Sustainability at SUNOTEC

At SUNOTEC, sustainability is at the core of everything we do.

As one of Europe’s leading providers of turnkey solar solutions, we embrace our responsibility to accelerate the clean energy transition while ensuring that our business’ growth benefits people, communities, and the environment.

Renewable energy is at the forefront of the global response to climate change, and SUNOTEC is proud to play a leading role in driving this transition. Every milestone we achieve reflects our commitment to maximising positive impact while minimising the use of resources.

We firmly believe that our success is built on the foundation of SUNOTEC’s people and we recognize that our impact extends far beyond our immediate operations. We strive to create positive change wherever our business touches lives - employees, communities, suppliers, customers and others.

SUNOTEC Sustainability Report

Our Sustainability Report details our sustainability achievements and outlines the next steps on our journey, offering a transparent view of how SUNOTEC is shaping a cleaner, more equitable energy future.

We invite you to read our latest 2024 Sustainability Report here.

Read our 2024's Sustainability Report

Past Sustainability Reports
Download our Sustainability Report 2023 here.

2024 Sustainability Highlights

Our sustainability journey comes to life through the measurable results we achieved in 2024.

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At SUNOTEC, we believe that the transition to renewable energy must not only be clean and reliable but also affordable, enabling equitable access to energy and contributing to long-term economic sustainability. Managing the environmental and social impacts of our operations, supply chain, products, and services is a key part of our business approach and strategy. ”

Kaloyan Velichkov & Bernhard Suchland
CEO’s SUNOTEC

SUNOTEC’s Sustainability Strategy

CLIMATE

• Enable a rapid, large-scale decarbonisation of energy production everywhere
• Run carbon-efficient operations through ongoing decarbonisation of manufacturing, construction, engineering, procurement and maintenance
• Be an efficient and reliable partner who enables customers to scale renewable energy production fast

LAND AND RESOURCES

• Apply circularity principles to all the resources we use during procurement, plant construction, manufacturing and in our offices
• Protect plant and animal biodiversity during the planning phase of projects, as well as during their construction and operation
• Use the land on which we build in a way that avoids any type of conflict, either with the needs of the environment, agriculture, or the local population

PEOPLE

• Empower employees to do their best work and provide exceptional working conditions
• Use our procurement power to improve the lives and working conditions of workers in our supply chain
• Be a steward of the communities near our power plant or office locations through community investment and volunteering.

Achieving environmental and social goals that deliver actual positive sustainable impact at scale requires true commitment and considerable financial investment. SUNOTEC has both and acts with ambition to drastically increase our positive social and environmental impacts in line with our business growth.”

Dimitar Dimitrov
Head of Sustainability

Third Party Recognition

Doing great things in terms of sustainability does not go unnoticed by third parties, who have awarded and recognised SUNOTEC for its efforts and investment in people, communities and the environment.

SynESGy3 – SUNOTEC received an award for a company with a high ESG rating in 2023
SynESGy – SUNOTEC received a B-rating (good level of sustainability management) in 2023
SynESGy – SUNOTEC received a B-rating (good level of sustainability management) in 2024
ICAP CRIFF and Leader.bg - SUNOTEC was given a True Leaders award4 for a company with a high ESG rating in 2023

We also strive to manage our impacts in a structured and consistent way to achieve the goals we have set for various sustainability aspects. The most operationally active companies (i.e. all the entities involved in the engineering, procurement, construction and operation, as well as many administrative ones) within the SUNOTEC holding structure hold certificates in the following topics.

ISO 14001 – Environmental Management
ISO 27001 – Information Security Management
ISO 27701 – Privacy Information Management
ISO 37001 – Anti-Bribery Management
ISO 39001 – Road Traffic Safety Management
ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety
ISO 50001 – Energy Management
EMAS – EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme