Environmental management

The Group objectively assesses environmental risks and is committed to minimizing them. It allocates significant resources to various environmental programmes and the implementation of innovative technologies.

Goals of NLMK Group IMS Policy in Quality, Environmental Protection, Energy Efficiency, Occupational Health and Safety:

• Be a global leader in the quality of metal products and raw materials by continuously upgrading and expanding the product mix with the aim of increasing our customers’ competitiveness;
• Comply with the best industry practices in the sustainable use of material, technical, fuel, and energy resources as well as the occupational and environmental health and safety of production processes;
• Be a global leader in adopting best practices to increase the energy efficiency of operations, and to achieve the minimum technically and economically feasible level of specific energy intensity and cost of production;
• Ensure efficient production with zero accidents, emergencies, and near-misses through global excellence in operational health and safety practice and the continuous development and promotion of a safety culture among NLMK Group’s employees and contractors;
• Ensure the ecological and climate efficiency of operations, as well as respond to the changing environmental and climate conditions in balance with the social and economic needs.

Stages of environmental management development at NLMK Group

2002

At NLMK Lipetsk, the Environmental Management System based on the concept of sustainable improvement (PDCA model) and the international standard ISO 14001 ‘Environmental Management Systems’ has been in place since 2002. The certification was performed by TÜV CERT (Germany). In 2013, NLMK initiated a change of the certification body and selected one internationally recognized certification authority for all the companies of NLMK Group. This authority successfully conducted the 2014 certification audit and confirmed the compliance of NLMK's Environmental Management System with ISO 14001:2004.

2007

Stoilensky’s Environmental Management System was awarded ISO 14001:2004 certification by Det Norske Veritas (Norway) in late 2007.

ISO 14001:2004 Environment Management System

2011

In 2011, SOUZSERT (Moscow) - a certification body for integrated management systems - awarded GOST R ISO 14001-2007 (ISO 14001:2004) certification to Dolomit's Environmental Management System. Recertification audit was performed by the same body in 2014.

ISO 14001:2004 Environment Management System

2011

Stagdok’s Environmental Management System was awarded GOST R ISO 14001-2007 (ISO 14001:2004) certification in 2011 by the certification body with Lipetsk State Technical University. The enterprise passed a certification audit conducted by Moscow-based Techcentre-Register certification authority in 2014.

ISO 14001:2004 Environment Management System

2012

In 2012, the Environmental Management System of VIZ-Steel was awarded ISO 14001 certification by the certification body SGS (Switzerland). In 2013 certification authority confirmed the compliance of VIZ Steel's Environmental Management System with ISO 14001:2004 standard, which was followed by a successful recertification audit in 2016.

ISO 14001:2004 Environment Management System

2013

In 2013, NLMK Group commissioned its new metallurgical plant - NLMK Kaluga – that met the highest ecological standards then applicable to ferrous metallurgy enterprises. In 2016, the plant went through the certification of its Environmental Management System which confirmed its compliance with ISO 14001:2004.

2015

In 2015, NLMK Russia Long launched the Environmental Management System at NLMK Ural and NLMK Metalware. Certification authority successfully completed the certification procedures at these companies and issued ISO 14001:2004 certificates of compliance.

2015

In 2015, a new version of ISO 14001:2015 ‘Environmental Management Systems. Requirements and guidance for use’ came into effect, which retained the systematic approach to environmental management based on the concept of sustainable improvement (PDCA model), and introduced the methodology for environmental risk evaluation and management.

2016

In 2016, Altai-Koks implemented its Environmental Management System, which was certified by certification authority for compliance with ISO 14001:2004 standard.

2016

In 2016, Russian companies of NLMK Group developed their programmes of transition to the new version of ISO 14001, and in 2017-2018, certification authority performed audits of their Environmental Management Systems to verify their compliance with ISO 14001:2015 in the frameworks of ‘umbrella’ certification. Under the ‘umbrella’ system, a single certificate was issued to NLMK Group (NLMK Lipetsk) covering all the Russian production sites of the Group.

2022

Currently, NLMK Lipetsk, Stoilensky, Altai-Koks, Dolomit, Stagdok, NLMK Ural, VIZ-Steel, NLMK Kaluga, NLMK Metalware have proven their compliance with 14001:2015 and are covered by the common certificate of NLMK Group (NLMK Lipetsk).