Corporate social responsibility

Group 2000 has a corporate social responsibility to contribute to a sustainable environment for today's and future generations.

What is corporate social responsibility?

Corporate social responsibility or CSR means taking responsibility for the impact of your business operation on man, the environment, and society. With CSR, you address or prevent poor working conditions, environmental pollution, and poverty.

Corporate social responsibility (also known as sustainable business practice or responsible business conduct) is not obligatory. It can, however, benefit your company. CSR is not regulated by legislation. There are, however, internationally recognized standards and guidelines for CSR. The OECD guidelines contain the main regulations for CSR in the Netherlands (Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen, MVO, in Dutch) and abroad. The OEC guidelines are mainly voluntary. However, the rule on corruption is mandatory. Corruption is a criminal offense in the Netherlands. This also applies in cases where corruption has been committed abroad.

Group 2000 has a corporate social responsibility to contribute to a sustainable environment for today’s and future generations. Economic growth should be achieved by showing transparent and ethically responsible business conduct while minimizing the environmental impact of our business.

Our corporate social responsibility activities

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Our sustainability strategy defines the following focus areas:

Renewable energy:
Group 2000 has a corporate and social responsibility to contribute to a sustainable environment for today’s and future generations.  Economic growth should be achieved by showing transparent and ethically responsible business conduct while minimizing the environmental impact of our business. 100% of our electricity comes from wind power.

Waste management:
Together with our suppliers we reuse or recycle used materials. By reusing raw materials, our goal is to produce as little waste as possible. Being a High Tech IT company, we have reduced the use of paper and making prints to an absolute minimum in our way of working.

Carbon reduction:
All our company cars are 100% electrically powered vehicles. We actively stimulate and promote coming to the office using public transport or by bicycle.

Energy efficiency:
To reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in our offices, we stimulate our employees to work from home. Our offices are equipped with energy-saving systems and LED lighting.

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People

Our people are our most valuable assets and define our success. It is our ambition to provide a safe and inspiring working environment. We have continuous programs for our people, such as:

Health:
Our health program includes activities and services to monitor and improve both the physical and mental health of our people. For example, in our office, we provide healthy lunches and fruits every day. All Group 2000 personnel can participate in a recurring preventive health check.

Safety: 
Our program for workplace safety provides guidelines and tools to ensure the safety of our people as well as our customers, partners, and suppliers.

Wellbeing:
Everybody at Group 2000 benefits from our flexible work arrangements to shape the ideal work-life balance. Group 2000 complies with all health and safety regulations. When needed, individual working space adjustments are provided in the office and at home.

Education and training: 
Never stop learning. Everybody at Group 2000 benefits from various internal and external training and education possibilities to keep developing skills and increase knowledge.

 

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