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Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary Overview

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Table of Contents

1. BCSDH Introduction

2. BCSDH Approach

3. BCSDH Governance

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1. BCSDH Introduction

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The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH) is a CEO-led organization of forward-thinking companies that galvanizes the business community to create a sustainable future for business, society and the environment.

Through its members, the Council applies its respected thought leadership and effective advocacy to generate constructive solutions and take shared action.

Visit our website: www.bcsdh.hu

http://www.bcsdh.hu/

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BCSDH’s Vision and Mission

Our Vision

To create a world in which more than 9 billion people are all living well and within the boundaries of our planet, by 2050.

Our Mission

Accelerate the transition to a sustainable world by making more sustainable business more successful.

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Join BCSDH • Gain insights into the latest thinking and

business models through a global multi-industry “laboratory” for sustainability

• Develop the tools and capacity to successfully integrate sustainability within your business

• Build resilience to social and environmental risks that may threaten your company’s competitiveness

• Collaborate with peers across your value chain and from other industries to develop and scale-up solutions to shared sustainability challenges

• Participate in policy development and influence the framework conditions under which you operate

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Key Facts

74 member companies

30% of the Hungarian GDP generated by the members

427000 Employees in BCSDH member companies 7,21% of Total employment in Hungary

Member of the WBCSD Global Network (Partners from 67 Countries)

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WBCSD’s 67 Global Network partners

BCSDH

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BCSDH Value Proposition

Impact

Value

Effectiveness

We work with companies across sectors to accelerate the transformation to a sustainable world

We will help make companies more sustainable

We are able to present the most effective platform to create the impact the world needs and the value our members deserve

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President Ifj. Chikán Attila

Board Members

Dr. Fábián Ágnes

Gazsi Zoltán

Jamniczky Zsolt

Dr. Thomas Narbeshuber

BCSDH Board

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2. BCSDH Approach

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BCSDH Strategy: Scaling up Business Solutions

B. Valuation: Redefining Value

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A. Innovation for sustainability pathways – Action 2020 Hungary

Objectives:

• Set the sustainable business agenda for the decade on a platform for joint action

• Develop business solutions that address social and environmental challenges most in need of attention, where business can have highest impact

• Coordinate scalable sustainability actions to work on collaboratively across sectors

watch our film about the program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEs8JEPX-TU

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5 Focus areas in Hungary 2016 - the year of Climate Change

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20 targets

Visit our website: www.action2020.hu

http://www.action2020.hu/

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B. Redefining Value

Objectives - Accelerate progress to a world where more sustainable companies are recognized and rewarded, and therefore are more successful:

• Integrate natural and social capital measurement and valuation into corporate performance management

• Improve the effectiveness of non-financial internal and external reporting

• Measurement, valuation and reporting reflect the true value of a company and discloses true profit and true cost

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• BCSDHs Future Leaders Talent Program helps future business leaders become effective ambassadors for sustainable development through action oriented learning, knowledge creation, project management, and building networks and skills.

• Participants contribute 9 professional days trough 9 months

• Theoretical and fieldwork: factory visit, case study elaboration, discussion, CEO interview, professional presentation, interactive practice

• Business solution for sustainability challenges through teamwork

BCSDH ‚Future Leaders’ Talent Program

Visit 2016 Program Flyer

http://www.wbcsd.org/work-program/capacity-building/sdmi/future-leaders-team.aspxhttp://bcsdh.hu/topics/future-leaders/

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C. Collaboration By pro-actively collaborating with key institutions in the sustainability space, BCSDH drives scale and impact of its initiatives

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Corvinus University/ Faculty of Business Administration

Central European Management School

International Business School

KÖVET Association

Hungarian Donors Forum

Netherlands-Hungarian Chamber of commerce

Hungarian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Hungary Green Building Council

Hungarian Business Leaders Forum

National Council for Sustainable Development

Hungarian Association of People Management

Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Hungary)

Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary

Transparency International

https://www.globalreporting.org/

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How members engage

BCSDH Executive Board

Working Groups*

Business Breakfasts

„Future Leaders” Program

Liaison delegate and other executives

General Assembly CEO Or

Board-level executive

* Action 2020, Supply Chain, Communication, Social Capital

CEO Roundtables

Business Lunch

Action 2020 Forum

Alumni

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BCSDH Annual Events Business Lunch Business Breakfasts

When: every year in November Where: Budapest Next Lunch: 17 November 2016 Who attends:

• CEOs of Member • Working Group members • Partner delegates • Selected guests • Press

When: twice a year in spring and autumn period Where: Budapest Next Breakfast: in October 2016 Who attends:

• Council Members (CEOs/Board Level)

• Liaison Delegates • Working Group members • Future Leaders Program

participants • Selected guests • (Press)

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4. BCSDH Governance

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BCSDH Annual Events BCSDH Weekend BCSDH General Assembly

When: every year in February Where: Budapest Next assembly: 16 February 2017 Wo attends:

• CEOs of Member • Selected guests

When: every year the first weekend of June Where: Budapest Next weekend: 2-3 June 2017 Who attends:

• Council Members (CEOs/Board Level)

• Selected guests

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BCSDH Membership Criteria

• Be legally and operationally independent,

• Be represented on the Council of the BCSD H by the Chief Executive Officer or board-level representative with overall responsibility for sustainable development,

• Nominate a Liaison Delegate, to manage the relationship with the BCSDH and ensure optimum benefit for, and engagement of, the member company,

• Be willing to be actively involved in the BCSDH work program through making their in-house competence and appropriate manpower resources available,

• Strive for consistency in their advocacy,

• Actively support the objectives and work plan of BCSDH as approved by the Council. At the current time this includes, but is not limited to, engaging and helping create scalable action around at least one of the Action 2020 priority areas,

• Publish a sustainability report annually (stand-alone, integrated or combined), or ensure the availability of financial and non financial indicators of the performance

• Pay the annual membership contribution as determined by the Council; for the calendar year 2016 this is 350.000 HUF (three hundred fifty thousand Hungarian Forints),

A member company should adhere to the following conditions for membership:

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