Polpharma is a manufacturing company, and all manufacturing processes have an impact on the environment and environmental resources.

Therefore, the company continuously improves its process efficiency; reasonably manages its energy, water consumption and pollutant emissions; and ensures the safe use of chemicals. Polpharma is continuously improving and developing its environmental management systems.

Polpharma’s activities to ensure sustainable development are based on the Integrated Occupational Health and Safety and Environment Management System conforming to ISO 14001 (environmental management), OHSAS 18001 and PN-N-18001 (OHS management), and PN-EN 17025 (quality management for testing laboratories) standards. The policies implemented within the system include the Environmental Sustainability Policy, the Occupational Health and Safety Policy and the Laboratory Management Policy.

In addition, Polpharma recognises and rewards employees who show exceptional care for the environment.

This year, the company celebrated its ten-year anniversary of The Green Process Awards, an initiative that collects people’s ideas to improve the efficiency of its production processes.

Each year, Polpharma’s employees submit numbers of projects that are then assessed based on pre-defined criteria by the company’s key representatives. The programme offers benefits to the environment, as well as Polpharma Group.

Due to its employees’ suggestions, Polpharma has begun using recycled cardboard packaging and materials recovered from composite packaging, and eliminated dangerous solvents from many manufacturing processes.

This year, the competition was strong, and Polpharma is glad to announce that two initiatives took first place.

At API Plant, a modification of one of Polpharma’s active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) production processes, was introduced in relation to the basic patent. Due to the initiative, the number of solvents used was significantly reduced and emissions of volatile organic compounds were reduced.

In terms of infrastructure, optimisation of the compressed air station has been made. After two months of operating the new system, a reduction in electricity by 79MWh was achieved, which is around 43% of the total electricity consumption for compressed air in the Dry Form Production Department.