Sustainable Development Strategy
Sanok Rubber Group
Sanok Rubber Group’s Sustainability Strategy
The Sanok Rubber Group conducts its business activities in a socially responsible manner, with a focus on sustainable growth and with the utmost care for occupational health and safety, health protection, employees’ quality of life, as well as respect for and protection of the natural environment.
The Group has set strategic sustainable development goals in the areas of environmental protection, social responsibility, and corporate governance to be achieved by 2030, using 2024 as the baseline year.
Environmental Protection
The Group plans to continue its long-term efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
Sanok Rubber also strives to reduce production waste and increase the level of recycling.
In the area of environmental protection, the Group has defined the following strategic objectives:
- a 21% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Scopes 1 and 2,
- a reduction of non-recycled waste to 42%.
The Group also aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Scope 3 by 21%.
Social Responsibility
The Company intends to remain active in the area of social responsibility by supporting the local community and responding flexibly to its needs within planned budgets.
It will continue its involvement in the cultural and social life of the region by supporting local projects, foundations, and public benefit organizations, particularly in the areas of culture, education, healthcare, support for people with disabilities and those in need, as well as sports initiatives.
The Group also aims to ensure equal treatment of employees and job applicants, and to create the best possible working and development conditions, thereby strengthening the brand of the Group and its companies in the labour market.
In the social sphere, the Group has defined the following strategic objectives:
- maintaining active engagement in social responsibility by supporting the local community and responding flexibly to its needs within planned budgets,
- reducing the rate of work-related accidents per million hours worked by at least 10%,
- increasing the share of the underrepresented gender in senior management to at least 28%, while maintaining high standards of competence and development.
Governance
The Company’s activities are focused on long-term value creation for shareholders, while maintaining transparency, reliably fulfilling the obligations of a public company, and remaining open to dialogue with stakeholders.
The Group conducts educational activities for employees and informational activities for suppliers aimed at building a high level of awareness of sustainable development issues.
In the area of corporate governance, the Group has defined the following strategic objectives:
- ensuring that 100% of suppliers of production materials and investments comply with the requirements of the “Code of Ethical Conduct for Suppliers of Products and Services to the Sanok Rubber Group”,
- analyzing 100% of reported violations submitted to the Ethics Officer.