the Project on development of cultural and industrial tourism in Cherepovets company
"Severstal" won the competition "Leaders in corporate charity in
the paradigm of sustainable development 2019", a joint project of the Donors Forum,
the business newspaper "Vedomosti" and the international network of audit and consulting firms
PwC. First place project of the company won in the nomination "the Best program
partnerships for sustainable development".
in addition, "Severstal" has entered into the leaderboard ranking "Leaders of
corporate philanthropy", finishing in 6th place among 40 companies, and was
awarded a Special diploma for contribution to the development of
infrastructure of non-profit organizations, charity, and
the volunteering in the region where the company operates.
the awarding Ceremony took place on 12 December in the national history
Museum.
the Project "corporate philanthropy Leaders in the paradigm of sustainable
development 2019" consists of two parts - a survey of corporate
philanthropy on a specially developed methodology, the result
of which is a ranking of companies, and the competition of charity programs
companies.
In 2019, the project involved 65 Russian and international
companies that carry out charitable activities on the territory of
the Russian Federation, 40 of them in the ranking. The contest nominations have been 95
applications. The experts evaluated the approaches of the companies to the management of corporate
philanthropy, the degree of its correlation with business strategy, the use of
assessment tools for different stages of corporate philanthropy,
the nature of the media support this activity, and others.
"Very pleased that once again the company "Severstal" has got so
high recognition in the field of corporate philanthropy. It is the merit of
all of the staff and management of Severstal and our partners. In Cherepovets.
together with the city, nonprofits and government
agencies with the participation of "TUI Russia", the company is implementing a number of initiatives
aimed at the development of cultural and industrial tourism. Which in turn
turn significantly contributes to the sustainable development of the city and the Vologda
region as a whole", – said the head of corporate social
responsibility and brand of the company "Severstal" Natalia Poppel.
Among the debutants of the project 2019 - PJSC "Power machines" (included in
Severgroup) received the prize "For contribution to the development of philanthropy, social
investments and debut project" - each year it is awarded to companies that
for the first time participated in the ranking.
the Project "corporate philanthropy Leaders is one of
the largest events in the sphere of corporate charity in Russia. 11
years in it have taken part more than 170 Russian and foreign companies,
operating in Russia and having annual turnover above 100 million
RUB the Best practices of companies discussed on business workshops in the business environment
and was brought to the attention of stakeholders from government, society, and
media.
"Severstal" participated in the project "Leaders of corporate
philanthropy" since 2008, repeatedly became the winner and
headed the ranking of participating companies.
