Sustainability

Our purpose

MCDev Sàrl builds business applications that replace paper where the work actually happens: in the field, on the move, often with no network. Our purpose is to make that work fairer and less costly to the environment, through the very way we design our software.

This rests on three choices we consider intrinsic to our craft, not measures bolted on afterwards:

• We remove paper and journeys. Data entered once on site, a report produced on the device, an electronic submission: that is so many printed forms, re-keying at the office and inspection trips that no longer need to exist.
• We impose no hardware replacement. Our applications run in the browser of the tablets and workstations our clients already own, whatever the manufacturer, and install without an app store. Extending the life of an existing fleet is an architectural choice, and it is ours.
• We size to actual need. Compute and storage follow observed usage rather than anticipating it; images are compressed on the device before transmission; hosting is chosen in Switzerland against explicit environmental criteria. The frugality of a digital service is decided at design time, not in operation.

We claim neither history before 2026 nor certification. What we do claim is verifiable technical choices, written and approved commitments, and indicators that will let their effects be measured.

Our programme

MCDev Sàrl's sustainability strategy covers an environmental and a social pillar. It was adopted in August 2026 and entrusted to a designated officer within management, with a defined remit and dedicated time.

The programme follows a recognised framework: MCDev Sàrl has begun its self-assessment under B Lab's B Impact Assessment, which covers purpose and stakeholder governance, fair work, human rights, climate action and environmental stewardship.

An annual management review examines the measured results, the gaps against objectives and the corrective measures adopted. The first takes place in January 2027.

Our environmental commitments

• Hosting chosen against environmental criteria. The applications we operate for our clients are hosted in Switzerland, in data centres selected against explicit criteria: ISO 27001 certification, renewable energy supply, recovery of the heat produced, and public, documented environmental commitments from the operator.
• Frugal, eco-designed software. We size compute and storage to actual need rather than to preventive over-provisioning, we compress photographs at source on the device before transmission, and we grow resources in step with observed usage. Consumption follows need; it does not precede it.
• No hardware replacement imposed. Our applications run in the browser of existing tablets and workstations, whatever the manufacturer, and install without an app store. Our clients keep using the hardware they own for as long as it works: this architectural choice extends the life of the fleet rather than shortening it.
• Dematerialisation as the very object of our work. The applications we build replace double entry, printing and the postal dispatch of business documents, and remove the re-keying trips between field and office.
• Responsible purchasing. A signed purchasing policy governs our acquisitions: priority to refurbished IT equipment, repairability and service life taken into account, and digital service providers selected on their environmental commitments.
• Energy, waste and reuse. An energy optimisation programme and a waste management programme govern the consumption of our premises, the reduction of paper at source, selective sorting and the handover of end-of-use IT equipment to reuse or recycling channels.
• Mobility. A formal mobility plan, under the responsibility of the sustainability officer, favours video conferencing by default, geographical proximity to our clients and the grouping of journeys.

Our social commitments

MCDev Sàrl practises remote work, flexible working hours and voluntary part-time work, and makes unpaid leave possible for family needs or voluntary work. We have taken out insurance cover for our staff that goes beyond the legal framework. We devote at least five days a year per employee to continuing education, and we are open to hosting interns.

A gradual return to work after a long absence is organised with the person concerned. Workstations are equipped for prolonged screen work, at the office as well as at home, and we encourage healthy habits.

What we expect from our partners

Our subcontractors and partners receive our sustainability charter and our code of conduct when they sign their framework agreement. A dedicated annual review meeting is devoted to their application.

Monitoring and transparency

An indicator register has been kept since 2026. It covers what we can measure reliably today: electricity consumption of our premises, resources allocated to the environments we operate, share of meetings held by video conference, kilometres travelled for business, share of refurbished IT equipment purchased, equipment handed to reuse channels, volume of paper purchased, days of continuing education per employee, review meetings held with subcontractors and awareness actions carried out. Its scope will widen at subsequent reviews.

We share the register and the annual status report with clients who request them.

Page published in 2026 and updated after each annual management review. MCDev Sàrl, Rue du Stade 51, 1965 Savièse, Switzerland.