Zakłady Chemiczne "NITRO-CHEM" S.A. perceive the idea of corporate social responsibility as part of a long-term strategy, with man and the environment at the center.
We implement the assumptions of our corporate social responsibility policy through the following activities:
- Partnership relations with customers and suppliers
- We create a friendly workplace
- We take an active part in patriotic initiatives
- We work for the benefit of local communities
Social responsibility
Zakłady Chemiczne "Nitro-Chem" S.A. as a socially responsible company prioritizes building partnership relations with various stakeholder groups. We actively support the development of science and entrepreneurship by cooperating with universities and scientific institutes. We provide assistance by supporting numerous social and charitable initiatives. We initiate many activities ourselves, which become a source of new ideas that affect the reality around us and the environment.
We build environmental awareness among employees. That's why, for several years now, we have been organizing, among other things, a forest planting campaign in cooperation with a nearby forestry district to raise awareness of forest afforestation. In addition, we promote the segregation of plastic bottle caps by employees, which are donated to charitable causes such as the purchase of a wheelchair. We focus on environmental education and the future of next generations. We activate employees and the local community in various areas of life, i.e. sports, culture and health. At the beginning of 2020, we got involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, providing financial and in-kind support to local hospitals and nursing homes.
As a responsible company, we care about our employees and stakeholders. We support employees in competence development through training, employee programs and courses. Competency development is also about corporate social responsibility. We involve employees and business partners in social initiatives, such as a charity table tennis tournament, which we invite companies from the PGZ S.A. Group to participate in.
Environmental protection
Zakłady Chemiczne "Nitro-Chem" S.A. constantly undertakes numerous initiatives aimed at minimizing the impact of its activities on the environment, and thus fits into the idea of sustainable development. The main activities in the field of sustainable development in the environmental dimension are undertaken in the field of reducing energy and water consumption, i.e. activities that limit the consumption of natural resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to the fight against climate change. As part of improving energy efficiency, among other things, the Company is investing in renewable energy sources through the installation of photovoltaic systems on the site.
The plant is also successively implementing solutions in line with the idea of a closed-loop economy (Circular Economy), in particular measures to reduce water consumption. Thanks to an investment to close the cooling water circuit on production installations, the Company has significantly reduced water consumption (by about 60%), and thus reduced the amount of industrial wastewater discharged from the plant. In order to further reduce water consumption and the amount of wastewater discharged, the Company is undertaking further investments, including, among others, the reconstruction and expansion of the plant's wastewater sub-treatment plant and the construction of a water recovery facility.
"Nitro-Chem" S.A. consistently implements a policy of ecological management also in the area of reducing pollutants in wastewater. The most important investments carried out in this area are the construction of a sulphite lye concentration plant and the construction of an in-house wastewater sub-treatment plant, thanks to which pollution in industrial wastewater discharged from the plant to the municipal sewage treatment plant was significantly minimized. As part of the so-called reduction of pollutants at the source, a device was used to filter wastewater from the TNT production facility, which reduces the amount of suspended solids and organic pollutants in industrial wastewater directed to the plant's wastewater sub-treatment plant.
In care of the environment, the Company is also implementing measures in the area of waste management, particularly with a view to minimize the amount of waste generated. In this regard, the sludge node at the wastewater sub-treatment plant has been modernized through the use of a modern sludge drying facility, thanks to which the amount of waste generated has been significantly reduced (by about 50%).
Moreover, in addition to investment activities that are part of sustainable development, the Company takes measures to effectively manage waste in a way that does not endanger human life and health and the environment. Also caring for the interests of the public and the residents of the municipalities, where illegal landfills have been located, the Company voluntarily engages in the actual solution of the problem, establishing close cooperation with the affected municipalities that have expressed their willingness to cooperate. All actions that the company takes in this regard are with a view to responsibility and concern for protecting the environment and minimizing the impact on it.