SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WARSAW 2014 – 2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WARSAW 2014 – 2015 WARSAW’S THIRD INTEGRATED REPORT INTRODUCTION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF WARSAW 5 INTRODUCTION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF WARSAW ABOUT THE REPORT 6 1. KEY FACTS ABOUT WARSAW 8 1.1. The quality of life 10 1.2. City of Warsaw 11 1.2.1. City of Warsaw’s structure 11 1.2.2. City of Warsaw employment 12 1.2.3. Code of Conduct for City of Warsaw’s Employees 13 Welcome to the Report on Sustainable Development of Warsaw, showing data for 2014-2015. The development of the city can be described 2. ECONOMIC FACTORS. BUDGET AND INVESTMENT 14 on many levels. This report, which you have in front 2.1. Revenue 14 of you, illustrates Warsaw’s actions in the context 2.2. Expenditure 16 of sustainable development in social, economic 2.3. Investment 18 and environmental aspects. The document provides residents and all other stakeholders comprehensive and synthetic information about the functioning of the city as well as its impact on the environment. 3. SOCIAL FACTORS. QUALITY OF LIFE 20 The report is using the G4 guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative, the most popular current reporting model 3.1. Dialogue with stakeholders 20 3.1.1. Public consultations and participatory budget 21 as well as includes the international indicators of ISO37120, which depicts sustainable urban development. By applying 3.2. Education 22 international and universal standards, the report outcomes can be compared on a global scale. 3.2.1. Education as shown by opinion polls 24 3.3. Culture 25 3.3.1. Activities of cultural institutions 26 The two previous editions of the report gained the interest of the wide range of stakeholders of the city as well 3.3.2. Culture as shown by polls 28 as experts in the field of sustainability reporting. That is why this edition broadly put forward Varsovians important 3.4. Public security and crisis management 28 issues, such as participatory budget, safety or air quality. 3.4.1. Security as shown by opinion polls 30 3.5. Health 31 3.5.1. Healthcare as shown by opinion polls 32 In the process of city management, we follow the needs to ensure all taken actions in the city are done in a sustainable 3.6. Sports and recreation 32 way, respecting the environment and creating a friendly public space. Wide spectrum of presented information shows 3.7. Transport 33 3.8. Social assistance 35 the transparency of the city’s actions. This document is also an example of a good practice that that could be multiplied by other local governments. I cordially invite you to familiarize yourself with the Report on the Sustainable Development of Warsaw 2014-2015. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT. GREEN WARSAW 37 I hope that reading the Report will be interesting and useful for you as well as a helpful compendium of knowledge 4.1. Energy 38 about the capital city of Warsaw. 4.1.1. Energy efficiency 42 4.1.2. Renewable energy sources 42 4.1.3. Energy security 43 4.2. Emissions to the air 44 4.3. Noise 46 4.3.1. Traffic noise 46 4.3.2. Air traffic, rail (train and tram) and industrial noise (noise from other areas of activities) 47 4.4. Green areas and nature in the city 47 4.4.1. Protected areas 50 4.4.2. Objectives of Warsaw’s spatial planning policy 51 4.5. Water and sanitation infrastructure 52 Mayor of Warsaw 4.6. Sewage 55 Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz 4.7. Waste 58 4.7.1. The development of waste management infrastructure 61 INDEX OF INDICATORS 62 ABOUT THE REPORT ISO 37120 guidelines were adhered to along the way and the end result was the identification of the material reporting aspects for staff. The report provides information on the following aspects: In 2013, Warsaw was the world’s first city to have produced a sustainable development report based on the latest version of the Global Reporting Initiative G4 standard. TABLE 1 – Reporting aspects This is already the third edition of the Report. It deals with 2014 and 2015 data, unless otherwise indicated. Aspects Aspect’s internal Aspect’s external impact impact The 2014-2015 Sustainable Development of Warsaw Report provides a comprehensive overview of Warsaw’s Economic finance sustainability efforts: – from infrastructure development to energy-efficiency improvement projects, to environmental governance protection, to efforts aimed at making Warsaw a more and more sustainable and friendly urban organism which is Social education culture always attentive to its residents, tourists and a variety of institutions that operate within it. Fire and emergency response health care THIS BROAD PERSPECTIVE OFFERS GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF, AND INSIGHT recreation INTO, WARSAW’S EFFORTS. THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS PRODUCED SUCH safety A DOCUMENT ALONE SHOWS ITS COMMITMENT TO GOOD PRACTICES THAT ARE social assistance telecommunications and WELL-WORTH REPLICATING IN OTHER CITIES. innovation transport METHODOLOGY Environmental energy environment waste Global Reporting Initiative (GRI G4) guidelines have been used in this Report for comparability with previous editions. spatial planning Warsaw publishes sustainable development reports at least every two years. So far, reports for 2012 and 2013 have sewage been published. This report deals with 2014 and 2015 data. Reporting continuity allows a discussion of trends in water and sanitation Warsaw’s quality of life and environmental impact as they change. It uses the indicators defined by ISO 37120:2014 to infrastructure measure the sustainable development of cities. The GRI G4 and ISO 37120:2014 indicators used are listed in a table at the end of the Report. Each of these aspects has both internal and external impacts. They are described in more detail later in the report. As prescribed by GRI G4, the first step in the preparation of this report was to evaluate the previous report. For the first In addition to City of Warsaw’s own data, the Report uses data from the Central Statistical Office of Poland, the Warsaw time, Warsaw polled a range of the city’s stakeholders to find out what they expected from the report. Statistical Office, the Warsaw Police Headquarters, the Warsaw Transport Authority and other entities. The survey was put on the City of Warsaw’s website and social networking sites, and also distributed by e-mail The Report did not undergo an internal review. If necessary, any information contained in it may be revised. to Warsaw’s stakeholders – residents, institutions, public services, agencies, media. This Report has been produced under the Cooperation Agreement between Warsaw and partners to the CSR Manager To complement the survey, an in-house workshop was held involving City of Warsaw representatives of key relevance study programme – Collegium Civitas and CSRinfo, with close cooperation between City of Warsaw’s Infrastructure staff. Department (Leszek Drogosz and Dorota Kunicka) and the Project Team comprising CSR Manager programme students – Monika Błaszczak, Katarzyna Czajkowska, Joanna Gorczyca, Marta Piskorz, Agnieszka Więcek. The team worked under THESE TWO MEASURES YIELDED AN EVALUATION OF WARSAW’S REPORTING the guidance of Liliana Anam (CSRinfo), Prof. Adam Sułkowski (Babson College) and in cooperation with Magdalena ASPECTS, I.E. THE CORE ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Obłoza (CSRinfo). REPORT. FOR THESE ISSUES, REPRESENTATIVE GRI G4 REPORTING INDICATORS WERE SELECTED. IN THE PROCESS, THE REPORT’S STRUCTURE AND THE INDICATOR THE PROJECT TEAM WISH TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN DRAWING UP THE LIST WERE UPDATED. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WARSAW REPORT. OUR SPECIAL THANKS GO TO CITY OF WARSAW’S STAFF. 6 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WARSAW 2014 – 2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WARSAW 2014 – 2015 7 WARSAW AS A PARTNER TO IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES The Covenant of Mayors A European movement of local and regional authorities which voluntarily commit to reduce CO2 emissions and increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources on their territories 1. KEY FACTS ABOUT WARSAW (www.porozumienieburmistrzow.eu). Organisations of cities, including • Association of Polish Cities (www.zmp.poznan.pl/), Official name: City of Warsaw • C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (www.c40.org), Organisation’s office: • EUROCITIES – the network of major European cities (www.eurocities.eu), Urząd Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy • ICLEI: Local Governments for Sustainability (www.iclei.org). Plac Bankowy 3/5 00-950 Warszawa, Polska PARTICIPATION IN EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS Promotional slogan Fall in Love with Warsaw Website: www.um.warszawa.pl ADAPTCITY – the project is aimed at promoting the implementation of new measures to support climate Facebook: www.facebook.com/warszawa change adaptation in metropolitan areas, including preparing an awareness campaign; Twitter:www.twitter.com/warszawa Legal form: City of Warsaw is a munipality with district (poviat) rights; its by-laws are available on STEP_BY_STEP the project aims to encourage residents to change their energy use behaviour, reduce energy www.bip.warszawa.pl/Menu_podmiotowe/Warszawa/statut.htm consumption for environmental purposes and change their habits to “make our life together better”. Mayor of Warsaw is the city’s executive authority. The mayor is elected in free, equal and direct elections. The Warsaw City Council is the decision-making and supervisory body HIT2GAP – the objective of this project is to develop and advance new methods for a better measurement Warsaw is divided into 18 districts: Bemowo, Białołęka, Bielany, Mokotów, Ochota,