PKN ORLEN’s priority in each area of its operations is sustainable development, which we understand as care for future generations. This means that in building the ORLEN Group’s position, social objectives are for us as important as business ones. We respect people and their rights. We use natural resources so as not to disturb environmental balance. We feel responsible for other members of the community in which we operate. Therefore, we engage in dialogue with them and support them in various fields of activity. This broad approach to responsibility requires the implementation of CSR activities across all business areas. CSR activities involve educating stakeholders and inspiring in them a sense of social responsibility, protecting health and safety of employees, commitment to employee development, optimisation of environmental impacts, promoting ethical values, anti-corruption measures, respect for human rights, customer focus and responsiveness to customer needs, and building partnership-based relations with business partners. We focus our initiatives in this area on the city of Płock and the Płock region. The Company is engaged there in a number of social, educational, environmental and other projects, including, in particular, the OrlenInfo system, an innovative tool for communicating with the local community. OrlenInfo allows the Company to promptly report any events that occur at the Production Plant and announce projects undertaken for the inhabitants of Płock.
Directions of our CSR activities are defined in the CSR strategy, consistent with the ORLEN business strategy. Since 2019, the ‘ORLEN Group’s CSR Strategy until 2022’ has been implemented, with the following areas of responsibility: Society, Environment, Employees, Customers, Trading Partners. The strategic priorities are to build PKN ORLEN’s image as a leader of CSR and sustainable development, seek to achieve consistency between PKN ORLEN’s business and CSR objectives, generate CSR synergies across the Group, commit to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and support the ‘Accessibility Plus’ programme. Moreover, in 2019 the following three priorities were defined for social initiatives: environmental protection (e.g. educational projects), promotion of safety (e.g. the ‘ORLEN for Firefighters’ programme), health protection and promotion (e.g. the ‘Health City’ campaign). The body that plays crucial role in pursuing the Company’s CSR objectives is the ORLEN Foundation, established in 2001 to fulfil the social responsibility mission of its founder, PKN ORLEN. In 2019, its name was changed from ‘ORLEN – DAR SERCA Foundation’ to ‘ORLEN Foundation’ to achieve greater communication and image consistency.
PKN ORLEN’s sponsorship focus is on selected themes including professional and amateur sports, culture and art, promotion of the Polish economy, international promotion of Poland, education and knowledge advancement, social projects, and initiatives in the areas of national history, memory and tradition. PKN ORLEN is engaged in the life of local communities, especially in Płock. An important category of activities are social sponsorship events, aimed to improve the quality of local residents’ lives, chiefly in small communities, and to build strong relations with all stakeholders. A total of 277 projects of this type were run by the Company.
PKN ORLEN communicates its CSR initiatives via the Responsible Business section of its corporate website and its annual integrated report available online. The website’s content includes the Company’s Sponsorship Policy and Charitable Giving Policy