"Since 2020, environmental, social and economic sustainability has been an integral part of our corporate policy. We are guided by the United Nations' "17 Sustainable Development Goals" and, on this basis, strive to act as sustainably as possible in all areas of our business activities that we can influence. Since 2020, our aim has been to implement as much as possible as quickly as possible. We have therefore moved from the simple to the complex and have initially reorganized our internal processes in line with the target image in order to ultimately be able to have an external impact. We want to continue on this path together with all our strength.
The Executive Board
Sustainable attitude and
Views
High quality & efficient
nicos AG is the partner of medium-sized companies for high-quality, efficient services ranging from planning and construction to the secure 24/7 operation of global data networks and associated services. Innovative strength combined with many years of experience in the design, construction and operation of data networks are the basis of our success. Behind this is a competent team of around 200 highly qualified employees who are committed to our customers with profound expertise and great passion.
With passion & commitment for our customers
Our employees are the interface to our customers. They make innovations possible, develop successful strategies and implement them with great passion and commitment. They take on various roles in customer projects and see themselves as architects and lawyers, construction or operations managers and moderators. They ensure that everything runs smoothly during the planning, construction and operational phases.
DIVERSE, CROSS-DIVISIONAL TEAMS
nicos brings together highly competent employees from over 15 nations. We work across departments in interdisciplinary teams. Thanks to our open communication culture and intensive exchange with our customers, we recognize needs and expectations at an early stage and can respond to new requirements with customer-specific solutions.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR NETWORK
International data networks are characterized by a high degree of complexity and a large number of components from a wide variety of providers. The market requirements of internationalization also result in changes in the areas of organization, technology, IT and corporate strategy. At this point, a service provider is required who takes overall responsibility for the network, implements flexible adaptation to changing requirements and ensures network operation.
FAMILY AS A SUCCESS FACTOR.
WE JOIN IN. WE SUPPORT.
Children, family and the well-being of our employees are important to us. That is why we are constantly working to create opportunities to make it easier to combine family and career at nicos AG. Our aim is always to find joint solutions and reconcile personal satisfaction and professional responsibility. That is why we promote family-friendly measures and always do our best to optimize the work-life balance of every employee.
We network.
Sustainable.
nicos is a family business and as such we see ourselves as part of society and the environment in which we bear responsibility. Since the company was founded, our corporate culture has been characterized by cooperation, diversity, respect and transparency, while at the same time maintaining very high quality standards. The topic of sustainability has now become an additional focus for nicos AG.
Corporate responsibility has been an integral part of our corporate strategy since mid-2020. We are convinced that we have an obligation to create more value for customers, employees and partners. Our aim is to continuously live up to our responsibility towards the environment, people and society.
This website, for example, is hosted in a climate-neutral way.
Another example: As a Cisco partner with "Cisco Environmental Sustainability Specialization", we focus on the issue of sustainability when returning hardware products. When these have reached their "end of life", our partner Cisco ensures that they are disposed of properly or given a second life as remanufactured equipment.
Awareness of responsibility -
Step by step, we want to:
Improve and safeguard the health, satisfaction and well-being of our employees through measures, offers and smooth processes.
Pay attention to fairness and sustainability in our operational activities and in purchasing and, if necessary, take compensatory measures.
Maintain a responsible and respectful relationship with all our employees and our customers.
Become even more involved as a company in numerous social issues.
Make our actions transparent and comprehensible in another sustainability report.
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
2025
Step by step, nicos has been consciously moving towards greater sustainability for years. We have again set ourselves milestones for 2025. (All our targets relate to the values for 2024).
Electricity consumption
(per employee)
Fuel consumption
(through the addition of e-cars)
Garbage/waste
(in liters per employee)
First aiders & fire protection assistants
- This year, we want to reduce electricity consumption in our offices and with regard to the electric cars we use by 1% from the current (as at 2024) 342.45 kWh per employee to 332.18 kWh.
- We aim to reduce vehicle fuel consumption (as at 2024: 1412.29 l per company vehicle) by 3% (=28.25 l) to 1384.05 liters by the end of 2025.
- Reduction of waste volume by 5% in 2025 based on the values measured in 2024.
- Our employees have been trained as first aiders and fire safety assistants for many years. Currently (as of 2024), 12 and 5 helpers respectively are prepared for emergencies. In 2025, we are aiming to increase this by 12% and train one more first aider and one more fire safety aider.
ACTUAL GOAL
COMPARISON
| Key figure | Relation | IST 2024 | GOAL 2025 | Difference |
| Electricity consumption office & e-cars | ∅ per employee | 342.45 kWh | 332.18 kWh | - 10.27 kWh |
| Vehicle fuel consumption | ∅ per company vehicle | 1412,29 l | 1384,05 l | – 28,25 l |
| Amount of waste in liters | ∅ per employee | to be defined (06/24) | to be defined (06/24) | to be defined (06/24) |
| First and fire protection assistants | trained | 12 5 | 13 6 | + 1 + 1 |
ACTIONS
& SUCCESSES
| EMPLOYEES | ENVIRONMENT | SOCIETY / Economy |
| Action plan created with the inclusion of ideas from the workforce (co-determination) | Plastic water bottles replaced by water system with carafes | Donations for Die Tafel, schools, Der Weiße Ring, Moore etc. worth approx. 30,000 euros |
| Training for all employees and new starters, information events | Fair trade coffee, sugar and tea, oat milk as a milk alternative to coffee | 1st sustainability report based on the SDGs (selection of 14 goals) |
| New, sustainably furnished office, centrally accessible | Sustainably certified purchasing of consumables: "Blue Angel" paper, "organic" cleaning agents, etc. (mainly via memo.de) | Code of Conduct created and communicated to (some of) our suppliers |
| Job bike offer, mobility challenge, About HR: games evenings and sporting activities | Fruit and vegetables: regional, seasonal, organic | (Annual) blood donation campaign via the DRK |
| Sustayn app (sustainability information, gaming, co-determination) | Repairing technology instead of buying new > Upcycling (already corporate philosophy) | Presentation by VAUDE > Training for managers |
| Events such as summer and winter parties, gifts for Easter and Christmas | 3 wallboxes in the parking garage, BahnCard 100 instead of company car for managers (1x) | Making contact with regional policy and companies on the sustainable path |
| Sports facilities, yoga room, alternative seating pool, "Hansefit" contract for a special price | Terrace greening (feel-good and snacking) | Online lecture: Sustainability in companies |
| Facilities (shower, disinfectant, fragrance and hygiene products in the toilets) | Promotional materials produced completely sustainably, reusable shopping bags distributed to the workforce | niCODEX for regulating cooperation within the workforce |
| Transparency: monthly town hall meeting | Green electricity from 100% renewable energy sources, climate-neutral website hosting, woyn campaign: reduce data waste | Addressing sustainability in discussions with customers and partners > Influencers |
| Company pension scheme (BAV) for all employees after completion of the probationary period | LED lighting, direct lighting, motion control |
Up-to-date and sustainably informative.
Our weblog
Here we report on our first steps, hurdles and goals - with short video clips and photos taken by our colleagues at nicos AG. Here you will not find videos produced by professionals, but authentic scenes captured by our employees with their cell phones or cameras.
