Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE Group) is strategically engaged on European climate policy and exhibits policy engagement that is broadly misaligned with policy pathways for delivering the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. The company also appears to have actively opposed a rapid phase-out of coal in Europe.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: PGE Group appears to take limited, and broadly negative positions on climate policy in its top-line communications. The former CEO of PGE Group, Wojciech Dąbrowski, appeared to emphasize the issue of competitive disadvantage in responding to climate change, and appeared to support a less urgent approach in a May 2024 Polish Press Agency article. InfluenceMap has not found evidence on PGE Group’s position on the Paris Agreement between 2023-25.
Engagement with Climate-Related Policies: PGE Group appears to hold negative positions on emissions trading and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regulation policy in the EU. The company appeared to advocate for a slower phase out of free allocation of emissions allowances than proposed by the EU Commission in a December 2023 consultation response on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). PGE did not support measures that would increase the stringency of the EU ETS post-2030, stating that no other greenhouse gases apart from CO2 should be included, and that free allowance allocation for district heating should be maintained, in its 2024 Annual Report, released in April 2025.
In relation to GHG emissions regulations, the company appeared to advocate for an EU 2040 GHG emissions reductions target of 65 to 75% compared 1990 levels, below the average trajectory of emission reductions in the policy consultation response from June 2023. Additionally, PGE’s previous CEO, Wojciech Dąbrowski, suggested the ambitious target of a 90% emissions reductions target was unrealistic for Poland in an article from Politico in February 2024. However, in its 2024 Annual Report, released in April 2025, the Group supported an EU 2040 GHG emissions reductions target of 75% to 80%, higher than its June 2023 ambition.
Positioning on the Energy Transition: PGE Group appears to consistently promote a role for fossil gas in the energy mix and opposes the early retirement of coal assets. The company also holds some more positive positions with support for increasing renewables, nuclear and other zero-carbon energy technologies.
For example, both the ex-CEO, Dąbrowski, and current CEO, Dariusz Marzec, have opposed the early retirement of coal assets in a December 2023 Business Insider article and a post on X in April 2024, and Dąbrowski advocated for a continued role for coal in an interview with Polish Radio 1 in May 2023. Dąbrowski also advocated switching from coal to fossil gas without placing clear conditions on the need for carbon capture and storage (CCS) or methane emission abatement on the use of gas in a press release in January 2024. Marzec further suggested that the long-term role for fossil gas in the energy mix was desirable without placing clear conditions on the deployment of CCS or methane abatement measures, in an October 2024 X post.
In regard to renewables, nuclear and other zero-carbon energy technologies, ex-CEO Wojciech Dąbrowski support for the long-term contribution of nuclear energy to support the shift towards renewables and other zero-carbon technologies in an article in Politico in December 2023, and has previously communicated support for a transition to renewable energy in an article in Poland Daily 24 in June 2023.
In comments submitted to the European Commission in October 2024, PGE supported the Delegated Act on the definition of low-carbon hydrogen, though it highlighted concerns with calculating the emission intensity of the electricity used for low-carbon hydrogen production.
Industry Association Governance: PGE Group has disclosed a complete list of its industry association memberships in its 2024 Annual Report. However, the company has not disclosed an account of its industry associations' positions and engagement activities. PGE Group is a member of WindEurope, which has broadly positive engagement with climate policy. However, the company is also a member of Eurogas, which appears to advocate for the long-term role for fossil gas in the EU energy mix. PGE Group has not published a review of its industry association memberships and climate policy engagement.
A detailed assessment of the company's corporate review on climate policy engagement can be found on InfluenceMap's CA100+ Investor Hub here.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q3 2025.
In addition, PGE Group is a listed company with more than 50% of its shares owned by the government of Poland. State-owned enterprises likely retain channels of direct and private engagement with government officials that InfluenceMap is unable to assess, and therefore are not represented in PGE Group's engagement intensity metric.