CSR Annual Reports

Hevert-Arzneimittel has published its 12th Corporate Social Responsibility Report. For more than a decade, the family company from Nussbaum has been doing this to underline the importance of its environmental activism at both a regional and international level.

The core topics in 2022 were sustainable business practices and new work: Re-source consumption was reduced further in the past year. New models such as re-mote working have been implemented as part of the new work concept. The report can be viewed here.

Hevert has been publishing its annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report for more than ten years. This was a voluntary decision from the start, because the mid-sized family-run company is not subject to a reporting requirement. “So we’re not just jumping on the bandwagon: We want to have a hand in shaping the change,” says Marcus Hevert, who is the company’s third-generation managing director together with his brother Mathias. By doing so, Hevert wants to set an example and inspire others to be greener and to reduce their consumption of resources while always taking social responsibility. The report’s format is based on the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative.

Climate-neutral outlook

Extreme weather conditions are affecting people’s lives ever more frequently – even in Germany. In summer 2021, devastation was wrought by heavy rainfall in parts of Rhineland-Palatinate. Hevert immediately made donations of cash and medical supplies to help the victims.

Hevert’s credo is that while individual help was and is important, long-term pro-jects are also needed in order to sustain-ably improve the environment. That is why the family business took another key step for greater environmental protection in 2021. “Together with a climate protec-tion agency, we have voluntarily pro-duced a carbon footprint report that shows how much carbon dioxide is re-leased by Hevert’s business activities. Emissions that we cannot prevent are offset by our support for international conservation projects,” said Olga Rolnik, Head of Environmental Management at Hevert. Hevert has now been certified as a climate-neutral company since the start of 2022 – another element of the natur-opathy specialist’s consciously green approach.
Hevert also aims to continue improving its carbon footprint. Among other things, it systematically pursues this objective by installing photovoltaic systems and taking other measures. Last year, energy con-sumption for heating and electricity was reduced by 20 percent as a result.

Mathias Hevert, co-Managing Director and a member of Hevert’s CSR working group, is proud of these developments: “Emissions were scaled back even further in the past year. We define success not by the financial goals we achieve, but by the ecological and social responsibility we take.”

Climate protection projects worldwide

Through its partner natureOffice, Hevert is sponsoring a climate protection project in each of Togo, Kenya and Brazil to offset its unavoidable carbon emissions. Mathias Hevert personally traveled to Togo to see the conservation project in action. The natural reforestation of originally barren land will now capture 15 metric tons of CO2 per hectare per year. Besides climate protection, this initiative also creates employment for the local population and thus improves their lives. “I am absolutely delighted with the natureOffice project in Togo,” said Mathias Hevert on his return. “Projects like these make a meaningful contribution to global environmental protection and the local people.”

Further information on the climate protection projects funded by Hevert can be found here.

Hevert’s latest Corporate Social Responsibility Report can be accessed here.

The previous annual reports covering the period from January to December of the respective year can be viewed in PDF format here.