Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
The Kyoto Protocol has become one of the global
agreements in the field of environmental protection,
and Russia has signed up to it. By ratifying
the agreement, Russia became a participant in the global
reductions market, the volume of which (In USD equivalent)
amounts to tens of billions of US dollars. Whole
countries as well as separate commercial structures
take part to some extent in implementation
of the protocol.
Mechanisms of the parties’ cooperation
set by the Kyoto Protocol predetermine certain obligations
on reduction of detrimental anthropogenic effect
on the environment as well as the possibility
for parties to receive investments from implementation
of projects for the reduction and sale of reduced
emissions units.
In 2007 the Company took part in Joint
Implementation Project (JIP) under article 6 of the Kyoto
Protocol, which implies the step-by-step reduction and utilization
of nitrogen monoxide. By now, the Company has signed
agreements for joint implementation of some projects
with Marubeni. The work on the projects is expected to
last up to the year 2012.
Development and incorporation of highly effective purification
technologies
The Company’s environmental specialists permanently
work to incorporate highly effective environmental protection
technologies for maximum reduction of the amount
and concentration of pollutants and sewage water dumped
in the production process.
The technologies that we have today include unique
systems of biological and instrumental level-based water purification
with recycling. The products incorporated in the production
process for purification of water are the result
of prolonged scientific study and the experience of
both the Company’s environment specialists
and the recognized world leaders in this field.
Development and incorporation of technologies for waste utilization and
use
According to the program for environmental protection,
harmonious exploitation of natural resources,
and work on industrial waste being adopted
by the Company, URALCHEM is currently carrying
out activities aimed at developing the possibility
of secondary use of waste in the production process
or the maximum separation of useful elements with their
consequent sale.
For these purposes the Company has created a special
department and has started to work with possible
future consumers. In the near future, the Company
is planning to open an e-site from which
any interested party will be able to purchase
components made from the company’s industrial waste.
In addition, URALCHEM's specialists are continuously working
on new ideas directed at recycling and reprocessing waste
storages left behind from
the USSR period.
Development and incorporation of technologies to increase energy
efficiecy
Considering the negative situation created by the global
warming as well as the constantly increasing
cost of fuels (energy resources) and, as a consequence,
the inevitable increase in production cost, the Company
is developing a program for harmonious exploitation
of energy resources and increase in energy efficiency.
Thus, in the near future, the Company is planning
to audit energy efficiency with the aim to review
fuel (energy resources) consumption levels and develop measures
to cut the consumption, increase the output, and,
as a result, receive the best possible economic
and environmental effect. In addition, the Company
is planning to incorporate an energy resources management system
which would enable constant real-time monitoring and management
of the fuel (energy resources) consumption.
Certification of the produced materials according to the REACH system
The Order of the European Parliament
and the European Union Board (hereinafter - EU) No.
1907/2006 dated 18 December, 2006 governing the registration,
evaluation, authorization and restriction
of the use of chemical materials (REACH
– Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction
of Chemicals) took effect on 1 June, 2007.
In accordance with the Order all chemical materials
– individual chemicals as well as elements of mixtures
and products – which are produced, imported
and used in the territory
of the EU are subject to obligatory registration
with the European Chemical Agency.
Considering the sustainable export relationships between URALCHEM
and companies situated in the territory
of the EU member countries and understanding
the importance of environmental safety
as well as the safety of citizens’
life and health the Company is currently taking
all possible steps to ensure that supplied production complies
with the REACH legislative requirements.
Uralchem was one of the first companies in Russia to pre-register - through
its only representative – Uralchem Assist GmbH – the products that are exported
to EU countries. By now the company has concluded the required contracts to
join all consortiums related to pre-registered chemicals (FARM, IP, Calcium,
etc.). We are now working to prepare registration files. Management company
employees regularly conduct trainings and seminars with representatives from
our plants and inform them of the latest changes in the European Law. We hold
comprehensive studies of the exported products, their toxicological and
eco-toxicological characteristics.
We also work to comply with the requirements of the new European regulations
on classification, package and marking of the production, prepare new safety
data sheets that will fully comply with Russian and international law.
Improvement of mechanisms for normative regulation of environment
protection and natural resources use
The Company contributes a lot to improving the mechanisms
for normative regulation of environmental protection
and use of natural resources. The Company’s employees,
being members of various working groups constantly prepare
and put forward constructive proposals
and in this way form the Company’s position
with regard to legal initiatives and proposals,
both on the level of the federation’s constituent
territories and at a federal level.
