Our social responsibility
Ecological and social sustainability are a high priority for us. Therefore, we take a number of measures to improve our impact on the planet and society: we donate parts of our profits to charities, offer support and integration to people with a distance to the labour market and increasingly focus on sourcing sustainable products. Watch our video below!
People
We owe our success to our employees. That is why we work hard every day to provide them with a pleasant, safe and inspiring working environment. We do this by offering our employees the resources and freedom they need to grow as professionals within our organisation.
Planet
We are enthusiastically committed to a greener planet and are therefore developing all kinds of initiatives to do our bit. One such initiative is The Sustainable Spark. It allows our employees to experience what it is like to really act sustainably. We do this by organising fun internal events, such as Bike to Work Day and the Plato Clean-up Week.
Our office itself is also becoming ever greener. We use energy-saving LED lighting, and, together with all our employees, we separate our waste. We have also optimized our energy consumption by installing direct gas heaters that consume 50% less gas compared to the previous indirect gas heaters. In addition, solar panels have been installed, each accounting for 10% of our annual energy consumption, and our fleet now consists of electric vehicles. To make the working day a bit sunnier, we installed larger windows—less artificial light and more sun, which creates a nice, bright atmosphere!
But we go beyond our own workplace. For every order placed through our IGO brand, we plant a tree together with One Tree Planted. That way, as a customer, you also immediately contribute to a greener world. In short, we do a lot for a more sustainable future. Curious about more? We would love to tell you all about it!
Profit
The Plato Group Foundation was founded on 1 April 2004 by Martien Jonkers, founder of our organisation Plato Group. By establishing the foundation, Martien Jonkers aspired to give back to society.
Since its start, the Plato Group Foundation has donated more than 18 million euros to over 30 different charities in total, including Doctors Without Borders, Liliane Fonds, SOS Children’s Villages and Mercy Ships. We are proud that when our customers order at one of our brands, they can be sure that parts of their money will be used for a good cause.