Sustainability

Each of our projects embodies sustainability. Our audiovisual solutions connect people, even if they are worlds apart. We facilitate collaboration, presentation, meetings and information sharing, ensuring our tools evolve in tandem with the teams and organisations employing them. We have the ability to drive positive change, fostering sustainable projects and partnerships that are poised for tomorrow’s challenges.

15 goals 2022-26

We aligned our core values with the UN's 17 global goals, selecting 15 aspirations that we are committed to achieving by 2026. The baseline measurement occurred in 2022.

People

We hold a steadfast dedication to crafting a safe, healthy and inspiring environment for the Whitemilk team and our entire ecosystem on a daily basis. It is through this approach that we can be a place that nurtures innovation—a place of inclusivity wherein individuals find personal contentment, mutually encourage and challenge one another, engage in continuous learning, flourish, and unlock their utmost capabilities. The power is in the team, in the collective strength of the people.

• 3,600 hours training (1)
• 0 work accidents (2)
• 15% leases a bike (3)
• 10% non-male (4)
• 5% roots outside Belgium (5)
• support for 2 initiatives on poverty and education (6)

Environment

We take action to combat climate change and its repercussions. We prioritise sustainability in our own consumption (car & bike policy, buildings, waste management), meticulously select suppliers and manufacturers (production), and design audiovisual integrations for customers that adapt and expand flexibly within a high-tech and rapidly changing world.

• 75% electric fleet (7)
• industrial waste/year < 30 tonnes (8)
• 1 partner programme recovery AV equipment (9)
• 188 square metres of solar panels (10)
• -15% electricity and natural gas (11)

Products

We operate within an international framework, with complex production and trade networks. For us, sustainability entails achieving transparency and efficiency through close and long-term partnerships with manufacturers and suppliers.

• Green list with high-end AV manufacturers (12)
• 80% is CSR-complient, endorsing our Supplier Code of Conduct (13)

Cyber security

Within our advanced high-tech setting, cybersecurity stands as a pivotal concern. We invest in systems that enable us to transparently and securely store, share, or delete knowledge and data.

• 1 tool to share securely (14)
• Cloud solutions with built-in security (15)

Our first track record on the 15 goals will come out in January 2024.

Linked to the goals of the UN

We drew inspiration from the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, which can be explored at https://sdgs.un.org/goals. Out of the 17 goals, our affinity extends to all, and numerous of our initiatives contribute to various objectives. However, we have identified 4 goals where we are confident that our impact can be maximised: