Sustainability

KÉSZ Group's objective is to become an internationally recognized group of construction companies, which is a market-leader in several ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) dimensions by means of utilization of synergies and close cooperation with the partners.

A successful, sustainable future can be realized with continuous development and the inclusion of new perspectives. As a responsible company and Hungary's dominant construction operator, KÉSZ Group lays a special emphasis on its active contribution to sustainable development and establishment of its strategy and improvement of its competitiveness on the long run by integrating economic, environmental and social aspects. We welcome that several large operators of the industry handle sustainability as a priority and believe that we also inspire many operators on our way. In order to achieve real change, industry cooperation is necessary.

The following self-made animation video presents our commitment to build a more sustainable future:

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Sustainable strategy of KÉSZ Group

The strategy development was preceded by ESG-based situation analysis, benchmark analysis, materiality analisys and carbon footprint calculation.

We, at KÉSZ Group are constantly work for improving our operation and processes using innovative solutions and technologies. In 2022 we established an overall and long-term sustainability strategy complying with ESG aspects in which we make numerical commitments - among others - for example to reduce emissions but we also involve also our suppliers and partners in achieving the goals we set.

Our sustainability strategy includes more than 30 member companies and strategic partners and our overall, very detailed and consolidated ESG report will be prepared with similar care. Owing to our wide portfolio, several other industries are affected in addition to the construction industry, such as energy, industrial technologies or electrical industry.

ESG ASPECTS AT KÉSZ GROUP

Our sustainability strategy effective until 2030 is built on three pillars:

We are aware of our responsibility towards our external and internal stakeholders (including in particular our employees), so prior to setting up a strategy and preparing the ESG report we made a situation analysis and assessment by preparation of a so-called "materiality analisys". So we have examined the effects of our activity on the environment and society involving our stakeholders and we determined the key topical domains, action lines and goals within the individual pillars by the analysis thereof.

Partnership, digitalization and innovation are of key importance in implementation of our sustainability strategy, so we work in close cooperation with the various branches, member companies and strategic partners of the Group in order to achieve the set goals successfully as soon as possible. Based on the various ESG aspects, we determined the following tasks for the Group:

LET’S START TOMORROW TODAY! LET’S SET OFF TOGETHER TOWARDS A RESPONSIBLE FUTURE!
PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Reduction of carbon footprint
Encouraging circular economy
Preserving ecological diversity
Sustainability of buildings

SOCIETY

Employment, well-being
Training, education
Health and safety
Partnership

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Business ethics
Sustainable supply chain
Risk management
Regulation and compliance

Health and well-being
High-quality education
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Decent work and economic growth
Responsible consumption and production
Action against climate change
Protection of land ecosystems
Partnership for achieving goals

ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

By 2030 reduction of carbon-dioxide emission by 50% in the field of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emission compared to the 2019 level
By 2030 increase in energy efficiency by 25%
Providing all (100% of) electric energy supply from renewing energy sources
By 2030 the company will replace two-third of its vehicles by hybrid ones, increasing the proportion of electric cars and reduce carbon-dioxide emission from fuel by 50%
Construction of a new carbon neutral office building
Achieving at least BREEAM Excellent/LEED Gold/WELL Platinum qualification and compliance with the EU Taxonomy for domestic office building of own development
Increase of the non-hazardous waste recycling proportion to 75% in compliance with the change-over to circular economy

SOCIAL GOALS

Achieving zero serious accidents, extended to the subcontractors
transparent mediation and integration of corporate values in everyday operations, strengthening the CSR activity
becoming the most attractive working place of the civil engineering branch of construction industry
providing succession for the construction industry by stronger support of education and vocational training

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GOALS

publication of the first sustainability report under the GRI Standard in 2023
setting up and implementation of the ESG strategy and its integration in the policy
setting up an ESG Committee
strengthening the risk approach, risk-based design and improvement of control processes
development of partner qualification, selection of partners complying with ESG criteria

CHANGE OF APPROACH AT THE GROUP

Continuing the 2021 initiative, KÉSZ Group launched a large-scale sustainability campaign named KÉSZ Next. It is aimed at giving the sustainability aspects a more and more emphasized role in the industry and in our Group's life, and to integrate them in the company's business strategy and our corporate culture.

By means of the sustainability program, our objective is also to establish such a community in which not only the above principles prevail and become integrated but also our employees may utilize what they learned also in their home life. In addition to useful information, our employees may meet also a lot of activities continuously in the framework of the program. We have organized - among others - a sustainability stand up comedy performance with participation of Gergő Litkai and Bence Máté, an apple day, a movie club, donation collections etc., moreover, we cooperated with Malta Manufactory and launched our Green Office program. These are only a few examples from the repertoire of the KÉSZ Next program operated throughout the year.

The main focus of the campaign is to achieve that we can move to a more sustainable direction in more and more areas on both group and individual levels and to support our employees in this, to make everybody aware of our objectives and to introduce our means by which we can achieve this. The slogan and logo of the sustainability program truly reflect the above: "Let’s start tomorrow today. Let’s set off together towards a responsible future."

The following summary shows some activities we have organized for education and simultaneously entertainment of our employees in the framework of KÉSZ Next program.

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

As the latest milestone in our sustainability efforts, we prepared our first report for the year 2022 in accordance with the GRI Standard, which also includes our sustainability strategy until 2030.

ATTITUDE SHAPING

In 2022 we launched a large-scale sustainability program called KÉSZ Next by means of which sustainability becomes more and more integrated in the Group's business strategy and become a significant part of our corporate culture. Education of our employees is a prominent goal of the campaign in this respect.

CHANGES IN OPERATION

Our Green Office program cast a light - with active participation of our employees and with the assistance of external experts - in which fields our office activities need to be improved. Our objective is to set up such a work environment that is not only sustainable but also inspiring for all of us.

CSR

We are aware of the fact that, as a responsible Group and one of the largest operators of domestic construction industry, we are obliged to help and support the people in need, so we organize regularly various donation collections and activities with the help and participation of our employees.

RECOGNITION OF OUR EMPLOYEES

The diversity characteristic of KÉSZ Group means that we respect and evaluate the differences that make everyone special and individual. With cooperation of employees with different ways of thinking we can develop better processes and innovative solutions.

2022 IN A NUTSHELL

2022 was very rich in professional programs, education and attitude forming activity alike. Our video summarizes this in a few minutes.