Sustainability at RUECKERCONSULT

As a company, we are firmly committed to interacting responsibly with our natural and social environments. As employer, we live up to our duty of care and create an inspiring, team-oriented and a workplace climate that aims for an optimal work-life balance.

Environment

• We consider it our duty to use our structuring options to keep the environmental consequences of our activities to a minimum.
• We constantly work on economically sensible solutions in order to lower the energy and water consumption, and to reduce carbon emissions.
• Actively comparing notes with our stakeholders, especially with clients, co-workers and service providers, helps us to identify shared interests and to efficiently minimise the adverse consequences of our actions, for instance by reducing the use of paper and the frequency of business travel.
• We strive to avoid emissions in an effort to reduce our ecological footprint along the entire value chain.

Social

• We make every effort to create an attractive and safe work environment in order to tie our employees to the company long-term.
• We are committed to non-discriminatory coexistence and diversity.
• We offer our staff a positive environment to continue their personal and professional development and training.
• We engage our stakeholders in open communication while also striving to communicate transparently.
• We actively raise our employees’ awareness for environmental and sustainability issues.

Governance

• We continuously develop and expand our collection, analysis and processing of non-financial metrics.
• We strictly oppose corruption and bribery, and will sanction any kind of misconduct with consequences under labour-law and criminal-law.
• We ensure compliance with international human rights standards by adhering to principles such as non-discrimination and accountability for our actions.
• Our remuneration guidelines are meant to attract the best talents for long-term stints and to help improve staff performance without taking disproportionate risks for our clients and for our company.

Sustainability is an integral part of our workday reality.

The implementation of our climate targets starts with our day-to-day business. As always, it’s the small things that make all the difference. The overview below depicts the measures we already implemented:

Promoting health and wellbeing

• Sponsoring high-end exercise options (e. g. EGYM Wellpass)
• Regularly participating in sporting events
• Providing fresh organic fruit
• Work-life balance & guidance for working from home

Gender equality and equal opportunity

• Commitment for a non-discriminatory work environment
• Gender-neutral remuneration policy
• Promoting all members of staff, regardless of their position within the hierarchy and their personal background

Climate change mitigation

• Steadily reducing carbon emissions on the company level
• Using electricity from renewable sources (provided by Lichtblick)
• Having the carbon neutrality of our events certified (by Fokus Zukunft GmbH & Co. KG)
• Opting for environmentally friendly forms of business travel
• Favouring local providers to keep delivery distances as short as possible
• Practising responsible waste management and avoiding disposable plastic
   

Community engagement

• Donating to the Björn Schulz Foundation and its care facility for children