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Ecological achievements of VIZ-Steel were acknowledged at the all-russian competition
The leading world producer of grain-oriented electrical steel VIZ-Steel (Company of NLMK-Group) is the prize-winner of the national competition "100 best enterprises of Russia. Ecology and eco-management". The enterprise received a diploma and the gold medal of the competition, while the CEO Valery Shevelev was awarded the medal "Ecologist of the year - 2016".
International Academy of Quality and Marketing together with the Council of Federation Committee on science, culture, education, healthcare, and ecology organized the competition. The main criterion for selecting the winners was the result of environmental activity in the last year.
In 2015 VIZ-Steel invested 158 mln roubles into the execution of more than 60 environmental measures aimed at mitigating the negative environmental impact. The company finished the upgrade of the treatment facilities, which allowed increasing the efficiency of storm water purification by 20% and using the cleaned water to feed the closed water circuit of the enterprise.
According to the chief engineer Stanislav Olkov, "VIZ-Steel activity was acknowledged many times in different categories of the prestigious national competition "100 best enterprises of Russia. Ecology and eco-management". This year both the efficient work of the company on solving general environmental problems and successful implementation of nature-protecting and resources-preserving investment projects were highly praised. The volume of VIZ-Steel investments into the upgrade of the treatment facilities, the introduction of energy-saving technologies in the rolling and gas production has exceeded 1.4 bln roubles during 10 years of working within the NLMK Group. Current ecological expenses account for approximately extra 1.5 bln roubles."
VIZ-Steel successfully passed the recertification audit of BSI (British Standards Institution) that confirmed the compliance of the environmental management system to the requirements of the international standard 14001:2007. Environmental projects of VIZ-Steel are a part of the large-scale work on the implementation of the environmental program of NLMK Group for the period until 2020. The program is the part of "Strategy 2017" and is aimed at achieving the level of highest ecological standards of the global metallurgy.
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