Sustainability at HMS and in Our Project Work
Our climate initiative arose from our employees’ desire to do more for climate protection in their day-to-day work. Since then, it has continued to evolve. Today, the initiative focuses both on sustainability within our company and on Green IT and sustainable digitalization in our project business.
Together, we want to take responsibility for our actions and set the tone for sustainable work practices.
Together, we develop ideas and initiatives for the responsible use of resources within our company.
What we have implemented and achieved so far:
- Company-wide environmental program with guidelines
- Carbon footprint assessment
- Green electricity
- Sustainable procurement (marketing or office supplies and food)
- Hardware sustainability
- Company Bikes available for borrowing for short distances
We focus on green IT, sustainable software development, and the question of how digital solutions can be designed to conserve resources.
Topics we’re working on:
- Green Coding
- Energy-efficient software development and resource-conserving IT
- Sustainable digital processes
- Carbon footprint of digital systems
- Green Software Practitioner
- Technical Best Practices
- Future-oriented topics, such as the responsible use of AI and sustainable digitalization
Through presentations, working groups, and collaboration within various networks, we are continuously developing our initiative.
This is how we keep our knowledge up to date:
- Knowledge Circles and presentations within our company
- Conferences
- Working groups
- Membership in the Federal Association for Green Software
- Collaboration with the City of Heidelberg on the Sustainable Management Program
