OREANDA-NEWS. November 28, 2008. "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" INC won at the contest “Leader of Environmental Activity in Russia'2008”. As from 2005, the Company receives that high reward for its ecological achievements every year, reported the press-centre of Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

V. Busygin-General Director of "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" INC was awarded a medal of honour “For Ecological Safety”.

The contest took place in the context of IV All-Russian Ecological Conference “New priorities of the national ecological policy in real economy” sponsored by the President Administration, Government and federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, a number of the RF Ministries, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the Russian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

A Steering Committee also included the leaders and specialists of major ecological public organizations, notable scientists and experts in environmental protection, rectors of major specialized higher educational institutions of the country.