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Corporate partnerships for the introduction of new technologies

Continuously updating and developing the skills of employees is key to the success of a company, as skilled and motivated workers perform better. We have been working with our key supplier partners for several years to ensure that our colleagues can learn first-hand how to use the new tools or systems they offer and provide feedback on their experience. This collaborative approach delivers mutual results in the environmental, social and economic areas of sustainability.

János Mészáros,Deputy CEO for Strategy and Finance

 

 

Company:

BKM Nonprofit Ltd.

Implementation Year:

2020-

Focus Areas:

Education and training

Program Objective:

 

Budapest Public Utilities Nonprofit Ltd. is committed to providing continuous development opportunities for its employees, as skilled and motivated employees contribute significantly to the success of the company and the quality and efficiency of public services.

Over the past years, BKM has worked closely with a number of its supplier partners to ensure that the installation and roll-out of new equipment, technologies and systems supplied by them is smooth and that its staff can immediately become familiar with and expertly use these tools and solutions.

BKM aims to ensure that its employees have up-to-date, competitive knowledge that enables them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

 

Program Measures and Commitments:

 

We have developed close cooperation with many of our supplier partners, who share their first-hand experience and knowledge of using new tools and systems. This allows our staff to learn new technologies quickly and efficiently.

Another element of mutual cooperation is that we provide our partners with feedback that manufacturers can use to improve products and services, including customer relationships.

These knowledge transfers are interactive, practice-oriented, and feedback on the knowledge gained is part of the process. In this way, participants can apply the knowledge they have acquired in their daily work using new tools and systems, which are regularly updated on a recurring basis.

 

Program Impact and Results:

 

The aim of the introduction of the programme was to increase the lifetime of the new devices and systems, to reduce the number of failures caused by improper use and to reduce the number of process failures caused by improper system use. Our employees benefited from the training, which helped to increase efficiency and ensure quality work. This has led to a demonstrable increase in labour utilisation and a reduction in the unit costs associated with each of the economic and business management processes.

 

Relatd links (in Hungarian):

 

A BKM Nonprofit Zrt. 2022. évi fenntarthatósági tevékenysége

 

Keywords:

 

cooperation

 

Urban energy efficiency and energy community

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“Our cooperation with the city of Szolnok goes back many years, and with this agreement we have taken another big step towards an even more sustainable future. This investment is particularly important for us, not only because we are implementing a unique, forward-looking community solution, but also because we have found a partner in the municipality who, like us, wants to actively fight climate change and is leading the way. We work every day for these shared successes and we want to be an example to others.”

Zsolt Jamniczky, deputy CEO

 

Company name:

E.ON Hungária Group

Implementation Year:

From 2022

Focus Areas:

Climate protection and adaptation, Alternative energy use and energy efficiency, Stakeholders, local communities, Consumer awareness

Program Objective:

Energy communities are community, non-profit organisations made up of individuals, public institutions and businesses that offer a stable and environmentally friendly solution to energy supply.

The aim of the Szolnok Smart Municipal Energy Model is to build a complex, energy-efficient, innovative energy system that can simultaneously meet the needs of consumers, producers and the grid connected to the municipal network, and optimise the energy distribution and use processes between the different units.

Under the cooperation, 9 solar power plants with a total capacity of 330 kW will be set up at 6 locations to serve Szolnok’s energy needs, and energy communities will be established to further help use the energy generated efficiently. The investment will provide an environmentally friendly and forward-looking energy supply solution, helping to operate more cost-effectively and reduce energy expenditure.

Program Measures and Commitments:

The modernisation of the buildings of the institutions of the municipality has a significant impact on reducing energy demand and thus on maintenance costs. The project will therefore:

  • we are replacing facade doors and windows in 3 apartment buildings and 6 other institutional buildings (nursery, kindergartens, doctor’s office, nursery management office), as well as
  • we perform facade thermal insulation on approximately 4,883 m2 of wall surface and
  • slab thermal insulation on 3022 m2.

In these buildings we will also upgrade the heating, replacing around 82 boilers with new, modern, energy-efficient condensing gas boilers, including chimney restoration and replacement of radiators.
To meet energy needs, new decentralised solar PV systems will be installed on the roofs of 9 buildings with an installed capacity of 331.75 kWp, in the form of small household-scale power plants. We are also installing an innovative solar covered carport, which will provide covered parking for 15 cars in addition to generating electricity. We will also install five AC car chargers, each with a capacity of 1×22 kW, and a DC charger with a capacity of 75 kW. This will ensure access and development of electromobility for the population.

Both the municipality and E.ON are committed to maintaining and further developing the energy efficiency and innovative improvements created by the project. The current phase includes the integration of the designated buildings into the energy community and the maximisation of the members’ consumption of locally produced renewable energy. Future plans include the inclusion of other buildings in the municipality and the inclusion of consumers living in the municipality’s rental housing in the energy community. In addition, the continuous monitoring of consumption will provide the opportunity to balance consumption and generation in the future by using storage, which through further optimisation will provide the opportunity to increase local energy supply and thus cost-effective maintenance.

Program Impact and Results:

The project is in the construction phase, so final results are not available. Based on our calculations, the installation of nearly 5,000 m2 of modern insulation and the replacement of windows and doors will significantly reduce the heating demand of the consumers living in the apartments, while modern gas boilers will result in reduced gas costs and lower emissions. The more than 330 kW of solar PV systems to be installed will generate at least 400 MWh of electricity per year: a saving of nearly 100 tonnes of CO2. The 5 fast chargers and 1 electric charger to be installed will make a significant contribution to supporting the spread of e-mobility.

The project will have an impact on the entire population of Szolnok, reaching nearly 70 000 people.

Related links (in Hungarian):

Sajtóközlemény – Példaértékű energiaközösség Szolnokon

YouTube video a szolnoki energiaközösség kezdeményezésről

E.ON Hungária Csoport Fenntarthatósági Jelentés 2023

Key words:

energy communities, energy efficiency, energy supply, partnership

 

Raising biodiversity to a strategic level

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„When we were founded in 2008, we made a clear commitment that has remained unchanged: we understand that the choices we make today will affect the future of our descendants in the future, and we will always make sure that the Earth is a liveable and lovable place for generations to come. Conserving and restoring our natural diversity is a priority area for this, and one that has been included in our strategy, with the attention and resources needed to achieve meaningful impact and systemic change.”

Attila Chikán Jr., Chairman-CEO

 

Company Name:

ALTEO Group

Implementation Year:

From 2022

Focus Areas:

Climate protection and adaptation, Water usage, Biodiversity, Corporate strategy

Program Objective:

Protecting natural diversity is also an increasingly important task for our company. Although our activities do not have a large direct negative biodiversity impact, we consider our direct impact important, as our facilities affect natural habitats and our emissions associated with our activities have a general impact on the living environment.

In order to assess the significant impact of our activities and services on biodiversity and to integrate biodiversity monitoring and objectives into our strategy, we have set the following targets and commitments:

  • Conduct a water-related risk assessment and biodiversity survey for our sites in 2023
  • Develop a biodiversity action plan by 2025
  • Investing HUF 100 million in pilot projects to support biodiversity conservation by 2030
  • Integrating biodiversity as a factor in corporate systems and processes

The Green Committee is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Company’s sustainability strategy and efforts. The Green Committee is a body of senior executives and experts that reviews and approves corporate policies and long-term objectives for sustainable development and ensures that the ESG approach and climate risks are kept on the agenda. The Green Committee also ensures a consistent representation of sustainability in the ALTEO Group’s external relations.

Program Measures and Commitments:

Our infrastructure projects, such as power plants, affect large areas of land and important water bodies. We pay particular attention to keeping our environment clean and to the principles of precaution, responsible care and prevention.

Our Integrated Management Policy allows these factors to be taken into account, as it states that we will pay particular attention to them as part of our commitment to sustainable development and social responsibility:

  • biodiversity and land use,
  • conservation of natural values,
  • protecting our environment, and
  • improving our environmental performance in a consistent and systematic way.

But this commitment is only the first step towards addressing and reducing our biodiversity impacts and potential risks. The importance of this topic is not in question, but we need more information to take the right next steps and to effectively define a concrete, targeted and monitoring system. This is why we have a strategic objective for sustainability to carry out a biodiversity and water risk assessment.

Biodiversity protection has been added to the list of materiality issues, indicating that it is a topic that will receive strategic attention and play a strategic role in the future.

Of all the power plants owned or operated, only the Gibart hydroelectric power plant is included in the Natura 2000 priority sites for nature conservation and special protection areas for birds as an ecological corridor. None of our other sites is located in or in the immediate vicinity of a protected area or an area of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.

The corporate risk assessment included a separate risk analysis for water, biodiversity and climate change.

Program Impact and Results:

In our Integrated Report 2022, we reported for the first time on Biodiversity Conservation as an identified relevant topic, for which we plan to carry out further assessments and targets in the coming years in the short (2024-2025), medium (2026-2030) and long term (2030-2040). A biodiversity assessment has been carried out with the assistance of an external expert. One of the key elements is that a dedicated budget has been allocated to ensure that the projects are implemented in a meaningful way.

The biodiversity action packages identified focus on the following 4 main areas:

  1. Ecological maintenance of sites
  2. Protecting the biodiversity of off-site natural resources, habitats and landscapes
  3. Improving the biodiversity of areas relevant to the operation of sites and power plants
  4. Strengthening public benefits for biodiversity conservation

Related Links:

ALTEO Sustainability Focus Areas

ALTEO Green Committee

ALTEO Sustainability Reports

Keywords:

biodiversity, water protection, climate protection, Green Committee

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