An integrated approach to managing environmental impacts
The ALTEO Group's approach to environmental protection is built on the principles of prevention, efficiency and responsible operation. In our activities we strive to optimise energy, material and water use and to minimise environmental impacts.
In operating our energy facilities we pay particular attention — in strict compliance with regulatory and legal requirements — to monitoring emissions, improving energy efficiency and continuously developing our operational processes. The evaluation of environmental performance is supported by regular monitoring and by our ESG and sustainability reporting system.
In our circular economy business line, by applying waste treatment and recycling technologies we contribute to reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and to recovering valuable raw materials. Our innovative solutions aim to reduce environmental impact and preserve natural resources.
The ALTEO Group’s strategic objectives include continuously reducing our pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. To this end, taking the available opportunities into account, we continuously develop our technologies and processes, and we also regularly review the GHG emission calculations used to determine the emission figures presented in our annual Sustainability Report, correcting our methodology where needed.
The ALTEO Group conducts its activities in continuous compliance with the legal framework and the permitted emission limit values. In accordance with the applicable regulations, we maintain damage control plans for handling potential emergencies at our obligated facilities in order to minimise their negative impacts, and we seek to improve this further through active contact with the authorities.
Among our measures, ongoing actions to prevent or mitigate the negative effects of air pollution play a prominent role, namely:
- Applying the best available technologies in the design and operation of power plants;
- Replacing gas engines that have reached the end of their service life with older but refurbished units that also meet the stricter technological emission limits applicable to new gas engines.
The primary objective of our circular business line is to treat waste as a resource: with our advanced recycling technologies we increase the production of secondary raw materials and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. Our goal is to keep ever more materials in the economic cycle, supporting the preservation of natural resources and the reduction of environmental impact.
Permits
Integrated HSE framework and ESG certification
Environmental protection does not work as a standalone silo, but as a pillar of an integrated management system. Together, the three elements below ensure that we follow consistent, measurable and externally validated environmental practice across all the group’s sites.
The exact ISO certifications (ISO 14001 environmental, ISO 45001 occupational safety, ISO 9001 quality) and the list of certified ALTEO group members will be finalised with the approval of Beatrix Szabó, Sustainability Director.
Waste management, water use, biodiversity
Environmental impact reduction takes place in three main operational areas. Each is supported by documented process, KPIs and annual review.
We publish specific waste volumes, recovery rates and site-level water-abstraction and emission metrics in our waste-balance report being prepared during 2026 and in our CSRD report. Details of the biodiversity strategy are available on the Biodiversity Strategy 2040 sub-page.
Waste clean-up days
Environmental protection shows in concrete actions not only at the sites but also in our immediate natural environment. Since 2022 ALTEO employees have organised a volunteer waste clean-up day every year under the Clean Shore Project, at several locations each year.
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2022
Clean Shore Project — two locations
15 October 2022 · Budapest — Római part, Külker Evezős Klub Óbuda, and Tiszaújváros — Tisza-sziget, Sziget Kikötő Kft.
Activities: cleaning sections of riverbank, boating, shared goulash cook-up, creative upcycling workshop.
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2023
Protected hill project — Sas-hegy
16 June 2023 · Sas-hegy, Visitor Centre.
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2024
Clean Shore Project — two locations
Mocsárosdűlő (Budapest District III) and Tiszaszederkényi Morotva (Tiszaújváros).
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2025
Clean Shore Project Waste Clean-up Day — two locations
Budapest District XI (Kőérberek–Örsöddűlő) and Tiszaújváros.
Római-part — riverbank clean-up
Tisza Island — waste collection
Hungarian stew & upcycling workshop
We clean a stretch of riverbank in both locations, protecting our living waters and environment.
Policies, reports and certifications
We publish our environmental commitments and certified systems in the documents below. Live links point to the PDFs currently available on alteo.hu; items marked as pending upload come from the marketing/HSE team.
Environmental protection is part of our group-level ESG framework
Explore other areas of ALTEO’s Environment pillar: climate protection, biodiversity, and our group-level ESG strategy.