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...
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Telenor is committed to leveraging mobile technology to promote the safe and responsible use of the internet by children. We launched our corporate responsibility initiative Hipersuli Educational Program to further this goal and support the use of digital technology in the classroom. In October 2015, we decided to take the benefits of digital education to...
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Following 1st 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...
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BASF was presented with the Special Award “Resource Efficiency” at the ceremony for the German Sustainability Award 2015 on November 27. With this decision, the jury recognized BASF’s Verbund concept that has set the benchmark in the chemical industry for resource and energy efficiency for decades. In addition to the recognition for efficient raw material...
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In its Sustainability Report published for the seventh time, Telenor Hungary gives an overview of its economic, social and environmental sustainability performance in the calendar year 2014 based on the GRI G4 reporting framework. The report’s data-level and GRI G4 compliance has been verified by an independent third party. The Sustainability Report presents Telenor’s environmental...
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A new communication channel, CPDLC (Controller Pilot Data Link Communication) ensures a digital connection between air traffic controllers and pilots in the Hungarian airspace.   As one of its major technology development projects, HungaroControl upgraded MATIAS (Magyar Automated and Integrated Air Traffic Control System), its state-of-the-art air navigation system. As part of this upgrade, the...
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  KPMG organizes the business breakfast on International Corporate Responsibility (CR) Reporting practices on 3 December 2015. KPMG, named Sustainable Firm of the Year by International Accounting Bulletin for 4 years, has been actively supporting the development of sustainability and transparency both globally and in Hungary for several decades. As part of this engagement, we have...
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Mr Zsolt Semjén, deputy prime minister, His Excellency Mr Niclas Trouve, ambassador of Sweden to Hungary solemnly handed over the “Bethesda – Family House” to György Velkey, chief director of the Bethesda Children’s Hospital. Speeches were given at the ceremony by Mr István Szabó, Lutheran bishop, the top managers of the main sponsors – SCA,...
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KPMG Named “Sustainable Firm of the Year” For Fourth Consecutive Year by International Accounting Bulletin; Wins Social Networking Award for Third Year. London, October 5, 2015 – KPMG International has won two prestigious 2015 International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) Awards, presented in London on October 1st. For the fourth consecutive year, it was awarded “Sustainable Firm of the...
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Budapest Airport, the operator of Liszt Ferenc International Airport, is launching an environmental protection program, entitled Greenairport Program, in order to reduce the environmental impact of the capital’s airport, an announcement issued today reveals. The program is expected to be implemented with the help of organizations working at the airport, to improve the international recognition,...
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The Sustainability Services team at KPMG in the Netherlands, together with WWF International, has published ”Ready or not? An assessment of sustainability integration in the European bank sector”. The report examines the extent to which 12 major European banks currently take environmental and social (E&S) factors, such as climate change and resource scarcity, into consideration...
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Energy saving is a key feature of every installation made with Legrand products. Legrand as the worldwide professional of products and systems for electrical installations and information network, offers more and more solutions for the better usage of electricity and the cut down of energy consumption. As we can use Legrand products long term and...
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