The ADAMPOL SA company joined the international Global Compact organization in 2010, and undertook to respect all ten principles of human rights, environmental protection and work standards. This philosophy of responsible business is constantly present at all levels of ADAMPOL’s operations. Indeed, from its very beginnings, the company has strived to implement the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility. This special aspect of our business activity is constantly being developed and has undergone many changes which have brought many positive results to various spheres of life. The most crucial aspect for us, as a company, is the establishment of new trading relations where ADAMPOL SA is not just a transport company for its stakeholders: we wish to be a partner who understands the needs of its stakeholders and assists them in every way to their satisfaction.
In the existing business world, business behavioral ethics, as well as a proper approach to the market environment in its broadest sense, are of key importance. In our opinion, these are the main reasons why responsible business management is promoted as one of the more important tasks for a modern company.
Not only are companies becoming more aware of the need to run a socially responsible business and, in turn, more aware of the benefits that can be achieved, but society expects companies to have a high level of environmental and social awareness. A uniform understanding of the social responsibilities and the development of coherent mechanisms of cooperation in finding solutions to social problems allow for the introduction of effective strategies which bring mutual benefits. Establishing responsible partner relations with the environment is one of the most important ways to gain advantage over competitors.
Consumption of energy and other raw materials, pollution and the devastation of the natural environment, social problems – these are only a few of the phenomena which are a direct cause of modifying the corporate social responsibility concept. We believe that in today’s world, the social aim of each company should be social awareness and responsiveness to these issues, and not just the sharing of one’s assets and bearing liability.
This report is the outcome of a huge input and involvement of all ADAMPOL SA employees. Its aim includes putting the current social involvement activities in order, as well as the wish to remind everyone that each company operates not only in a typical business environment but also in very significant social surroundings. This is the first review of social involvement activities completed by ADAMPOL SA between 2007 and 2010.

We encourage you to take a closer look at the report.

Vice-President of ADAMPOL SA President of ADAMPOL SA
Adam Byglewski Elena Łukanowa

The local community has a good opinion about ADAMPOL SA and the company is perceived as being an honest and prosperous enterprise. Since its beginnings, ADAMPOL SA has consistently supported valuable community initiatives and programmes, allowing the company’s resources to be used. The company not only participates in various community campaigns organised in the Podlaskie province, but also all over Poland.
The main educational project of the company takes the form of permanent cooperation with the School of Economics and the University of Technology, both in Białystok.
Each year, students from the School of Economics work as trainees in ADAMPOL SA. On 24 September 2008, Vice President Adam Byglewski participated in a meeting organised in the School of Economics in Białystok under the project heading ”Modern vocational education – an opportunity for a good start”, co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund. The subject of the meeting was “How to earn money”.

2009 BLOOD DONATION
Despite there being great progress in medicine, scientists haven’t yet succeeded in producing a substance that could fully replace human blood. Blood supplies are indispensable in many situations, for instance for people injured in road traffic accidents, for people undergoing surgery, or in cases of organ transplantation.

HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
ADAMPOL SA helps people affected by natural disasters. In 2010, the company’s auto transporters were used to transport animal feed to the flooded areas in southern Poland.

Employing approximately 320 people, ADAMPOL SA is one of the biggest employers in the Podlaskie province. Being a responsible company, ADAMPOL SA ensures a safe and modern working environment. The company's Management Board do their utmost best to provide development and self-improvement opportunities to all of its employees, as they believe that people are the most important assets of the organisation. As the company pursues a typically service-oriented business and has continuous direct contact with customers, the development, proficiency and job-satisfaction of each representative of the company are the basis for its success. Therefore, ADAMPOL SA invests in its employees by providing numerous training courses, and sending them on business trips and to various conferences and meetings, which all contribute to employees’ personal development. Using anonymous questionnaires, the company monitors the satisfaction and involvement of its existing employees. It is the company's ambition to allow its employees to improve their qualifications, and to give the possibility to gain new ones which will enable them to be well-prepared to face business challenges. Responsibility for its employees means that the company must provide development prospects, and that the company appreciates their contribution and involvement in making the company a success.

Recruitment
On the employment market, ADAMPOL SA is associated with stability and job security. The good image of our company is also influenced by the development of our employees and offering them promotion prospects. Our corporate organisational culture aims at having good interpersonal relationships.

Training
Efficient management of the organisation is the domain of the people who are employed there and who are the company's human assets. This is so, because all factors determining the effective operation of the organisation, how they are obtained and used, depend upon the people working there. People are a special resource of the organisation, as their competence in the form of expertise, experience, skills and abilities become the corporate resource of a strategic nature, thanks to which the organisation can gain a competitive edge. Therefore, the Management Board invests in its employees, by which added value is generated for the enterprise.

Health and Safety at work
Due to the nature of its business, ADAMPOL SA pays special attention to health and safety at work as regards both drivers and administrative employees, and this is achieved with numerous training courses and non-standard initiatives serving the purpose of propagating OH&S solutions. The company is continuously increasing employees’ awareness and involvement in safeguarding occupational safety. This refers not only to the rights and obligations resulting from legal regulations, but also any actions adjusted to the requirements of any contracting parties.

PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Care for the natural environment is an extremely important aspect of the company’s strategy. Both the Management Board, as well as all employees of ADAMPOL SA, are undertaking various initiatives aimed at having a positive impact on the environment. The company is actively involved in creating ecological standards in the transport services sector. These actions are valuable, not only from an ecological point of view, but they also allow to save money by reducing costs.

• replacement of the fleet in order to fulfil the Euro 5 standard,
• limiting the emission of exhaust fumes by eco-driving,
• permanent monitoring of fuel consumption,
• elimination of driving without cargo,
• optimum utilization of auto transporters,
• preventative maintenance to reduce levels of breakdowns and equipment failure,
• sustainable management of energy, water and sewage,
• a green office.

Based on its long-standing experience, ADAMPOL SA guarantees its customers complex solutions in the field of international and domestic transport of vehicles. The company uses the following means of transport: road, rail, sea and intermodal (road and rail) transport. As the issue of climate change has become one of the most important issues at both local and international level, all employees of the company try to act in a responsible way to protect the natural environment.
Environmentally friendly services have been added to the company's business offers and state-of-the-art technologies are used to limit pollution and to reduce waste production. Route optimization schemes are implemented on a continuous basis, emphasising the most effective use of auto transporters to limit fuel usage and exhaust emissions.
ADAMPOL SA offers the potential for complex execution of transport assignments of any type. In recent years, the Management Board has realized a long-term plan of extending and modernizing the company's fleet of trucks, as modifying the existing fleet to ecological requirements, which are binding in Europe, was a priority. This was achieved by purchasing MAN auto transporters with LOHR and ADAMPOL 01 trailers. The company purchased 10 MAN chassis in 2009, and, using its own human and technical resources, manufactured ADAMPOL A01 trailers in line with approval certificate no. PL*3742*00. Due to this initiative, the company's auto transporters are less harmful to the environment, and the company generates less costs. The new fleet meets the requirements concerning noise and exhaust fume emissions in line with: UNECE R51.02, Directive no. 70/157/EEC, and Directive no. 199/101/EC. ESC and ELR tests are performed to check the levels of exhaust fume emissions, and are carried out in line with UNECE R49.03, level B1. In 2010, 3 new auto transporters were added to the company’s fleet of trucks.
The company has its own repair shops and maintains the modernized fleet of auto transporters to ensure that EU requirements are met. The implemented quality management systems, that are based on the highest European standards, guarantee efficient management. All the auto transporters of the company are equipped with mobile telephones and GPS satellite monitoring systems. This allows for permanent monitoring of the trucks' locations, thanks to which the entire fleet may be used efficiently and safely.