Company Recognitions
EcoVadis Platinum Medal
2021-2023
The Responsible Employer of the Year
2023
’Green Company of the Year’ Award
2024
Lovable Workplaces Award
2022-2024
BeneFIt Prize
2023-2024
Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Training Special Prize
2021
ESG TOP 40
2024
Business Ethics Award
2022
B-A-Z County TOP 100 Economy Award
2024
The Sportiest Workplace in Hungary
2023
Caring Employer of the Year
Special Award
2024
EcoVadis Platinum Medal
BorsodChem has achieved Platinum rating for the third consecutive time in the EcoVadis assessment. Receiving the highest accolade from EcoVadis is a significant honour and recognition for our sustainability efforts, reflecting our commitment to sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. The Platinum Medal is specifically designed to reward companies that have attained the highest scores in the EcoVadis assessment system. With this achievement, BorsodChem ranks among the top 1% in its category.
The Responsible Employer of the Year
BorsodChem once again ranked among the country’s most prestigious employers! At the award ceremony of the ‘Responsible Employer of the Year’ competition organized by OFA National Employment Nonprofit Ltd, we received the 1st place in the Young People For category and the 3rd place in the ‘Responsible Employer’ category in the large enterprise group.
’Green Company of the Year’ Award
The Green Awards competition is the third time that Green Cloud, Dandelion Group and Portfolio Group have launched the Green Awards to recognise green programmes and companies. Our competition showcased sustainable projects from recent years, such as the demolition and landscape restoration of buildings left over from past industrial activities and the reclamation of saltwater pools. We have also made significant progress in recycling building materials and reducing CO2 emissions. The awards ceremony took place on 4 September 2024 at the Sustainable World conference, where we were awarded the ‘Green Large Company of the Year’ award.
Lovable Workplaces Award
BorsodChem was included in the list of Lovable Workplaces for the third consecutive time in the competition announced by DreamJo.bs and it can be again among the most attractive workplaces in Hungary. In addition, in 2023, based on our initiatives supporting attractiveness and elements enhancing retention, the jury has honoured our Company with the Most Innovative Company Special Award as well as we have won the ‘I would work here’ Special Award in the large company category for our efforts to promote employee well-being and community in 2024.
BeneFIt Prize
The BeneFit Prize, established in 2019, is a unique, comprehensives competition in Hungary that provides companies with the opportunity to showcase any methods and programs through which they, as caring employers, support employee well-being. In the second edition of the competition, after winning the Audience Award for Large Companies in 2019, in 2023, our company was once again recognized by the jury as one of the leading caring employees and we were awarded the “Generation Z category Special Prize” in 2023. According to the jury, BorsodChem is an employer that does a lot to provide young professionals with continuous training, development opportunities, a predictable career path, and ongoing support from the first minute of employment. Our benefits, including various elements such as housing support and support for home creation for entry-level employees, contribute to retaining Generation Z employees, fostering their commitment, and promoting their satisfaction. In 2024, we again won the Audience Award in the category of Giga Companies.
Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Training Special Prize
National Employment Foundation Nonprofit Ltd. has been announcing the ‘Responsible Employer of the Year’ competition since 2016, which aims to recognize those domestic employers for whom human resources are of central value. The awards were divided into five categories, and the special prize of Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry awarded the most outstanding application in the field of vocational education and training. After winning the title of the ‘Responsible Employer of the Year 2017’ in 2020, we submitted an application for this title again, on the basis of which the jury awarded BorsodChem the special training prize of Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. During the handover, it was emphasized that our Company's intergenerational career guidance practice and comprehensive training system are exemplary. In addition, the special award is a recognition for our HR leaders for their professional support and coordination of the activities of Chemical Industry Skills Council as well as for their dedicated work in renewing vocational training.
ESG TOP 40
The joint list of HVG and Planet Fanatics' Network, a sustainability consultancy, ranks large Hungarian companies based on sustainability, social responsibility and corporate governance (ESG) criteria. We have been ranked 11th on the ESG top 40 list, and we have also been included in the environmental and social top 10 lists, which we are also very proud of. We also took home a special prize for having the highest participation rate in equal opportunities training.
Business Ethics Award
BorsodChem received one of the most prestigious awards in business life in the Multinational Company category, which was established 23 years ago by the founders. Their intention was to focus the attention of Hungarian society on those Hungarian businesses and companies that set an example through their responsible activities, thinking, and their operation in harmony with the interests of people, the environment and society. On the other hand, with their successful presence in the business world, they prove that the interests of profit are compatible with the interests of other people, their narrower community, the living environment, society, and thus with the interests of sustainable development. This year, the organisers received more than 80 nominations, of which more than 70 companies were invited to send their applications and 35 evaluable entries were received from the business sector. The evaluation of the founders and the executives of 37 previously winning companies decided which 10 companies should be voted for, which will maintain the prestige of the award in the long term and demonstrate the responsibility associated with the use of the ethical business label. The award and the right to use the Ethical Business Mark are perpetual, and it can only be revoked by the founders.
B-A-Z County TOP 100 Economy Award
We are delighted that BorsodChem is among the most significant players in the economic life of the county and has been awarded the TOP 100 Economic Award as the most outstanding company in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in 2023. The prize is awarded on the basis of the ranking of the annual net turnover and the outstanding impact on the development of the region, but also for the achievements and improvements of our company since its acquisition.
The Sportiest Workplace in Hungary
The Hungarian Leisure Sport Association announced a competition connected to the Challenge Day, which has been held since 1991 and it is perhaps the world’s largest one-day sport event, for educational institutions, law enforcement and corporate teams. In line with this, our company has joined the initiative for the fourth time with 61 teams, making it the highest participant nationwide. Additionally, thanks to the performance of one of our teams, we successfully claimed the top spot on the podium. Therefore, in 2023, we were awarded the title of ’The Sportiest Workplace in Hungary’ in the workplace category. In the next two years, we again participated in the competition with the largest workplace community.
Caring Employer of the Year
Special Award
It was launched by the Pension Fund Self-Care Foundation, with the support of the Premium Health Fund and the Premium Voluntary Pension Fund. Nominations were invited from companies where health and/or retirement care and self-care education are part of the company culture and operating practices. The aim was to set an example to employers by showcasing and rewarding best practice. We were awarded the Caring Workplace of the Year 2024 Special Award for the most conscious and exemplary health promotion activities for employees.
Employee Recognitions
Award for Public Safety of the City of Kazincbarcika
2021
Pro Aqua Award
2021
CFO of the Year 2023
2023
Pro Meritis Award
2024
‘Maintainer of the Year 2025’ Award
2025
Award for Public Safety of the City of Kazincbarcika
The Board of Representatives of the City of Kazincbarcika gives an award for Public Safety of the City of Kazincbarcika once a year to those individuals or communities in Kazincbarcika who perform outstanding work to maintain or improve the public order and public safety of the city or perform excellently in exceptional situations. This year the city management and the professional board of trustees, in agreement with several other organizations assessed that BorsodChem’s On-site Fire Brigade also makes a significant contribution to maintaining the safety of the city of Kazincbarcika.
Pro Aqua Award
Hungarian Hydrological Society founded Pro Aqua Medal in 1976, which is awarded with a certificate to those members of the Society who have done significant professional and organisational work. The Annual General Meeting of Hungarian Hydrological Society was held on 28th September, 2021 in Budapest where the Society’s awards for the year 2020 and 2021 were handed over. At this event, Péter Harsányi, Manager Manufacturing and Packaging PVC received the Pro Aqua Award for his active contribution to the organisation and implementation of the World Water Day 2015 event held on the external site of BorsodChem Zrt.
CFO of the Year 2023
The ‘CFO of the Year’ title and the associated conference and event series are a globally recognized initiative that aims to acknowledge outstanding financial leaders. The premium category financial award is reserved for the most outstanding financial-economic leaders in the corporate sphere. István Hegedűs, our company’s Chief Financial Officer, already received the CFO Master award in 2018. In this year’s competition, due to his exceptional and exemplary performance, recognizing his outstanding role in ensuring our company met the complex challenges of recent years in investments, financing, and other aspects, thereby achieving above-average business performance, he was honored with the prestigious ‘CFO of the Year 2023’ award.
Pro Meritis Award
The cooperation of our company with the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen goes back several decades. It was a significant milestone when in 2018 we signed an agreement with the educational institution on the establishment of the BorsodChem Chemistry Department and thus raised the level of joint professional work. Thanks to this close relationship, we have become one of the faculty's most important dual partners. It is a great honour for us that Dr. Ferenc Kun, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, has awarded the Pro Meritis Prize to Vice-President Béla Varga, who has contributed to the successful teaching and research work of the Faculty and has made a significant contribution to the development of the Faculty.
‘Maintainer of the Year 2025’ Award
At the XXXVII. International Maintenance Conference, Mr. Tamás Samu, Manager Technical Diagnostics received the Maintainer of the Year 2025 Award for his outstanding, committed and exemplary work in the fields of vibration diagnostics, preventive maintenance, welding system supervision and the implementation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) systems.
