2021 SUSTAINABILITY &
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

Sustainability &
Corporate Responsibility
Report 2021

Message to our Stakeholders

We are steadily implementing our strategic commitments to substantially improve our environmental footprint in order to help address the causes and impact of climate change, while increasing value for all our stakeholders.

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The Group at a Glance

Our strategy focuses on creating a balanced portfolio between our core activities and growth in New Energy, enabling us to capitalize on opportunities offered by the energy transition.

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Sustainable Development

In response to the accelerating energy transition, the Group has launched a holistic transformation called “Vision 2025”. The formulation and implementation of this new strategy is an ambitious plan for the Group, aimed at improving its operations and changing its strategic direction towards green energy. At the same time, the Group seeks to protect its core activities and exploit the opportunities created by the energy transition.

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Sustainable Development
Vision 2025

  • Upgrading
    corporate governance

  • Adjusting
    the business strategy and capital allocation

  • Redefining
    the ESG strategy & the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets

  • Adopting
    a new corporate identity

  • Establishing
    an appropriate corporate structure

Environment
At a Glance

  • Improved CDP ranking
    at Management Level B for climate change issues

  • Avoidance of 1.5 mil. tons
    of CO2 emissions due to self-generated electricity at the Group’s refineries and investments in renewable energy over the last 5 years

  • ISO 50001
    energy management system certification for the three refineries

  • €240 mil. investments
    in Renewable Energy Source projects

  • 204 MW
    total capacity PV park in Kozani

  • >200.000 tons
    total cumulative avoidance of CO2 emissions from RES

  • 17 PV
    systems in operation on the roofs of EKO/bp fuel stations to date

  • 45 charging infrastructures
    for electric vehicles at EKO/bp fuel stations and points of interest

  • up to 39% reduction
    in key air emissions over the last six years

  • >90%
    utilization of generated waste

  • >1.1 mil. tons
    of oily waste have been re-refined since 2015

  • €39.5 mil.
    investments in the Group’s facilities to reduce the environmental footprint

Society
At a Glance

  • >30,000
    jobs supported directly and indirectly in Greece

  • €1.69 bil.
    added value to the Greek economy

  • €2,3 bil.
    contribution to the state’s tax revenues

  • €5.85 mil.
    in corporate Responsibility activities in Greece and abroad

  • 3,390
    direct jobs in the Group

  • 21.7%
    average percentage of women in positions of responsibility in the Group (managerial level)

  • 102,426
    man-hours of training, of which 51,758 man-hours of Health and Safety training for employees and partners, at all Group facilities and subsidiaries

  • €≈13 mil.
    for safety improvements at all Group facilities in Greece and abroad

  • 94,176 qualitative analyses
    on 8,489 fuel samples and quantitative delivery accuracy checks on 7,024 fuel station pump nozzles

  • 4,246 quality checks
    on aviation fuels

  • 28,510 quality checks
    on EKO lubricants

  • 15 market surveys

Governance
At a Glance

  • ZERO
    Major Industrial Accidents

  • ZERO
    Environmental incidents with major impacts

  • 70
    drills to deal with emergency situations (major accident, marine pollution, etc.) in all installations

  • Annual cooperation/training with the Fire Academy and the Armed Forces

  • 11 board members
    (2 executive ones) serving a 3-year term in the parent company

  • 2 female
    board members in the parent company

  • 11.63%
    average percentage of female participation in the Boards of Directors of the Group companies

  • 36%
    of the parent company’s board members are independent
    81.8%
    are non- executive

  • 97%
    attendance at 23 meetings of the parent company’s Board of Directors

  • €42 mil.
    total investment (start of program in 2020)

  • >70
    Digital Initiatives on the program roadmap, 24 of which have been completed by 2021

  • >160
    applications, automation, and dashboards developed internally by 2021

  • >700 hours
    of training for employees directly involved with the Digital Initiatives to date