Smart Solutions for a sustainable future

Respect for human rights and international ethical standards

Our Code of Conduct requires all employees of the ista Group to commit to compliance with international human rights, labour, anti-corruption and data protection standards. These include the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Declaration of Principles and the UN Convention against Corruption. Our compliance management system helps us to ensure that all requirements are met throughout the Group. The effectiveness of compliance management at ista has been officially certified by the Institute for Corporate Governance in the German Real Estate Industry (ICG). Our Supplier Code contains fundamental environmental, social and governance standards that we require our suppliers throughout the world to comply with. These also include the ILO's Declaration of Principles as well as the Principles of the UN Global Compact, the principles of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the UK Modern Slavery Act.

Contributions to national and international climate and environmental policy

• Climate protection: We contribute in particular to greater energy efficiency and raise the consumer's awareness of greater climate protection in buildings. The revised European Energy Efficiency Directive and its implementation in the EU member states set the legal framework for these activities. With our radio technology and offerings such our EcoTrend app, we offer our customers tailored solutions so they have easy and convenient ways of informing their tenants about their monthly energy consumption and so create incentives to save energy and costs.
• Resource efficiency and circular economy: A sustainable economy that is fit for the future is a circular economy. We are convinced of that. We support the goals of the European Circular Economy Action Plan and national policies such as the German Resource Efficiency Programme – through innovations in device design, high convenience, a long lifecycle of our products and continuous improvements in the reuse of materials from our old devices.
• Human rights and environmental standards in global supply chains: We welcome the initiatives at German and European levels that require companies not only to respect human rights but also ensure environmental standards along the supply chain. These include the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization's (ILO)Declaration of Principles and the UN Convention against Corruption.With our measures for sustainable supplier management, we have been committed to fulfilling this responsibility for many years.