Solaris Bus & Coach has published its 2023 Sustainability Report. The document provides a comprehensive overview of the company’s ongoing commitment to corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, and corporate ethics. The report outlines the processes preparing the manufacturer to achieve its ambitious goal of climate neutrality by 2045.
Solaris’s efforts toward sustainable development have been recognized with the Silver ESG Leaf award, granted by the weekly magazine “Polityka”. This is the fourth time the manufacturer has received this distinction. This year, the primary evaluation criterion was the integration of sustainability issues into the company’s strategy.
– Together with the CAF Group, we have set ourselves an ambitious goal of climate neutrality by 2045, and we are focusing our efforts on fulfilling this commitment. In 2023, we engaged teams from various areas of the company to strengthen our activities in managing environmental and social aspects, integrating them into the organization’s ongoing operational and decision-making processes. – explains Agata Stańda, Member of the Management Board of Solaris Bus & Coach for Strategy, Transformation, and ESG.
Among the most important aspects presented in the Sustainability Report, the company highlights the actions necessary to implement the CAF Group’s 2026 Strategic Plan, in which sustainability is one of the main pillars of growth. In 2023, the Solaris Sustainability Committee was established as a space for decision-making, reporting progress on ESG goals, discussion, and knowledge building.
The core of the report is the positive impact Solaris has on the transformation of public transport in Europe. Zero- and low-emission buses accounted for 82% of all vehicles delivered last year, and more than half of these were battery and hydrogen models. In 2023, Solaris once again took the number one position in the zero-emission city bus market in Europe. Furthermore, the company achieved the best result in hydrogen technology – almost every second hydrogen-powered city bus in Europe was introduced to the market by Solaris, which proves its leading role in transforming urban mobility towards zero emissions.
Solaris remains consistently committed to innovation, designing, among other things, new solutions in the field of batteries. In 2023, a dedicated battery competence center – the Solaris Battery HUB – was created within the company’s structures. This structure was established to comprehensively manage battery-related operations and issues such as work on implementing a circular economy for lithium-ion batteries.
The report presents Solaris’s actions for its employees. In 2023, the company focused mainly on safety and work comfort, implementing a number of process improvements in production and OHS initiatives. Additionally, the company developed training programs to help employees acquire new qualifications identified as key to the further development of both the employees and the company.
In 2023, a new version of the Internal Reporting System (for whistleblowers) was also launched, allowing for the safe and confidential reporting of legal violations not only by Solaris employees but also by people employed in subsidiaries and third parties.
The pages of the Report contain detailed information, including statistics on responsible management, sustainable production and products, and the company’s responsibility toward people.
The full report is available here: Solaris Sustainability Report 2023.
Source: Solaris