Reducing our Environmental Impact

Our Approach

Commitment to Minimising our Environmental Footprint

• comply with environmental legislation and other requirements;
• continuously assess the environmental impact of our activities;
• monitor environmental performance indicators;
• set targets and long-term goals;
• apply environmental standards and use environment-friendly technologies;
• assess suppliers and encourage them to align with standards;
• provide environmental awareness training to employees;
• encourage all stakeholders to implement the environmental policy;
• continuously improve the Environmental Management System.

Our Management Systems

Our Actions

We work towards reducing our impact within operations by considering sustainability as a crucial factor in the provision of services and production of digital products. To measure our sustainability performance, we ensure full understanding of the environmental implications of our business activities. Our approach to environmental sustainability focuses on five primary areas: energy efficiency, carbon emissions management, waste management, water reduction and electromagnetic waves.

Carbon emissions management

The climate impact of our activities is a key focus. In addition to Scope 1 and 2 emissions, we have started monitoring and reporting on absolute numbers of our carbon Scope 3 emissions from employee commuting for the first time ever. We aim to set a number of short- and long-term targets, including the reduction of Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions.

Energy efficiency

We aspire to use our purchasing power and technology to change the way we consume energy. As a result, we have increased the energy efficiency at our premises. Beyond our operations, we work with customers and partners to enable greater environmentally driven outcomes aligned with our best practices. Actions include:

 

• office renovation to achieve low-energy consumption;
• lighting retrofit by upgrading light fixtures to LED;
• heating systems upgrade;
• effective campaign implementation, including stickers on energy-intensive equipment, light switches in rooms that do not require constant lighting and equipment that should be turned off at the end of the day;
• motion sensors in toilet facilities.

Water saving

Our water consumption comes from our employees’ personal use and cleaning facilities. We implement actions to focus on responsible water use and to minimise water contamination across our operations. We have managed to make our people ambassadors for building a sustainable future, embracing water-conservation solutions on a regular basis. Actions include:

• installation of sensor taps in lavatories;
• continuous water quality monitoring;
• visible stickers in kitchens, lavatories and other water points to encourage people to use water efficiently.

Waste management

We take responsibility for our entire environmental footprint. We aim to promote reuse and recycling, enabling a more resource-efficient and productive economy. At our premises, printing paper and toners make up the largest part of our waste generation. Actions include:

 

• use of waste-related indicators to measure and track the amount of waste generation resulting from our activities;
• recycling all wastepaper (1.23 tonnes in Greece), toners and batteries (64 tonnes in Greece);
• initiatives to promote recycling such as “Say goodbye to plastic”.

Electromagnetic waves

Following our focus on the measurement of air and water quality undertaken in 2020, our focus throughout 2021 shifted towards the measurement of electromagnetic waves in our offices in Athens and Thessaloniki. While electromagnetic waves are vital to how we sense and experience the world, they can also be responsible for a collection of adverse symptoms as a result of even low levels of exposure. Thus, placing our people at the centre of our value creation, we made the measurement of electromagnetic waves an urgent priority in 2021.

 

 

Our Performance in 2021