The main topic of the third Sustainable Development Summit "Siberian Perspective" held in Krasnoyarsk at the Bobrovy Log fan park was "Responsible consumption: connecting business and consumers."
This session was 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 were shared by Nornickel's Vice President for Sustainable Development and Investor Relations Vladimir Zhukov, representatives of Metalloinvest, Krastsvetmet, United Metallurgical Company, Rosatom, the UN Global Contract National Network Association, National Park "Krasnoyarsk Pillars".
At the "Quality of Life Index in Small and Medium Cities of Russia" session, experts, representatives of municipal and regional authorities, and development institutions discussed the practical implementation of this methodology. According to Mikhail Kuznetsov, director of the Department of Federal and Regional Programs of Norilsk Nickel, “the renovation of Norilsk can serve as an excellent example of interaction between federal, regional and municipal authorities, big business and development institutions.”
A separate day of the "Siberian Perspective" was dedicated to volunteering. During the interactive game, environmental projects of corporate volunteers of Russian Railways, Sberbank, MTS, and Norilsk Nickel were reviewed. The latest creative developments of Norilsk Nickel were presented by the director of the company’s social policy department, Irina Zhuikova. The Climate Trail joint project was presented by Konstantin Nesterov, director of the Bobrovy Log fan park, and the director of the Krasnoyarsk Pillars national park, Vladimir Shcherbakov. According to tradition, volunteers from leading Russian companies will be engaged in the arrangement of eco-trails of the Krasnoyarsk Pillars.
