The Company’s priority is to mitigate and where possible prevent a negative impact on land resources that arises in the course of our operations and supplies of our products.
Our management of land resources fully complies with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the following ones:
We set the following land management targets in line with the
rehabilitation of disturbed land and land clean-up in towns and cities near production sites
landscaping and afforestation of 1,700 ha
We traditionally take part in urban greening projects in Norilsk, Dudinka, Monchegorsk, Zapolyarny and Nikel. Together with local authorities and the Company’s volunteers, we launched a disturbed area reclamation programme to clean up and improve public spaces and areas around motorways, protect water bodies and water reserves, and revamp tourist camping sites.
Based on recommendations from nature reserves, in 2003,
In 2021, Nornickel and the Norilsk Development Agency supported Clean_Ayan, an
Nornickel is running Clean Norilsk, a programme to clean up contaminated areas and rehabilitate disturbed land in the Norilsk area. For 2020–2030, the Company’s total investments in the programme stand at RUB 40 bn.
Nornickel is the organiser of the Great Norilsk Expedition.
The Company is actively engaged in response efforts to eliminate the spill of fuel in Norilsk.