OREANDA-NEWS. April 24, 2008. The Gazprom Headquarters hosted a meeting of the Gazprom Coordinating Committee for Environmental Protection. The meeting was chaired by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Head of the Coordinating Committee. Participating at the meeting were Yaroslav Golko, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Investment & Construction Department; Viktor Ilyushin, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gazprom Department for the Relationships with Regional Authorities of the Russian Federation, as well as leaders of the Company’s core units.

The meeting members discussed drafts of Gazprom’s new Environmental Policy and List of high-priority activities related to environmental protection. A decision was taken to submit the mentioned draft documents for the consideration of theGazprom Management Committee.

In the course of the meeting the implementation mechanism of projects aimed at greenhouse gas emissions reduction as part of the Kyoto Protocol was also addressed. Additionally, environmental aspects of Gazprom’s projects in Eastern Siberia and the Far East were considered.