Caring about tomorrow
Demcon is publishing its Creating Shared Value annual overview 2023 with concrete initiatives and figures. Over the past year, Demcon has put a lot of energy into making its social impact and sustainability performance measurable and quantitative. The company has made significant progress on the various key areas and has actively taken steps to raise internal awareness of these issues.
CEO Dennis Schipper: “With our technological solutions, we aim to make a positive contribution to the environment in which we operate. We want to make a tangible difference, make significant contributions in various markets and have real social impact. This calls for extensive development and production capacity and the right kind of support. We are investing in that and we aim to continuously improve our operations.”
Highlights 2023
In the CSV annual overview, Demcon presents the concrete steps it has taken in 2023, along with an overview of key figures. Furthermore, several sample projects are available at demcon.com. Here are a few of the highlights from 2023:
- To reduce carbon emissions, Demcon focuses on the components that emit the most CO2: energy from buildings and transport. In 2023, a reduction in annual CO2 emission of 4.63% per FTE was realized, (compared to the benchmark year of 2022). Although this is a fine result, it falls a little short of the goal of an annual reduction of 5% per FTE.
- Sustainable Design is increasingly becoming an integrated aspect of Demcon’s operations. It involves e.g. taking opportunities for repair and reuse and ways to reduce energy consumption into account when designing products and systems. The awareness training for engineers has begun and a pilot assessment was conducted for one project.
- Demcon is working on a sustainable mobility policy with a focus on promoting bicycle use to boost employees’ vitality. In 2023, 49% of Demcon’s staff came to work by bike. The aim is to get this figure above 50%. Employees can get a discount on the purchase and repair costs of their bike.
- To raise further awareness of diversity & inclusion, lectures and training sessions were organized about these themes. Demcon has also introduced the social buddy program, a mentor program in which colleagues help each other to feel at home and comfortable in the workplace.
- With regard to new business development with a focus on CSV, Demcon opened a new location in the life sciences & health market in 2023. The new location in Leiden is active in the Medical Biotech field.
- Demcon invests in startups and scale-ups in the technology sector. These companies are also working on innovations to help resolve social issues. In 2023, Demcon and its partners invested more than €3 million in such businesses. The theme of Creating Shared Value plays a major role in the decision whether or not to invest in a business.
Curious about the rest of the results? Take a look at the CSV annual overview 2023 here.