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Executive Note British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 By Aneta Jóźwicka, BPCC Chairwoman and Paweł Siwecki, BPCC CEO
Editorial Note British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 By Michael Dembinski, chief advisor, and Dorota Kierbiedź, membership director, BPCC
Building a resilient world with sustainability in mind ARUP 2022-08-30 By Elżbieta Cichońska, CEO of Arup Polska Green growth in a steady market SEGRO 2022-08-30 By Magdalena Szulc, managing director, Central Europe, SEGRO Navigating ever-tougher environmental protection reporting rules CMS 2022-08-30 By Wojciech Szopiński, attorney-at-law and senior associate in the Energy and Infrastructure practice at CMS
Net Zero by 2050: Finding and keeping the balance Gleeds 2022-08-30 By Tomasz Sasin, executive sustainability advisor, Gleeds Polska Changing the colours of real-estate investment from brown to green JLL 2022-08-30 By Jakub Frejlich, director, Strategy Consulting, JLL Decarbonisation of standing buildings – one of the greatest challenges of green transformation BONARKA 2022-08-30 By Marcin Machynia, ESG project leader, Ceres Management Services Investors are focused on green buildings Knight Frank 2022-08-30 By Michał Grabara, director, Capital Markets, Knight Frank The social value of property: a new design for living Savills 2022-08-30 By Katarzyna Chwalbińska-Kusek, head of ESG and Sustainability, Savills, with Eri Mitsostergiou director, Savills World Research and Wesley Ankrah director, Social Value, Savills. ESG non-financial reporting – what you need to know TGC Corporate Lawyers 2022-08-30 By Artur Rogozik, partner, and Michał Frąckowiak, senior associate at TGC Corporate Lawyers Implementing CSRD is only effective if built around people PwC 2022-08-30 By Katarzyna Komorowska, partner, Patrycja Załuska, expert, and Bartosz Siwiak, manager, PwC Poland Getting the work-life balance right for the good of the environment PCS Paruch Chruściel Schiffter | Littler Global 2022-08-30 By Bartosz Wszeborowski, advocate, senior lawyer, and Mateusz Krajewski, trainee attorney at law, lawyer, PCS Paruch Chruściel Schiffter Stępień Kanclerz | Littler New actions to accelerate the rollout of EU energy grids Linklaters 2022-08-30 By Aleksandra Kurecka, associate, and Dominik Piechowiak, associate, Linklaters Local energy communities – the key to Poland’s energy transition Kancelaria GESSEL 2022-08-30 By Łukasz Ostas, attorney-at-law, Gessel Tax challenges for renewable-energy sector investors in Poland MDDP 2022-08-30 By Piotr Paśko, partner and Rafał Kran, senior manager, Real Estate Practice, MDDP Sustainable finance: the future path for banking Santander Bank Polska 2022-08-30 By Agata Dondziak, ESG expert, Santander Bank Polska EU crackdown on greenwashing Kochański & Partners 2022-08-30 By Joanna Barbrich, lawyer, Kochański & Partners Greenwashing: How to communicate without misleading? Wardyński & Partners 2022-08-30 By Weronika Nalbert, adwokat, co-coordinator of the ESG & sustainable development team and member of Competition & Consumer Protection practice, Wardyński & Partners Green HR strategies for the modern workplace in Poland: tax and legal insights Osborne Clarke Poland 2022-08-30 By Anna Golenia-Wójcik, senior associate, Employment & Pensions Department, Osborne Clarke Poland and Rafał Sidorowicz, senior manager, and Karolina Demska, senior consultant, Personal Tax Practice and Advisory Services for Employers, MDDP How do you assess and develop green skills in your organisation? Hays Poland 2022-08-30 By Paulina Jarecka, HR consultancy manager at Hays Poland Advancing ESG and sustainability through collaboration Grayling Poland 2022-08-30 By Monika Warniełło, account manager at Grayling Poland Ecologically and socially responsible – sustainable transformation of the professional services sector – WPP network example. Wunderman Thompson 2022-08-30 By Bartosz Kordecki, business director, Wunderman Thompson
COP28 – Day Five British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 So far at COP28, delegates have made firm financial commitments to the global ‘loss and damage’ fund; they have pledged to triple renewable energy by 2030 (compared to 2020 levels); and 50 oil-and-gas companies have pledged to make their production net zero in carbon emissions by 2050. COP28 – is the world expecting too much? British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 This year’s UN climate summit takes place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and started last Thursday (28 November). Here’s a brief overview of what has been pledged by leaders of 154 heads of states and top executives from over 650 companies and NGOs. The Green Blog by Michael Dembinski, chief advisor, BPCC British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 COP28 starts in Dubai on Thursday 30 November. The UN’s annual get-together of leaders, NGOs and activists to discuss climate change serves as a regular call to individuals, businesses and governments to assess where we currently stand in face of this, the greatest threat to us all.
Third BPCC Female Leadership Forum, 28 November 2023, Standard Chartered, Warsaw British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 The Third BPCC Female Leadership Forum, themed Leading in complex times – lessons learned from female leaders, took place on Tuesday, 28 November 2023 Szczecin’s chicken-and-egg problem tackled with public-private dialogue British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 The metropolitan area of Szczecin is experiencing rapid economic growth, driven by IT, logistics and off-shore wind. One problem it faces, however, is the lack of modern office space. Silesian Networking with ESG at the forefront British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 BPCC members from across the south and south-east of Poland met in Katowice on 21 November 2023, at the offices of TDJ Estate. The substantive part of the event focused on ESG. Second Congress of Expansive Exporters with a UK focus British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 Held for the second year in a row, the 2023 the Congress of Expansive Exporters was held in Targi Kielce, which gave Polish exporters to exhibit their products on the premises of the international trade fair. When Change is the Only Certainty, the Employee Becomes Paramount British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 The British Polish Chamber of Commerce, together with members Wunderman Thompson, Déhora Polska, Kinnarps, Lux Med, and PCS Legal, held an inspirational HR conference, When Change is the Only Certainty, the Employee… Wrocław Agglomeration Real Estate Forum, 8 November 2023 British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 The event, held in Wrocław’s Double Tree by Hilton, offered participants a comprehensive overview of the current state of the commercial real estate market in Wrocław and the Lower Silesian region. Sustainable Development: Organizational and Product Carbon Footprint British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 The seminar, held in Opole on 25 October and repeated in Legnica on 26 October, dived deep into Sustainable Development: Organizational and Product Carbon Footprint. Hosted by the British Polish Chamber of… Doing business with the UK – Rzeszów 26-27 October 2023 British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 Follow up on last year’s successful event in Rzeszów, the BPCC organised a conference focused on bilateral trade and investment between Britain and the Podkarpacie region. CBRE and British Polish Chamber of Commerce (BPCC) – Real Estate & Construction group meeting British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 Adventum Group aims to increase the value of its real estate by effective ‘management of the environment’. The most important aspect of adaptive re-use is the potential of a given investment opportunity... PAIH Business Forum 2023 4-5 October 2023, PGE Narodowy stadium, Warsaw British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 The annual business forum organised by Poland’s trade and investment agency, PAIH, is growing in stature and attendance with each edition. This year’s event included a panel discussion on trade and investment…

Executive Note

AJ i PS Contact

Aneta Jóźwicka, BPCC Chairwoman and Paweł Siwecki, BPCC CEO

Dear Members and Readers,

2023 is coming to an end and it’s time to reflect back on the past year.

Firstly, we’d like to thank you for your participation in the events and activities that we organised this year. With the pandemic fading away, we were able to deliver all of our traditional pre-pandemic events…

Editorial note

DK i MD Contact

Editorial note, with Michael Dembinski and Dorota Kierbiedź

COP28 once more focuses the world’s attention on the number one danger facing our planet – man-made climate change. As governments, business and NGOs sit down together to assess where we are and what more we need to do, Contact Magazine Online presents three interviews and 19 articles showing the climate issues from the point of BPCC members. Wrapped up within the overall heading of ESG, the E-for-Environment element focuses the mind of most business leaders. 

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