We also clarify in the Policy what donations the Bank does not make:
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for political purposes,
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which may be regarded as an attempt to influence decisions made by government officials, including in
particular donations to organisations that are directly or indirectly linked to government officials,
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if they have a business purpose and serve to establish or maintain a business relationship with a client or
business partner of the bank,
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if there are circumstances indicating that the beneficiary has engaged in corruption, bribery or other unethical or
illegal activities,
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if the donation could be judged as an attempt at corruption or bribery,
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for natural persons, with the exception of donations in the case of special circumstances, where an employee
and/or his family members suffered damage.
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for organisations that discriminate against people on the basis of age, race, colour, religious belief, gender,
disability, sexual orientation or country of origin,
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for organisations that are suspected of acting contrary to the values we hold in accordance with the ING Orange
Code,
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for organisations that do not operate under the Act of 24 April 2003 on the activity of public benefit institutions
and voluntary work,
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for projects designed to support religious worship, faith-based organisations,
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for student organisations if the purpose is to finance trips and/or student events,
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to cover the running costs of social organisations, e.g. office operation, service charges, salaries.
The Donations Policy sets out the roles of the Donations Committee, the Bank’s Management Board Bureau and the
Management Board in the process, the due diligence requirements and the decision-making process. Each time a
charitable donation is made, the Centre of Expertise – Compliance and the Donations Committee (made up of 5
representatives of the bank) are involved, as well as, depending on the amount, two members of the bank’s
management board or the bank management board. In 2023, ING Bank Śląski made charitable donations from its
own funds totalling PLN 851,500.
The bank also made donations to the activities of the two corporate foundations:
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for the ING for Children Foundation in the amount of PLN 4.08 million,
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for the ING Polish Arts Foundation in the amount of PLN 1.44 million.
Objectives that the bank supported through donations, in selected areas of community investment in 2023:
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assistance to children and their families affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria – PLN 250,000,
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support and assistance to Ukraine – PLN 50,000,
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activities for children and young people, including holidays for children and young people – PLN 50,000,
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science, education and upbringing – especially in the area of financial- and climate education – the bank made
42 donations totalling PLN 235,500,
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health protection and prevention – the bank made 10 donations totalling PLN 266,000.
In total, ING Bank Śląski donated PLN 6.37 million to social- and charitable activities (the amount of charitable
donations and donations to corporate foundations).
Among the activities supporting science, schooling, education and upbringing – particularly in the area of financial-
and climate education – were donations to: The Exempt from Theory Foundation, the Warsaw Institute of Banking
for the Bakcyl and Cybersecurity Programme, the Analytical and Research Programme and the Bankers for
Education Programme.
In the area of healthcare, donations were received by foundations that have carried out socially valuable activities
for the improvement of health for many years, such as the Professor Zbigniew Religa Foundation of Cardiac Surgery
Development in Zabrze and the Polish Foundation of Gastroenterology and the National Institute of Oncology. ING
Bank Śląski continued to support regional- and local charities, including the Home Hospice for Children Foundation
in Opole and the Wrocław Hospice for Children Foundation.
In 2023, the bank also made in-kind donations in the form of decommissioned IT equipment (in good working order)
and office furniture (around 400 pieces), mostly to schools, kindergartens, care facilities and charitable
organisations. The value of IT equipment donated to foundations, associations and care facilities amounted to PLN
184,000.
The bank donated 35 desktop computers, 319 monitors, 248 laptops and 12 printers. Donations in kind were made
on the basis of the Procedure for the Resale / Donation / Deprocessing of Fixed Assets at ING Bank Śląski S.A.
