Sustainability at EQS Group

Environmental protection is of great importance to us. Therefore, we are constantly introducing resourceful and sustainable processes in our company.

At our locations, we are continuously optimising our circular economy and paying attention to resource conservation. There is a particular focus on preventing use of plastic and reduce waste generation. At our Munich headquarters, for example, we offer our employees reusable containers to minimize the amount of packaging material used for takeaway meals during lunch breaks. In addition, we support projects in disaster management, environmental protection and species protection. During the Ahr Valley flood disaster in the summer of 2021, we were able to make a donation to an aid organisation for the purchase of needed equipment.

We already use green electricity from renewable sources at our main locations in Germany. This also applies to some of the data centers where we operate our products for our customers. We also contribute to minimizing our carbon footprint by encouraging our employees to use bicycles or public transport for their daily commute, while air travel and cars are only permitted for business trips in exceptional circumstances.

For the first time we have recently prepared a voluntary report on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG Report, Scope 1, 2 and 3). The audit was conducted by TÜV Rheinland and is based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol and DIN EN ISO 14064:2019. In 2021, we emitted 562 metric tons of CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e) with our business activities. Detailed information can be found in our current Sustainability Report in the chapter “Business resource conservation “. In the future, we intend to provide transparent information on our GHG emissions on an annual basis.

With our products, we have been supporting companies and organisations in maintaining and complying with ethical standards and laws for more than 20 years. In this way, we help to prevent unacceptable actions and uncover abuses.

However, sustainability is also firmly anchored in our corporate culture and in all areas of corporate management. Sustainability is a top priority at EQS Group, which means that our CEO is responsible for the strategy, communication and implementation of measures. Our company guidelines, commitments and principles are transparent for everyone and are both actively communicated and demanded by the CEO. We live these clear guidelines with our managers, employees, suppliers, partners and shareholders.

We cultivate responsible corporate governance and therefore support any further development of the German Corporate Governance Code that contributes to increasing the transparency of corporate processes and strengthening investor confidence. In our Declaration of Compliance, we have declared our commitment to the recommendations of the “Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code” as amended on 16 December 2019.

As an active member of various professional associations, e.g., the German Institute for Compliance (DICO), the Professional Association of Compliance Managers (BCM) and Le Cercle de la Compliance in France, we deepen our knowledge of anti-corruption, compliance, business ethics and data protection while passing on our know-how in the form of expert lectures.

A sustainable environment and society can only be achieved if many individual actors pull together. EQS Group AG also wants to assume global responsibility and is therefore committed to the ten principles of the UN Global Compact. We are therefore part of the world’s largest initiative for responsible corporate governance and we contribute to a fairer and more sustainable global economy.

The UN Global Compact was founded in 1999 on the initiative of then Secretary General Kofi Annan. It defines a common system of values for companies and interest groups that want to strategically anchor sustainability issues. The focus is on ten principles in the areas of human rights, working conditions and anti-corruption. More than 14,000 companies across the world are already part of the initiative.