Nowy Styl Sustainability Report 2018-2019

Total water withdrawn by source (m 3 ) 2018 2019 Surface water 43,007 109,892 Municipal water supplies 59,971 66,662 Total 102,978 176,554 GRI 103-2 Water is the most valuable resource on Earth, which makes us feel even more responsible for every drop we consume in our factories. We keep working to improve standards, streamline the process and ration- alise water intake. We use water resources for technolog- ical processes as well as for social and domestic purposes. We draw water from two sources: the municipal water supply network and a surface water intake at the Wood Factory in Rzepedź, which has its own pumping station. The large growth of water consumption in 2019 is due to a failure of the water supply network, and more frequent periods without rain. Round wood used for production needs to be kept at a suitable humidity, which means that in a dry season it has to be sprinkled with water, in this case from a collecting well. In 2019, we implemented a new, energy-efficient cool- ing system for extruders, utilising a cooling tower and pumps with less energy consumption in the Plastic Fac- tory in Jasło. The plastic tank that has been used, as well as the entire cooling system, operate in a closed circuit, eliminating water loss. 6.6 Water management Total water intake by source (m 3 ) GRI 303-1 Data for Nowy Styl – Majencia SAS has been omitted from the table due to its negligible significance considering the scale of our organisation. 107