On November 21, 2018 in Kiev at the International Forum "INNOVATION MARKET" the winners of the 17th All-Ukrainian contest "Environmental Quality and Safety" were awarded.

The “Ecology” section of the INNOVATION MARKET Forum, which runs from November 21 to 23, 2018 on the platform of the GREEN MIND international forum for sustainable business development, started its work on awarding the best initiatives and achievements of industrial enterprises in the field of environmental protection.

This year, the international forum for sustainable development GREEN MIND, with the support of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, METINVEST Group, DTEK Energy and SANTRADE (TM OLEINA), was a partner in organizing environmental events in the framework of the business program of the INNOVATION MARKET International Forum .

The contest “Environmental Quality and Safety” is a public initiative and has been held since 2001 with the assistance of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine in order to popularize the best achievements of domestic enterprises and organizations in the field of environmental initiatives and improve environmental performance.

The selection criteria for the contestants are quite tough, therefore, out of seventy-four declared organizations, only eighteen of the enterprises and organizations that were the winners and laureates of the contest were selected by the results of the regional round.

The awards were presented to the winners by Svetlana Berzina, President of the All-Ukrainian NGO “Living Planet”, and Svyatoslav Kurulenko, President of the Union of Environmental Auditors of Ukraine, Honored Environmental Protection Officer of Ukraine.

In the nomination “System approach to management and implementation of cleaner production technologies”, PJSC “Myronivsky Hliboproduct” was awarded. The award was received by Alexander Semenets, the chief ecologist of the company.

The environmental policy of this company is aimed at ensuring the efficient use of natural resources, protecting the environment and ensuring the environmental safety of production.

Special attention is paid to the use of renewable energy sources. The company is responsible for all stages of the production process, constantly modernizing technological processes.

In the nomination “System approach to management and the introduction of cleaner production technologies”, the winner was SE “Sea Trade Port“ Yuzhny”.

The awards were given to Peter Rabadzhy, the deputy chief engineer and Zoya Timashkova, the head of the environmental protection department.

The company annually implements measures to reduce the environmental impact of production activities, constantly examines existing production processes to assess their impact and the introduction of environmentally friendly technologies.

In the nomination "Ecological quality and safety of production" was noted Ltd Klesovsky quarry of nonmetallic minerals "Tekhnobud". Natalya Gurina public relations and press manager, received the award.

The company is responsible for all stages of the production process, constantly modernizing technological processes.

The company carries out a number of environmental measures to combat dust generation - the main environmental problem of crushed stone enterprises, so in recent years the company has managed to reduce dust emissions by almost half.

In the nomination “System approach to management and introduction of cleaner production technologies”, Zaporizhia Metallurgical Plant Zaporizhstal was awarded. The award was received by Igor Chernyak, director of labor protection, industrial and technological safety.

The environmental policy of the company is aimed at the rational use of natural resources, reducing the negative impact on the environment, including reducing emissions of pollutants into the air and the amount of waste.

In the nomination “System approach to management and implementation of cleaner production technologies”, PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih was awarded. Dmitry Mankov, deputy director of the department (water conservation) of the department of environmental protection, received the award.

The company annually performs a set of environmental measures aimed at ensuring the efficient operation of production, with minimal impact on the environment. In 2017, the company's expenses for the implementation of environmental measures amounted to about 900 (nine hundred) million UAH.