Integrated Report 2023

Environmental responsibility

  • GRI 3-1
  • GRI 3-2
  • GRI 3-3

We assume full responsibility for the influence of our actions on the environment. Following the provisions of our Code of Ethics:

We abide by the ecological limitations imposed by legal regulations. We concentrate on searching for solutions which eliminate the negative impact at its source. We invest in research and development as well as searching for environmentally-friendly technologies.

The Capital Group is guided by the principles of sustainable development and respect for the environment. Priorities in this respect are defined in the Environmental Policy, the Climate Policy and the Code of Ethics of the Capital Group KĘTY S.A.

The companies have declared their responsibility for the impact of their activities on climate change and committed to minimising it by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, recycling enhancement and efficient waste management.

In 2023, we updated the Group Environmental Policy, extending it for water management and biodiversity issues.

A priority is to effectively use the resources. Therefore, we invest in new technologies and solutions.

As regards the products manufactured by the Group companies, we apply a product life cycle approach, focusing on carbon footprint reduction and searching for new, more sustainable applications.

In that area, we conduct our own research and collaborate with scientific centres and institutions. Our basic products possess Type III Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).

Due to the specific environmental aspects associated with its operations, the priorities and objectives of the operating segments of the Group vary.

The Extruded Products Segment focuses on the recovery of aluminium and increasing the share of recycled materials in the produced profiles.

This contributes significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and puts into practice the circular economy principles.

Grupa KĘTY S.A. recycles more than 30,000 tons of scrap metal in its own foundry every year.

The production of sections with a high content of recycled materials generates a significantly lower carbon footprint compared with the production of primary aluminium.

The Aluminium Systems Segment focuses on providing energy-efficient solutions for the construction industry as regards aluminium windows, doors, façades, roller shutters, and gates.

In view of the challenges posed to the construction industry by new climate requirements, the building systems manufactured by the Group are designed to last for many years and, at the end of their life cycle, to return to the economy thanks to aluminium and other components recycling.

Aluprof S.A. offers passive, energy-efficient, renovation solutions, confirmed with certificates of the Passive House Institute (PHI) in Darmstad and Cradle-to-Cradle environmental certificates, as well as Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).

The supreme goal in the Flexible Packaging Segment is to implement the adopted strategy to increase the share of recyclable films and laminates in the volume produced, and to further modernise the equipment and facilities.

The environmental aspects important for our organisation and disclosed in this report were selected in a staged process:

  • identification of measures important for the sectors of operation of the particular companies;
  • analysis of internal environmental aspects which qualify as significant in compliance with the methodology determined in the ISO 14001 system procedure ‘Identification of environmental aspects’;
  • review of risks and opportunities with regard to significant environmental aspects;
  • approval of the results of analysis of the system review carried out in liaison with the highest-level management staff.

In 2023, the list of reported issues did not change or was not redefined significantly compared with the preceding year. Below presented is a list of aspects which are of high and medium significance.

Item Aspect name Aspect significance Aspect impact
high medium inside the Group outside the Group
1 Climate change X X X
2 Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) X X X
3 Materials consumption X X X
4 Aluminium scrap recovery and circular economy X X X
5 Increase in the number of environmentally-friendly certified buildings X X X
6 Share of the manufactured packaging fit for recycling X X X
7 Fuels and energy, energy efficiency X X X
8 Water consumption and reuse X X X
9 Emission dusts and other gases (non-GHG) X X X
10 Wastewater discharge X X X
11 Waste management X X X
12 Compliance with environmental regulations X X X
13 Negative impact on the environment by the supply chain, and the actions taken X X X
14 Fees on the use of the environment X X X
Accomplishment of the Strategy main goals
Climate policy