Raben Group – 10 interesting facts from the Social Report

The second Social Report of Raben Group in Poland was published in August 2016. It was prepared according to international reporting guidelines in sustainable development – the Global Reporting Initiative G4 on the CORE level.The most interesting facts and numbers presented in the Social Report of Raben Group for 2015 are as follows:

• 9 training hours annually per Raben Group Employee,
• 3,767 pallet transported free of charge as part of cooperation with Food Banks,
• 100 new low-emission Mercedes trucks, EURO6 class, at the company disposal,
• 27.05 litres of Diesel/100 km is the lowest average monthly fuel consumption,
• 183 ideas and needs submitted by stakeholders during dialogue sessions,
• 1,500 planted trees as part of the campaign "e-invoice = higher culture",
• 1,184,400 fruit and vegetable snacks given to Raben Group Employees every day as part of promotion of healthy eating habits,
• 94.4% is the waste segregation indicator,
• 90% of drivers equipped with mobile devices which facilitate and shorten the delivery process,
• 50% share of e-invoices in the total number of invoices issued.

"According to our CSR vision we want to set sustainable trends in the sector which bring added value to the environment. Competition on our market is continually growing. In order to meet the challenge this year, the abridged version of our Social Report has been prepared on ecological paper which grows when immersed in water. Stakeholders are encouraged to read the report, plant it and see what will grow out of it" - comments Marta Szymborska, PR and CSR manager in Raben Group."Non-financial reports prepared according to international non-financial reporting standards, particularly the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative, present a lot of essential information on the undertaken actions or solutions adopted by companies in various fields of their operations.  They refer to areas which have direct or indirect impact on the results which the company achieves. Preparing the report according to the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative, and later auditing the presented data by an independent organization, poses a dual challenge for an organization. In the first place, reports constructed based on the GRI guidelines do not provide stakeholders only with information about interesting social initiatives launched by the company. GRI enforces the application of specific indicators and the presentation of data and information which allow for the assessment of the manner the company manages its impact on the widely understood external and internal environment.   Secondly, independent verification of non-financial information presented in the report imposes certain discipline on the organization in terms of gathering data for the report and their later publication. In this context, one should appreciate companies which carry out independent audits of data presented in their reports. In this way they send a strong impulse addressed to their stakeholders indicating that the report contains a reliable picture of important aspects of company operations. They choose transparency of operations which in many cases is as important as the up-to-date picture of financial standing of the company" – comments Jacek Kuchenbeker, Senior Manager in Risk Management Department in Deloitte.