OREANDA-NEWS. October 05, 2010. A ceremony of awarding the winners of national contests "ECOleader" and "Man and Nature" with participation of I. Khalikov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, was held in Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan), reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

By the results of 2009 TATNEFT was again recognized the absolute winner of the "ECOleader" contest in the Republic of Tatarstan. The corporate media of the Company became winners of the republican contest "Man and Nature".

TATNEFT was recognized as an absolute "ECOleader" of the Republic of Tatarstan and became a winner of this contest among the largest companies nationwide in two nominations: "For efficient environmental program" and "For effective environmental management."
 
TANECO and Nizhnekamskshina, which are part of the petrochemical sector of TATNEFT, were awarded in the nomination "For introduction of technologies for collecting and processing of secondary resources, energy saving and eco-efficient technologies" among All-Russia and republican scale enterprises, respectively.

On the same day, awarding of the winners of the republican contest "Man and Nature" arranged for the mass media also took place. The journalists of the Company’s corporate media: television studio "Time of TATNEFT” and the corporate newspaper “Nefyanye Vesti (Oil News)" were awarded the first prize in the category "Best TV Feature” and "Best publication in the print media” in the group “Enterprises’ media”.

"ECOleader" contest is arranged annually under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. The winners and prize holders are selected by the Commission in five nominations. Among the participants of the contest there are large and small enterprises of the Republic, municipalities, state nature conservation zones, nature reserves, etc.

TATNEFT has been continuously participating in the "ECOleader” contest since 2004, when the contest was established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan by Decree No. 307 dated June 28, 2004 and the company has become an absolute winner for the seventh consecutive time.

In 2009, the company was also awarded the laureate diplomas of the All-Russia contest "100 best enterprises of Russia. Ecology and Environmental Management” arranged by the International Academy for Quality and Marketing, and the Ist degree laureate of the National Environmental Award 2009 "EcoWorld” in the nomination "Environmental Policy".

These and other awards of recent years confirm the steady course of the responsible environmental policy of TATNEFT and high efficiency of environmental activities implemented by the Company in the region of its activities.