Through our collaboration with AfB, Europe’s largest non-profit IT company, our old and faulty laptops, smartphones and other devices are dismantled and recycled in accordance with the highest ecological and ethical standards. This creates new resources in Europe. The overhauled and reusable IT devices are sold by AfB with a warranty of up to three years. The refurbished IT hardware they offer in this way means access to laptops and mobile phones with all the benefits of a warranty, even for those who cannot afford to purchase new equipment. So disposing of our IT equipment in an environmentally friendly way has a positive impact more widely than just in ecological terms: It enables us to also make a contribution to society and at the same time secure jobs.
Three dimensions of sustainable development
We pursue a holistic understanding of sustainability, with a focus on three main dimensions: PEOPLE, PROJECTS, and PLANET.
- In doing so we empower our staff, as well as the people in our ecosystem and beyond. We do this by means of ESG training and education, both internally and externally.
- Our projects support the sustainable transformation of our customers. We are committed to promoting our clients’ ESG efforts and ensure that the projects we implement do not conflict with our own ESG objectives.
- We actively take responsibility for our planet in what we do. We play our part by being as sustainable as possible in our operations, continuing to be climate-neutral and trying to give back wherever we can.
To contribute toward a sustainable, climate-neutral, just and healthy society, Horváth engages in various projects in line with the United Nations’ sustainability goals and the Paris Agreement on climate and emissions.
Since 2021 we have been a party to the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. By adding our signature to this, we have committed to its ten principles which encompass areas including human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption, and as such instituted another guide for our own sustainable business and actions.
In 2024 the independent international rating agency EcoVadis awarded us the silver medal for our sustainability activities. This puts us in the top 15 percent of companies rated by EcoVadis in general and the top nine percent within our industry.
Our understanding of sustainability includes the implementation of various environmental, economic and social goals, which is why we are continuously expanding our commitment in these areas. Read more in our latest sustainability report.
Sustainable environmental commitment: Horváth is climate-neutral
Horváth has been climate-neutral in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol standard since 2020. This takes into account all direct and indirect emissions that we generate as a result of our business activities. To ensure our climate-neutrality, we have set ourselves ambitious targets and implemented measures that span the areas of green mobility, green building and green consumption. With these principles guiding us, we want to continuously refine our activity and reduce our carbon emissions.
- Green mobility: In the area of mobility, we promote the use of low-emissions travel options, for example by extending the use of rail travel even further, offering work bicycles, and with our Green Car Policy which subsidizes the switch to electric and hybrid vehicles.
- Green Building: Our offices in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are already sustainable, powered by 100% green electricity.
- Green consumption: Our actions follow the principle of “reduce, reuse and recycle”. One example is our collaboration with the company AfB (Arbeit für Menschen mit Behinderung), a non-profit organization which specifically employs people with disabilities, as well as pursuing other socially positive objectives), which enables our old IT equipment to be recycled and reused. We also use water dispensers and offer an abundant selection of regional fruit.
- Learn more about our collaboration with AfB
- Certified climate protection combined with additional commitment
- Efficient cooking stoves reduce deforestation in Uganda
In response to discussions on the topic of climate-neutrality, we have changed our label to “Business operations with a financial climate contribution.” This demonstrates that we are now more focused on avoiding emissions rather than solely being concerned with climate-neutrality.
Sustainable social commitment
Social justice is important to us. Horváth enacts its responsibility to society through financial support as well as active cooperation in the form of pro bono projects in which we can achieve concrete improvement based on our core expertise. In doing this, we seek to sustainably improve our fellow human beings’ chances to have an independent future and self-determined life. In our social commitment we focus particularly on the areas of health, education and culture.
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Sustainable economic success
As an employer, it is important for us to ensure our long-term economic viability so we can offer our employees secure jobs with which to sustain their families. The people who work at Horváth play a key role in shaping our corporate success. That is why we act to contribute to sustainable and responsible corporate management, as well as to meet growth and profitability targets.
Read more about the topics we stand for as an employer here
Find out here how we can help our customers take a responsible and sustainable path into the future
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