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Environment
The environmental policy forms an important part of the company's
strategy. Arkhangelsk PPM is fully aware of its responsibility to preserve
healthy environment and rationally use natural resources. The company
considers that it has a priority task to create safe operating conditions
for its personnel, protect the health of its employees and local residents
in its areas of operations, and preserve healthy environment.
The APPM sets the following tasks in its environmental policy:
- Effectively use natural, and, in particular, forest resources, develop
the business to preserve and protect forests;
- Contribute to the transition of the forestry industry of Arkhangelsk
oblast to socially and environmentally responsible production;
- Implement measures to reduce negative impacts on the environment and
upgrade production to comply with international and national standards.
The Arkhangelsk PPM is a full member of the Association of Responsible
Forestry Companies of Russia, it is engaged with a constructive dialog with
the international organization Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund,
actively works on certifying the region's forests within the framework of
the Arkhangelsk Forestry Council, and takes measures to introduce the
principles of stable forest use.
APPM has worked out and is successfully implementing a long-term program
to reduce environmental pollution, and save on fuel and water consumption.
During the reporting year, the company continued program to reach
permissible emissions to water bodies and I ensure that its activities
match the principles of a safe operation. During the reporting year, the
emissions of pollutants by , into air went down by 4.7%, and to water
bodies, by 11.1%.
The reduction of emissions was achieved through the implementation of
the following nature conservation measures:
- complete reconstruction of the heat exchanger of the soda regeneration unit No 4 of the pulp cooking operation;
- complete regular adjustment operation at the lime reburning furnaces in the pulp and board operations, and purification facilities at the power plant TES-3;
- install a new boiler BKZ-220 with a more effective gas purification unit in the No 10 department of the power plant TES-1.
During the year, pulp production was being modernized produce the ECF
pulp (excluding the use of active chlorine during the bleaching process).
The biological purification was upgraded including the water collection
system of secondary sumps, UCH-1 and 2 purification process flow; and
sections 3 and 4 of the ash dump. The industrial waste site was reorganized
to meet 1 natural conservation requirements.
In 2003, RUR 152.7 million (or USD 5 million) was spent on natural
conservation measures.
In addition, the company's current expenses related to environmental
protection were USD 8.1 million.
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