Management approach

Russian Railways put in place the following policies to guide its environmental practices:

  • Health, Environmental, Industrial and Fire Safety Policy of the Russian Railways GroupRussian Railways’ Order No. 102/r dated 21 January 2020.;
  • Russian Railways’ Environmental Strategy through 2030 with an outlook through 2035Approved by Russian Railways’ Management Board meeting minutes No. 44 dated 12 July 2022.;
  • Russian Railways’ Environmental Transparency RegulationsRussian Railways’ Order No. 3326/r dated 15 December 2022.;
  • Declaration on Comprehensive Approach to the Protection of Lake Baikal when Implementing Investment Projects for the Eastern Operating Domain Development.

Key international environmental treaties followed by the Company in its environmental management:

  • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer;
  • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal;
  • Convention on Biological Diversity;
  • Bucharest Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution;
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
  • Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
  • Agreement on Cooperation in the Sphere of Timber Industry and Forestry;
  • Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection among the Member States of the CIS;
  • Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Monitoring;
  • Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
  • Paris Climate Accords.

In 2023, Russian Railways updated its corporate policies governing the Company’s environmental efforts as follows:

  • approved the Regulation on the Central Environmental Commission of Russian RailwaysRussian Railways’ Order No. 1870/r dated 25 July 2023.;
  • approved the Procedure to Develop and Implement a Programme for Eliminating Accumulated Environmental Damage across Russian RailwaysRussian Railways’ Order No. 1979/r dated 4 August 2023.;
  • approved Russian Railways’ Wastewater Management StandardRussian Railways’ Order No. 1158/r dated 15 May 2023.;
  • approved requirements for container sites for temporary collection of municipal solid waste and secondary materialsRussian Railways’ Order No. 3325/r dated 26 December 2023..