Nowy Styl Sustainability Report 2018-2019

GRI 103-2 We ensure the proper management and reduction of waste water generated in the production pro- cess. Sanitary waste water is discharged into the system of a municipal public utilities company. Two of our plants in Poland have their own waste water treatment plants. At the Wood Factory in Rzepedź, after treatment in our own treatment plant, domestic waste water is released into the Osławica river. In the Metal Factory, after treatment in the plant’s industrial waste water treatment plant, industrial waste water is released into the Jasiołka river. GRI 103-2 GRI 302-4 Through our actions, we contribute to the global fight against global warming and efforts to reduce the consumption of energy from non-re- newable sources. Our goal is to increase the energy effi- ciency of our production processes and factory buildings, to use renewable energy, and to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions in logistics. Energy consumption is one of our key environmental im- pacts. This is how we monitor it: > we calculate it based on invoices, > we control the amount of heating energy, > we check the measurements from our factories, > we run consumption spot-checks for key machinery and processes. In theWood Factory in Rzepedź, we have implemented an industrial waste water mixing plant where coagulation process takes place, during which dissolved adhesive mix- ture is separated from water. The solid adhesive waste is disposed of and water is reused. This solution has reduced the volume of adhesive waste which is disposed of by an average of 60%. 6.4 Waste water 6.5 Towards green energy In our plants in Poland, a significant portion of thermal en- ergy is obtained from two boiler plants powered by bio- mass from pure wood waste. They supply thermal energy for the purposes of technological processes and central heating. At our Rohde & Grahl plant and offices in Voigtei and Stey- erberg, Germany, 100% of the energy consumed is the so-called green energy, sourced from renewable sources, At the Rohde & Grahl plant in Steyerberg, thermal en- ergy is provided by a 230 kW biogas plant, operated by local farmers. mainly Scandinavian hydropower plants. The Ökostrom certificate has been confirmed by TUV SÜD auditors. Heat energy from biomass and biogas 100% green energy Wastewater discharge destination Wastewater treatment 2018 2019 To groundwater By the company 1,029 11,762 To surface water (lakes, rivers, etc.) By the company 29,861 41,504 To municipal enterprises By the sewage treatment plant 25,102 53,457 Total 55,992 106,723 Total volume of waste water by destination (m 3 ) GRI 306-1 Data for Nowy Styl – Majencia SAS has been omitted from the table due to its negligible significance considering the scale of our organisation. 105