At the hera office and in all our projects we work in line with our pro-active Environmental Policy in order to limit the environmental damage due to our activities; this is done by:

• acquiring better insight in the environmental actions of the enterprise and the continued search for improvement of environmental actions;

• executing a policy of rational use of water, energy and raw materials (e.g. use of solar power and energy saving light bulbs at the hera office, not using air-conditioning at the office but rather using natural ways to cool down and using an electric company car);

• offering information and education to staff in the field of environmental problems;

• raising awareness for environmental problems and drawing attention to the reduction of the ecological footprint when organising consultancies;

• assessing, from an ecological viewpoint, each technical / financial proposal to be submitted by hera to a client (e.g. how to minimise the ecological footprint of the proposed action), and,

• compensating for our CO2 emissions, for all air travel, by investing in sustainable energy projects through the Climate Neutral Group.

In 2015 hera joined efforts with “ondernemers zonder grenzen” (Entrepreneurs without borders) to help offset air travel and support reforestation efforts in the Sahel. hera tries to prioritise work with small or medium enterprises and will at all levels of its work engage with local communities.

hera makes optimal use of video - audio conferencing and uses VOIP calls. This reduces the need for long-distance international travel and enables our counterparts to effectively communicate with hera consultants through audio and video conferencing.