The key to long-term business relations and success is to operate in a manner that drives value creation for both the Company and all its stakeholders. PGNiG’s operations span many domestic and foreign locations, having a direct or indirect impact on the communities living near its project sites. Consequently, the PGNiG Group strives to build lasting relations and engage with its stakeholders, also at the local and regional levels.
Local communities are a special group of PGNiG’s stakeholders. Our strategic approach to fostering relations with local communities is characterised by a focus on meeting their actual needs and expectations and on supporting their economic development. In 2015, we continued our social dialogue related to shale gas exploration in Pomerania, meeting with local authorities, operating information centres for inhabitants and participating in open dialogue sessions.
Through our local activities, we pursue our strategic goal of sustainable development: that of effective, dialogue-based interaction with social partners. In building our relations with local communities, we comply with all legal requirements imposed by the legislators. In Poland, the rights of local communities are guaranteed to the fullest extent by the Act on Disclosure of Information about the Environment and its Protection, Public Involvement in Environmental Protection and Environmental Impact Studies, dated October 3rd 2008.
More information about the management approach to sustainable development and social dialogue is available in the PGNiG Group CSR Report ‘Responsible Energy’ 2014, in the section entitled ‘Our approach to sustainable development’.
