Polyus PJSC (LSE, MOEX: PLZL) ("Polyus", "the Company") has been ranked first in the annual environmental transparency rating for mining and metals companies prepared by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in partnership with ACRA Risk Management and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
Polyus topped the rating for the second year in a row while also leading the list of 39 industry players in the Environmental Management and Information Disclosure sections. Polyus was among the top four companies in the Environmental Impact section.
WWF assesses the availability of environmental information, the maturity of environmental safety management and the Company’s actual environmental impact.
Polyus has consistently received a high rating over the last five years and previously topped the list in 2019 and 2021.
Daria Grigoreva, Sustainability Director at Polyus, commented:Although domestic businesses have faced challenges throughout 2022, Polyus has not decreased the quality of its environmental management and reporting. In fact, this year we have increased the number of ESG indicators that are submitted for local and international ratings. We are grateful to WWF for awarding our practices a high rating.
Polyus
Polyus is the world’s fourth-largest gold mining company by production volumes and the largest gold miner in terms of attributable gold Ore Reserves. The company demonstrates the lowest production costs among major global gold producers. Its principal operations are located in Siberia and the Russian Far East: Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
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