Besides non-profit and charitable activities, PPF Group companies also develop specific strategies and programmes geared towards sustainability, inclusion, corporate governance and environmental protection.
Increasingly, Group companies are adopting particular provisions and commitments based on international standards, agreements and shared ESG priorities, as well as on PPF Group level approach to sustainability issues, which is currently under preparation.
In 2020, the international Home Credit Group approved a comprehensive ESG strategy with an emphasis on fair customer treatment, clear commitments to responsible service delivery, sustainability, inclusion, diversity and transparent corporate governance. The ESG strategy is implemented in all markets where Home Credit Group operates.
Bosconet, a Salesian Order charity in India led by Father Noel Maddhichetty, is one of the organisations that Home Credit Group supported in Southeast Asia in 2020 by providing medical supplies and funds for community schemes.
The Group’s robust ESG approach is represented by O2 Czech Republic’s Responsible Business Strategy with a strong focus on transparency, trustworthiness, the fair treatment of employees and support for social issues, in particular the development of children’s digital skills and the modernisation of Czech education through the O2 Chytrá škola (“Smart School”) programme.
Environmental protection and sustainable development is an important vision at Škoda Transportation, which is investing in the development and production of transport systems and mass transport solutions for the future with the smallest possible emission footprint, minimal noise pollution, and renewable propulsion, including hydrogen cell propulsion technologies.
