NowyStyl_Raport CSR_2020-2021_EN

The role of the sustainability policy in our company has been growing every year. From the very beginning, we have been building our company on a foundation of responsibility and values, but for many years these principles were never written down, which obviously is not an isolated case. Naturally, as we grew and expanded, we started paying attention to many new issues. The first sustainability report we published was for 2012-2013 and – this needs to be emphasised – it was one GRI 102-12 GRI 103-2 Our sustainability is in line with the UN Global Compact, to which we are a signa- tory, and the ‘Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ endorsed by the United Nations, and our strategic of the few publications of its kind in Poland at the time. We followed the example of the Western countries, where the policy of accountability had already played a huge part. The project to publish sustainability reports on a biennial basis became an obligatory part of our activities. This was reflected in the subsequent publications – for 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2018-2019 (published in September 2020) and the current one covering our activities in 2020-2021. objectives are consistent with the selected United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals outlined below. We relate our actions to these, as indicated in the following pages of the report. 1.6 Sustainability policy 1.7 Areas of impact > EcoVadis – the organisation uses a total of 21 criteria in its assessment, divided into four areas: employee and human rights, environment, ethics and sustainable purchasing. Our approach to CSR management was assessed as structured and proactive. As a result of the evaluation for 2021, Nowy Styl was awarded a platinum medal. As a gold medal winner in 2020, Nowy Styl ranked among the top 2% of the best- rated companies. And as a platinum medal winner, the company ranks in the most prestigious group of just 1% of companies. C lick to find out more > Responsible Companies Ranking – prepared by Professor Bolesław Rok of Centrum Etyki Biznesu Akademii Leona Koźmińskiego (Business Ethics Centre at the Kozminski University), Deloitte and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. In 2020, we ranked 7 th in the industry C lick to find out more > ‘Responsible Business in Poland. Good practices’ – a publication of the Responsible Business Forum – the 2020 Report describes nine Nowy Styl practices. C lick to find out more We were recognised for our CSR by: GRI 102-50 GRI 102-52 GRI 103-2 GRI 102-51 GRI 103-3 19