In the Agora Group, in line with the idea of sustainable development and adopted strategic lines of responsibility, we have been developing natural environmental actions for many years. These are both our internal campaigns for energy saving, waste segregation and change of everyday habits to greener ones, but also investing in buildings we manage and promoting or initiating pro-environmental media projects.

Taking into account the specific nature of the business and the industry, Agora has defined the core areas of direct impact. They include: energy consumption, water consumption and wastewater sewage production, material consumption, waste and recyclable materials management, consumption and production as well as building social awareness of climate change and pro-ecological attitudes.

Key UN Sustainable Development Goals, which we implement as part of our activities for the natural environment:

The Agora Group has its offices in several locations. The head office is located in a building owned by Agora, ul. Czerska 8/10 in Warsaw, where the following offices are located: Agora S.A. and Agora TC, AMS, Adpol, Agora Radio Group (GRA), Doradztwo Mediowe, Inforadio, NEXT FILM, HR Link and GoldenLine, Optimizers, Yieldbird and a number of departments of Helios and Step Inside. The head office of Helios and Step Inside is located in Łódź.

The main assumptions for managing the environmental impact in the Agora Group with respect to building administration are*:

• reduction of the consumption of non-renewable energy;
• reduction of water consumption;
• reduction of wastewater consumption;
• reduction of waste production.

* This applies in particular to the building at ul. Czerska 8/10 in Warsaw, where most of the offices of companies belonging to the Agora capital group are located.

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Environmental impact of Administration

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Branches of Agora S.A. and of its subsidiaries are located in the entire territory of Poland. These premises are leased in shared buildings, managed by external administrators who are responsible for environmental issues. In many cases, this makes it difficult to monitor indicators concerning, in particular, water and wastewater consumption, and waste volumes.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and December 2020, there were 10%-20% of employees in the building, which significantly affected the results of utilities consumption in that period. The liquidation of local offices was also an additional factor.

ENERGY

Non-renewable energy

Table: The amount of energy used in Agora S.A.'s office buildings from non-renewable energy

Zużycie energii elektrycznej w budynkach biurowych Grupy Agora

	2019	2020
Electrical energy * [MWh]	15 800	8 361
Heat energy** [GJ]	25 600	18 499

Data from invoices
Calculation methodology: Counter status, measuring system
* Due to the sharing of space both in Warsaw, as well as in many other offices, space by Agora S.A. and companies from the Agora Group, the data has been aggregated and relates to the following locations: Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Gorzów Wlkp., Katowice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Opole, Płock, Poznań, Piła, Radom, Rzeszów , Szczecin, Toruń, Wrocław and Warsaw (headquarters at ul. Czerska 8/10). No data from Białystok, Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra (energy charges are included in the rent and / or the liquidation of the seat).
** Data have been aggregated and relate to the locations of Warsaw, Tychy, Piła, Szczecin. No data from other locations.

Renewable energy 

Agora also uses renewable energy sources (RES). In April 2020, we installed solar panels on the roof of the Warsaw office of Agora at Czerska 8/10 street. With this investment and the use of renewable energy sources (RES), we have significantly reduced CO2 emissions, which has a positive impact on the quality of local air. From April to the end of December 2020, we have already produced 77.19 MWh of green energy, corresponding to a reduction of approx. 65 tonnes of CO₂ emissions. This is as if we planted more than 800 trees. The results of the production of green energy by Agora can be analysed on an ongoing basis here.

Thanks to the photo-voltaic installation, we act for the climate: the use of RES reduces CO₂ emissions and has a positive impact on the quality of local air.

 

 

 

 

CAR FLEET

Agora's car fleet comprises 13 passenger cars.

 

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24.2 thou.

litres of fossil huels consumption in the Agora Group in 2020*

291.6 thou.

of kilometres made by company cars of the Agora Group in 2020*

 

* The data comes from the administration department of Agora S.A.

In order to reduce CO₂ emissions, Agora plans to replace all cars with hybrid cars in the coming years.

 

WATER AND EFFLUENTS

Water in all administrative buildings of Agora S.A. is collected from the municipal network.

Water at Agora's Warsaw office is drinkable and certified by Watersystem.

Table: Water extraction and amount of effluents generated in office buildings of the Agora Group*

Pobór wody oraz zużycie ścieków w budynkach biurowych Grupy Agora

	2019	2020
Water extraction [m3]	21 361	12 435
Amount of effluents [m3]	21 337	12 382

Źródło: dane pochodzą z faktur
Metodologia wyliczeń: Stan licznika i podlicznika, układ pomiarowy 
*Ze względu na współdzielenie przestrzeni zarówno w warszawskiej, jak również w wielu innych siedzibach, przestrzeni przez Agorę S.A. i spółki z Grupy Agora, dane zostały zagregowane i dotyczą lokalizacji: Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Gorzów Wlkp., Katowice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Opole, Płock, Poznań, Piła, Radom, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Toruń, Wrocław oraz Warszawa (siedziba przy ul. Czerskiej 8/10). Brak danych z Białegostoku, Gorzowa Wielkopolskiego i Zielonej Góry  (opłaty za energię wliczone są w czynsz bądź/i likwidacja siedziby).

The effluents are discharged to municipal companies. No effluents are discharged to groundwater or surface water.

 

WASTE

The Agora Group companies, in respect of 100% of waste they produce, entered into agreements requiring the recipients to recycle or neutralise waste. Each company in the Agora Group implemented a waste management programme and, in accordance with the legal and reporting requirements, they communicate this information to the competent authorities. 

In Agora, municipal waste is segregated and collected separately, in accordance with the local municipal waste management system. Therefore, the Company does not monitor the weight of these wastes. Hazardous and non-hazardous waste is transferred to the relevant external entities dealing with waste disposal.

There is a canteen in the Agora building at Czerska street, which generates food waste.

Table: Weight of waste generated in the building belonging to Agora S.A. in 2020 

 

Waga odpadów wytworzonych w budynkach administrowanych przez Agorę S.A.

Waste code	Type of waste	Weight [metric tonnes]	Methods for the disposal
03 03 08	Wastes from sorting of paper and cardboard destined for recycling	0.5993	Donated to a paper sorting organization
15 01 06	Mixed packaging	0.84	Donated to an organization dealing with waste disposal
16 02 13, 17 04 11	Discarded equipment containing hazardous components (including cables)	0.69	Donated to the electrical and electronic equipment recovery organization
16 03 80	Food products past due date or unfit for consumption	3.71	Delivered to a biogas plant
17 02 01	Wood	1.54	Donated to the organization dealing with waste disposal and sent for recycling
17 09 04	Mixed construction, renovation and dismantling waste	9.68	Storage in landfills in a deliberately designed manner (e.g. placing in sealed separate compartments, covered and insulated from each other and the environment)
19 12 01	Paper and cardboard	99.638	Shredding with two HSM FA 400.2 cc shredder baler systems and a compatible KP 40 V press
20 01 25	Edible oil and fat	0.44	Delivered to a biogas plant

Data under a contract with waste collectors.

Achieving 2020 environmental goals in the Agora Buildings

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In 2020 Agora set itself environmental goals related to the administration of office buildings, in particular the headquarters at Czerska street in Warsaw:

However, since in 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, most plans had to be postponed or suspended. The only but crucial goal (not mentioned above) that was successfully achieved was the installation of solar panels on the roof of the Agora's Warsaw headquarters.

Environmental plans for 2021 r.

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Cele środowiskowe administracji na 2021 r.

Modernisation of air handling units (postponed from 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak), including ventilation cabinets, with the aim of saving up to 400 MWh in energy consumption per year.	Activities to reduce water consumption – continuation of the replacement of taps operated with a photocell in the Warsaw headquarters of Agora S.A.

The Helios cinema network has been part of the Agora Group since 2010, and its headquarters are located in Łódź. At the end of 2020, Helios had 50 modern cinemas, 281 screens, 15 Helios Dream rooms and a total of almost 53 000 places. The company's activity also covers the catering market – through Step Inside, a company belonging to the Helios cinema network, which creates restaurant premises under the Pasibus brand. The Pasibus network includes 10 premises opened in cooperation with the Helios company.

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Environmental impact of Helios cinema network

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ENERGY

Non-renewable energy

Table: The amount of energy consumed by Helios coming from non-renewable energy

 

Zużycie energii i pobór wody/zużycie ścieków w spółce Helios S.A.

	2019	2020
Electrical energy [MWh]	23 302	14 382
Heat energy [GJ]	No data	4 928

Data from invoices
Calculation methodology: Counter status, measuring system

Renewable energy

The Helios cinema network did not use renewable energy in 2020.

In 2020, Helios took steps to reduce non-renewable energy in order to achieve pro-environmental objectives by installing a central control system for HVAC equipment.

 

WATER AND EFFLUENTS

Table: Water extraction and amount of effluents generated by Helios

 

Pobór wody oraz zużycie ścieków przez spółkę Helios

	2019	2020
Water extraction [m3]	57 449	25 466
Amount of effluents [m3]	57 449	25 466

Data comes from the invoices of local water and sewage companies

MATERIALS

All orders are carried out by Helios through external companies, therefore the company is not directly responsible for the consumption of materials and raw materials in the production process and does not make calculations in this regard.

WASTE

Helios, in relation to 100% of the waste it produces, concluded agreements obliging recipients to recycle or neutralize this waste. The company runs a waste management program and, in accordance with legal and reporting requirements, submits information on this to the relevant offices.

In Helios, municipal waste is segregated and subject to selective collection, in accordance with the local municipal waste management system. Therefore, the Company does not monitor the weight of this waste. Hazardous and non-hazardous waste is transferred to appropriate external entities dealing with disposal.

Tabele: The weight of production waste as part of the activities of Helios SA, and then their division according to the sorting method (in tonnes)*:

 

Waga odpadów produkcyjnych w ramach działalności Helios SA, a następnie podział ich względem sposoby segregacji

[Tonnes]	2019	2020
Recycling paper and paper	No data	58 218
Plastics	No data	17 391
Hazardous waste and electrical equipment	27.8	No data

Data under a contract with waste collectors.
Waste data register kept in the Polish Waste Database - BDO system

Methods of utilization of the specified waste groups:

• initial segregation;
• full segregation;
• mechanical crushing of waste in containers with presses;
• wood and glass packaging are replaced in the delivery processes.

Environmental impact of the Pasibus brand in premises jointly owned by the Agora Group

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In March 2019, Helios signed a letter of intent to cooperate with some of the partners of the Food for Nation company, the owner of the Pasibus burger chain, and in April obtained the approval of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection for the development of this activity. As a result, from 2019 to December 2020, 10 Pasibus premises were created throughout Poland, created in cooperation with Helios.

 

ENERGY

Non-renewable energy

Table: The amount of energy consumed by 10 Pasibus units belonging to the Agora Group derived from non-renewable energy

 

Ilość zużywanej energii przez 10 lokali Pasibus należących do Grupy Agora pochodzącej z energii nieodnawialnej

	2019	2020
Electrical energy [MWh]	No data	1059
Heat energy [GJ]	No data	623

Data from invoices
Calculation methodology: Counter status, measuring system

 

Renewable energy

Pasibus burger chain which belong to the Agora Group did not use renewable energy in 2020.

 

MATERIALS

All orders are carried out by Pasibus through external companies, therefore the company is not directly responsible for the consumption of materials and raw materials in the production process and does not make calculations in this regard.

 

WATER AND EFFLUENTS

As part of its activities, Pasibus uses water only for social – all consumption occurs in facilities sublet as office and warehouse facilities and its quantity is not registered – it is settled on a flat rate basis.

 

WASTE

Tabele: Weight of production waste as part of Helios SA operations, generated in Pasibus premises

 

Waga odpadów produkcyjnych w ramach działalności Helios SA, wytworzonych w lokalach Pasibusa

[Tonnes]	2019	2020
Food products unfit for consumption	No data	6 336.21
Plastics	No data	17 391
Hazardous waste and electrical equipment	27.8	No data

Data under a contract with waste collectors.
Waste data register kept in the Polish Waste Database - BDO system

Methods of utilization of the specified waste groups:

• category 3 collection from premises (animal waste) subject to veterinary supervision;
• collection of used oil by a company dealing with waste in a manner ensuring protection of human life and health and protection of the natural environment in accordance with the principle of sustainable development.

Pro-environmental activities as part of cinema and catering activities

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HELIOS

Actions taken to prevent the production of waste and energy consumption resulting from the activities of Helios:

• wood and glass packaging are replaced in the delivery processes;
• by pre-sorting, a greater percentage of waste paper, paper and plastic is recovered and recycled (61% for waste paper and 23.5% for plastics, respectively);
• existing light sources replaced with energy-saving LEDs;
• existing gas neons replaced with energy-saving LEDs;
• change of disposable gastronomic products to wood-based products;
• resignation from plastic packaging dedicated to taking out food products.

HELIOS ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS FOR 2021

Plany środowiskowe spółki Helion na 2022

Actions to reduce energy consumption in individual cinemas (change of light sources to energy-saving ones (installation of twilight clocks in outdoor advertising and motion detectors in indoor lighting fixtures), improvement of the operating parameters of ventilation and air conditioning units by installing CO2 sensors and temperature sensors.	Implementation of water saving plans by optimizing its consumption (installations using “second” water, installation of aerators in taps).	Implementation of plans to power cinemas from renewable sources (photovoltaics).

 

PASIBUS

Pasibus introduces solutions that not only bring savings, but also reduce the negative impact on the environment. In 2019, the burger chain began to eliminate plastic bottles from its premises, thanks to which it was reduced plastic bottle consumption by almost 85% in all Pasibus locations.

In locals built in 2020 (Bydgoszcz Rynek, Riviera Gdynia, Galaxy Szczecin, Amber Kalisz), in terms of pro-environmental features, heat recovery systems were used in ventilation units, which is aimed at reducing electricity consumption.

Measures to reduce the production of food waste and measures to avoid wasting food resulting from the activities of Pasibus in 2020:

• operational changes reducing the amount of product losses;
• improving the warehouse policy and logistic minima;
• improving logistics between own premises in order to optimize the demand;
• distribution of surplus between employees of premises;
• continuous verification of packaging in which semi-finished products are purchased;
• introducing reusable packaging;
• use of waste management consulting;
• using a compactor to reduce the volume of waste.

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS OF THE PASIBUS BRAND FOR 2021

Plany środowiskowe marki Pasibus na rok 2021 r.

Ensuring complete recycling of waste.	Social campaigns on the environment.	Using the services of an environmental advisor.	Prevention of contamination resulting from the frying process and other production processes.

From year to year, AMS becomes more and more involved in pro-environmental activities, creating such advertising solutions that are combined with the spirit of ecology. Since 2018, the company has shown that such solutions are expected by residents and that they are a natural step towards building environmentally friendly cities.

ENERGY

Non-renewable energy

The following types of energy are used in AMS operations:

• liquid fuels (petrol and diesel, LPG) – used to power company cars and forklifts;
• electricity used to illuminate or backlight advertising space.

Table: The amount of energy used by AMS from non-renewable energy

Renewable energy

In 2020, due to the pandemic period and nearly 40% reduction in revenues compared to 2019, AMS's efforts to reduce non-renewable energy consumption had to be optimised but were continued consistently.

In most cases, the pro-ecological operation involved the replacement of traditional fluorescence sources (fluorescent tubes) with energy efficient LED lamps.

In 2020, AMS replaced:

• 273 fluorescent sets in Citylights with LED lighting, thus limiting the total power of devices by 51.05 kW;
• 20 fluorescent sets in 18 m2 backlights with LED lightning, thus limiting the total power of devices by 11.36 kW.

In total, 1.412 fluorescent tubes with a power of 58W each were replaced with energy-efficient LED lighting.

Moreover, the Company put another 2 solar-powered advertising poles, which means that 880 kWh of electricity was saved on the lighting of the advertisements displayed on these poles.

In addition, AMS, after the period of tests, introduced into urban space ECO bus/tram shelters with green roofs and with glazing with special printing preventing collisions with birds. The printing used has been certified by the The Polish Society for the Protection of Birds and the Szklane Pułapki Foundation. The indicated shelters with printing which is safe for birds were created in Warsaw (one) and Lublin (one). On the other hand, the whole ECO system of bus/tram shelters with green roofs is currently made up of shelters in Poznań, Krakow, Warsaw and Lublin.

Green carpets were installed on the roof of each of them, which have very favourable features for the urban area*:

• retention of rainwater up to 200 L of water per rain episode;
• CO₂ reduction by approx. 7 kg of CO₂/year;
• temperature reduction on hot days in the bus/tram shelter – 2-5 °C;
• reduction of dust in the area of the bus/tram shelter – 15-20%;
• creation of an oasis for insects – long flowering period, high nectar source.

AMS's bus/tram shelters look naturally and introduce greenery into the urban space in places where it would otherwise be practically impossible to do so.

The following were used to calculate energy savings:

• for Citylights prior to the replacement of the light source (4 fluorescent tubes of 58 W each) – 232 W; replaced with LED lighting of 45 W. The saving effect for one lightbox is 0.7854 MWh per year;
• for 18 m² Backlights prior to the replacement of the light source (16 fluorescent tubes of 58 W each) – 928 W; replaced with LED lighting with a power of 360 W. The saving effect for one lightbox is 2.3856 MWh per year.

*Data from the Company's documents and practical tests

EMISSIONS

The above-described AMS activities are part of the company's activities for CO₂ emission reduction. They consist in:

• the progressive replacement of light sources with the energy-efficient LED technology;
• the construction of advertising media powered by photo-voltaic cells;
• the installation of “green carpets” on the roofs of the bus/tram shelters;

• the promotion of the idea of a green approach to the environment, and reduction of carbon footprint – by selling the Eco-offer based on renewable energy advertising media, bus/tram shelters with green roofs, and low-emission urban transport vehicles.

MATERIALS AND RAW MATERIALS CONSUMPTION

Because of their specific nature, AMS carries out all printing orders through external printing businesses, and thus the company is not directly responsible for and does not calculate the consumption of materials and raw materials in the production process.

WATER AND EFFLUENTS 

As part of its activities, AMS consumes water only for social purposes – all consumption takes place on the premises leased as office and storage space, and its quantity is not recorded – flat-rate settlements.

WASTE

The main waste generated as a result of AMS activity is production waste, posters used for the implementation of advertising campaigns (219.68 tonnes) and parts of used or damaged advertising media (258.56 tonnes).

Table: The weight of all waste generated in AMS's operations with breakdown in relation to how it is segregated:

Percentage decrease/increase in weight of waste in the production process y/y: 

Compared to the previous year, the total amount of waste products generated by AMS increased by 72% – 478.45 tonnes in 2020 vs. 277.66 tonnes in 2019.

It should be noted that this increase resulted from a very large, periodic stock management campaign. Metal parts and structures of the advertising media with a total weight of 176.02 tonnes were scrapped, and 81.94 tonnes of concrete foundations coming from scrapped advertising media were removed.

In view of the above, without taking into account the metal and concrete waste in the bill (in 2019 AMS did not generate such waste), production waste production y/y decreased by 26% (220.49 Mg in 2020 vs. 277.66 Mg in 2019)*.

* Data from the Company's documents

Methods for disposal of specified waste groups:

• paper posters mounted on Citilights and glued on billboards with organic adhesive (having a hygienic approval of the National Institute of Hygiene (PZH) No:  B – BK – 60211 – 1282/19 of 14.11.2019, according to the classification rules included in Directive 1999/45/EC, the product is not classified as a dangerous mixture). In 2020, AMS has produced 219.68 Mg of such waste by handing it over to companies professionally involved in the collection of such waste;
• vinyl posters, mounted on Backlights and Frontlights – classified by the waste collecting companies as “plastic packaging”. In 2020, AMS has produced 0.6 Mg of such waste;
• hazardous waste is stored in metal containers at the place of its production and periodically transferred to companies professionally involved in its disposal. In 2020, AMS has produced 0.21 Mg of such waste.

Recycled or reused waste:

• metal elements of the advertising media – classified by waste collection companies as “Iron and steel”. In 2020, AMS has produced 176.02 Mg of such waste;
• foundations of advertising media – classified by waste collection companies as “Concrete waste and demolition concrete debris”. In 2020, AMS has produced 81.94 Mg of such waste; this material is recycled for construction purposes.

Measures taken to prevent the production of waste resulting from AMS's activities:

• developing digital media networks;
• limiting traditional media networks;
• searching for and replacing traditional materials with recycled materials.

ACHIEVING 2020 ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN AMS

Despite the ongoing pandemic in 2020, resulting in drastic reductions in operating income AMS:

• has consistently made pro-environmental investments. It has launched the Eco-offer based on low-carbon media that have a positive impact on the environment or that use solar energy;
• continued to replace high-energy light sources with energy-efficient ones;
• In view of the need to strive to reduce waste generation, AMS is developing digital advertising systems by reducing paper and plastic waste, adhesive, and fuel in transport;
• seeing the degradation of the environment related to the development of civilisation, which is particularly evident in urbanised areas, is introducing good practices, demonstrating in concrete examples that in cities filled with concrete there is room for green oases – (green roofs of bus/tram shelters) ensuring water retention, purifying air from CO₂ and dust, lowering the temperature in their outline by several degrees on hot days, favouring insects, including bees, and not being invasive for birds.

ENVIRONMENTAL AMS PLANS FOR 2021

Reklama zewnętrzna - plany środowiskowe na rok 2021

Further development of smart city green projects in Polish cities, including promotion of smart and eco solutions among municipal authorities and residents;	Expansion of the network of digital media in Citylight and Cityscreen formats.	Construction of additional bus/tram shelters with green roofs and with glazing preventing collisions with birds;	Continuation of replacing standard light sources (advertising media lighting) with energy-efficient LED lighting.	Promotion of the Eco offer on AMS media among our customers as part of a unique offer.

The Agora Group owns an offset printing business in Warsaw, which executes orders for printing of press titles of the company and its external customers. The efficiency of the printing business is controlled by a functioning internal Quality Management System based on the implemented quality control and complaint handling procedures (internal and external incompatibilities). In 2018, Agora S.A. has developed a special document (“Quality Management System Policy”) and applies the principles defining approach to management of their environmental impact. The document was revised in July 2020.

The main environmental objectives of the current “Quality Management System Policy” relate to:

• reducing the consumption of natural resources by controlling rational water consumption, controlling the consumption of electricity and thermal energy, as well as technological losses;
• meeting the legal requirements on environmental, and occupational health and safety issues;
• preventing pollution, and reducing and segregating waste, meeting the requirements of the environmental, and occupational health and safety legislation.

ENERGY

Non-renewable energy

Table: Energy consumed by Agora printing businesses from non-renewable energy sources

Renewable energy 

Printing house does not use renewable energy sources. 

MATERIAL AND RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION

Table: Materials and raw materials used and their consumption

In 2019, the key supplier of printing paper decided to discontinue production of newsprint paper (100% recycled paper) in 2020. The decision affected the share of recycled materials in 2020. The amount of materials produced from recycled paper decreased compared to 2019 from 51.9% to 45.3%.

WATER AND EFFLUENTS

Table: Amount of water consumed in printing production and amount of generated effluents

Since 2019, Agora's printing house has been gradually implementing the technology of process-free processing of offset boards (new type of boards), which means a significant reduction in water consumption in the process of developing boards. In 2019, new boards accounted for 18% of the production volume, and in 2020 – 29%. This, in turn, translated into a reduction in water consumption from 5,813 m³ in 2019 to 4,148 m³ in 2020.

WASTE

Table: Weight of all waste generated in the printing house owned by Agora S.A. in 2020, and then their division according to the method of segregation

Waste shall be segregated according to the waste codes, in accordance with the existing waste manufacturing permit, in labelled and described containers or bins. Waste is collected by specialised waste disposal, recycling or other disposal companies.

ACHIEVING 2020 ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN AGORA'S PRINTING HOUSE

ENVIRONMENTAL AGORA'S PRINTING HOUSE PLANS FOR 2021

Plany środowiskowe Drukarni Agory na rok 2021

An increase in the volume of process-free boards to about 40%, which should further translate into a lower consumption of water used in the process of developing boards.	Maintaining energy, gas and water consumption at the planned level

As a result of the advancing climate change, Agora's media and brands implemented dozens of initiatives for the environment, including through social campaigns, new business initiatives or undertaken partnerships. Examples of these projects are presented below. To find out more about each of them, just click on its title.

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Gazeta.pl

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Gazeta.pl declared that it wants to be the most green medium in Poland, and thus it launched a separate portal Zielona.Gazeta.pl, dedicated exclusively to ecology and climate change. It contains, in particular, articles from the following series: “Fridays for Climate” („Piątki dla klimatu”), “People in the Climate” („Ludzie w klimacie”), “Moto 2030” or “Haps Zero Waste”, as well as expert materials on climatic change, ecology and environmental issues. In addition, in 2020, the first edition of the “Climate Advertising” („Reklama dla klimatu”) campaign took place, in which campaigns of companies demonstrating ecological attitude and implementing environmental actions were presented on the website for a symbolic one zloty. The campaign for advertising customers will continue also in 2021. 

The Gazeta.pl team, as part of its activities for the climate, has been launching and supporting projects addressing environmental and ecological issues for years. In the year 2020, this was, among others, an original campaign “Holidays2050” („#Wakacje2050”) or a campaign “Rebuff Waste” („Daj kosza śmieciom”), and partnership in the initiative “Adopt a Bee” („Adoptuj pszczołę”) of Greenpeace Polska or “2050 Peasants” („Chłopi 2050”) of Storytel.

"Gazeta Wyborcza"

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Gazeta Wyborcza for years is paying attantion attention to environmental and climate crisis issues, and encourages its readers to demonstrate a more pro-environmental attitudes. At the beginning of 2019, the “Wyborcza Goes Green” („Wyborcza na zielono”) project was launched – since then, all sections of the daily publish texts dedicated, among others, to climate change progressing rapidly also in Poland. In June 2020, the editorial office launched the project “One Planet. One Life – we look into the future but we act here and now” („JednaPlaneta.JednoŻycie – patrzymy w przyszłość, ale działamy tu i teraz”). This is a cycle in which journalists, referring to credible and reliable research results and expert opinions, are writing about the climate catastrophe. At the same time, they are looking for solutions which an individual, a large organisation or a local government unit can put in place to meet the environmental challenges we face, both on a global and local scale. The subject of the first part of the project “JednaPlaneta.JednoŻycie” (“One Planet. One Life”) was: water and environmental challenges associated with it. Air has been at the forefront of the next cycle that started in November. The Gazeta Wyborcza journalists, together with experts, explain, among other things, the provisions of the New European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement, which is Europe's most important eco-project in the recent decades, and present solutions through which everyone can contribute to reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The project will also be implemented in 2021.

AMS

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AMS takes a number of pro-ecological measures, including by introducing environmentally friendly OOH media. In July 2020, thanks to the green initiative of AMS and the MTP Group, the first Polish green roof system was created on bus/tram shelters in Poznań. The Green bus/tram shelters, belonging to the MTP City Marketing Group team, operated by AMS under the agreement signed with MTP Group, are nature-based solutions which are very important for the municipal infrastructure. Inspired by nature and economic efficiency, they provide ecological, economic and social benefits, and support adaptation to climate change. Ultimately, the roofs of the bus/trams shelters located in the most urbanised areas will appear in Poznań. However, in August 2020 AMS introduced into its offer the already-mentioned system of eco shelters which are fully covered with green roofs and which are bird-friendly. The first customer to co-create green solutions on the roofs of bus/tram shelters was ŠKODA.

Agora's media cooperation to counteract climate change

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Apart from Agora's media initiatives, contributing to a broad, nationwide and multi-sectoral cooperation for counteracting climate change. These include the following:

Współprace mediów Agory na rzecz przeciwdziałania zmianom klimatycznym

Together with more than 170 editing teams from around the world, Gazeta Wyborcza creates “Covering Climate Now” – a declaration of media commitment to climate issues and global climate actions as part of the Youth Climate strike.	Gazeta.pl has been working with Greenpeace for years through partnership and promotion of the organisation's activities, aimed at drawing the attention of the general public and policy-makers to the main environmental problems of Poland and in the world.	Since February 2019, the readers of 20 local editions of Gazeta Wyborcza may find an air quality forecast in the daily newspaper. Details are provided by Airly, with a network of more than 2,000 innovative air quality sensors. In addition, we installed a smog sensor on the building of Agora's Warsaw head office. It enables us to check the quality of the air in our vicinity.

Encouraging employees to take pro-ecological activities

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In Agora, we pay attention to environmental activities on a daily basis. We believe that even the smallest action matters. That is why pro-ecological topics are regularly communicated among employees - incl. as newsletters and on the intranet. As in 2020 the majority of employees who could work remotely and did not show up in the office, promoting ecological attitudes took place mainly in the form of an internal newsletter. In addition, in the Agora building in Warsaw, the existing pro-environmental activities were continued, such as:

• Posters hung in the Warsaw headquarters of Agora reminding employees about the possible energy saving and drinking tap water (the water in Agora is safe to drink, certified by Watersystem company);
• Collection of used batteries and bulbs;
• Possibility of coming to work with an environmentally friendly means of transport, incl. by bicycle – employees have at their disposal a bicycle parking lot and a warsaw public bike station – Verturilo.