OREANDA-NEWS. August 06, 2010. OAO TATNEFT has again confirmed its high ecological rating and gained high public evaluation of its performance in the field of environmental protection and industrial safety, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

The results of the All-Russia competition "100 best organizations in Russia. Ecology and environmental management" have been summarized. The Company has been awarded the Winner's Diploma and the Gold Medal "100 best organizations in Russia. Ecology and Environmental Management ", while Shafagat Takhautdinov, General Director of the Company has been awarded a Badge of Honor "The best leader in the field of environmental and industrial safety".

The awarding ceremony was held in St. Petersburg as part of the IV-th All-Russia Conference "Ecology and production. Prospects of developing economic instruments for environmental protection.

The event was arranged by the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment of the Federation Council, the State Duma Committee on Education, Commerce and Industry Chamber of the Russian Federation, International Academy of Quality and Marketing. The contest was held under the patronage of the Russian Parliament: Federation Council and State Duma of the Russian Federation.

The competition was attended by enterprises and companies from 56 regions. Candidates for the final part of the competition were presented to the organizing committee by the regional departments and government/administration ministries of territories, regions and republics of the Russian Federation. All in all more than 600 companies and organizations were presented. Selection of winners was made by several criteria with the major ones among them being reduction of anthropogenic impact on the nature, emissions to the atmosphere, dynamics of investing funds aimed at environmental protection measures, as well as availability and implementation of environmental programs.

Among the winners of ecological competition there is also OAO Nizhnekamskshina, which is one of the subsidiaries of OAO TATNEFT. The share of OAO Nizhnekamskshina's emissions accounts for less than 3% of the total emissions of enterprises of the Nizhnekamsk hub. In 2009, the total expenditures of tire manufacturing giant of the oil company spent for environmental protection amounted to 222.9 million rubles and 155.1 million rubles were spent for environment protection activities in the first half of 2010. The bulk of these funds is directed to the implementation of environmental activities, payment for the use of natural resources and the ongoing costs of environmental protection.

Over the past decade TATNEFT company has already implemented two large-scale environmental programs. Currently in the framework of the third environmental program designed till 2015, OAO TATNEFT continues to pursue a unified, integrated policy in the area of nature protection, industrial safety, occupational health and the environment control. Following the annual assessment of business ecological efficiency OAO TATNEFT is listed among the companies, whose shares are included in the portfolio of NERAX-Eco stock index for 2010, taking into account the ecological effectiveness of the company's operation.