Sustainability at TTTECH
Considering TTTECH’s vision: “Advancing safe and secure technologies to enable a connected, human-centric, and sustainable world.” it goes without saying that sustainability is on top of our agenda.
Protecting our planet by reducing the CO2 footprint
Climate change is one of the major issues affecting our world and mastering the challenge to slow down and finally stop climate change is a key to keeping our planet livable. For this to be achieved, the emission of climate-damaging gases needs to be reduced as much as possible. Carbondioxide (CO2) is seen as a major contributor to the greenhouse effect, and in the context of TTTECH’s business activities it is by far the most important one.
Assuming responsibility to reduce CO2 emissions, TTTECH has thoroughly evaluated the respective footprint and set several measures to reduce it:
- TTTECH pursues the goal of using electricity from renewables as much as possible. Some locations (including the major sites in Vienna and Munich) have already switched to “green” electricity, others will follow.
- In addition, TTTECH policies support avoiding CO2 emission in many areas. A comprehensive remote working policy not only meets expectations of employees, but also reduces commuting between home and office, thus avoiding emissions caused by traveling.
- Business travel has been reduced considerably, and travel by train is encouraged. To deliver products and services that fully meet our customers’ expectations, sometimes air travel is unavoidable. TTTECH supports selected projects to compensate for the CO2 emission resulting from flights.
Sustainability all along the way – and of course the supply chain
TTTECH is a company without its own manufacturing sites, making it particularly important to ensure that the supply chain meets sustainability requirements. Our partner network consits of companies that manufacture our products close to our office locations to minimize the environmental footprint caused by shipping and business travel to our suppliers. In addition, we request our EMS (electronic manufacturing services) partners to be certified according to ISO 14001 and to comply with all legal requirements such as the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) and the European Union regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).
A systematic approach – certified
A company works best and achieves the intended results when all organizational gear wheels mesh. Being focused on serving our customers and society as a whole, our processes fully comply with the standard ISO 9001. Even though this is a quality management standard, it also addresses some of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, among others, “no poverty”, “industry, innovation and infrastructure”, “responsible production and consumption”.
TTTECH Group is strongly driving the improvement of its environmental performance. To ensure that the organizational gears fully transmit the power of these activities, TTTECH has decided to complete the implementation of an Environmental Management System. Compliance with the standard ISO 14001 addresses twelve UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as “zero poverty”, “good health and well-being”, “quality education”, “clean water and sanitation”, “affordable and clean energy”, “decent work and economic growth”, “climate action” – important societal goals that TTTECH fully subscribes to.
Sustainability – the holistic view
Protecting our environment is one of today’s key responsibilities. Yet, true sustainability encompasses much more than just environmental protection, as is reflected in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. TTTECH activities beyond those presented above address many additional important sustainability aspects. We offer employment and personal development opportunities based on the conviction that all people shall have equal rights and opportunities – TTTECH’s highly skilled experts and managers represent more than 60 nationalities.
Half a century ago, Peter Drucker coined the term “knowledge worker” – a perfect description of TTTECH Group’s staff. Accordingly, continual training and education opportunities offer lifelong learning opportunities for all. By fostering continuous education, TTTECH not only ensures to have the right competences to meet customer expectations, we are also convinced that knowledge, creativity and competence are key to master the challenges of our century.
Sustainability in numbers
The TTTECH Group expressly commits to responsible corporate management, thus it can continue to grow sustainably. Corporate risks should be minimized, on the one hand, by complying with the applicable local and international legal framework conditions and, on the other hand, using ethically sound and transparently designed processes. The TTTECH Group Code of Conduct seeks to clearly and understandably express the essential values of TTTECH and the resulting principles for all business processes.
This Code of Conduct applies to all members of the Management and Supervisory Boards, to managers and employees, as well as to all persons acting for the TTTECH Group, regardless of their position, function and level of employment.
Compliance at TTTech
Whistleblowing platform
TTTECH is strongly and unconditionally committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations. As part of this compliance culture, we are determined to identify any misconduct within the company as quickly as possible, resolve it, and take necessary remedial actions.
We expect our employees to act in accordance with our compliance and quality principles while performing professional duties. All acts, processes, and decisions must comply with the applicable laws, standards, and other requirements. In order to maintain these high standards, we have established a whistleblowing channel, which allows employees, suppliers, and third parties to report easily and confidentially any unlawful, unethical, or inappropriate conduct or process.
We at TTTECH are committed to protecting the reporters. At the same time, we are determined to prevent and sanction the willful dissemination of false and/or malicious accusations. The whistleblowing channel must not be used to make false accusations against others or report information that reporters know is untrue.
The provisions of the relevant whistleblowing policy can be found online within the whistleblowing channel. They will guide reporters in submitting their reports.
Corporate Policy
Our goal is to support clients to achieve their business objectives by improving the reliability of networked computer systems. In order to continuously advance customer satisfaction we put special emphasis on effective project execution, including processes to guarantee compliance with customer and regulatory requirements. In addition, we have committed ourselves to high-level quality standards.
Our core technology is based on more than 30 years of development work, providing a mature basis to build applications in safety-critical areas.
TTTECH's employees are specialists in their work field, committing themselves to the quality and reliability the industry expects. We strive to create a challenging work environment to enable innovation and continue our history of success.
The continually changing market and the fast technological progress demand a flexible approach from our organization. Our organizational structure keeps communication dynamic and allows quick responses to customers needs.
These are the key priorities for all TTTECH's Group companies that ensure our innovation, growth and success. Our focus is the customer in every step of the way. These priorities ensure excellence in execution and compliance to all relevant standards and are also supported by our corporate culture.
