The first All-Russian ECG Forum of Responsible Business ‘Investments in Sustainable Development’ was held in the Vladimir region, during which Igor Shchegolev, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District, presented Azot KAO with a diploma ‘For Contribution to Achieving National Development Goals’.
The main goal of the forum was to draw attention to responsible business. How the authorities can influence companies to take care of the environment, personnel and the state was discussed by government officials, heads of municipalities, entrepreneurs and representatives of large companies from all over the country.
In Suzdal, Igor Shchegolev, Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District, awarded companies from different regions of Russia as leaders of the ECG-rating for their contribution to the achievement of national development goals. Azot KAO, Gazprom Transgaz Surgut, PROTEK, Abi Product, and Ascona Life Group received certificates of responsible attitude to human resources, ecology and state affairs.
It should be noted that Igor Shchegolev named one of the best practices the Azot KAO demographic programme ‘Our Children’, under which the company pays 1 million rubles to employees upon the birth of a child.
Today, Azot KAO Kemerovo has developed and successfully operates an entire social ecosystem for employees and their families, where the main focus is on the health, support and development of employees and their children. Investments in human resources deserve special attention. The enterprise organises human resources development programmes for both current employees and those who are just starting their career. In addition, Azot KAO is involved in the development of the urban environment of the capital of Kuzbass - it invests in the construction of roads, bridges, sculptures and monuments, equips hospitals with modern equipment, and has been a trustee of a boarding school since Soviet times.
The publication was prepared according to the website of kem-azot.ru