Organisations

KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. is member of dozen national and international organisations. They comprise by wide range of activities on various grounds, from employers' organisations to international branch organisations.

On the country level these include organisations associating employers, economic associations, trade associations, foundations. KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. is an active member of 6 economic chambers, including the Economic Chamber of Non-Ferrous Metals and Recycling of the Chamber of Industrial Power Engineering and Energy Recipients and the Polish Chamber of Ecology. The company supports two foundations: "Safe Mining" Foundation (Fundacja "Bezpieczne Górnictwo") and Polish Copper Foundation (Fundacja "Polska Miedź").

International organisations are European and global organisations which represent the interests and lobby for companies of specified sectors, such as non-ferrous metals and precious metals; they include: Eurometaux, European Precious Metals Federation and London Bullion Market Association.

The company is also active in organizations representing European mining industry, such as: Euromines and European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources.

KGHM Polska Miedź has strong representation in global organisations working towards the development of copper market. Membership in International Copper Association (ICA) allows the Company to effectively promote applications of copper and its alloys as well as global demand in cooperation with the world's largest mining companies involved in extraction of this raw material. The mission of the organisation is to defend copper and products of copper and its alloys and to increase its share in markets, based on exceptional technical properties of this material and importance it has for improving the quality of living for the inhabitants of our planet.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

No.Name of organisationDate of accession
1.      International Wrought Copper Council
www.coppercouncil.org
1996
2.      London Bullion Market Association(LBMA)
www.lbma.org.uk
2000
3.      Eurometaux
www.eurometaux.org
2005
4.      Euromines
www.euromines.org
2005
5.      International Copper Association
www.copperalliance.org
2007
6.      European Precious Metals Federation
www.epmf.be 
2009
7.      European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources
www.etpsfm.org
2010
8.      Minor Metals Trade Association 
www.mmta.co.uk
2013
9.      CEFIC - ESA (European Sulphuric Acid Association)
www.cefic.org
2013
10.    Consejo Minero Chile 
www.consejominero.cl
2014
11.    European Innovation Partnership  2014
12.    EIT Raw Materials 
www.eitrawmaterials.eu
2018
13. International Lead Association 
www.ila-lead.org
2020
14. Copper Mark
www.coppermark.org
2020
15. European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA)
www.erma.eu
2020
16. Nucleareurope
www.nucleareurope.eu
2022

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

No.Name of organisation Date of accession
1.    Association of Accountants in Poland Regional Branch in Legnica  1975
2.    Polska Miedź Employers' Association 1996
3.    Association of Stock Exchange Issuers 1997
4.    Polish Chamber of Ecology in Katowice 2002
5.    Institute of Logistics and Warehousing 2002
6.    Association of Non-Ferrous Metals Engineers and Technicians  2005
7.    Chamber of Industrial Power Engineering and Energy Recipients 2006
8.    Economic Chamber for Advanced Technologies 2008
9.    Economic Chamber for Non-Ferrous Metals and Recycling 2009
10.     Smart Power Grid 2010
11.     "Safe Mining" Foundation 2010
12.     Polish Committee of the World Mining Congress Association 2011
13.     Polish Eco Development Chamber of Commerce 2011
14.     Polish-Canadian Chamber of Commerce 2012
15.     Polish Management Forum Association 2018
16.     Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers
2019
17.     Business & Science Poland 2019
18.     American Chamber of Commerce in Poland Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry 2019
19.     Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry 2019
20.     Economic Security of Poland Consortium 2019
21. Polish Economic Society 2021
22. Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Scrap Management 2022
23. Lower Silesian Hydrogen Valley Association 2022

The following link contains a list of organizations, in which KGHM takes part, whose actions include objectives aimed at countering climate change.

Organizations - climate