GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.’s debut in the Polish Ranking of Responsible Companies
Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. made its debut in the Ranking of Responsible Companies 2012, developed by the Business Ethics Centre of the Kozminski University and the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily. The company ranked fourth among the debutants, ninth among companies from the energy sector, and 40th in the general ranking.
The Ranking of Responsible Companies is compiled every year. More than 500 companies have been invited to participate in this year’s (sixth) edition. The ranking has been developed based on the questionnaire prepared by Dr Bolesław Rok, an expert from the Business Ethics Centre of the Kozminski University with contribution from the consulting company PwC which was responsible for verifying the survey. This year’s questionnaire comprised 66 closed-ended questions in five areas: responsible leadership, dialogue with stakeholders, social involvement, responsible management, and social innovation.
“I think our debut in the Ranking of Responsible Companies has been successful. Our activities related to the implementation of the fifth objective of our business strategy – to manage the company from the perspective of sustainable development – have been subjected to professional external verification and appraised highly. This gives us an impetus for continued development and improved action in this respect.” – said Jan Chadam, the President of the Management Board of GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
In March 2012, GAZ SYSTEM S.A. has also become the Strategic Partner of the Responsible Business Forum (RBF), the oldest and the biggest non-governmental organisation in Poland to provide in-depth focus on the concept of corporate social responsibility.
Cooperation with the Forum will certainly improve our competence and implementation of new business practices in the area of corporate responsibility.
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Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is a strategic company wholly owned by the Treasury, responsible for natural gas transmission throughout Poland. The Company manages approx. PLN 5 bn worth of assets which comprise mainly the components of the transmission system, including more than 9,700 km of high-pressure pipelines, 15 compressor stations, 56 hubs and 970 exit points. The company employs more than 2000 persons. GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is also the owner of Polskie LNG S.A., a company established to build the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Świnoujście.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. will build more than 1,000 km of new gas pipelines by 2014. The most important of them will be situated in north-western and central Poland (Szczecin-Lwówek, Świnoujście-Szczecin, Szczecin-Gdańsk, Rembelszczyzna-Gustorzyn and Gustorzyn-Odolanów). The development of the gas transmission network in Poland may constitute an important element of the North – South Gas Corridor connecting the LNG terminal in Świnoujście to the planned Adria LNG terminal through the transmission infrastructure of Central European countries.
In 2011, GAZ–SYSTEM S.A. has completed the construction of the Włocławek–Gdynia gas pipeline and gas compressor stations in Goleniów and Jarosław. The Company has also opened a new Polish–Czech Interconnector that enables the transmission of approx. 0.5 bcm of gas annually. GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. has also developed gas pipelines in Lower Silesia that enable the off-take of greater amounts of gas from the western direction. The capacity at the Lasów point on the Polish-German border is currently 1.5 bcm annually (the previous capacity was 0.9 bcm a year).
The investment projects completed by GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. in 2011 have offered a possibility of using virtual reverse flow services on the Yamal pipeline and created technical capacities to import more than 3.3 bcm of gas annually to Poland from new sources (approx. 30% of the currently imported volume).
Contact:
Małgorzata Polkowska
Spokesperson of GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
Tel. 22 01 546, mobile 691 911 217
E-mail: pr@gaz-system.pl
