At every stage of the life cycle, they reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The production of plastic pallets intended for ZapSibNeftekhim has been launched in Tobolsk. iPlast, a Russian manufacturer of industrial plastic packaging, has launched the production of pallets for SIBUR at its Tobolsk facility. This project will provide the ZapSibNeftekhim petrochemical complex with the pallets it needs to store and transport the polyethylene and polypropylene it produces. “Plastic pallets are preferable to wooden ones when it comes to storing and transporting ZapSibNeftekhim...

«Europlast» Enterprise Association Plant will increase the production of secondary PET packaging recognition shop by 30 tons per day. The Solnechnogorsk Plant “Plarus” (part of the “Europlast” Enterprise Association (EA)) reported on the completion of a large-scale modernization of equipment, which allowed to increase the productivity of the sorting shop of polymer packaging waste by 30 tons per day. RTT sorting machines have been replaced by Tomra (Norway) Autosort separators, which allow sorting...

An air purification unit has been launched at Voronezhsintezkauchuk. Voronezhsintezkauchuk held an opening ceremony for a new air purification unit that converts treated exhaust air into water vapour for further use at the site. The project’s main goal is to improve the plant’s energy efficiency and environmental performance. The event was attended by Artem Verkhovtsev, Deputy Chairman of the Voronezh Region’s Government; Alexander Petrov, Member of the Management Board – Managing Director...

The 17th Annual Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club has been held. Climate change matters This year’s topic: Pandemic Lessons and the New Agenda: How to Turn a Global Crisis Into an Opportunity for the Entire World. As he opened the session, Oleg Kharkhordin, Professor of the European University at St Petersburg, stressed that the pandemic has temporarily overshadowed the issue of climate change, but not for long: at the next stage, the environmental and climate agenda will be...

Participation in the initiative is another step towards the circular economy. CEFLEX is a collaborative initiative of over a hundred European companies to ensure full lifecycle management of packaging, fr om production, consumption and waste collection to waste management and recycling. CEFLEX’s current declared objectives include, among others, implementing flexible packaging handling guidelines that would be recognised in all European countries, developing design recommendations for infrastructure...

COVID-19 is forcing us to rethink our plastic problem. The World Economic Forum’s website has published an article by Dmitry Konov, Chairman of SIBUR's Management Board, on this problem. No comparable materials Skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases and tremendous pressure on healthcare systems have underscored that plastic is still the most reliable and affordable solution for personal protection. Unless technological advances introduce better alternatives, we will need a systems-level...

Dmitry Konov provides insight into SIBUR’s environmental strategy at the Startup Village LiveStream ’20 online conference. Dmitry Konov, Chairman of SIBUR's Management Board, took part in the eighth annual international Startup Village LiveStream technology conference organised by the Skolkovo Foundation. The digital format of the event helped bring together a wide range of international experts, investors and startup businesses even with the pandemic restrictions in place. During the discussion...

How the three ESG pillars are coming into focus of forward-thinking companies. ESG strategy: theory and practice Environmental, Social, and Governance refers to the three central factors in investor assessments of the company's social responsibility. E pillar: rational use of natural resources, reduction of negative environmental impact. This pillar concerns, among other things, greenhouse gas emissions, production and processing of industrial waste, water use and logging, and...

Russia begins transition to responsible recycling of polymers. The annual global output of polymers has grown eightfold over the past 40 years, growing two to four times faster than production of other materials. Fr om the environmental safety perspective, polymer producers stay ahead of virtually all other basic materials industries (metals, glass and concrete) by important metrics such as energy efficiency and CO2 emissions. According to Greenpeace, plastic waste recycling is three times less...

SIBUR helps shoot a documentary for Channel One. In late August, Channel One presented Life in Plastic, a documentary created with SIBUR’s direct assistance. The film spotlights the prospects of polymer application. Andrei Borisenko, a Russian cosmonaut, Dmitry Kobylkin, Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Prof. Leo Bokeria, Russia’s Chief Heart Surgeon, as well as SIBUR employees and researches from the National University of Science and Technology (MISIS) and Lomonosov Moscow...

SIBUR's speakers at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum held on 6–8 June focused on sustainable development initiatives. Sustainable development took centre stage during the 23rd St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). This year, the forum welcomed a record 19,000 guests from 145 countries and once again proved to be the platform for sharing the best practices and competencies. The SPIEF 2019 featured over 230 events, with SIBUR participating in several major sessions as...