ESG Report of the Enea Capital Group for 2023

Managing the impact on the environment and climate

GRI:[ ]
  • GRI 2-23,
  • GRI 2-24,
  • GRI 2-25,
  • I-M2,
  • I-M3,
  • E-M1,
  • E-M5

We understand the environmental challenges that the entire industry and our Group face. We have a clear and ambitious goal – we want the Enea Group to become a zero-emission business. In carrying out our energy transition, we innovate, respect the environment and engage our end users. The foundation of our approach to climate and environment is the ENEA Group Development Strategy until 2030 with an outlook to 2040 and ENEA Capital Group Climate Policy adopted in 2023.

The ENEA Group Development Strategy until 2030 with an outlook to 2040 provides that the transition of Poland’s energy sector will include divestiture of coal-fired generation assets from the structures of energy groups. To respond to the challenges brought by the transition, we have adopted ENEA Capital Group Climate Policy with the main objective to specify the impact the Group’s operations have on climate and outline the management directions and mechanisms that help us ensure sustainability of our business and respect for our planet’s natural resources.

Both documents are a response to the expectations of financial markets supporting the development of zero-carbon energy, shareholders and investors who are aware of the potential impact that large companies can have on the environment. They also confirm that we are ready to report transparently on our activities and sustainable growth in line with the ambitious European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

Environmental issues are also regulated in a number of Group’s policies and procedures.

Key environmental provisions in selected policies of the Group’s companies:

  • developing new services and products in consideration of the environment,
  • investing in solutions that satisfy stringent environmental standards,
  • working on technologies to increase production of energy from renewable sources,
  • making rational use of energy and natural resources,
  • striving to reduce the volumes of generated waste and pollution,
  • initiating and actively participating in educational campaigns for environmental protection and building environmental awareness,
  • preventing breakdowns that can be harmful to the environment.
  • minimising emissions,
  • reasonable management of natural resources,
  • seeking to maintain balance between the Group’s activities and the natural environment,
  • investing in environmentally-friendly technologies,
  • supporting renewable energy sources,
  • working with organisations that care for the natural environment.
  • accounting for environmental considerations when selecting suppliers of products and services1) such as the energy efficiency of the object of the contract.

1) If considered relevant to the object of the contract.

All suppliers must also abide by the ENEA Group Code of Conduct for Contractors, which among others sets outs the Group’s expectations with regard to environmental protection. Selected rules, e.g. those that specify how to manage generated waste, must be complied with by third parties carrying out work on the premises or for the benefit of the Group’s companies.

Furthermore, in line with ENEA Group Communication Policy, in its communications the Group promotes environmentally friendly values and supports environmental protection projects.

The Group’s companies monitor and document environmental factors and the effects of the environmental measures they take. They apply their own policies, procedures, instructions and regulations that are adjusted to their operations and that oblige them to protect the environment and use it in a sustainable way.

Selected environmental regulations in Enea Group’s companies

Company Environmental management – due care policies, standards and procedures
Enea SA
  • ENEA Capital Group Climate Policy,
  • ENEA S.A. Environmental Policy.
Enea Bioenergia
  • Procedure for accounting for the use of combustion by-products based on a contract with Elektrownia Połaniec S.A.,
  • Procedure for accounting for combustion by-products with third-party buyers,
  • Operating instruction for waste registration in the BDO (Waste Database) system,
  • Instruction for average volume density and humidity of ash and slag mixture,
  • Instruction for operating the warehouse at ENEA Bioenergia,

In addition, the company is bound by the following Połaniec Power Plant’s instructions:

    • Instruction for operating “Pióry” combustion waste storage facility,
    • Instruction on accounting for and use of gypsum produced at the Power Plant.
Enea Połaniec Power Plant
  • Procedure for identification and evaluation of environmental aspects,
  • Environmental monitoring procedure,
  • Environmental Management Programme.
ENEA Nowa Energia
  • Waste management policy for ENEA Nowa Energia sp. z o.o.,
  • Procedure on the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases,
  • Procedure on handling the removal of trees or shrubs from land owned or held in perpetual usufruct by ENEA Nowa Energia sp. z o.o.,
  • Instruction on managing dangerous and hazardous substances and mixtures,
  • Emergency preparedness and response procedure,
  • Instruction on water management for the cascade hydropower plant on the Brda River (Koronowo, Tryszczyn, Smukała),
  • Instruction on water management for the hydropower plants on the Wda River (Żur and Gródek),
  • Instruction on water management for all hydropower plants on the Rega River,
  • Instruction on water management for the Hydropower Plant Oborniki,
  • Instruction on water management for the cascade hydropower plant on the Gwda River.
Enea Operator
  • Procedure for registering power devices containing at least 6 kg of SF6 gas and operations performed on them,
  • Procedure for management of dismantling materials and waste in ENEA Operator sp. z o.o.
Enea Oświetlenie
  • Waste management at ENEA Oświetlenie sp. z o.o.
Enea Ciepło Oddział Elektrociepłownia Białystok (CHP Division)
  • Environmental Management System Policy and the procedures based on this policy,
  • Procedure „Identification of threats and determining how to respond to environmental emergencies at ENEA Ciepło sp. z o.o. –Białystok CHP Plant Division”,
  • Procedure „Prevention and reduction of the impact of emergencies on the environment at ENEA Ciepło sp. z o.o. – Białystok CHP Plant Division”,
  • Procedure “Conduct in the event of environmental emergencies at the Białystok CHP Plant”,
  • Sustainable Development Criteria System Book (SDC).
Enea Ciepło – Head Office
  • Environmental Management System Policy and the following procedures based on this policy:
  • Internal procedures:
    • Identification of environmental aspects,
    • Responding to danger and failure,
    • Waste management,
    • System of monitoring and measuring parameters affecting the environment,
    • Programme for prevention of severe industrial accidents relating to the storage and use of hazardous substances and materials at the Zachód Heat Plant, a quality instruction,
    • Instruction on the disposal of combustion by-products from the Zachód Heat Plant,
    • Internal inspections and training of Employees on the proper handling of waste in the Zachód Heat Plant and in heat distribution networks and hubs, an instruction,
    • Instruction on handling spills of petroleum substances or chemical substances,
    • Instruction on the use of excavated soil,
    • Internal instructions on monitoring and reporting CO₂ emissions.
EkoTRANS Bogdanka
  • Quality and Environmental Policy,
  • Management of waste generated at Łęczyńska Energetyka in Bogdanka, a procedure,
  • Identification of environmental aspects, a procedure,
  • Identification and evaluation of environmental aspects and impacts, a procedure.
Łęczyńska Energetyka
  • Quality and Environmental Policy,
  • Management of waste generated at Łęczyńska Energetyka in Bogdanka, a procedure,
  • Identification of environmental aspects, a procedure,
  • Identification and evaluation of environmental aspects and impacts, a procedure.
Miejska Energetyka Cieplna Piła
  • Instruction “Waste management”,
  • Procedures referred to in the CO2 emissions monitoring plan,
  • Procedures referred to in the CO2 monitoring methodology plan.
LW Bogdanka
  • Policy of the Integrated Quality, Environmental and OHS Management System with related environmental procedures.
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