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65% of war refugees who came to Poland from Ukraine are working. The current employment rate is currently the highest among OECD countries. Research conducted by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) shows that Ukrainian refugees face various challenges in the Polish labor market and sometimes experience unequal treatment. In several of the industries surveyed that…
In the halls of the Zamoyski Palace in Warsaw, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation Fabrice Filliez and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway Øystein Bø – in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Head of UNHCR in Poland Kevin Allen – opened a ceremony to celebrate the Nansen Refugee…
According to the latest Navigating ESG: ABSL’s 2023 Overview report, more than 70% of companies in the business services industry have introduced global ESG strategies to their branches in Poland. Defining and implementing ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) policies, integrated with an organization’s business goals, helps build innovation and prepares companies for changing stakeholder and employee…
The Minister of Digitization has appointed an advisory team on artificial intelligence. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski has established a PL/AI Artificial Intelligence Advisory Team for Poland, which will develop recommendations for using AI to improve specific areas of state operations, the Ministry of Digitization said in a press release. The…
HealthTech, FinTech, ClimatTech and FoodTech are the sectors that have a significant share in Poland in recent years, if we look at the number of deals and their growth. Although the Polish market as a whole is going through a rough patch, these four leitmotifs continue to entice investors and attract their attention and money….
The development of dual-use technologies is supporting the Polish economy and security. The Ministry of Development and Technology has summarized the IDA Technology Companies Accelerator Program – the Innovative Dual-Use Technology Accelerator, designed for innovative entities registered in Poland that want to start cooperating with the defense sector and address the challenges that affect the…
Colliers’ latest report – “Parcel Lockers 2.0: Development, Innovation, Future “- shows the number of parcel lockers in Poland reaching 38,000 and expected to reach 45,000 by the end of 2024. Although its market share has decreased in the last two years, InPost is still the market leader. According to ‘Parcel Lockers 2.0,’ a report…
Northvolt, a manufacturer of environmentally sustainable battery cells and systems, has decided to establish a Business Scaling Center in Gdansk along with a Research and Development Center for IT services. Northvolt is growing rapidly and currently employs 5,500 people. For the foreseeable future, much of the expansion and employment growth will take place in Europe,…
Over the next three years, LG Energy Solution will deliver around 200,000 units of battery modules produced at its plant near Wroclaw to GigafactoryX in Pruszkow, where they will be assembled into battery packs and systems. The delivered batteries will support the production of nearly 3,000 large commercial electric vehicles. LG Energy Solution Wroclaw. Largest…
Last year ORLEN Group launched H2 Academy, the first Polish education programme for hydrogen specialists in various industries, like manufacturing, aviation, shipping and transportation. So far two courses have been organised with a few dozen lecturers and experts for 60 students and graduates at several locations in Poland, like Anwill Włocławek (chemical facilities), Toyota Motor…
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny – CPK (also called Solidarity Transport Hub) has launched a tender for design, delivery and implementation of the Baggage Handling System (BHS) for CPK airport to be erected 37 km west of Warsaw. Applications may be filed by 12 February and CPK invites companies that in the last 25 years have launched BHS in…
Creotech Instruments from Poland signed EUR 400k contract with OHB Systems AG to engineer a satellite capable of docking and receiving fuel from another satellite orbiting Earth. OHB leads international consortium that realises this innovative project for the European Space Agency (ESA). In the beginning of 2024 Creotech started designing 60 kg satellite based on…