OREANDA-NEWS. June 02, 2009.  OJSC “Koks” has won the category “100 best enterprises in Russia. Ecology and ecological management” in the contest “Golden medal “European Quality”. In the recent 3 years OJSC “Koks” has established itself as a leading choice in the sphere of environment, realizing ecological politics of Kemerovo Regional management, it makes honorable representation of Kuzbass at federal level.

Ecological programs of organizations and enterprises of more than 50 regions of the country were presented at the contest which was held by International Academy of Quality and Marketing involving the federation council for science, culture, education, welfare and ecology. Only 300 of them reached the final competition and 100 of them picked up honorary reward.

Ecological upgrading of the production and reduction of negative influence on environment are among the priorities in OJSC “Koks”’s development. So, a recurrent reduction of repugnant substances discharge into the air was registered in 2008.

Today it is 813,2 t per year less than maximum allowable standard. OJSC “Koks” has the certificate of EMS(environmental management system) conformity to international standard ISO 14001:2004 requirements. According to the results of the inspection made by NovoCOS GmbH, in comparison with the other allied enterprises in Russia and Europe, OJSC “Koks” may be considered a leader in chemical-recovery and thus may be equatable to such chemical-recovery production as "Prosper", "Thyssen" or "Mannesmann", Germany.