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Socially responsible Timberland

Corporate social responsibility
THE WORLD Timberland implements the Path of Service – a strategy of corporate social responsibility. The company has set specific goals to achieve by 2020.
In terms of the product, the brand wants to use fully recyclable, renewable or organic ingredients such as organic cotton or top-class leather from environmentally responsible tanneries. In the production of clothing and footwear the company wants to reduce use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs) by 100 pct as well as limit the use of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the production of shoes to less than 42 grams in one pair. In terms of environmental impact the company wants to plant 10 mln trees around the world and it plans to reduce energy consumption by 10 pct as well as acquire 50 pct of it from renewable sources. As part of the Zero Waste movement, Timberland plans to raise the rate of the company's waste which can be recovered or recycled to 95 pct. In terms of social involvement, the brand wants to encourage 80 pct of its employees to participate in volunteering and increase their involvement in social campaigns, which there should be 11,000 of by 2020. Since 2001 Timberland has planted 8.7 mln trees worldwide. Employees of the company worked as volunteers for more than 1 mln hours and 233 mln plastic bottles got a new life in the brand's products. Timberland Polska, which is owned by the Marketing Investment Group, also gets involved in these activities. Since 2005 18 cyclical charity events took place as part of fully paid employee volunteering, which corresponds to more than 15,000 hours of work for the society and the environment.

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Office & mixed-use development

POLAND Wipro waved into Gdańsk

schedule 25 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

Wipro IT Services Poland, part of Indian tech giant Wipro Limited, has leased 3,500 sqm in the Wave building in Gdańsk.

Material partner

Poland Grounded in experience

schedule 25 September 2023

Justyna Cymerman, the head of the urban planning department of land transaction consultancy Greenfields, and Michał Różycki, its land department head, tell us about the company’s greatest achievements, the state of the market, and what needs to happen next to tackle the housing shortage

Retail & leisure

POLAND Popeyes pops into Złote Tarasy

schedule 25 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

The first Popeyes restaurant in Warsaw has opened in Złote Tarasy. The Louisiana-based fast food chain is the seventh new tenant of the shopping centre this year.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Food expansion at GLP near Poznań

schedule 25 September 2023
Opr./edited by ANZ

Mastermedia has expanded its space at GLP's warehouse park at Poznań Airport by an additional 11,800 sqm. The company is now the largest customer of GLP Poznań Airport Logistics Centre, where it will occupy a total of 28,800 sqm of space.

Residential

POLAND Olympian project takes shape in Katowice

schedule 25 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

Atal has started the foundation work on 17-storey tower that will form part of its Olimpijska complex in Katowice city centre.

Warehouse & industrial

CZECH REPUBLIC Shape consolidates in Panattoni Pilsen West

schedule 25 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

Automotive parts producer Shape Corp has leased 36,400 sqm in Panattoni Park Pilsen West II, where it will employ up to 700 people.

Warehouse & industrial

POLAND Petrochemical partners in Płock

schedule 25 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

A consortium of Hyundai Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas has leased 2,500 sqm of warehouse space in DL Invest Park Płock.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland ECE makes its start in logistics

schedule 22 September 2023
Opr./edited by ANZ

The ECE Group is making its debut on the Polish logistics market with the construction of a 78,000 sqm project near Kąty Wrocławskie in line with the requirements of BREEAM 'Excellent' certification.

Residential

Poland In the heart of the business district

schedule 22 September 2023
Opr./edited by ANZ

Archicom and Echo Investment are to begin the construction of the Modern Mokotów residential development in Warsaw's Służewiec district. The existing office development will be replaced by a 'destination' type residential quarter.

Architecture and urban planning

CZECH REPUBLIC Dutch-Czech team wins Dejvice contest

schedule 21 September 2023
Nathan North
deputy editor

Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Dejvice district (Prague 6).

Residential

CZECH REPUBLIC €700 mln green loan for Heimstaden

schedule 21 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

Swedish residential specialist Heimstaden Bostad, through its subsidiaries Heimstaden Czech and Heimstaden Czech Pilsen, has received a sustainability-linked loan of EUR 700 mln from a consortium of banks for its Czech properties.

Architecture and urban planning

SLOVAKIA Alto launches Sky Park arch-comp

schedule 20 September 2023
Nathan North
deputy editor

Alto Real Estate, the owner of the Sky Park complex in Bratislava, has launched an architectural competition for its further development on an adjacent plot.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni’s high-tech park in Gliwice

schedule 20 September 2023
Opr./edited by ANZ

Panattoni has developed a BTS facility for the Tenneco Group in Gliwice. The European Engineering Centre is to serve the company as a research and development centre for new technologies.

Green projects

CEE REGION EIB awards CTP solar-powered €200m loan

schedule 20 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation programme across its European business park portfolio.

Green projects

POLAND Cromwell granted €66m green loan for Janki

schedule 20 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

Real estate investor and fund manager Cromwell Property Group has secured a EUR 66 mln green loan for the 61,000 sqm Janki shopping centre on the southern outskirts of Warsaw.

Residential

POLAND Vastint launches first Polish PRS project

schedule 20 September 2023
Opr./edited by NN

Vastint Poland is launching the development of its first private rental sector residential project – the Pastelowo estate, which is to be built on ul. Pastelowa in Poznań, close to the developer’s Business Garden office complex in the city’s Grunwald Północ district.

Investment & finance

Poland & Baltics AEI issues more green bonds for solar plants

schedule 20 September 2023
Opr./edited by JC

Atsinaujinančios Energetikos Investicijos has announced a EUR 13.22 mln green bond issue with a 10 pct yield and which is to mature in December 2025. The company will invest the money to build solar power plants in Poland.

Office & mixed-use development

Romania U•Center 2 is ready

schedule 20 September 2023
Opr./edited by JC

Forte Partners announces the completion of the U•Center 2 office building in Bucharest, which has a GLA of 35,000 sqm.

ESG

Poland / Czech Republic LaSalle covered in platinum

schedule 19 September 2023
Eurobuild CEE

LaSalle Investment Management has announced that three of its office buildings in the CEE region – two in Prague and one in Warsaw – have achieved WiredScore 'Platinum' certification. The Czech buildings are the first office properties in the country to receive WiredScore at the highest level.

Investment & finance

Poland Partners and Peakside pick up Okęcie site

schedule 19 September 2023
Opr./edited by ANZ

Partners Group and Peakside Capital Advisors have successfully completed the purchase of a 5 ha plot in Warsaw’s Okęcie district for the development of a last-mile urban logistics project.

Latest in Corporate social responsibility

schedule 11 May 2023

Panattoni sticks to the fairway

Panattoni has extended its sponsorship agreement with Poland’s premier golfer, Adrian Meronk. In the first year of Panattoni’s sponsorship, Meronk achieved his highest-ever ranking and also took part in the world’s most prestigious tournament – The US Masters in Georgia. He now has a good chance of representing Europe during the prestigious Ryder Cup.

schedule 08 March 2022

Colliers ends operations in Russia, Belarus

In response to the gravity of Russia’s aggression, Colliers has discontinued its business in Russia and Belarus, effective immediately, after more than 28 years of operations.

schedule 01 March 2022

Retailers boycott Russian goods

Numerous retail chains in Poland have announced that they will no longer be stocking Russian or Belarussian goods in protest of the war in Ukraine.

schedule 28 February 2022

Arche Hotels help refugees

Polish hotel chain Arche Group is to provide accommodation to Ukrainians fleeing the war and has announced that hotels owned by the company are ready to accept 5,000 people.

schedule 25 February 2022

Brokers for Ukraine

Real estate agency Białe Lwy has initiated a campaign "Brokers for Ukraine". Employees of the agency will help Ukrainians who are fleeing the war find cheaper accommodation. The action has expanded to the whole country and has already gone beyond assistance with housing.

schedule 08 April 2021

JLL to advise Robyg on ESG strategy

Robyg Group has turned to JLL to advise it on drawing up a comprehensive environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) strategy.

schedule 14 December 2020

Panattoni employees clock up EUR 64,600 for UNICEF

Panattoni’s employees across Europe have raised EUR 64,600 for UNICEF by doing home and outdoor exercise.

schedule 06 March 2020

Charity triathlon in Alchemia

POLAND The sixth Torus Triathlon In Da House (TTIDH) took place in the Alchemia office complex in Gdańsk at the end of February.

schedule 07 November 2019

Developers providing kids with some Christmas cheer

POLAND A number of real estate development companies are to support children who live in children’s homes in Poznań and the wider Wielkopolska region in this year’s Deweloperzy Dzieciom [Developers for Children] campaign.

schedule 14 January 2019

Ronald McDonald Foundation to house the parents of the sick

POLAND The Ronald McDonald foundation is to build the Ronald McDonald’s House on the grounds of the Medical University of Warsaw, where parents of seriously ill children will be able to lodge without charge.

schedule 30 November 2018

Bamboo houses win RICS competition

WORLD Earl Patrick Forlales from the Philippines has won the ‘Cities for our Future’ competition held by RICS with an idea to help replace Manila’s slum housing.

schedule 29 August 2018

Volley of good will

CZECH REPUBLIC The Prague branch of JLL has held its fourth annual beach volleyball charity tournament, this time raising a record CZK 657,000.

schedule 29 August 2018

Socially responsible Timberland

THE WORLD Timberland implements the Path of Service – a strategy of corporate social responsibility. The company has set specific goals to achieve by 2020.

schedule 14 August 2018

Children of the Sun

POLAND A record number of 56 teams took part in the Ninth Charity Real Estate Beach Volleyball Tournament organised by JLL on August 2nd 2018, which was held as always on the beach of the Vistula river next to La Playa Music Bar. Another broken record was how much the event raised for charity. On this sweltering August day, Dekada and BOIG had fielded a joint team, which was to go on to win in great style.

schedule 20 July 2018

Children rise to the top

POLAND On Children's Day, Eurobuild CEE organised a tour of Warsaw’s skyscrapers for children from the Iskierka Foundation.

schedule 20 April 2018

Kids to tweet from operating table

POLAND Every patient and guest of the Children's Memorial Health Institute now has free internet access. More than 700 people joined the WiFi network on the day of its launch.

schedule 23 March 2018

LPP cares for workers in Bengali

BENGAL/POLAND LPP has decided to sign the Transition Accord under the Accord initiative. Its main goal will be to prepare the Bengali government to supervise and inspect factories and to ensure that measures taken to permanently improve working conditions are implemented.

schedule 20 December 2017

Rehab for amputees in Kraków

POLAND The first rehabilitation centre in Poland offering comprehensive physical therapy and psychological support to amputees is to open in Kraków in the spring.

Edition 9 (281) September 2023

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