CSR Hungary: awards for the best

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/2-3.

Júlia Takács
CEO and co-founder
CSR Hungary

By now the CSR Hungary Award programme has grown into an effective and recognised platform for sharing best practices, benchmarking and learning from each other. It is an annual opportunity for organisations to build trust and awareness among stakeholders.

“It is also a measure of success for us that the CSR Hungary Award, which has existed since 2006, is becoming increasingly popular among companies and institutions. This contributes to the spreading of corporate sustainability and responsibility in Hungary, and to the integration of these principles into the company’s DNA. Today CSR Hungary can assist firms and institutions with a complex portfolio of mutually reinforcing elements”,

says Júlia Takács, CEO and co-founder of CSR Hungary.

Members of the jury believe that corporate responsibility and sustainability have become a factor that adds value and competitiveness to the market

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Trade magazin Special Awards

This year K&H Bank’s CO2 calculator for agriculture won the special award of Trade magazin, together with Lidl Magyarország’s On the Road to the Future – SzelektálOK campaign.

K&H’s calculator shows the emissions of a given farm relying on its own production data and international statistics of the sector. The calculator supports both business awareness and sustainable operations.

K&H’s agricultural CO2 calculator wins Trade magazine’s special award for the Best Sustainable Agricultural Solution

Lidl Magyarország’s comprehensive SzelektálOK campaign was launched in 2023 and helps consumers to acquire as much information as possible on how to do selective waste collection. “We look forward to many more joint competitions with CSR Hungary in the future. Congratulations to all the winners”, said Zsuzsanna Hermann, CEO and editor-in-chief of Trade magazin.

Lidl Hungary’s “On the Road to the Future” – SzelektálOK campaign has also won Trade magazine’s special award

BKIK Special Award

• AUCHAN Magyarország

The Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) believes: it is important to set good examples for entrepreneurs. Auchan has demonstrated a consistent strategy in the field of sustainable operations since 2019 and this is the reason why BKIK awarded the company the special prize for the non-Budapest-based award winner. Auchan first introduced a cardboard shopping box and later alternative packaging. By eliminating plastic, the company can save 172 tonnes of plastic per year. Auchan is committed to supporting local communities and promoting healthy eating, and in recent years has launched several such initiatives and supported the Auchan Foundation. In its collaboration with the Hungarian Food Bank Association and the Hungarian Red Cross, Auchan takes unsold, but still high quality food to people in need.

EUROPA DESIGN Special Award

• HiPP Termelő és Kereskedelmi Trade Kft. //

CSR Hungary Award website: https://www.csrhungary.eu

Members of the CSR Hungary Award Committee

•  Júlia Takács, CEO and co-founder of CSR Hungary, founder of the CSR Hungary Award
• Dr Zoltán Doór, president of the Hungarian Logistics Association (MLE)
• Dr Ádám Balog, general vice president of the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK)
• Tamás Bihall, vice President of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) responsible for education and training
• Dr Habil Levente Kovács, professor, rector and director of Óbuda University (ÓE)
• Dr Mária Kőrösi, associate professor, communications expert, member of Széchenyi Society’s board
• László Németh, president of the Hungarian Association of Craftsmen’s Corporations (IPOSZ)
• Dr Ágnes Szent-Ivány, president of the Ethical Business Conduct Committee of the Joint Venture Association
• Dr József Sztranyák, vice president of the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK)