Sustainability

Taking a responsible approach into the future

Sustainability is a core component of our DNA. With our expertise and our sustainable mindset we support our clients in their transformation to create sustainable value for the economy, society, and the planet.

Helmut Ahr, CEO

Our projects support the sustainable transformation of our clients. We empower our people, people in our ecosystem and beyond. We live responsibility for our planet.

Stefan Hiendlmeier, CPO

We continuously grow our ecosystem with partners who share our high standards for sustainability. We challenge each other, learn together, and create lasting impact.

Axel Borcherding, COO

Since 2020 we are operating carbon neutral – and we are pursuing further decarbonization with various measures in the fields of green building, green mobility and green consumption.

Altfrid Neugebauer, CFO

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.

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.

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.   

Here you can find some examples:

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.

 

 

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