Nowy Styl Sustainability Report 2018-2019

Talking about business strategy and sustainable devel- opment policy, we have to mention our research and de- velopment projects. They greatly influence the pace and direction of our company’s growth. Products advanced in terms of technology and ergonomics, faster data process- ing, process automation, reducing environmental burden (products made in line with circular economy guidelines, reduction of industrial waste, reduction of energy and raw materials consumption) and strengthening the safety cul- ture among our employees and colleagues – these are the key areas that we focused on in 2018–2019. The Xilium swivel chair is the perfect example of a product that guides the development of our portfolio. GRI 103-2 With every year, an increasingly important role in this model is played by our sustainable develop­ ment policy . Our company has been built based on re- sponsibility and values right from the beginning, but those rules remained unwritten for many years – which was, of course, also the case for other companies out there. As we grew and expanded the scope of our business, we started paying attention to a number of new issues. The first sus- tainability report we published covered the period of 2012– 2013. It is worth noting that it was one of the few publications of this type in Poland at that time. We drew patterns from the West, where responsibility policy had played a huge role by then. Transplanting it to home soil We have equipped the model, created in tandem with the designer Martin Ballendat, with modern mechanisms of- fering users an unprecedented level of comfort and, most importantly, ergonomics. These include our patented X-MOVE mechanism, which enables dynamic movement in the frontal plane and activates fine torsional movement of the lumbar section of the spine. We consider Xilium to be a groundbreaking design for one more reason: we have designed it in line with the guidelines of circular economy. It is the first model in our offer that has been very carefully screened in terms of materials fromwhich it is made. In the future, we are definitely going to follow the road paved in the making of this chair. became one of our priorities very soon, which is why pub- lishingsustainabilityreportseverytwoyearsbecameastand- ard for our company. This was reflected in the subsequent publications: for 2014–2015, 2016–2017 and the current one, which describes what our company did for the past two years. As mentioned above, in 2018–2019 we initiated some large-scale reorganisation and harmonisation pro- cesses, which also applied to our sustainable development policy. We wanted it to have an increasing impact on our daily decisions, which involved a lot of effort on our side. As a result of that work, an updated policy will appear in 2020. 1.6 Continuous development Click to find out more about the Xilium 20 Table of contents