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On October 5, employees from the companies and organizations within the Gazprom on Baikal non-profit partnership took part in an annual autumn cleanup arranged in the regional center by Irkutsk gas workers.
As usual, the partnership’s teams cleaned up the outdoor area of Irkutsk Residential Care Facility No. 1, as well as the areas adjacent to the water sports center in the Solnechny microdistrict and to the Gazprom Dobycha Irkutsk headquarters.
The volunteers removed trash, dead leaves and grass from a total area of about 20 hectares. More than 70 cubic meters of household and construction waste were carried by trucks to a solid waste landfill.
The Gazprom on Baikal non-profit partnership regularly arranges and conducts environmental cleanups, takes part in citywide environmental campaigns, and cleans up the shoreline of Lake Baikal and the Kirenga River in the Kazachinsko-Lensky District.
Background
Gazprom Dobycha Irkutsk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom, is the operator of the Kovyktinskoye gas and condensate field serving as a resource base for the Power of Siberia project along with the Chayandinskoye oil, gas and condensate field in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
The Kovyktinskoye field is of fundamental importance to shaping the Irkutsk gas production center under the Eastern Gas Program.
The ISO 14001:2004 environmental management system is in effect at Gazprom Dobycha Irkutsk. The company employs over 500 people. It is headquartered in Irkutsk.
The Gazprom on Baikal non-profit partnership was established on August 24, 2009. It includes the Gazprom Group’s enterprises and their strategic partners operating in the Irkutsk Region. In 2019, a number of socio-cultural, sports, environmental and charitable events involving Gazprom on Baikal will be held to mark its 10th anniversary.
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