Concern for the natural environment is not part of our corporate social responsibility, but also what we strive for in an effort to secure a brighter future for us and for the generations to come.
We operate in accordance with the provisions of the following Polish laws: the Environmental Protection Law of April 27th 2001, the Waste Act of December 14th 2012, the Act on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment of July 29th 2005, the Act on Packaging and Packaging Waste of May 11th 2001, and the Act on Batteries of April 24th 2009.
We have implemented and are continuously upgrading the Integrated Quality, Environment and Occupational Health & Safety Management System, in accordance with the following standards: PN-EN ISO 9001:2009, PN-EN ISO 14001:2005, and PN-N-18001:2004 for design and manufacture of electronic equipment.
In our everyday work, we are doing our utmost to follow best practices, encourage pro-environmental attitudes among our employees, and take responsibility for the immediate environmental impact of our operations. To that end:
- As of last year, most of our DTH equipment comes in special environmentally-friendly packaging. The amount of paper used in the production of packaging materials has been reduced and we have switched to using brown, environmentally-friendly paper;
- The waste we produce is collected by specialised waste collection and recycling companies having appropriate certificates and infrastructure ensuring proper waste management;
- We collect waste paper on the company’s premises and we sort waste such as batteries and ink cartridges;
- In September last year, in co-operation with Biosystem S.A., we implemented our own internal collection process for retrieval of electrical and electronic waste from Group employees’ households. The Company provides space on its premises for two waste containers from Biosystem S.A., and all employees can now use them to get rid of their waste equipment, which is then processed to the extent necessary to minimise the negative environmental impact of the harmful substances contained within. Since the launch of the project, we have collected and handed over to Biosystem S.A. about 800 kilograms of electrical and electronic waste, including CRT and LCD TV sets, computer hardware, printers, radio equipment, and smaller home appliances and consumer electronics;
- We find it important to ensure the optimum loading of our trucks used for transporting set-top boxes to our distribution networks throughout Poland;
- As a part of the ’Go green with Cyfrowy Polsat!’ initiative, our clients are offered the possibility of receiving electronic invoices directly to their e-mail boxes;
- In order to improve the environmental awareness of our employees, we promote an environmentally responsible approach in our internal bulletin and the Intranet;
- Together with our employees, we have established 10 ecological rules, which do not require great effort to be applied on a regular basis, but still contribute to the protection of the natural environment. We try to promote these rules and keep them in mind in our everyday work at the office. They include, among other things, using environmentally-friendly bags and containers, reducing excessive use of the air-conditioning systems, printing only those documents that are really necessary, saving energy, sorting waste, and travelling in an environmentally-friendly manner;
- We hold environmental awareness competitions on Earth Day.
