What is Sustainability?
One of the most well-known frameworks for this is John Elkington's Triple Bottom Line (TBL), sometimes known as the three Ps of People, Planet, and Profit. It has evolved into a more widely recognized concept of sustainability and is regarded as the foundation for making wise use of resources for human needs without harming future generations.
This is a shift from focusing solely on economic interests. Rather than focusing just on profit, or the traditional "bottom line," the "Triple Bottom Line" advocates that businesses need to assess their social and environmental impact in addition to their financial performance. Profit, people, and the planet are the "three Ps" that sum it all up.
Saving the Planet
Even though environmental concerns may be less important in software than most other sectors, they cannot be ignored. Software companies must continue to supply solutions for companies experiencing environmental pressures and become green.
Enabling Digitalization
ESKADENIA Software provides software systems that accelerate digital transformation. Digitalization improves sustainable energy initiatives and optimizes operations. It reduces production costs, maintenance expenses, and energy consumption while increasing efficiency, quality, and productivity. Digitalization also helps in waste management, pollution reduction, and enabling sustainable manufacturing.
Cloud Deployments
Cloud-based solutions are gaining popularity as more firms strive to become green. Cloud deployments entail sharing software rather than installing systems on each customer's premises. Also, more Cloud providers are using green energy, either to meet environmental regulations or to minimize cost. This is another aspect where ESKADENIA fosters more eco-friendly operations, by deploying its systems into the Cloud. Moreover, ESKADENIA utilizes Cloud-based solutions for system hosting, IP telephony, and other services hosted by international Cloud providers.
Renewable Energy
ESKADENIA Software utilizes renewable energy through a solar system covering a considerable portion of the company’s internal energy needs. Moreover, the company is working on implementing what is known as wheeling, which is building off-grid solar panel installations in remote areas as a source of clean renewable energy.
Other Eco-friendly Practices
Additionally, ESKADENIA promotes full digitization and running a paperless work environment. It has been very successful in running its internal operations with very minimal paper usage and only when required by legal regulations. Moreover, being a company specializing in digital transformation, ESKADENIA promotes paperless work operations to its customers. People in the company are very much influenced by this paperless strategy, which is changing their way of thinking and working. Printers and copiers are available, but they are rarely used.
Social Responsibility
CSR Projects
Besides implementing eco-friendly practices discussed above, ESKADENIA is also involved in other aspects of sustainability. From the social “People” perspective, ESKADENIA promotes gender equity, and a healthy work environment and fosters innovation through its CSR initiatives. ESKADENIA sponsors and manages the establishment of music chambers in public schools to promote music and foster talent at an early age. Moreover, ESKADENIA sponsors and maintains the “Because I Care” digital sisterhood for women, which was founded in 2014 to encourage women to volunteer and lead in their communities.
Equality and Wellbeing
ESKADENIA Software supports UNDP’s "Gender Equality Seal (GES)" initiative, which aims to institutionalize women's economic involvement and establish gender equity policies. Moreover, ESKADENIA Software promotes a healthy work environment and was awarded the “Smoke-Free Zone” Certificate, by King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Centre, for restricting smoking in all of its facilities despite this not being a requirement in the country. Furthermore, ESKADENIA provides health insurance for its employees and during the recent pandemic allowed employees to work from home out of concern for their wellbeing.
Social Development
Furthermore, ESKADENIA provides job opportunities to hundreds of people who in turn provide for their families, help those around them, and positively contribute to their societies. The company also provides cooperative education opportunities to university students and provides customers with software that enables them to optimize their work.
Economic Viability
ESKADENIA Software has been running profitable operations since 2004 offering business software to various industry sectors. In addition, ESKADENIA’s eco-friendly Cloud deployments are generating extra revenue. The company fosters innovation by providing software to local, regional, and international organizations. ESKADENIA Software has customers in over 25 countries with over 90% customer retention rate. This financial stability enables ESKADENIA Software to continue its contribution to local economy, provide employment opportunities, and helps the company further its commitment to community development by staying economically viable.