Our mass-market brand trusted for over 30 years.
Nearly new cars, including hybrids and EVs.
Relaunched in 2025 as our luxury and premium pre-owned brand.
Flexible rentals for individuals and companies, faster and easier than traditional leasing.
Value brand for affordable cars.
We are committed to reducing the carbon footprint of all our operations
Environmental, Social &
Corporate Governance
Over the last three decades our company has adopted a number of measures, and processes designed to help our business have a positive impact on our employees, the environment and the communities in which we operate. As a leading provider of mobility services in Europe, we are proud of our exemplary track record in successfully building a business that is committed to a fair, transparent and sustainable approach for all stakeholders, which in the long run enables us to increase the value of our company.
AURES Holdings plays an essential role in the circular economy, providing sustainable solutions for the used car industry. Our role is two-fold and we are constantly working to optimise our impact and efficiency in both areas. Firstly, we re-sell pre-owned cars and this often requires us to replace old or unsuitable car parts. This way we help to extend the product life of a vehicle, reducing waste caused by the automotive industry. Our second focus area is on older vehicles, as older cars emit more tailpipe emissions. Therefore, to address this we have committed to decreasing the emissions from our sold fleet by reducing the number of old cars sold by Aures.
ENVIRONMENT
GHG emissions and e-mobility
AURES Holdings has based its sustainability strategy on principles that are directly relevant to our industrial focus. As an automotive retailer our most likely impact on the environment involves GHG emissions and resource consumption.
We have committed ourselves to reducing GHG emissions from our own operations in line with the Paris Agreement and to become carbon-neutral by 2025.
Emissions generated by transport in Europe are still on the rise. The average age of a vehicle in the region in which we operate is 14.5 years and older cars contribute higher CO2 emissions. We are passionate about reducing emissions from the fleet of cars sold and we know this is of great importance to our customers too. (Scope 3 downstream GHG emissions).
We have identified a number of ways we as a pre-owned car retailer can contribute to decreasing the emissions released by the cars we sell, these include:
- providing information to our customers about the average emissions produced by each car sold in the region, as well as providing a transparent disclosure of the environmental parameters of the vehicle we are selling. Moreover, we will decrease the carbon footprint of tailpipe emissions from our cars by 40% by 2025, versus 2018 levels.
- growing the share of electric cars and hybrid vehicles in our product portfolio as well as helping to develop the charging infrastructure across our network by equipping all our branches with an EV charging station by 2025.
- extending our ability to offer nearly new cars to a greater audience by expanding our network and customer reach through new locations and the development of our existing capacity. This will also be aided by connecting our new Western Europe locations as sourcing platforms for younger more CO2- friendly vehicles. We have committed to investing in and opening 15 new locations and to increase our existing capacity by 25% by 2025.
Resources
Across our own operations, due attention should be paid to the use of resources, most importantly regarding the consumption of water and the volume of waste generated. We aim to reduce our total water consumption per car sold by 20% by 2030 and to increase the rate of recycled waste per car sold by 10% before 2025.
SOCIAL
AURES Holdings employs almost 3,000 people in 5 countries, who most importantly share the same vision, values and mission. In the last 30 years, we have developed a strong internal culture. Almost 200 people have been with the company for more than 15 years, including those in the most senior roles. Our employees are an essential part of our success.
We offer multiple development programmes and training courses uniquely tailored to each employees’ needs and career level to best help them to develop and grow with the company.
Diversity and inclusion
As a multinational company operating in 5 countries across the European Union, our team as a whole is composed of individuals from a multitude of different countries and demographics. This diversity is truly important to us, as it equips us with the ability to communicate with our customers in the local language and allows us to learn and share invaluable insight into local markets and customer behaviour.
Equal opportunities
Given our international nature, AURES Holdings places huge emphasis on promoting equal opportunities regardless of gender, age, religion, nationality, disability, race and sexual orientation. Under our compliance codex and other internal policies, our employees must refrain from engaging in discriminatory behaviour of any kind. Treating every employee with the same respect is a requirement. Our internal policies give examples of direct and indirect discrimination, and they define which personal characteristics are protected by law. Strictly prohibited behaviour includes bullying, sexual harassment, stalking, defamation and hate speech, none of which will not be tolerated by the company.
Health & Safety
We are committed to doing everything possible to protect our employees from accidents and occupational hazards. Our standard approach to occupational health and safety is set out in our internal policies.
Responsible product & services
We commit ourselves to being as clear and transparent about all our vehicles and services as we can be, to most effectively provide our customers with fair, reliable and accurate information.
GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS
Management board
Petr Kudela
Chairman of the Management Board
Karolína Topolová
Management Board Member,co-Chief Executive Officer
In 1998, she established the Group's call center, which has grown from five employees to a professional team of more than 200. She held the position of call center head from 1998 to 2006. From 2006 to 2007, she served in the positions of Group HR head and call center director. From 2009 to 2012, she held various positions including Deputy CEO and COO, while she was also head of the sales, financial and insurance services, call center, human resources, IT and external communication divisions.
She has repeatedly been ranked in the TOP 25 WOMEN OF CZECH BUSINESS, in 2020 she won the 1st place in the managers category and in 2021 she entered the Hall of Fame. Karolina also regularly appears in the list of the Most Influential Women in the Czech Republic according to Forbes magazine and received the Lady Pro 2015 and Young Management Talent 2015 awards.
Petr Vaněček
Management Board Member,co-Chief Executive Officer
He has extensive experience across the full spectrum of the Company’s operations. Petr has held several management positions in various divisions, including in the Group’s buying division covering exports and imports gaining invaluable international retail experience and a deep understanding of the European pre-owned car market. During his time in the Group’s buying division, Petr was responsible for driving Aures’ cross border arbitrage business and was appointed as Director of Procurement in 2006 where he developed the sourcing infrastructure and established the Group’s pricing function sourced from sector experts and industry analysts. In 2014 he was appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer.
Since then Petr has played a pivotal role in establishing the Group’s data source division, seamlessly integrating this essential service across all of the Group’s operating divisions and played a major role in the Group’s entry into the nearly new car market through the creation of premium segment brand Mototechna.
He has transformed the organisation into a technology led operation in every aspect across the Group and played a major role in supporting Aures’ fantastic growth.
Jiří Trnka
Management Board Member, Chief Economic & Finance Officer
Tomáš Vrba
Management Board Member
Peter Ďurík
Management Board MemberOur Management Board is responsible for making business decisions at the holding level.
Supervisory board
Branislav Miškovič
Supervisory Board Member
Milan Dorko
Supervisory Board MemberMilan Dorko holds a law degree from Charles University in Prague. He also obtained a Diploma in English and EU Law from the University of Cambridge and an LL.M. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Petr Sekanina
Supervisory Board Member
Roman Šilha
Supervisory Board Member
Martina Kahulová
Supervisory Board Member, Group Personnel & Payroll Manager
Jiří Čabrádek
Supervisory Board Member, Chief Information OfficerAURES is governed by a comprehensive set of corporate rules, policies, laws and processes that define our current corporate governance model and guide our long-term vision as a business.
Our commitment to business ethics is overseen by our Management Board through both the ESG Committee and the Compliance Officer to ensure the proper integration of ethical behaviour across all our business units, geographies and operations. Through our Code of Ethics and associated policies, AURES also enforces zero tolerance against corruption and therefore requires all suppliers and partners to uphold fair, professional and transparent business practices.
Ethics
Our Compliance Manual and Code of Ethics are at the heart of our compliance practice and apply to our employees, Board members, contractors and business partners alike.
Our Code of Ethics includes rules related to:
- Compliance with all valid legislation
- Protection of the environment
- Mutual respect
- Protection of confidential information and know-how
- Responsible communication
- Health and safety
- Teamwork and loyalty
- Employee standards
- Diversity and equal opportunities
- Discrimination in the workplace
- Company property protection
We are committed to delivering a fair, honest and transparent service to our customers and business partners, applying zero tolerance on bribery and corruption. Within our Compliance System, AURES has clearly set out comprehensive rules regarding conflict of interest management, donations and sponsorship and gifts and hospitality.
Compliance manual
Our Compliance manual is a set of standard rules that ensure compliance in each of the Group's areas of activity. The Compliance Manual also outlines the role of the Compliance Officer and describes the procedure for dealing with incidents and breaches of both legal and internal regulations. Each employee must report any breach or suspected breach to his or her supervisor; for more serious incidents, the Compliance Officer must also be informed. The content of the compliance manual is summarised in the brochure "Compliance Codex", which is a practical and easy to digest user-friendly guide for our employees.
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS
AURES Holdings’ Sustainability Report describes which topics under the environment, social and governance umbrella are most important to the company and our stakeholders. We have also committed to reporting our achievements, challenges and the progress made in relation to our sustainability performance over the year.
