SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT 2021

Sustainability governance

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

US$35 million earmarked for social and social infrastructure maintenance expense in 2021 US$71 million invested in improving environmental performance 71,591 is an employee headcount at the end of the year 1.21X LTIFR per 1 million hours 1.90 tCO2e per tonne of steel cast GHG emissions intensity

our people

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

71,591 employees at the year end 12.4% employee turnover rate 27.4% female employees

Key events

  • Implementation of the Target Remuneration System continued
  • Staff Attraction and Recruitment Standard documents were developed
  • Personal Candidate Website Account was launched
  • TOP-1000 programme extended to the whole Group
  • Personnel assessment system updated
Material topics

Employment

Training
and education

Diversity and equal
opportunities

HEALTH AND SAFETY

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

The Group’s LTIFR was 1.21X per 1 million hours Fatal incidents in 2021 8   172 cases of occupational illness   100% of EVRAZ employees covered by the Health and Safety management system

Key events

  • Successful implementation and audit of the "Risk Management" project
  • Follow-on development of the Hunt for Risk mobile application
  • Commencement of HSE processes transformation
Material topics

Health and Safety

PROTECTING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

2.9% reduction of total air emissions from steel production 105% non-mining waste recycling and reuse rate

Key events

  • HSE Policy was expanded in line with the environmental challenges
  • Corporate rules on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) were updated
  • The biodiversity roadmap was developed
  • The water treatment facilities were upgraded at Alardinskaya mine
  • Several significant initiatives within the Clean Air federal programme were enacted
  • A dust suppression programme in coal storages at Raspadskaya washing plant was piloted
Material topics

Environmental management

Biodiversity

Water

Waste stewardship

Air quality

PLAYING OUR ROLE IN SOCIETY

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

  US$35 million earmarked for social and social infrastructure maintenance expense in 2021 More than US$217 thousand in grants to the 56 winning projects of the annual EVRAZ City of Friends — City of Ideas contest

Key events

  • Further development of EVRAZ for Kids, EVRAZ for Cities and EVRAZ for Sports programmes
  • Providing support for the City Clinical Hospital construction
  • Creating a Healthy Lifestyle project for children with special health care needs
Material topics

Indirect economic impacts

Local communities

RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

42.8% is a share of expenditure on local suppliers against total costs

Key events

  • Revision of the Policy on the Basic Principles of Procure
  • Introduction of the internal marketplace
  • Launch of the TOP-100 programme
  • Launch of the ESG certification of suppliers
  • Launch of the environmental screening of new suppliers across the Russian Federation
Material topics

Procurement practices

OUTLOOK FOR 2022

Achieving goals always starts with long-term and sound planning

Climate change
Climate change

EVRAZ has ambitious plans for the 2022 and a medium-term perspective with the following important areas of work:

  • Development of calculation methodology for CO2 emissions.
  • Development of training materials and organisation of educational trainings in decarbonisation and energy management.
  • Development of a detailed decarbonisation roadmap.
Health and safety
Health and safety

The core spheres for improvement and realisation of the plans for EVRAZ in 2022 will be the following areas:

  • Operational model of security management
  • Risk management
  • Improving the safety of loading and unloading operations
  • The Lockout Tagout (LOTO)
Protecting our natural environment
Protecting our natural environment

EVRAZ will continue implementing measures to improve and preserve the environment and reduce any adverse consequences of its operations in 2022. The following measures are planned in several areas:

  • Biodiversity protection
  • Rehabilitating disturbed land and landscaping
  • Water conservation
  • Waste stewardship
  • Air quality
Playing our role in society
Playing our role in society

In 2022, the Group intends to strengthen partnerships with local communities in various ways. It will be upgrading urban infrastructure, financing sports events, educational, and cultural projects, and assisting socially vulnerable people, including children with disabilities and orphans.

Supply chain
Supply chain

In 2022 EVRAZ aims to enhance the contribution of sustainable practices by undertaking the following measures:

  • Proactive assessment and accreditation of suppliers for compliance with key ESG requirements which involve environmental screening and ESG certification of EVRAZ suppliers.
  • Continuing upgrade of functionality of the Group’s online platforms.