April 27, 2020 / 12:56
As many as 36 long-term practices and 10 new activities of the Agora Group were included in the report of the Responsible Business Forum ‘Responsible Business in Poland 2019. Good practices’. The vast majority of them concerned social involvement and the development of the local community, although they also included new actions and projects of Agora and its companies regarding, among others environmental protection.
- Activities in the field of corporate social responsibility implemented in Agora and its companies have an increasing range - we are proud of numerous educational projects, campaigns and social actions, but also of the variety of topics undertaken in them – comments Nina Graboś, director of corporate communications in Agora. - We are particularly pleased that in 2019 we developed activities focused around environmental issues on such a large scale. For many years it has been an important issue for us, which is why, with reference to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we implemented Agora’s ‘Environmental Policy ’ and our media encouraged ecological attitudes, including as part of the campaign ‘Wyborcza in the green’ of ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ or ‘Fridays for the climate’ by Gazeta.pl.
Agora Group projects presented in this year Responsible Business Forum publication include activities for a diverse society such as: ‘World Autism Awareness Day’ at Gazeta.pl, ‘Helios without barriers!’ - screenings of Polish films with subtitles for the deaf, conferences, murals and activities of ‘Wysokie Obcasy’ and ‘Wysokie Obcasy’ Foundation for women's rights, the action ‘Ticket for the Warsaw Insurgent’ in Helios cinemas, as well as the most-awarded campaign for women in the Polish media - Gazeta.pl publishes the last issue of ‘Twój weekend’. The 18th edition of the report also included summary of activities of ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ for freedom in the media and the project for employers ‘Happy companies’. In total, the Agora Group presented 36 long-term CSR practices and 10 new projects. A list of all good practices of Agora and its companies can be found below.
Number of Agora Group good practices in the Report 'Responsible Business in Poland 2019. Good practices':
Is the most comprehensive CSR review in Poland ‘Responsible Business in Poland. Good practices’ this year’s publication includes 1,696 good practices reported by 214 companies (previously: 229). The number of CSR activities presented in this annual publication of the Responsible Business Forum has increased by around 10 percent, even though the authors of the report limited the number of new initiatives to be submitted to 10. The report was released on April, 16th this year via the website: facebook.com/ForumOdpowiedzialnegoBiznesu.
The report is available at: odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl/publikacje/raport-2019/
The Agora Group, independently and through its companies and brands, has been undertaking activities in the area of corporate social responsibility for many years. Its approach to this issue is based on values such as transparency, building relationships with partners and the company’s environment, diversity among employees and high quality of products and services. Agora and companies from its capital group initiate and engage in a number of educational, social and cultural projects, also involving sustainable development. In 2020, Agora, for the third time, was awarded ‘Polityka’ Silver CSR Leaf for responsible business. The company regularly prepares its responsibility report, the latest edition of which can be found at RaportCSR.agora.pl.
A list of all Agora Group practices published in the "Responsible Business in Poland 2019. Good practices" report (new initiatives highlighted):
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