4. Risk management .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 53
4.1. Risks related to climate change .....................................................................................................................................................56
5. Our employees and associates ..................................................................................................................................................... 60
5.1. Safety and health of our employees and critical incident management ..................................................60
5.1.1. Labour safety management
................................................................................................................................................... 60
5.1.2. The “Safe CIECH” project
..........................................................................................................................................................61
5.1.3.
Unified platform for access to safety and health information
..............................................................................62
5.1.4. Risk assessment
............................................................................................................................................................................. 63
5.1.5. Safety training
..................................................................................................................................................................................64
5.1.6. Key achievements in 2021
....................................................................................................................................................... 64
5.1.7. Figures and ratios
.......................................................................................................................................................................... 65
5.2. Employee engagement, corporate culture and employee relations ............................................................66
5.2.1. HR Strategy
......................................................................................................................................................................................66
5.2.2. Our commitments in the “Chemistry for a Better World” ESG Strategy
...................................................... 67
5.2.3.
Values and competency model and organisational culture developed on their basis .................................... 67
5.2.4. An integrated Performance Management System ...................................................................................................68
5.2.5. Development and unification of the remuneration policy
................................................................................68
5.2.6. Employee development
...........................................................................................................................................................69
5.2.7. Feedback – we check the pulse of our organisation
........................................................................................... 72
5.2.8. Rewards and certifications
..................................................................................................................................................... 73
5.2.9. Employee benefits
....................................................................................................................................................................... 73
5.2.10. Developing an attractive brand on the labour market and clear principles of recruitment
........... 74
5.2.11. Internal communication and employee engagement
............................................................................................ 76
5.2.12. Relations with the social counterparties
......................................................................................................................... 78
5.2.13. Figures and indicators
................................................................................................................................................................ 79
6. Our impact on the environment ..................................................................................................................................................... 83
6.1. Legal status of environmental use ............................................................................................................................................ 85
6.2. Greenhouse gas emissions ................................................................................................................................................................86
6.2.1. Detailed information on greenhouse gas emissions in individual segments and companies
..... 87
6.2.2. Management of this area
.......................................................................................................................................................... 92
6.3. Energy management ..............................................................................................................................................................................93
6.3.1. Energy assets of the CIECH Group
................................................................................................................................. 93
6.3.2. Third-party sources for electric and thermal energy purchases
.....................................................................93
6.3.4. Energy efficiency
............................................................................................................................................................................95
6.3.5. Figures and ratios
........................................................................................................................................................................96
6.4. Water resource management and sewage management ......................................................................................98
6.5. Air quality ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................100
6.6. Waste and hazardous substance management ............................................................................................................101
6.7. Restoration of degraded areas - Reclamation ............................................................................................................103
7. Our environment ............................................................................................................................................................................................105
7.1. Membership in organisations .........................................................................................................................................................105
7.1.1. UN Global Compact
..................................................................................................................................................................105
7.1.2. Other associations and organisations in which the CIECH Group is engaged:
...............................106
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