the Largest diamond company in the world, ALROSA entered the top 10 of the annual ESG ranking by independent rating agencies RAEX-Europe. The ranking evaluates the companies ' activities in the field of nature protection, social responsibility and corporate governance. In total it includes the 30 largest Russian companies from different sectors.
"the Company intends to continue to actively introduce the latest energy - saving technology, improve corporate governance and invest in human capital and the social sphere in the regions", - commented the CEO of ALROSA, Sergei Ivanov.
adherence to the principles of ESG involves the implementation of the strategy and company's business best practices in areas such as Environmental (ecology), Social (social policy) and Governance (control).
based on ESG rankings based on the principle of estimating the optimal set of indicators that reflect the level of impact on ecological and social environment, and the degree of exposure of the company's social and governance risks.
When compiling ESG-ranking RAEX-Europe takes into account such indicators as water use, waste generation and atmospheric emissions, social costs and investments in human capital, frequency of accidents, the proportion of independent members in the Board of Directors, the proportion of shares in free float and the company's position in the ranking of "Transparency in corporate reporting" Transparency International.
ALROSA is included in the international FTSE4Good index series global index provider FTSE, Russell data, which measures the performance of companies that demonstrate high performance in the field ESG. In addition, ALROSA has a rating of BB to the MSCI ESG rating framework that evaluates environmental, social responsibility and corporate governance. The company also is in the top 10 of the rating the environmental responsibility of mining companies in Russia, developed at the initiative of the world wildlife Fund (WWF) of Russia and UNDP/GEF/Ministry of Russia.
In 2019, ALROSA has received the prize of the Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF) for the implementation of social projects for local communities (Community Stewardship).
