Nornickel Unveils Major Sustainability and Work Safety Advances For 2016

The group also continued modernising the Talnakh concentrator and Nadezhda Metallurgical plants, which also contributed to a significant reduction in sulphur dioxide pollution over Norilsk's residential areas.

Other highlights:

• In 2016, Nornickel began tracking its decarbonisation progress (G4- EN15- G4-EN18). The group's direct emissions totalled 10 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Carbon intensity stood at 1,214 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per US $1 million of consolidated revenue. The group reduced the use of coal in its energy consumption by 49% from 4,170 TJ in 2015 to 2,132 TJ in 2016, or by about 70,000 tonnes of coal equivalent. Nornickel's smelter operations are being converted for the use of natural gas. This project is to be completed in 2017 and is aimed at further reducing the group's carbon footprint. In 2016, Nornickel consumed 25% of its total energy from renewable sources.
  
• The group has significantly improved its work safety indicators. Total work injuries in 2016 were down 39%, while Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) stood at 0.33 injuries per 1 million man-hours, down 46% from 0.62 on the year and significantly lower than global industry averages for 2015.

• The group has achieved a 6.2% overall reduction in emissions of air pollutants (G4- EN21), including a 6.5% reduction in SO2 emissions and 30.8% reduction in the emissions of solids, though emissions of NOx increased by 2.8% year on year. The group also achieved 5.7% and 6.6% reductions in water consumption and water discharge respectively with a 18% reduction in wastewater pollutants discharge year on year. Large-scale upgrades of the group's smelting capacities in the Kola Peninsula, including replacing outdated pelleting technologies with a hot pressing facility, have enabled the group to reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide by 22.8%.

• The group has increased its support for local communities, investing over US $110 million on social infrastructure, philanthropy and charity, up 5.7% year on year (G4-EC7). The company has embarked on several extensive projects in the regions of its operations, including urban redevelopment, education, cultural and social entrepreneurship programmes. Overall related expenditures totalled over US $352 million.

US$ values provided above are based on the weighted average exchange rate of 67.0349 Russian roubles per 1 US$; the original values are in the national currency.

To access the full version of the report in Russian please visit: http://www.nornik.ru/assets/files/2017/N_CSO2016.pdf

An English version will be published shortly.

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