Environmental protection is among ENRC's highest priorities.  We are continuously and actively improving conditions to provide a safe, clean and healthy environment for customers and communities in which we operate.

The Group is the first enterprise in Kazakhstan to implement an environmental management system certified for ISO 14001 and is also the first enterprise among the CIS mining industries to receive OHSAS 18001 certifications at several of the Group's facilities.

ENRC actively monitors and estimates its air emissions, wastewater discharges and the amount of waste it generates, as well as the quality of ambient air, nearby surface water, soil and groundwater.  The Group operates Sanitary Protection Zones (''SPZs''), which are legally required ''buffer'' zones around industrial sites that extend to a radius of between 1 km and 3 km from the operating sites.

We constantly invest into modern environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient technology.  The ongoing and future replacement of equipment will contribute substantially to the improved health, safety and environment performance of the Group's operations. 

Among completed projects - a US$2.3 million investment at the Aluminium of Kazakhstan power station to reduce water losses, the replacement of two turbines with more efficient equipment and the installation of four modern air emission filters at the EEC Power Plant.