Artur Szczepek, Vice president of the “Swojak” Association of Entrepreneurs and Farmers, spoke in the magazine SMEs Business and Finance, erstwhile publishing an article entitled “The Polish economy needs to do business alternatively than implement ideology under duress – that is, why ESG is an costly fanatic.”
This is simply a clear signal from the 3rd sector that the dominant regulatory direction needs a major adjustment.
Business, not ideology
Vaccination critically assesses the way in which ESG policies are implemented, which, in his opinion, impose immense costs on companies without proportional benefits. It emphasises that, peculiarly for the SME sector, it is not a improvement but a burden:
"The biggest aberration is trying to convince the public that the company's profit is no longer the most crucial factor..."
The article cites estimates that fresh reporting obligations may cost Polish companies from respective to respective billion PLN per year. For many entrepreneurs, it is simply a real threat to their competitiveness.
"ESG is an anti-development thought that goes against the thought of free enterprise."
The meritorical voice of the SME environment
Magazine SMEs Business and Finance is not another set of business advice – it is simply a change tool. It provides support to the boards of SMEs in their fresh role: as strategies for cooperation between marketing, accounting and HR. The Szczepka article fits into this mission, showing how from the entrepreneur's position the collision with the ESG regulations looks.
“The Polish economy needs to do business, not implement ideology under duress – ESG is simply a costly fanaberia.”
A voice that cannot be ignored
Arthur Szczepek's message is not only the voice of an entrepreneur, but besides the voice of the 3rd sector, which stands for common sense in business. Social organisations specified as SPiR "Swajak" have an crucial function today: they show where the imagination ends and bureaucracy begins – and who will pay for it.
