Policy of compliance with the Principles of Ethics and Counteracting Mobbing and Discrimination

There are two sub-committees within the Ethics Committee:

• Internal Sub-committee, whose members are appointed and dismissed by the Management Board of the given subsidiary, that at the same time appoints the Chair of the Subcommittee;
• Group Sub-committee, composed of eight members, appointed from among the representatives of the trade unions operating at TAURON Group and eight representatives of the employers, appointed by the Management Board of TAURON Polska Energia.

An employee is given a choice which Subcommittee he/she would like to turn to in order to have his/her notification (report) reviewed.

TAURON Group’s employees filed 4 reports of potential ethics violations, discrimination and bullying with the Ethics Committee in 2022. TAURON Group considers bullying, discrimination and any ethics violations to be highly reprehensible phenomena worthy of condemnation, any form of which is not tolerated. All Employee reports have been thoroughly and objectively investigated, and as a result of the Ethics Committee’s work, no report has been confirmed.

TAURON Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility Code of Conduct is a regulation supporting the Policy of Compliance with the Principles of Ethics and Counteracting Mobbing and Discrimination, and it includes the Group’s corporate values and the principles of conduct in three areas: employee, natural environment and stakeholders (environment).

TAURON Group’s Policy of Compliance with the Principles of Ethics and Counteracting Mobbing and Discrimination is implemented through the e-learning training courses. They are mandatory for all of the newly hired employees. The other employees are reminded of the Policy principles through information campaigns and content available on the Group’s intranet website.

TAURON Group’s operations are based on unconditional compliance with labor laws and ensuring a safe work place for all of the employees. Human and family oriented activities are also carried out at TAURON through a series of special campaigns dedicated to strengthening family and general human values. In this way, social capital is built by strengthening the social relations and mutual trust among employees, which guarantee not only the development of the company, but most importantly, of each employee.

TAURON Group strives to create flexible conditions for the development of knowledge and skills and to create a work environment based on cooperation and partnership. Employee opinion surveys are carried out, and their results are the basis for developing and implementing action plans aimed at increasing employee commitment and creating an attractive work place, while taking into account the compliance with the standards for adherence to the principles of ethics, respect for diversity and counteracting mobbing and discrimination.

Among other things, the webinar „Empathic Leadership”, aimed at strengthening the managers’ awareness of the risks of mobbing and discrimination was held in 2022.