Environmental Stewardship

At our alumina refinery at Aughinish we have developed an industry-leading approach to the management and land rehabilitation of `bauxite residue disposal areas’.

Initially launched in 2011, Project 360 focuses on the regions where En+ Group has operations and in recent years has developed new volunteering formats: waste collection, tree planting, and construction of tourist facilities.

In 2023, as part of a project to protect aquatic biological resources in the area affected by Bratsk HPP, fishery inspectors from the Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo) were supported by community inspectors and the Strana Zapovednaya (Protected Land) Foundation to identify 79 fishing violations and seize more than 2,830 m of illegally used fishing nets.

In 2023, in collaboration with the Strana Zapovednaya (Protected Land) Foundation, the Company initiated a project aimed at monitoring the ecological status of nature reserves and national parks bordering the lake. As part of this endeavour, a single holistic programme was crafted to monitor shoreline ecosystems in the protected areas of Lake Baikal. This initiative enabled a uniform approach to evaluating the state of ecosystems, broke down the silos between protected areas, and helped orchestrate strategies to mitigate human impact on the areas while safeguarding environmental media.

In 2023, it was the initiation of a Corporate Biodiversity Conservation Programme for Irkutsk, Bratsk, and Ust-Ilimsk HPPs by the Power segment.

En+ installs bird-protecting devices to prevent the death of birds from contacting power lines and deterring them from landing on power line pylons and minimise the risks of outages and reduce the number of short-circuits on lines caused by birds.

In 2022, a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the operation of the Angara cascade HPPs on the state of aquatic biological resources in the areas of their impact was carried out in two stages.

The Company develops and implements advanced methods of ash and slag waste management and takes measures aimed at improving its waste management system.

Launched in 2020, our Ecological Grants Programme is designed to boost community sustainability initiatives. 

Since 2019, En+ Group has been supporting an independent scientific expedition for environmental monitoring of Lake Baikal.

Planning is underway for the modernisation of sewage treatment processes at En+ Group’s HPPs. 

In early 2022, En+ HQ switched to the separate waste collection system and completely moved away from single-use plastic cutlery.