ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Agora Group has not developed a single environmental impact policy for the entire organization. This is due to the diversity and varying impact on the environment in different entities of the Group.
CSR strategy of Agora Group indicates key areas of environmental impact on the basis of UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Agora Group’s environmental impact management focuses naturally on the segments of the Group’s operations with the highest impact on the environment. It is for this reason, as well as due to the diversity of the Group’s operations, environmental impact shall be discussed separately for: printing services, cinema, outdoor advertising and building administration (‘green office’).

Agora Group has offices in multiple locations. The company’s head quarter are located in Czerska 8/10 in Warsaw. The building, owned by Agora, houses the offices of Agora S.A. and Agora TC, AMS, Adpol, Grupa Radiowa Agora (GRA), Doradztwo Mediowe, Inforadio, some departments of Helios, NEXT FILM, Optimizers, Yieldbird. The head quarter of Helios and Foodio Concept are in Łódź.

local offices of Agora S.A.

Agora S.A. has 21 regional offices that also serve the employees of the group’s subsidiaries. In most cases, Agora shares the building with other organizations, which leaves the environmental aspects in the competence of the respective buildings’ administrators. It also makes it difficult to monitor water consumption, effluents and waste output, etc.

The main elements of the environmental impact management in Agora Group in building administration are: reduction of electricity and water consumption and the output of effluents. This is particularly important for Czerska 8/10 office that houses most of the entities of Agora Group.
In 2018 an external environmental audit was conducted, to analyse and optimize energy effectiveness. Agora will implement the recommendations from the audit in 2019.

reduction of electricity consumption in office buildings of Agora Group in 2018

Tab. Electricity consumption in office buildings of Agora Group

Electricity consumption in office buildings of Agora Group - 2018

	Agora Group
	2018	2017	r/r
Electricity [MWh]	10 951	11 259	↓3.0 %

Source: data based on invoices

Due to Agora S.A. sharing the Warsaw office as well as other locations with other entities of Agora Group, the data is aggregated for 21 locations: Białystok, Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Gorzów Wlkp., Katowice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Opole, Płock, Poznań, Radom, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Toruń, Wrocław and Warszawa (Czerska 8/10). No data for Tychy and Zielona Góra (amounts included in cost of rental).

reduction of water consumption and effluent discharge in the office buildings of Agora Group in 2018

Tab. Water consumption and effluent discharge in the office buildings of Agora Group

Water consumption and effluent discharge in the office buildings of Agora Group

	Agora Group
	2018	2017	r/r
Water consumption/effluent discharge [m3]	22,592	23,760	↓5.0 %

Source: data based on invoices

Due to sharing the Warsaw office as well as other locations by Agora S.A. and the other entities of Agora Group, the data is aggregated for 11 locations: Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Kielce, Kraków, Opole, Szczecin, Wrocław and Warszawa (Czerska 8/10). In the remaining 11 locations no data or amounts included in cost of rental.

Agora adopted the following goals for 2019 in terms of environmental impact in building administration, particularly with respect to the Czerska 8/10 head office in Warsaw.

ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN BUILDINGS MANAGED BY AGORA IN 2019

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All entities of Agora Group have signed contracts with waste collection and treatment service suppliers, ensuring that 100% of the waste they collect from Agora companies is properly recycled or neutralised. Each of Agora Group business as has their own waste management system and reports on it to relevant authorities, in accordance with applicable laws and reporting regulations.

In all companies and printing plants of Agora Group, municipal waste undergoes sorting and separate collection, in accordance with the local municipal waste management policies. Therefore, the company does not monitor the weight of its waste output. Hazardous and non-hazardous waste is passed to relevant external waste disposal contractors who are responsible for their proper disposal.
Czerska 8/10 building houses a canteen that generates food waste that, until July 2017, fell under the category of municipal waste. Due to the fact, it is not possible to calculate a reliable yoy ration. Avoiding food waste is important to Agora and the company takes measures to reduce it.

The waste volume decrease in Błonie storage facility is due to the reduction of the amount of magazines and Gazeta Wyborcza supplements stored there. In January 2019 the facility was closed down and the storage was outsourced.

89%

decrease of paper and cardboard in the storage facility of Wydawnictwo Agora weight

73%

decrease in weight package waste in Czerska 8/10 office of Agora S.A.

Tab. Weight of waste output in buildings managed by Agora S.A.

Weight of waste output in buildings managed by Agora S.A.

[Mg]		2018	2017	r/r
Paper and cardboard	Błonie storage facility	10,820	99,0	↓89%
Electronics and appliances	Agora Warsaw office, Czerska 8/10	2,355	3,29	↓28%
Expired and uneaten food	Agora Warsaw office, Czerska 8/10	23,907	-	-
Packages	Agora Warsaw office, Czerska 8/10	0,810	3,000	↓73%

Source: contracts with waste collection and treatment service providers.

Tab. Waste output by weight

Waste output by weight

	Agora Group			Agora S.A.
[Mg]	2018	2017	r/r	2018	2017	r/r
Hazardous waste	39.5	59.4	↓33.,5%	31.5	44.9	↓29.9%

Source: contracts with waste collection and treatment service providers.

Agora S.A. and Agora Poligrafia adopted a special document (Quality Management System Policy) specifying the company’s approach to managing their impact on the environment. The printing plants of Agora Group are located in: Piła and Warsaw (Agora S.A.) as well as in Tychy (Agora Poligrafia) and are equipped with presses for printing newspapers, magazines and leaflets.

Key elements of the policy introduced on 24 July 2018, with respect to the environmental impact are the following:

compliance with relevant environmental legal regulations,
stimulating safe and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours among the employees through their participation and involvement in pro-environmental activities,
reducing the consumption of natural resources through: rational consumption of water, reduction in the consumption of electricity and heating, reduction of technological losses,
waste segregation, reducing waste output and preventing pollution

The policy was adopted on 24 July 2018 as a revised document adopted by Agora Group in 2009.

As a result of an external audit Print Segment of Agora Group received ISO 9001:2015 certification.

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Environmental goals in print segment in 2018:	effective materials management for reduced electricity consumption and rational water management maintaining electricity and water consumption on projected levels.
Environmental goals achieved in print segment in 2018:	effective expansion of the zone light switch system and application of the zone air management system (lower electricity consumption by the air compressor) maintaining proper paint-to-water balance monitoring the ratio of production water used per one ton of paper used
Environmental goals achieved in 2018:	Introduction of the environmental policy resulted in reduced electricity consumption.

ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN THE PRINT SEGMENT IN 2019:

effective materials management for reduced electricity consumption and rational water management
maintaining electricity and water consumption on projected levels.

Over 57 thousand Mg of CO2 emissions were saved as a result of the implementation of the long-term optimisation programme in Print Segment.

57 188 [Mg]

CO2 emissions saving in 2018

5 491[Mg]

yoy growth in CO2 emissions saving in Print Segment

Tab. Electricity and heating consumption in the printing plants of Agora Group in 2018

Electricity and heating consumption in the printing plants of Agora Group in 2018

		2018	2017	r/r
Electricity [MWh]	Agora Group Agora S.A.	19,920 14,121	22,239 15,962	↓10.4% ↓11.5%
Natural gas* [m3/year]	Agora Group/Agora S.A	502,792	605,046	↓16.9%
Heating [GJ]	Agora Group Agora S.A.	25,121 16,648	23,852 14,799	↑5.05% ↑12.5%

Source: data based on invoices. GJ conversion factor 1MWh=3.6GJ.

Yoy heating consumption increase resulted from a longer heating period, i.e. more days than in the previous year when buildings needed to be heated.

In 2018 new offset technology was tested that is expected to significantly reduce water consumption in the printing plants. The new technology is to be more widely adopted in 2019.

Tab. Water consumption in printing plants of Agora Group in 2018

Water consumption in printing plants of Agora Group in 2018

	Agora Group			Agora S.A.
	2018	2017	r/r	2018	2017	r/r
Water and effluents from municipal systems [m3]	12,677	11,904	↑6.5 %	7,548	5,539	↑36.3%

Source: data based on invoices

Due to the defect of the water meter in the MPWiK printing plant in Warsaw, the 2017 figures are not reliable and can not be used to calculate water consumption yoy.

Agora’s printing plants strive to increase the share of recycled materials used for production. In 2018 the average share of recycled materials used in production reached 55.5%, which represents a 4.3 pp yoy increase.

55.5%

average share of recycled materials used in production in Print Segment in 2018

4.3 pp

share increase of recycled materials used in production in Print Segment in 2018

Tab. Share of recycled materials used in production

Share of recycled materials used in production

	2018	2017	r/r
Agora Group	55.5%	51.2%	↑4.3pp
Agora S.A.	54.4%	51.5%	↑2.9pp

Source: Print Segment data

In 2018 printing plants of Agora Group reduced technological paper loss by 821 Mg, which brought paper waste in production by 17.1% yoy.

17.1%

yoy decrease in paper loss in 2018

Tab. Technological paper loss in the production of newspapers and magazines

Technological paper loss in the production of newspapers and magazines

	2018	2017	r/r
Agora Group	3,985	4,806	↓17.1%
Agora S.A.	3,013	3,488	↓13.6 %

The value is easy to identify and verify in audit, on the basis of documentation. Source: Waste transfer documentation.

Paper loss was calculated on the base of the volume of sold waste paper. The value is easy to identify and verify in audit, on the basis of documentation.

In 2018 Agora Poligrafia plant introduced in Tychy introduced a new ecological solution for the production of printing plates, consisting of a high-output Advantage N-DL XXT computer to plate engine and Attiro VHS clean-out unit. This investment made it possible for Agora Group Tychy plant to significantly reduce water consumption and waste output in the production process, which in turn reduced total cost of production process and increased the output.

ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS OF AMS IN 2019:

reduce electricity consumption in currently operating AMS displays: application of energy-saving LED technology, replacing conventional lights systems with LED – increase of LED use by 35%
innovative ecological solutions to reduce electricity consumption: develop and implement a new passive, zero-energy shelter design, i.e. producing and consuming equal amounts of energy through the application of lighting solutions based on photovoltaic (solar) technology
state-of-the-art ecological solutions for clients: develop and implement ecological an city furniture design

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ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS OF AMS IN 2018:	reduce of energy consumption through the use of energy-saving technologies (LED) deploy system management of on / off lighting of panels expand lighting systems based on photovoltaic power supply technology.
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ACHIEVED BY AMS IN 2018	continued replacing conventional with energy-saving LED lighting technology of panels: 617 double-sided Citylight and 58 Backlight 18 m2 panels. As a result 3396 conventional systems were replaced, total output of over 196 expand the range/amount of panels powered by renewal energy – 12 photovoltaic stands LED technology in each new AMS panels

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GOALS IN 2018:

677 MWh

electricity consumption reduction in 2018 through replacement conventional with LED technology

5.7 MWh

electricity consumption reduction in 2018 through the use of 12 solar panels

AMS INVESTS IN ECOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR CITIES, GREEN STOPS IN KRAKÓW AND SOLAR PANELS IN CITIES across POLAND LSCE

Smart City – intelligent, state-of-the-art city solutions – accommodate the needs of city dwellers. By championing this idea, AMS supports smart cities by providing eco-friendly, interactive and functional solutions integrated with city furniture and accessible at street level.

Modern smart city solutions are also highly useful and technologically advanced eco systems. ‘Green stops’ in Kraków are an example of such solutions introduced by AMS in 2018. 4 tram/bus stops in Kraków were equipped with ecological units with live plants that form a natural anti-smog barrier. This pilot project was delivered in Kraków under a trilateral agreement between the Municipal Infrastructure and Transport Kraków, Municipal Greenspace Kraków and AMS – the originator of the idea. For more information go to: www.

In 2018 AMS installed 12 new solar panels fuelled only by solar energy. The new advertising displays are the outcome of years of tests and experience that have resulted in a cutting-edge technological and architectural solution.

AMS monitors advertising panels energy consumption and takes steps to improve the quality of panel lighting (backlighting), thus minimizing the environmental impact.

Tab. Electricity consumption in AMS in 2018

Electricity consumption in AMS in 2018

	2018	2017	r/r
Number of advertising displays*	24,357	25,041	↓2.73%
Annual output of energy for lighting advertising display boxes and bus/tram shelters [MWh/year]	6,284	6,005	↑4.6%

Source: data based on invoices, Data applies to: advertising displays and shelters with light powered by energy suppliers and lit by street lights systems.
* Data does not include small AMS displays at public transport shelters and in Warsaw underground (until 2017) and displays in buses and trams.

In spite of the measures taken to reduce electricity consumption, the figure grew in 2018 by 4.6% yoy. The growth was largely due to the increased number of Dynamic Backlight premium panels as well as the use of premium bus/tram shelters that are installed in Warsaw and Kraków. Premium bus/tram shelters are equipped with additional inside lighting, independently of the advertising panels – causing higher electricity consumption.

By 2018 Helios installed VEMS ventilation and air conditioning management system based on customers volume (box office) in all its cinemas; incandescent and fluorescent lighting is gradually replaced with LED lights; LED lamps with PIR detectors are installed in spaces and corridors with low traffic.

With the subsidy from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, energy audit was conducted in 2013-2016 and VEMS system was installed in Helios Cinemas. This resulted in the reduction of CO2 emissions by 1800 Mg in 2018.

1800.2 MWh

reduction of CO2 emissions in Helios cinemas in 2018

Source: Based on the comparative report from the project. Declaration of the execution of the ecological effect objective, Helios SA

With over 12.7 million tickets sold in 2018 (over 4% more than a year earlier) Helios cinemas attracted the highest traffic to date. This caused electricity consumption to increase. However, the main cause of the increase were renovation and repair works. In the second quarter of 2018, Helios in Konin was expanded by three new screening rooms and the multiplex in Gdańsk Alfa Centrum underwent a major overhaul, it was redecorated and gained state-of-the-art equipment. Repairs and renovation works were also executed in Opole, Kalisz and Piła. Meanwhile, water consumption and effluents discharge were reduced.

Tab. Electricity and water consumption and effluents discharge in Helios S.A.

Electricity and water consumption and effluents discharge in Helios S.A.

	2018	2017	r/r
Electricity consumption [MWh]	22,150	21,425	↑3.4%
Water consumption/effluents discharge [m3]	57,448.7	57,661.3	↓0.4%
Number of viewers in Helios cinemas (calendar year)	12.70 million	12.17 million	↑4.4%

Data based on invoices as of 13.Feb. 2018, from 41 Helios cinemas. The calculation does not include cinemas opened in 2017 and 2018: Helios Wołomin, Helios Krosno, Helios Stalowa Wola, Helios Forum Gdańsk, Helios Katowice (no comparable data for the relevant period).

Through Helios cinema network Agora sells food in concession snack bars (popcorn, drinks, snacks) and Helios Cafe. Data on the impact of this activity are aggregated and included in the section on cinema operations of Agora.

In 2018 Helios was joined by Foodio Concepts, a provider of restaurant services. Their goal is to open several dozens of fast-casual restaurants over the next four years.

The first restaurant of Foodio Concepts was opened in November 2018 in Katowice Libero shopping centre. The following were opened in late 2018 in Gdańsk (Galeria Forum Gdańsk) and Poznań (Galeria Posnania). The brand operating in the three locations is Papa Diego, offering distinctive, Mexican cuisine.

Foodio Concepts signed contracts for the opening of further restaurants in 2019 in Warsaw, in Galeria Młociny and Koneser (Papa Diego and Van Dog), in Łódź Manufaktura (Papa Diego), Galeria Katowicka (Papa Diego) and Opole CH Karolinka in Opole (Papa Diego).

Due to short presence on the market of Foodio Concepts, environmental impact data for 2018 are not available (no data for comparison).

Foodio Concepts introduces ecological solutions in their restaurants:

biodegradable plates and containers,
biodegradable straws,
zero waste solutions – lower price on ‘bring your own cup’ lemonade

Foodio Concepts plans to introduce an environmental impact policy in 2019.

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BUILDING ADMINISTRATION

Electricity consumption in office buildings of Agora Group - 2018

Water consumption and effluent discharge in the office buildings of Agora Group

ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN BUILDINGS MANAGED BY AGORA IN 2019

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Weight of waste output in buildings managed by Agora S.A.

Waste output by weight

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN PRINTING PLANTS

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ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Electricity and heating consumption in the printing plants of Agora Group in 2018

WATER AND EFFLUENTS

Water consumption in printing plants of Agora Group in 2018

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES CONSUMPTION

Share of recycled materials used in production

Technological paper loss in the production of newspapers and magazines

ECOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN AGORA POLIGRAFIA PLANT IN TYCHY

ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS OF AMS IN 2019: