSelf International Inc.

More information: www.proself.org

Henkel’s Sustainability Ambassador program won the Hungarian Business Responsibility Award, during the initiative volunteers from the company held playful classes on sustainability to nearly 1,900 students. The employees – or Sustainability Ambassadors – taught students how to live environmentally consciously, how to save water and electricity during an interactive lesson. The initiative aims to educate children from an early age on environmentally responsible habits.

The most outstanding responsible and sustainable initiatives, products, services and projects were awarded with the Hungarian Business Responsibility Award by the CSR Hungary, a professional forum. At the awards ceremony, Henkel’s Sustainability Ambassadors program won in the Junior category. Special feature of the initiative is that it covers the complex topic of sustainability in the language of children, the volunteers held understandable and interesting classes for the students.

As part of the program, the Henkel voluntary employees complete a training to become Sustainability Ambassadors, and visit school from the capital and the countryside, where they show the children in playful, interactive classes how they can act environmentally consciously in their everyday life.

“This award is a great pleasure for us, as it is a special project. Our volunteer employees held playful sustainability classes for young students. We believe that if we speak to the young generation, and teach them the importance of environmental awareness, then growing up, environment protection will be important to this generation. This knowledge will be passed down to their own children as well “– said dr. Ágnes Fábián, CEO and volunteer sustainability ambassador of Henkel Magyarország.

Henkel employees visit elementary schools and held sustainability lectures since 2013, the program has reached around 60 thousand children across the world. The volunteers of the Hungarian subsidiary, the Henkel employees drew the students’ attention on the importance of green thinking during 70 extraordinary lessons, in which almost 1900 students have participated so far. During the special classes, students can learn tricks and tips, which can help them to protect the environment, save water and electricity. The experiences prove that a comprehensive, amusing and understandable environmental education is really needed in elementary schools.

Henkel is confident that the students will remember what they have learned as adults and green thinking will be natural for them. The Henkel Sustainability Ambassador Program won the “The corporate volunteer program of the year” award at the tender of Önkéntes Központ Alapítvány (Volunteer Centre Foundation) in 2014.

Coca-Cola HBC has announced that it intends to reduce water use intensity by 30% by 2020, compared to 2010 and direct carbon emissions intensity by 50% over the same period. The company’s new sustainability framework was introduced after Coca-Cola HBC was named beverage industry leader in the Dow Jones World and Europe Sustainability Indices for the second consecutive year.

Here in Hungary, we will be contributing to meeting these targets by implementing continuous water and energy reduction programs at our Dunaharaszti and Zalaszentgrót plants – says Valentin Tóth, communications director.

Coca-Cola HBC Hungary reduced water use per 1 litre finished product by 8 percent and carbon emissions by 11 percent in the period between 2010 and 2014. One of the largest water heat pumps of Hungary is operated in the Zalaszentgrót bottling plant. We have doubled the amount of recycled PET used for the packaging of our products, with the proportion of recycled PET raw materials amounting up to 30 percent. Our bottles also lost weight in the last four years, and thus we reduced PET in production by more than 700 tons.

For the first time in Hungary, we have introduced the first-ever fully recyclable PET bottle made partially from plants as the packaging for our NaturAqua mineral water.

Following 1^st January 2016, Marcin Łapiński, currently Managing Director at Skanska Property Romania, will take the corresponding position at Skanska Property Hungary. Furthermore, Zoltán Linczmayer and Aurelia Luca will be nominated for the newly established roles of Country Directors in the company’s both Hungarian and Romanian units respectively. All these changes aim to strengthen the organization and synergy of Skanska Commercial Development Europe in Central Europe and grow the business in those two emerging markets.

 Hungary and Romania are very important countries for Skanska in the company’s business plan 2020. The office market in both locations is growing in terms of space delivered to the market, volume of leased space and the quality of office offer. According to CBRE, one can expect similar results also in 2015. The office market in Budapest is promising as well. According to forecasts by JLL, new supply in 2016 can reach the highest volume since 2010. In both cities Skanska is increasingly active. It has already delivered six office buildings in Budapest to the market and the seventh – Nordic Light – is currently under development. Skanska’s Romanian project Green Court Bucharest is in high demand. The company has fully leased its first building and over 80% of the space within Building B. Skanska Property Romania has also acquired one plot of land in the Central-West part of Bucharest for the future office projects in the country.

Marcin Łapiński

“This is important step in bringing closer Romania and Hungary. It will create solid platform for utilizing cross-countries synergies and promoting more knowledge sharing. Both markets are very challenging but with high growth potential and showing strong signs of post-crisis recovery. Furthermore, both countries are eagerly selected by companies from the BPO/SSC/ITO sector for which Skanska is often a first-choice company.” comments Marcin Łapiński, Managing Director of Skanska Property Romania and future Managing Director of Skanska Property Hungary. “I would like to wish Aurelia Luca and Zoltan Linczmayer many successes in their new positions.

Zoltán Linczmayer

According to “CEE Investment Report – Rising Stars 2015”, launched by Skanska Commercial Development Europe, JLL, Colliers International and the Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL), Bucharest and Budapest are recognized as ‘rising stars’ on the real estate investment transaction map of Europe. Both cities offer attractive return on investment along with huge market stability and low risk.

Important Country Director functions

Due to the development of Skanska’s office business in CEE, in particular in Hungary and Romania, the company extends its structures and establishes new positions of Country Directors in those two countries. Following 1^st January 2016, Zoltán Linczmayer, previously Managing Director at Skanska Property Hungary, will be appointed Country Manager in Hungary, while in Romania it will be Aurelia Luca, current Leasing and Marketing Manager. The Country Directors, together with Marcin Łapiński, will strengthen Skanska CDE’s presence in those two countries, which are perceived as with the first-rate potential.

 “Just as synergy and exchange of knowledge among Skanska’s units in different countries is important on an international level, on a local level it is crucial to properly understand the needs of people and users of our buildings. In Skanska, we focus primarily on employees of the companies that select our projects. Our goal is to provide comfortable office space that encourages efficiency. We know that flexibility is important as well as the opportunity to adjust space to individual requirements – not only of each tenant but also of each employee. Furthermore, it is of crucial importance that our buildings fit in with the urban tissues and give the opportunity to handle business during work breaks and after work,” underlines Zoltán Linczmayer, future Country Director at Skanska Property Hungary since January 2016.