Our report

This report presents the most important events in PKN ORLEN in 2008. Selected items of information on ORLEN Group are intended to show the scale of business and directions for development.

Previous reports, all four of them, were published by PKN ORLEN:

• in 2008 for 2007;
• in 2007 for 2005–2006,
• in 2004 for 2003;
• in 2003 for 2002.

We assume that social reports will be issued by our Company annually. However, the 2008 report does not contain any corrections of information provided in previous reports. Compared to previous reports, we have elaborated the part on environmental protection. In addition, our report contains quite a lot of information on the impact of PKN ORLEN products on our lives and on the environment in the broad meaning of the word.

The report was preceded by extensive consultations involving a broad circle of our stakeholders. As one of the effects of workshops organised at PKN ORLEN, participated in by the Company’s employees, we verifi ed the Company stakeholder groups and determined which of them were of key importance.

Stakeholder Map

Another result of the dialogue was that we identifi ed the main issues of interest to our stakeholders and those of the Company activities which are the most important from their point of view. Participants of the workshops developed a very extensive – given the volume and scale of the Company’s businesses – list of topics.

PKN ORLEN’s activities of importance to the stakeholders

 

Thus, the assessed significance of the respective aspects of sustainable development and corporate responsibility had a significant impact on the content of this Report. The data presented in this Report comes from systems which guarantee the quality and accuracy of the collected information.

They include, among others:

1. Real time system supporting production processes and directly connected to industrial automation systems;
2. Data warehouse for the integrated system used in PKN ORLEN, containing data on the progress and parameters of production processes;
3. Specialised model of the integrated system used in PKN ORLEN, supporting the operation of HR processes, employee data and partner data;
4. Audit support system Galileo. This system, apart from gathering information, enables us to manage internal audits and working documents.

Data relating to environmental protection is achieved from constant monitoring of production and technological processes in accordance with the implemented Management Systems. Financial data was taken from individual financial statements for the given year, subject to revision by an independent auditor. The 2008 corporate responsibility report as a whole has not been verified by an external auditor.

This report was prepared in accordance with GRI G3 B-level guidelines. This letter represents a medium level of application (the lowest being C and the top – A) and corresponds to the level of incorporation of GRI G3 Guidelines and GRI Reporting Framework. This level tells the reader how advanced the Company is in terms of the number of indicators and the possibilities of further extension of reporting in the following years.

More information on application levels and GRI G3 Guidelines at: www.globalreporting.org.