Our capitals

The business model of the PKP CARGO Group is based on the implementation of the main activity ie rail transport of goods complete with additional services. In order to efficiently carry out activities, the Group uses the available capitals and allocates them in the most effective manner possible. To define the capital, the PKP CARGO Group uses the IIRC (International Integrated Reporting Council) terminology and guidelines, which talk about possible 6 types of Capital:

• Financial capital – understood as all financial resources, funds, loans and other sources of financing as well as equity and foreign capital.
• Production capital – material resources possessed, including: permanent assets, real estate, and assets used to carry out business activities - locomotives, wagons, infrastructure utility objects, all machines used, for example, to modernize and repair rolling stock.
• Human capital– understood as human resources, meaning employees and their competences, skills.
• Natural capital – all natural resources that the PKP CARGO Group uses to implement business activities. Within this capital, the Group identifies processes and expenditures on environmental protection, types of waste generated in the process of implementing operational activities, and others.
• Intellectual capital – resources owned by the Group based on knowledge, experience, patents, innovative solutions, rights and licenses, certificates and other.
• Social capital – developed trust and relationships with contractors and stakeholders, local communities.

Capitals often mean values and material resources, but also those that are immaterial. The capital used and monitored by the PKP CARGO Group include:

Financial capital

^* cash and cash equivalents , term deposits above 3 months

Production capital

Wagons and rolling stock are the main elements of the production assets of the PKP CARGO Group. Changes in the rolling stock stands result directly from activities such as cassation and sale of rolling stock and the purchase of rolling stock. In addition, locomotives are modernized, which have no impact on the overall balance of rolling stock, but have an impact on the change in the age structure and in some cases cause a change in the number of series, when the series of locomotive and destination changes as a result of modernization.

In 2018, the number of locomotives in the Group increased. This increase is directly related to the constantly improving economic situation on the railway transport market - to meet the high demand for transport services provided by the PKP CARGO Group, it increased the used rolling stock to 2,352 locomotives.

The reduction in the registered number of wagons resulted from the sale of more than 2,000 train cars by the Company- freight wagons of type G (G-type wagon), T (T-type wagon) and U (U-type wagon). Sold wagons were not used for a long time by the Company due to their current technical condition, as well as their design, purpose and type of used loading and unloading technology.

Human capital

^* the data does not include the employment by companies owned by PKP CARGO CONNECT

^* the data does not include the employment by companies owned by PKP CARGO CONNECT

Awards

Natural capital

GRI 102, 102-12] The Company’s environmental policy forms an integral part of its overall corporate management system. The strategic objective for responsible actions taken by PKP CARGO S.A. in the field of environmental protection is to ensure a safe carriage of merchandise using rolling stock that meets the applicable environmental requirements. The Company invests both in the purchases of new rolling stock and in the modernization of its existing rolling stock as well as in maintenance and repair facilities and devices for diagnostics of the Company’s rolling stock. These efforts are aimed at achieving high standards of rolling stock maintenance and protecting the natural environment against the possible consequences of breakdowns and accidents involving the Company’s rolling stock.

The environmental review process

In the process of environmental review (conducted on an annual basis), the effects of the Company’s environmental initiatives are evaluated and specific environmental targets and tasks are formulated for subsequent years according to criteria selected based on:

Environment risks have been defined in the “PKP CARGO S.A. risk management policy” in the context of environmental processes such as:

• managing emissions into air from technology processes and burning fuels in installations and equipment;
• managing equipment containing substances that deplete the ozone layer and fluorinated greenhouse gases;
• managing water and sewage;
• managing produced industrial and municipal waste;
• managing noise emissions to the environment;
• managing green areas and taking action in case of damage to the environment.

The purpose of monitoring the above-mentioned categories is not only to have knowledge about the magnitude of environmental impacts by tracking the assumed measures, but also to implement the environmental protection program in order to obtain improvement of emission rates (energy intensity).

Every year, by introducing goals and tasks in significant aspects in accordance with the adopted classification criteria, the Company reduces the impact on the environment. Below we present selected natural capitals:

Safety systems

The PKP CARGO Group endeavors to ensure maximum client satisfaction by ensuring the high quality of its rail freight transport services in terms of availability, timeliness and safety, mindful of environmental protection considerations and adhering to stringent occupational safety and health and information security standards.

To accomplish this objective, the PKP CARGO Group has put into practice various management systems based on the following international norms and standards:

• Quality Management System;
• Information Security Management System;
• Environmental Management System;
• Occupational Safety and Health Management System;
• Energy Management System;
• Food Safety Management System;
• Animal Feed Transportation Safety Management System;
• Welding Quality Management System for Metal Materials;
• Welding Quality Management System for Rail Vehicles and Their Components;
• Integrated Management System;
• SMS (Safety Management System);
• MMS (Maintenance Management System).

In addition, PKP CARGO S.A., PKP CARGO CONNECT Sp.zo.o., AWT a.s. and Cargosped Terminal Braniewo Sp.zo.o. have the status of AEO – Authorized Economic Operator, which confirms that the entrepreneur meets a number of criteria, which include, above all: compliance with customs requirements, having an appropriate system of managing commercial and transport records, enabling proper customs control, financial solvency of the company, having appropriate security standards and protection, as documented by previously obtained certificates such as ISO 27001. AEO status entitles you to benefit from facilitations related to diligent controls such as: priority service in the event of selection for control, fewer physical and documentary controls or the ability to apply for control at a place other than customs office.

Certificates

Safety Certificate - authorizes the railway carrier to gain access to the railway infrastructure. The document specifies the type and scope of railway operations and consists of:

• the part accepting the safety management system valid in the EU (Part A) and
• a network part that accepts the regulations adopted by the railway undertaking to meet the requirements necessary for the safe performance of rail services on a given rail network (Part B).

The PKP CARGO Group has Certificates of Security - Part A issued in Poland and the Czech Republic, and Certificates - Part B issued in Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia.

Certificate of the entity in charge of maintenance (ECM Certificate) - based on the approved MMS System, PKP CARGO S.A. received in 2013 the ECM Certificate confirming its acceptance in the European Union. Thanks to this PKP CARGO S.A. can maintain freight wagons on its own or order them to be maintained by other enterprises, including the subsidiary PKP CARGOTABOR Sp. z o.o.

In addition to PKP CARGO S.A. ECM certificate also have PKP CARGO SERVICE Sp. z o.o., PKP CARGOTABOR Sp. z o.o., and entities from the AWT Group.

Participation in international industrial oragnisations

Social capital

In 2018, PKP CARGO S.A. executed corporate social responsibility projects addressed for company employees or their families, activities focused on environmental protection, as well as initiatives designed to increase the security of transport provided by the Company. The projects have been described in the CSR Best Practice Forum report. The projects addressed the following Social Development Goals: