Due diligence policies and procedures

Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development initiatives are taken on the basis of the PGNiG Group Sustainable Development Strategy for 2017–2022, which supports and supplements the business objectives defined in the PGNiG Group Strategy for 2017–2022, taking into account the key areas of society, environment and economy, as well as the growth direction envisaged in the PGNiG Group’s mission and vision.

PGNiG’s mission statement underscores the Company’s responsibility for ensuring Poland’s energy security and focus on both retail and corporate customers with their different needs.

Listed below are internal regulations defining the framework for corporate social responsibility activities of PGNIG, the PGNiG Group and the PGNiG Foundation:

• The PGNiG Group’s Sustainable Development Strategy for 2017–2022, described in Section 3 of this Report; some entities have their own strategies based on the Group’s Strategy, e.g. Polska Spółka Gazownictwa’s CSR Policy for 2021–2022.
• Sponsorship rules for the PGNiG Group providing guidelines on transparent conduct of sponsorship (partnership) activities under dedicated projects consistent with the Group companies’ business profiles.
• PGNiG donation rules governing the manner and scope of donations made by the company.
• PGNiG Foundation donation rules providing a framework for awarding funding by the Foundation.
• SInternal sponsorship and donation regulations implemented by Group companies, which incorporate PGNiG’s regulations, e.g.:
  • the Rules governing donations made by GSP to various entities, particularly those operating in the municipalities and counties where underground gas storage facilities are located,
  • Rules of Sponsorship and Donation Rules of Polska Spółka Gazownictwa.
• PGNiG Group’s Ethical Standards Code, the principles of which are the basis for the separate Code of Ethics adopted by a given entity, as in the case of the Code of Ethics adopted by Polska Spółka Gazownictwa.
• Code of Responsible Development of Natural Gas and Crude Oil for Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA.

In 2021, the PGNiG Group companies and the PGNiG Foundation provided support to almost 500 initiatives and events (with PGNiG alone supporting over 120), compared with over 550 in 2020. The number of beneficiaries of the PGNiG Group’s social programmes, including the Foundation’s programmes, is estimated at over 11 million people in 2021. In 2020, the number of beneficiaries of the Group’s support and social projects was estimated at over 20 million. This high number of beneficiaries is due to the extraordinary period of time when the projects were largely devoted to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.