On 14 July 2020, PKN Orlen announced its intention to take over PGNiG, and on 10 May 2021, it submitted a takeover application to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. In October 2022, Shareholders of PGNiG approved the company's takeover by PKN Orlen, this came after PKN Orlen Sharholders had done the same. In 2020, the company announced its plans to become emission-neutral by 2050 becoming the first oil company from Central Europe to do so. In order to achieve this goal, PKN Orlen aims to reduce CO2 emissions from its current refining and petrochemical assets by 20% and emissions from power generation by 33% CO2/MWh. Sponsorship PKN Orlen has sponsored the Polish Athletic Association, the Polish Volleyball Association, the Polish Olympic and Paralympic Committees and various Polish motorsport competitors such as Bartosz Zmarzlik, Jakub Przygoński, Bartek Marszałek, Grupa Żelazny and Wojtek Bógdał. In 2019, PKN Orlen sponsored Williams Racing and driver Robert Kubica in Formula One with 10 million Euro. After Kubica's move to Alfa Romeo Racing in a reserve driver role in 2020, the Polish petrol retailer became the co-title sponsor of the team as Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen in 2020 and 2021 and as Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen in 2022. In January 2023, PKN Orlen signed a multi-year agreement with Scuderia AlphaTauri as a principal partner. Brands and subsidiaries of Grupa Orlen (PKN Orlen Group) Brands of PKN Orlen Orlen (Polish market petrol station brand) Star (German market petrol station brand) Unipetrol (Czech national petrol firm) Orlen Lietuva (Lithuanian market petrol station brand) Benzina (Czech and Slovak market petrol station brand) Orlen Group Structure See also List of petroleum companies List of largest Polish companies References External links 1999 establishments in Poland Automotive fuel retailers Companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange Energy in Poland Government-owned companies of Poland Multinational companies headquartered in Poland Non-renewable resource companies established in 1999 Oil and gas companies of Poland Polish brands