NLMK Wins National Environmental Award
06/11/2010 - Novolipetsk Steel has won a National Environmental Award for “Innovative Eco-Efficient Industrial Technologies,” being awarded a special figurine and diploma for the successful implementation of its “Industrial Water Supply System Upgrade” project.
Novolipetsk Steel has won a National Environmental Award for “Innovative Eco-Efficient Industrial Technologies,” being awarded a special figurine and diploma for the successful implementation of its “Industrial Water Supply System Upgrade” project.
The National Environmental Awards were established in 2003 by the Vernadsky Foundation and the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, with the assistance of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Russian Government. An independent expert committee reviewed about 130 projects relating to next-generation power engineering, environmental safety of production, transport and urban habitat, and environmental consciousness, development, and education.
NLMK says that in 2009 it became the first Russian fully integrated steelmaker to stop its process wastewater discharge into a surface-water body (the Voronezh River). The upgrade project allowed the company to ensure such high quality in industrial effluents treatment that it can be reused during production. As a result, NLMK’s fresh river water demand decreased three times.
The company notes that it is currently working toward a further reduction in its water consumption from the Voronezh River with the prospect of stopping usage of river water altogether and switching to treated municipal wastewaters.
This is the second time that NLMK has won this competition. In 2008, the company received the award in the category of “Reporting in Sustainable Development” for its “Corporate Social Report 2007,” which was prepared according to the GRI international non-financial reporting guidelines.
NLMK’s Environmental Management System has been certified for compliance in accordance with the international standard ISO 14001-2004. In 2010, the company successfully passed the annual compliance audit conducted by the certification authority TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH (Germany).
