HSE

The main goal of Yuzhgazenergy is to minimise or avoid the impact of our business on the environment.

Our key areas of focus:

efficient management of natural resources in our operations;
control of our activities to minimise or avoid environmental impact;
compensation to the Russian national budget for environmental damage caused through our operations.

Over 2012-2019, we paid environmental charges of RUB 15,424 thou. to different treasuries.

Environmental expenditures of the Company over 2012-2022 include the following:

Environmental expenditures, including environmental services, over 2012-2018
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
	RUB 22 862 thou.	RUB 26 507 thou.	RUB 11 910 thou.	RUB 15 177 thou.	RUB 11 799 thou.	RUB 14 201 thou.	RUB 16 393 thou.	RUB 37 144 thou.	RUB 43 846 thou.	RUB 14 632 thou.	RUB 31 303 thou.
air protection	5057	1747	715	816	684	2293	1023	2153	16065	6768	14370
collection and treatment of effluents	4578	2481	2435	2500	2498	1715	2926	8688	8925	637	9609
handling of hazardous wastes	12546	17988	7036	8313	3927	5699	5880	10483	2098	1732	4146
protection and restoration of land, surface and subsurface waters	681	1641	1724	425	200	-	-	-	-	-	930
other HSE activities	-	2650	-	3123	4490	4494	6564	15820	16758	5495	2248

Under the industrial safety management programme, we routinely review environmental compliance of our own, as well as the contractors' activities.

Our corporate regulatory framework related to inspections includes standards and regulations for:

Our key environmental achievements:

no discharge of untreated and partially treated effluents (industrial or utility) into surface waters or land as a result of effluent injection into a deep-lying aquifer;
less disposable industrial and household waste as it is treated and recycled as a secondary raw material by third parties;
better emission control through cleaner operation of equipment;
lower charges for excessive emissions through a lower overall environmental impact.