OREANDA-NEWS. May 5, 2012. Annually JSC “TogliattiAzot” increase environmental protection costs. In 2012, the Company have allocated for these purposes 265 million rubles according to the press service of the Company.

Particularly, in 2010 the plant spent 206 million rubles for this purpose, in 2011 - 233 million rubles, this year 265 million rubles have been allocated from the Company’s budget to protect the environment, as reported by the press service.

The JSC “TogliattiAzot” press-service also notes that the Company have won the annual competition "100 Best Companies of Russia. Ecology and Environmental Management", which involved large industrial enterprises. The Company received a diploma and a medal of "Top 100 Organizations in Russia. Ecology and Environmental Management", and Evgeny Korolev, the General Director of CJSC Corporation “TogliattiAzot” was awarded with the "Environmentalist of the Year" badge.

Apart from JSC “TogliattiAzot”, the following famous enterprises have become the prize winners of this competition, such as JSC "Machine-building plant" Arsenal "(St. Petersburg), JSC" Tatneft ", JSC “Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works", "Taneko - a complex of refineries and petrochemical plants" (Republic of Tatarstan), JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation" Uralvagonzavod " and a number of others, as reported by the press service.