The Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) and Norilsk Nickel have entered into a cooperation agreement. The document was signed by Svetlana Radionova, Head of Rosprirodnadzor, and Dmitry Pristanskov, State Secretary — Vice President and Head of GR at Nornickel.

Under the agreement, Nornickel commits to additional environmental expenditures. The document stipulates a wide range of cooperation initiatives aimed at preserving the environment and ensuring environmental safety. The cooperation will focus on the improvement of the environmental regulatory framework, implementation of the Fresh Air nationwide initiative, and joint research conferences and workshops.

Together with Rosprirodnadzor, Nornickel will be working towards having its mining facilities equipped with everything necessary to automatically meter and monitor pollutant emissions.

“Our environmental cooperation with the government is an ongoing and long-term exercise. In March, we signed a four-party agreement with federal and regional authorities to implement a comprehensive action plan to consistently reduce air pollutant emissions in Norilsk. It is our Sulphur Project, which in terms of its financial expenses will make up a large share of non-budget spending of the entire Fresh Air initiative. The project aims to decrease total sulphur dioxide emissions in the Norilsk Industrial District by 75% as early as 2023 compared to the 2017 level,” said Dmitry Pristanskov. “We demonstrate our transparency and willingness to engage in an open dialogue with the government. We are committed to making our cooperation with Rosprirodnadzor the gold standard of environmental public-private partnerships.”

Rosprirodnadzor and Nornickel agree to join efforts