Non-financial report 2020
The success of transition depends on all PGE stakeholder groups having a good understanding of it and actively contributing to the process of changes. PGE makes every effort to ensure that the energy transition is just, transparent and carried out in accordance with arrangements reached in the dialogue process.
PGE Group holds cyclical dialogue sessions or stakeholder panels to learn the opinions and expectations of both the business and local communities. Invitations to such meetings are sent to representatives of the following key groups: government administration, regulators, media, industry and non-governmental organisations, academic communities, investors, representatives of local communities and employees.
PGE Group’s key stakeholders
The stakeholder panel planned for 2020 could not take place in the expected form and on the agreed date due to the pandemic, so PGE Group engaged in other forms of dialogue with its key stakeholders, using online solutions. Meetings with potential business partners or workshops for contractors from the energy and other sectors were held in this way.
2nd edition of workshops for contractors held on June 10, 2020.
Source: PGE EC archive
In the second edition of the workshops, this one online, 300 participants learned about PGE Energia Ciepła’s investment, repair and development plans and rules for correctly preparing tender procedures.
In the field of dialogue with external stakeholders – PGE Group companies organise energy forums with representatives of local government authorities and public consultations related to their investments.
In 2020, PGE Baltica held online meetings with potential contractors in a tender for geotechnical surveying as part of its offshore wind farm project in the Baltic sea. PGE Energia Ciepła organised a workshop for contractors where it presented its investment plans and rules for preparing tender procedures based on the Public Procurement Law.
PGE Dystrybucja hosts cyclical Energy Forums for local authorities
On 14 December 2020, PGE Baltica organised its Suppliers Day – an information workshop for product and service suppliers interested in working with PGE Baltica and its special purpose vehicles – wind farms Baltica 3, Baltica 2 and Baltica 1. The online event had more than 250 participants from approx. 190 entities – including representatives of Polish businesses.
Source: PGE Baltica archive.
PGE Dystrybucja as partner of XXIV International Seminar of Metrology. The company’s Rzeszów branch has been cooperating with the Rzeszów University of Technology for years. One of the latest joint initiatives was support in organising the International Seminar of Metrology, which was held on 18 November 2020 in Rzeszów.
Source: PGE Dystrybucja archive
One example of dialogue building at the management level is the formation by the management board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna in June 2020 of PGE Group’s Holding Council. Its aim is to exchange important information and experiences and to increase PGE Group’s operational effectiveness. The Holding Council also strengthens oversight of PGE Group’s segments and companies. It is also intended to perform advisory functions, define potential risks and recommend solutions, as well as supervise implementation of PGE Group’s strategy.
General Agreement signed between PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA and more than 30 PGE Group companies
Source: PGE archive
Sustainable transition requires comprehensive changes, in both the functioning of the Company and its environment. One of its key dimensions is the social aspect. PGE Group’s responsibility in this respect consists in preparing employees, customers, business partners and local communities for the transition in the best possible way. The changes being implemented are beneficial to all parties, taking into account aspects of particular importance for the natural environment, resource management and future generations.
Series of meetings dedicated to PGE’s new strategy for employees of PGE Group companies. The Management Board of PGE SA met with PGE GiEK employees on 4 November 2020.
Source: PGE archive
On 5 November 2020, the Management Board of PGE SA met with the Corporate Centre team and employee representatives. The teleconferences were attended by approx. 300 people.
Source: PGE archive
PGE Dystrybucja’s role in PGE’s new strategy and the associated challenges were discussed in a meeting between the Management Boards of PGE SA and PGE Dystrybucja with the company’s trade unions and employees, held online on 6 November 2020.
Source: PGE SA archive
A meeting with PGE Obrót employees was held on 19 November 2020 as part of a series of events for PGE Group employees dedicated to PGE’s new strategy.
Source: PGE archive
A meeting with PGE Obrót employees was held on 19 November 2020 as part of a series of events for PGE Group employees dedicated to PGE’s new strategy.
Source: PGE archive
Green energy for the future – a meeting with PGE EO and PGE Baltica employees. Strengthening PGE’s position as leader of renewables in Poland and the role of PGE Energia Odnawialna and PGE Baltica in implementing PGE’s new strategy were the main topics of a meeting between these companies’ employees and the Management Board of PGE S.A., which took place on 27 November 2020.
Green energy for the future – a meeting with PGE EO and PGE Baltica employees. Strengthening PGE’s position as leader of renewables in Poland and the role of PGE Energia Odnawialna and PGE Baltica in implementing PGE’s new strategy were the main topics of a meeting between these companies’ employees and the Management Board of PGE S.A., which took place on 27 November 2020.
More than 900 PGE Energia Ciepła employees attended the meeting on 2 December 2020.
The established objective is inevitably connected with the decarbonisation of power generation. This will have a major impact on the lives of people in the Bełchatów and other regions. PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna, a PGE Group company, employs over 8,000 people at the Bełchatów complex. PGE is aware of its obligation to take action that is aimed at the development of the local intellectual and infrastructural potential.
In November and December 2020, PGE, in cooperation with research firm 4P Research Mix, carried out a survey in Bełchatów to identify the mood of the region’s inhabitants related to the phasing out of mining and to examine how the Bełchatów complex affects the life of the local community. The responses illustrate the expectations of Bełchatów residents towards PGE, the largest employer in the region, and make it possible to identify concerns related to the planned transition of the region.
The survey found that residents expect above all that the process of moving away from lignite would be spread over time, allowing them to prepare for the changes. They also expect the government and PGE to engage in dialogue with residents and to inform them of their intentions for the region, which will allow them to plan for the future and reduce uncertainty, stress and the sense of lack of control. For the respondents, it is also important to receive support in employee re-training. The funding of training, especially in professions related to RES, will enable younger workers to retrain. Residents are counting on new jobs in Bełchatów.
PGE is aware of the challenges posed by the planned transition and is already preparing to fill the gap to be left by the conventional power generation industry. The planned projects related to the first stage of Bełchatów’s transition will exceed PLN 4.5 billion.
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