Imagine people living fulfilled lives together with technology and nature. - our vision
Man, nature and technology
Netstream attaches great importance to responsible corporate governance. That is why we take care of our employees and are committed to sustainability and social projects.
Environmental and climate protection are very close to our hearts, because the next generations should still be able to enjoy our beautiful earth. But we also take our social responsibility very seriously - especially with our organizational structure.
Ecological responsibility
With these measures, we are trying to do our part to protect the climate.
Through many small and large measures, we want to support environmental and climate protection and help reduce our footprint. We are therefore constantly on the lookout for new optimizations and projects worth supporting.
Our entire office building and data centers are powered by 100% solar electricity. We are also Zero Carbon Committed by VMware.
Instead of generating the cold with a machine as usual, we rely on cold from the environment with our system (since summer 2018). From a certain outside temperature, we therefore cool with the outside air. We were supported by the Swiss Climate Foundation during the conversion.
We have already supported several bee colonies with a sponsorship. In particular, we would like to support young beekeepers in Switzerland who are committed to organic beekeeping. You can find out more in our Blog.
Over the last two years, we have been able to save around 30% of our electricity requirements through optimization. Further optimizations in this regard are ongoing.
Part of our vision is for people to live a fulfilled life together in harmony with technology and nature. It makes us happy when we, as a technical company, can do something good for nature with our employees. Trees perform a variety of tasks for us. For example, they produce oxygen, bind carbon and slow down climate change. That is why we have planted our own small forest with the Witikon Wood Corporation (Holzkorporation Witikon and Privatwaldkorporation Witikon). We visit and maintain this forest regularly.
We do not replace our hardware just because a newer or supposedly better model is available. With every investment, we carefully check whether a replacement makes technical and ecological sense. We use existing systems for as long as possible, put them to other uses where possible or recycle them sustainably.
In this way, we specifically extend the life cycle of our infrastructure - and reduce unnecessary waste of resources.
We got rid of our gallon water dispensers and switched to good Swiss tap water. In our new office, we have several taps that can produce sparkling water on demand.
We prefer to stock our bar with glass bottles.
What paper we still use is recycled. Our paper is certified with the "Blue Angel". This is how we want to conserve our resources.
Since summer 2020, Netstream has been organized in a collegial structure. This means that we have broken down departmental thinking and divided ourselves into value-creation-oriented groups. These are each responsible for the services end-to-end. This distributed management allows us to draw on concentrated expertise, reduce hierarchical processes and thus react more quickly to the market. Every colleague is a part of this.
Home office and flexibility have not only been important to us since the Corona pandemic.
We moved into our new office in Wallisellen at the beginning of 2021. On the 4th floor of Richtiareal 4, 4-7 people each share an office. There are also various additional workstations and meeting rooms to make everyday life a little more varied. The central location right next to the Glattzentrum offers many options for catering, easy access and a place to take a short break.
In our large kitchen can be cooked and snacked. In several ovens and microwaves it is very easy to heat up the food you brought with you if needed. In addition, we provide various soft drinks in our bar for free and at our coffee machine are always a few snacks!
Our four-legged friends are very welcome in the office. They are a nice change for us and make for a good working atmosphere.
An agile-learning organization thrives, among other things, on the further development of every colleague. That is why we support this development with various courses, an internal academy and coaching.
For a long time now, we have been working 40 hours a week. In addition, we all benefit from 25 days of vacation and can buy an extra week if needed.
If required, all employees receive free Netstream products, such as TV and Internet access at home.
We support the Bike-to-Work Challenge and thus support health promotion in our company. The goal of the Challenge is to cycle to work on as many days as possible. This year, we were once again pleased to welcome 2 teams to the Challenge who covered 100% of their commute to work by bike.
We donate device components that are no longer in use to the non-profit organization Labdoo to support educational projects. It works worldwide to give children and young people access to IT and education with donated hardware.
Social responsibility
As an employer, we also bear a social responsibility for our employees.
This is what we do for our team.
