The Sustainable Development Summit to be held in Krasnoyarsk

On September 29 – 30, the traditional 3rd Sustainable Development Summit “Siberian Perspective” will be held in the Bobrovy Log fan park in Krasnoyarsk. The main theme of the event will be “Responsible consumption: connecting business and consumer.” This session will be moderated by Andrey Sharonov, General Director of the National Alliance on Social and Environmental Responsibility, Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development. The best practices of leading Russian companies will be shared by Norilsk Nickel Vice President for Sustainable Development and Investor Relations Vladimir Zhukov, representatives of Metalloinvest, Krastsvetmet, United Metallurgical Company, Rosatom, the UN Global Compact National Network Association, National Park "Krasnoyarsk Pillars". At the session “Quality of Life Index in Small and Medium Cities of Russia,” experts, representatives of municipal and regional authorities, and development institutions will discuss the practical implementation of this methodology.

A separate day of the Siberian Perspective will be dedicated to volunteering. During the interactive game, environmental projects of corporate volunteers of Russian Railways, Sberbank, MTS, and Norilsk Nickel will be reviewed. The latest creative developments of Norilsk Nickel will be presented by the director of the company’s social policy department, Irina Zhuikova. Joint projects will be presented by the general director of the Bobrovy Log fan park, Konstantin Nesterov, and the director of the Krasnoyarsk Pillars national park, Vladimir Shcherbakov. According to tradition, volunteers from leading Russian companies will be involved in the development of the Krasnoyarsk Pillars eco-trails.