Environmental Projects
MMK adopted the 2020 Environmental
Programme that included 105 initiatives, of which 98 were implemented in the reporting period and 7 projects are in progress in 2021.
In 2020, expenses on the initiatives totalled $74.6 million, including $55.9 million for capital construction.
The Group's overall environmental expenses amounted to $109.3 million, or 1.5% of its revenue. The share of environmental expenses in the Group’s revenue remained flat vs 2019.
52
projectsto reduce pollutant air emissions
20
initiativesto reduce and prevent discharges of pollutants into water bodies
14
initiativesfor waste disposal and environmentally safe waste storage, as well as land reclamation
19
environmentalinitiatives
to be implemented by subsidiaries
TARGETS AND RESULTS
MMK seeks to achieve a 14% reduction in gross air pollutant emissions by 2025 compared to the base year of 2019.
In 2019, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment removed Magnitogorsk from the list of the most air polluted cities Between 2017 and 2020, the city’s CAPI shrank by almost 60%.
Atmospheric pollution complex index for 2017-2020, units
2017
15.2
2018
9.0
2019
6.8
2020
6.1
2025
5.0
Clean City
Expenditures on environmental activities
2020
4045
3111
2019
5307
3438
2018
5846
3122
2017
4158
2888
2016
2482
2960
2015
2288
2758
2010
1120
1120
2005
1078
1077
2000
383
327
Investments in construction of environmental facilities
Current operating costs of environmental activities
74
+
bln rublesInvestment in environmental-related activity from 2000 to 2020
11
foldInvestments in construction of environmental facilities increased from 2000 to 2020