7Days Group

Sustainability

Environmental. Economic. Social.

We act today while thinking about tomorrow

Envi­ron­men­tal, eco­nom­ic and social think­ing and action are among the five fun­da­men­tal val­ues that under­lie the prin­ci­ples of the work of the 7Days Group. Togeth­er, we as a group of com­pa­nies strive for sus­tain­able devel­op­ment by strik­ing a bal­ance between these three pil­lars. It is our goal – as well as our joint duty – to ensure our entre­pre­neur­ial think­ing and actions make spar­ing use of our resources. This applies to the envi­ron­ment, inter­ac­tion with cus­tomers, sup­pli­ers, part­ners and employ­ees, and also to the cre­ation of over­all eco­nom­ic solu­tions. As a ful­fil­ment ser­vice provider we have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to opti­mize and refine the sus­tain­abil­i­ty of com­pa­nies’ sup­ply chains.

Accepting social responsibility

With­in the scope of our core busi­ness activ­i­ties we strive to act respon­si­bly towards the envi­ron­ment, in our rela­tions with employ­ees and in our inter­ac­tion with rel­e­vant stake­hold­ers. We thus cre­ate fair, trans­par­ent work­ing con­di­tions, rely on part­ner­ship-based coop­er­a­tion with our sup­pli­ers and invest in train­ing for the next gen­er­a­tion of employ­ees.

Environmental solutions for a respectful attitude to the environment

We focus very close­ly on sus­tain­able resource man­age­ment, invest­ing in new dri­ve tech­nolo­gies for our vehi­cle fleet and test­ing them for their ener­gy bal­ance and prac­ti­cal­i­ty. In addi­tion, we uti­lize sys­tems to con­stant­ly opti­mize our deliv­ery routes in an attempt to achieve the great­est pos­si­ble con­sol­i­da­tion or com­bi­na­tion of indi­vid­ual groups of goods, tak­ing account of the legal frame­work and cus­tomer require­ments. We are engaged in a joint quest with our ser­vice part­ners for ren­o­va­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties in the area of real estate man­age­ment that save ener­gy and resources, and are plan­ning sus­tain­able new con­struc­tion projects. The 7Days Group has set itself the goal of mak­ing logis­tics green­er.

Overall economic solutions for a long-term, sustainable corporate orientation

Secur­ing our com­mer­cial fun­da­men­tals in a com­pet­i­tive envi­ron­ment and dynam­ic mar­kets is one of the top entre­pre­neur­ship pri­or­i­ties at 7Days, if we are to give the com­pa­ny a sol­id base and make it fit for the next gen­er­a­tion. Togeth­er we strength­en our mar­ket posi­tion and suc­cess­ful­ly hold our own against our com­peti­tors, cre­at­ing sus­tain­able jobs with good work­ing con­di­tions and attrac­tive wages. This is the only way for us to devel­op over­all solu­tions in coop­er­a­tion with our cus­tomers, thus estab­lish­ing long-term part­ner­ships along the val­ue chain.

“Sustainable solutions for a greener future.”

Sustainability goals

Our commitment to a sustainable future

Reducing the ecological footprint

We aim to min­i­mize our envi­ron­men­tal impacts by reduc­ing ener­gy and resource con­sump­tion as well as emis­sions. All the com­pa­nies in the 7Days Group are called upon to mea­sure their eco­log­i­cal foot­print and iden­ti­fy their key envi­ron­men­tal impacts so that they can then devel­op resource-effi­cien­cy and emis­sion-reduc­tion mea­sures.

Promoting a circular economy

We focus on design­ing solu­tions and ser­vices in the most sus­tain­able way pos­si­ble for our cus­tomers, with the aim of min­i­miz­ing waste prod­ucts and pro­mot­ing recy­cling and reuse. We help our cus­tomers to opti­mize their sup­ply chains so that they can use more sus­tain­able mate­ri­als and pro­duc­tion meth­ods. We do this by sup­port­ing the return of mate­ri­als to the recy­cling cycle, there­by min­i­miz­ing the use of dis­pos­able pack­ag­ing.

Commitment to social responsibility

We strive to under­stand our impact on the envi­ron­ment and soci­ety in order to con­tribute to pos­i­tive social devel­op­ment. We are com­mit­ted to the fur­ther train­ing and devel­op­ment of our employ­ees, to fair work­ing con­di­tions and wages, and we pro­tect the rights and inter­ests of our employ­ees, cus­tomers and stake­hold­ers.

Pursuing long-term goals

As a medi­um-sized, own­er-man­aged group of com­pa­nies, we cre­ate added val­ue for all our stake­hold­ers by mak­ing long-term deci­sions and sus­tain­able invest­ments. We do not seek short-term prof­its, but instead align the com­pa­ny to work towards a sus­tain­able future.

Promoting diversity and inclusion

Besides being the dri­vers of an inclu­sive work­place cul­ture and our sus­tain­able cor­po­rate ori­en­ta­tion, our diverse teams are one of the organization’s most impor­tant growth fac­tors. Togeth­er we achieve inno­va­tion, a knowl­edge advan­tage and a com­pet­i­tive edge.