Helping small corporate clients with sustainability transformation Qorus Reinvention Awards - Europe 2025 - Winner

Transformation towards sustainability and ESG is a challenge for small and medium-sized companies. Almost 90% of small and medium-sized companies in the Czech Republic spontaneously do not know what to imagine under the acronym ESG. When we ask about ESG, the research shows that 7 out of 10 companies are actually interested in ESG. However, they often encounter a lot of problems when implementing ESG - unclear return on investment, lack of information, high administrative costs and, last but not least, lack of finance.

That's why we were looking for a solution that would simply and effectively help companies with their transformation.We set the objective "Clients leverage ESG as an opportunity to grow" and in an agile way we swiftly developed and client-tested ESG application.

The ESG application contains four modules - an ESG compass that will help companies with basic orientation in ESG, an intuitive CO2 calculator where you can not only simply calculate the company's carbon footprint according to the internationally recognized GHG protocol. Other modules will then help companies with economically effective measures - one of them is an e-mobility calculator, where companies can specifically compare models of electric cars and classic cars both in terms of carbon footprint and total cost of ownership, and a photovoltaic calculator.

To support the transformation towards sustainability, our ESG application is freely available on the internet for clients and non-clients. If anyone wants green financing, their ESG transformation or advice on subsidies, our professional experts are at their disposal.

All with overlaps to our relationship managers who can face-to-face provide comprehensive advisory on the sustainability topic. We also offer end-to-end support to our clients, helping them navigate various state subsidies by leveraging our subsidiary company called, Grantika.

A well-conceived ESG is an opportunity for companies to grow, therefore it becomes an integral part of a financially healthy company. At the same time, it has a high business potential for the bank, as the change brings the need for investment.