Nowy Styl Group CSR Code 2016-2017 EN

In May , years had passed since Nowy Styl Sp. z o.o. was established in the Sub- Carpathian region. Within just a quarter of a century, we have managed to evolve from a small company that assembled chairs into a European leader in the furniture industry. Today, we are an international organisation which, thanks to foreign acquisitions, has enriched the Polish heritage with the competence, experience and stories of the employees and partners from Rohde & Grahl, Sitag and Grammer Office. The anniversary gave us the impetus to reflect on what creates our company’s organisational culture. We defined the values it relies on, such as honesty, tolerance, ambition and humility, and we described the behaviours and attitudes that characterise its creators and employees. We also considered our corporate documents that set out our ethical standards – the Code of Ethics and the Supplier Code of Conduct , as well as the strategic management of our social, economic and environmental impact, which we communicate through sustainable development reports, as the pillars of our company. We treat the reports very seriously, which is why, as the Management Board, we personally oversee the goals and implementation of the promises set in this area. For us, however, CSR is also a response to the needs of our customers, in the project market in particular. International customers, especially from Western Europe, with which we see the company’s greatest development potential, constantly increase their requirements concerning the quality, safety and environmental aspects of products. That’s why we are becoming increasingly better at managing the certification and standardisation of our solutions. The consequences of the adoption of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council / /EU are also visible. In Poland alone, around new entities were required to disclose their non-financial data, including ethics management, as well as environmental and social issues. As a transparent and responsible company, we are a reliable partner, and we help our customers achieve their sustainable development goals. We believe that comfortable and environmentally friendly workplaces that provide their users with good health and well-being are, for many entrepreneurs, an important tool with which to win talents and build positive relationships with employees. Our strength is the knowledge of how to do this, not only thinking about the “here and now,” but also about the future. In , our Workplace Research and Consulting Department analysed business and economic processes and created a book of global trends – social phenomena that reflect the current and future needs of entrepreneurs and meet employees’ business-related expectations. The most important are as follows: user experience, wellness, sharing economy, innovative economy, agile culture, green economy and storytelling. Based on the afore-mentioned trends, we have defined those that are strictly related to the office space; we use these to create our product and service solutions. At the same time, we share this knowledge with our customers in order to carry out our mission to arrange healthy, comfortable and safe workplaces responsibly. We place our sustainable development goals and directions in the context of environmental and civilization challenges. In this report, we clearly show how our strategy overlaps with the tasks set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals for . Among them, the most important aspects for our industry are the responsible management of resources and the implementation of the circular economy model. In , we started the implementation of a several-year contract for the Dutch defence and infrastructure ministries based on the “ loops of circularity” concept, which includes not only the supply of new equipment, but also its repair, renovation, redistribution and recycling. This implementation of the circular economy principles was a pilot project for us, but we will be able to offer the solutions we develop to other customers too. The creation of processes that will ensure effective sustainable management of office equipment is the main challenge for the furniture industry, and we want to face it head on in the coming years. We hope you enjoy this report and find inspiration in reading it! Dear readers, associates, friends, customers and business partners GRI 102-14 GRI 102-11 Management Board of Nowy Styl Group Adam Krzanowski Jerzy Krzanowski Rafał Chwast Dariusz Frydrych Roman Przybylski 3