How we implement the Sustainable Development Goals 2030

The ORLEN Group’s projects are consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations which have been adopted by almost 200 countries, including Poland.

The projects we present in this Report, including in the sections ‘Climate responsibility’, ‘Protection of biodiversity’, and ‘Society’, are projects initiated or developed and expanded by the ORLEN Group, which were assigned to strategic Sustainable Development Goals for the fuel and energy industry in Poland¹.

The ORLEN Group contributes to the SDGs directly at the business level, by engaging in sustainable business projects and extensive CSR activities.

¹ Source: SDGs w praktyce. Przewodnik dla biznesu (SDGs in Practice. A Guide for Businesses), Part 1 and Part 2, published by CSR Consulting. SGDs of strategic importance to the fuel and energy industry are goals selected in the course of workshops and research analyses examining their impact and feasibility.

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

The ORLEN Group’s initiatives contributing to the tasks set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development include: support for the development of local communities, counteracting social exclusion and creating equal opportunities, ensuring safety and health protection. For more information, see ‘Society’ .

Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

The ORLEN Group’s initiatives contributing to the tasks set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development include: scholarship and grant programmes operated by the ORLEN Group corporate foundations: ORLEN Foundation, ANWIL Foundation, ENERGA Foundation, and ORLEN UNIPETROL Foundation, as well as the donation programme. For more information, see ‘Society’.

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

The ORLEN Group’s initiatives contributing to the tasks set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development include: ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services by 2030, achieving a significant increase in the share of renewable energy sources in the global energy mix, expanding infrastructure and upgrading technologies providing access to modern and sustainable energy services. For more information, see ‘Energy’ and ‘Climate responsibility’.

Goal 9: Build robust infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialisation and support innovation

The ORLEN Group contributes to the goal of improving the quality of infrastructure by 2030 and promoting sustainable industrial development by increasing the efficiency of resource use and applying clean and environmentally friendly technologies and production processes. For more information, see ‘Energy’ and ‘Climate responsibility’.

Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 

The ORLEN Group implements initiatives to protect and preserve the world's cultural and natural heritage and seeks to minimise its negative environmental impacts, paying particular attention to air quality and management of municipal waste and other pollutants. For more information, see: ‘Society’, ‘Climate responsibility’, ‘Air emissions’, 'Water and effluents', and ‘Waste’.

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

The ORLEN Group’s initiatives contribute to ensuring sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030, and include implementing sustainable development practices and publishing the related information in its regular reports. For more information, see ‘Climate responsibility’ and ‘Sustainable Development Strategy’.

Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 

Counteracting climate change and adapting to climate change. For more information, see ‘Climate responsibility’ and ‘Risk management’.

1. Appointment of the Management Board Representative and Council for Climate and Sustainability
2. Publication of ORLEN Group's carbon footprint

Projects designed to achieve net zero carbon footprint by 2050:  

1. Creation of ORLEN Synthos Green Energy 
2. Circular economy investments
3. Investment in the Baltic Power offshore wind farm
4. Development of an EV charging station network in Europe
5. ORLEN Group’s Hydrogen Strategy
6. Construction of hydrogen refuelling stations
7. Mazovian Hydrogen Valley
8. Construction of a solar PV farm in Wielbark
9. Investments in environmentally-friendly projects to manage plastic waste
10. ORLEN VC investments