WE HAVE CLEANED UP

THE CZECH REPUBLIC

ŠKODA AUTO EMPLOYEES COLLECT

OVER 7 TONNES OF WASTE

GREENERY

AROUND US

P

SZ – Central Technical Service is in

charge of maintaining and developing greenery at ŠKODA AUTO plants. It

is about improving not just the environment but also the safety of employees, the

sustainability of green areas, the vitality

of trees and the functionality of vegetation elements.

The PSZ department regularly performs a professional assessment of the

greenery on all of ŠKODA AUTO’s premises once a year. A dendrological survey

is conducted by a certified arborist and

an authorised landscape architect. Together with the PSZ Expert Team, they

give appropriate treatment and care, including security measures. In addition to

the inventory, the survey includes data related to the actual physiological state of

the woody plants, with dendrological or

landscape value.

In total, the Central Technical Service takes care of about 1,400 trees and

570,000 m2 of other vegetation elements

in the area of the main plant – shrubs,

hedges, lawns, vines and seasonal greenery. Rarely, there are four extraordinarily valuable tree species – two dawn redwoods at the H2 and H3 buildings, the

black mulberry at the V13 and the white

mulberry at the D19 parking lot, mainly distinguished by their crown, growth,

age and ecological value. The planting

of trees has been done since 2015; so far,

377 trees have been planted at the Mladá

Boleslav plant and 93 in Vrchlabí. Places

for new planting are set by the PSZ department in cooperation with PPB – Construction and Infrastructure Planning and

ŠKO-ENERGO. OLGA CHARVÁTOVÁ

8

ŠKODA MOBIL APRIL 2018

D

uring the weekend of 7

and 8 April, more than

200 employees and their

family members, as well as a large

team of company trainees, participated in the nationwide “Clean up

the Czech Republic” event: 113 in

Mladá Boleslav and 94 in Kvasiny.

The carmaker has been supporting this activity for the fourth

year. The aim is to clean up illegally generated black dumps and

clutter in selected locations, mostly in parks and woods.

Seven tonnes of waste

This year, the volunteers focused

on the Vrchbělá area near Mladá

Boleslav, in Bělá pod Bezdězem.

Previously, there was a military area, and now it offers a sports

and recreation area with a hotel, a

rope park, a lookout tower, in-line

skating trail and a mini zoo. It is

a popular destination for families

with children and at the same time

home to endangered populations

of exceptional fauna and flora.

On Saturday, mostly old tyres, wires and iron were collected – more

than 6 tonnes of waste in total.

Another group helped to clean

up the surroundings of the plant

in Kvasiny, around the railway station and the Kvasiny–Rychnov bicycle trail and in the castle garden. As a result, they collected

1.03 tonnes of waste. Altogether,

for both cities, over 7 tonnes of

waste, equivalent to approximately 34 kg of waste per volunteer,

was collected.

“ŠKODA AUTO appreciates the

character of this event and gives

thanks all the participants, especially our employees, who contributed along with significant support from the social partner of the

KOVO Trade Unions to clean up

and improve our living space. Environmentally and socially responsible behaviour is a priority for the

carmaker,” says Bohdan Wojnar,

ŠKODA AUTO Board Member for

Human Resources Managements.

Great autumn cleaning

On 6 October, as part of other

cleaning activities a large cleaning of the Krkonoše National

Park will take place and will be

attended by volunteers from the

Vrchlabí plant. The carmaker has

long been involved in the national

park, among other things, with

the ŠKODA Trees project, under

which one tree is planted for each

car sold in the Czech Republic. In

addition, the carmaker participates in many projects dedicated to

reclamation and conservation of

woods biodiversity. RED

94

EMPLOYEES FROM

THE KVASINY PLANT

113

VOLUNTEERS FROM

MLADÁ BOLESLAV

7

TONNES OF WASTE

IN TOTAL

34

KILOGRAMS OF WASTE

PER PERSON