The Company implements the best available technologies, pays the utmost attention to improving energy efficiency, and reduces the carbon footprint of its products year after year, making a substantial contribution to the low-carbon economic growth of
With a view to enhancing stakeholder confidence, Gazprom compiles corporate hydrocarbon reporting materials in line with international practices and regularly conducts independent verification procedures for greenhouse gas emissions data. In 2020, greenhouse gas emissions at Gazprom fell by 14 per cent compared to the previous year, including a 22 per cent drop in methane emissions.
The Company's methane emissions across the entire production chain are minimal: 0.02 per cent of the gas extracted, 0.24 per cent of the gas transmitted, and 0.03 per cent of the gas stored. Within the framework of the Guiding Principles on Reducing Methane Emissions across the Natural Gas Value Chain international initiative, Gazprom continues to provide for further emission reductions together with its partners.
More than
Gazprom gives special attention to maintaining environmental safety in
The year 2020 saw the Company initiate and complete over 2,200 voluntary environmental activities in
Every year, Gazprom jointly with the
*over 168,000 trees and shrubs planted;
*more than 24 lakes, rivers, and springs rehabilitated;
*upward of 6,000 hectares of coastal zones, forests, and urban areas cleaned and landscaped;
*over 30,000 cubic meters of trash disposed of.
Aiming to implement the
The Company's efforts for gas infrastructure expansion and conversion of vehicles to natural gas help considerably reduce pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, the use of natural gas has already proven itself as an efficient, affordable and reasonable path of sustainable development.
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