Our commitments

for instance through initiatives for accessibility such as ensuring easier access to facilities, including service stations, to customers with different needs and mobility.

• Comprehensive support for foster family group homes and family-like childcare facilities – In 2019, more than 300 such facilities  benefited from various forms of support provided by the ORLEN Foundation.
• Scholarship programmes of the ORLEN Foundation – In 2019, scholarships were awarded to 537 students from across Poland, taking part in seven scholarship programmes.
• Facilities for the disabled at PKN ORLEN service stations – All service station staff receive relevant training; architectural barriers are removed, space between the shelving racks and counters is adapted, toilets for the disabled feature call bells; service stations in Motorway Service Areas provide comfortable baby care rooms.

including by engaging in and supporting activities for the conservation of culture and national heritage as well as promotion of film, theatre, music, and literature.

• PKN ORLEN as a sponsor of the International Chopin Piano Competition 2020.
• Christmas concert for seniors at The Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera– the Opera Academy artists performed pieces by Stanisław Moniuszko and the most beautiful Polish Christmas carols. In 2019, PKN ORLEN took The Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera under its patronage.
• We keep watch! We remember! – The ORLEN Foundation’s programme under which 16 grants were given in 2019 to organisations which look after places of remembrance to local war heroes, and which can make other local residents interested in the history of their small homelands.
• ‘Proud of the past, brave about the future’ – The exhibition of Polish hussar (winged cavalry) armour purchased by the ORLEN Foundation for the Polish History Museum. In 2019, two vernissage events were held in Warsaw and Płock, accompanied by a temporary exhibition.

• ‘Comprehensive programme for the prevention, diagnostics and treatment of cancers and respiratory system diseases for residents of the city and county of Płock – In 2019, an agreement was signed under which a PLN 10m health programme will be implemented in partnership with the National Institute for Oncology (formerly the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute – Oncology Centre) in cooperation with the Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute. The project’s focus is on early diagnosis, promotion of recognised treatment standards, as well as education and outreach activities motivating people to change their lifestyles.
• Health City – Two editions were held in 2019 in Płock. During a two-day event, participants had more than 10,000 examinations and consultations. The event aims at promoting a healthy and active lifestyle as well as disease prevention, and is addressed to PKN ORLEN’s employees and residents of Płock and the surrounding areas.
• ORLEN Olympics – The ORLEN Group’s sporting celebration promoting physical activity and healthy lifestyles among employees.

• ORLEN for Firefighters – The ORLEN Foundation’s safety improvement programme. The funds provided by the Foundation were used to purchase equipment which increased the fire-fighting units’ operational readiness and improved the safety of local communities.
• Loyalty scheme for volunteer firefighters registered in the National Firefighting and Rescue System– VFB firefighters who participate in the scheme, launched in 2019, can buy fuel at ORLEN and BLISKA service stations at discounted prices.
• Dedicated programme launched by the ORLEN Foundation to provide free training on fund raising and project management to Voluntary Fire Brigades from all over Poland . More than 400 people from nearly 270 different organisations across Poland received the training.
• As part of cooperation with the ‘Grow Up with Us’ Foundation, PKN ORLEN also provides support for families of firefighters who lost their lives while on duty. In addition, the ORLEN Foundation donated funds for a social campaign designed to foster solidarity with children whose parents lost their health or lives on duty, and to build respect for public service officers.

• Peregrine falcon restoration project – Since 1999, PKN ORLEN has been actively involved in efforts to restore the peregrine falcon population in Poland, in partnership with the ‘SOKÓŁ’ (‘FALCON’) Wildlife Protection Association. The peregrine falcon is listed on the Polish Red List of Animals as a CR (critically endangered) species. From 2002 (the first hatch of peregrine falcon chicks) to 2019, the falcon couple hatched 48 chicks and fostered four (in 2019, it produced a clutch of four eggs and hatched two chicks).
• Waste sorting labels on packaging of products sold under the O! and VERVA brands

For more information, see ‘Environment and climate’ and  ‘Environmental and protection efforts and biodiversity’ .

through such initiatives as undertaking and supporting educational projects for the protection of the natural environment, including biodiversity.

• Free nature watching cruises on the Vistula River– Four such cruises were organised for the inhabitants of Płock in 2019. Together with the guide/naturalist, the participants discovered and admired plant and animal species living in the middle section of the river.
• Protection of the honey bee – A number of environmental education projects were carried out in 2019 aimed at protecting bees, such as a conference entitled ‘Bees in Human Life. Biodiversity and Protection’,or beekeeping workshops.

• PKN ORLEN, together with the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology (currently: the Ministry of Development) and the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, co-hosted the Polish workshop session at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York.
• European Sustainable Development Week– The ORLEN Group and the ORLEN Foundation participated in the European Sustainable Development Week.
• Safe External Contractor – 2019 saw a third edition of the competition organised by PKN ORLEN to disseminate and promote best practices in occupational health and safety, and to reward contractors who conform to H&S standards.

including by supporting local suppliers and domestic businesses, educating retail investors on the capital market, and engaging customers in social initiatives.

• I choose 590 – Saturday for Poland – PKN ORLEN became a partner in a social campaign encouraging Poles to choose Polish products and services while doing their daily
• PKN ORLEN’s Investment Academy – the Academy, launched in partnership with CFA Society Poland, focuses on the operation of the capital market.