Gazprom-AR2014

Environment and Social Responsibility
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Environmental requirements to suppliers and contractors
One of the tools to implement OAO Gazprom’s Environmental Policy is to factor in environmental
aspects when developing technology, material, equipment and contractor services procurement
policies.
To ensure environmental safety during construction and operation of production facilities,
the Group’s companies apply most stringent environmental standards to their contractors.
When executing a contract agreement, OAO Gazprom’s Environmental Policy and the customer’s
environmental policies are communicated to the contractor.
Gazprom Group’s subsidiaries impose environmental protection responsibilities on contractors
in their contracts.
Contractors’ environmental activities are monitored as part of existing industrial environmental
controls, as well as through the monitoring efforts of the Company’s Environmental Inspectorate.
Assessment of Gazprom Group’s environmental performance by stakeholders
OAO Gazprom
is the only company
in Russia that has
drafted its internal
standard covering
public hearing
procedure.
Based on the results of the implementation of the plan of activities held as part of OAO Gazprom’s
Year of Ecological Culture, Gazprom Group’s entities received more than 350 recognitions including
letters of acknowledgement, letters of commendation, and diplomas from stakeholders including
government agencies and local authorities, NGOs, universities and schools. Gazprom’s support for
the promotion and development of environmental education and culture in Russia was highly praised
by the Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service’s Administration in its letter
addressed to Alexey B. Miller, Chairman of OAO Gazprom’s Management Committee.
A recertification audit completed in 2014 by DNV GL, a global independent certification body,
confirmed that OAO Gazprom’s EMS met the requirements of ISO 14001:2004 (Compliance Certificate
No. 107826-2011-AE-RUS-FINAS, valid until 31 December 2017).
According to a survey by EY, an audit partner, in 2014, OAO Gazprom was ranked as Russia’s
best energy sector company in the CDP’s ratings on corporate climate change reporting and strategy.
Public consultations are mandatory under Russian laws for most of OAO Gazprom’s investment
projects; however there are no statutory requirements as to the procedure for such consultations.
To close this gap in the legal framework, in 2014, a corporate standardisation instrument was drafted,
containing recommendations on holding public consultations and public hearings to discuss
environmental impact assessment reports related to planned business activities.
A pilot environmental rating project was run in Russia in 2014 at the initiative of WWF Russia and
CREON Energy, a Russian advisory firm, with the participation of the National Rating Agency.
The Group’s companies participated in the project among 19 major players of the Russian oil and
gas sector. The participants’ environmental performance was compared in three categories: “Environmental
Management”, “Environmental Impact” and “Disclosure/Transparency”. Sakhalin Energy
and OAO Gazprom were among the winners, ranking No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Sakhalin Energy
won in the “Environmental Management” and “Disclosure/Transparency” categories, while
OAO Gazprom was ranked second in the “Disclosure/Transparency” category.
OAO Gazprom Annual Report 2014