OREANDA-NEWS. October 27, 2010. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan named OJSC KAMAZ one of the winners of the ECOleader annual republican competition according to the results of 2009.

The company was awarded the title of a laureate in a nomination “For Effective Environmental Program” among enterprises of nationwide significance.

The ECOleader contest was established by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2004. Winners are chosen by a commission in several categories, contestants are divided into the following groups: large- and small-scale enterprises of the republic, municipal enterprises, state reserves, wildlife preserves, and the media. Competitors should have a resource-saving and environmental protection program, introduce resource-saving technologies, take measures to reduce permissible emissions and wastes generation, and pay eco-taxes in time.

KAMAZ has participated in the ECOleader competition since 2006, and every year it wins in this or that category of the contest. In 2009, the company was also awarded a diploma of the second degree of the EcoWorld National Environmental Award in the category “Environmental Policy”.

ZAO Chelnyvodokanal, a subsidiary of OJSC KAMAZ, became the winner of the republican competition in the nomination “For Effective Environmental Management” among municipal enterprises. This is not the first success of Chelnyvodokanal at republican competitions. The enterprise services not only KAMAZ and Naberezhnye Chelny, but also other cities of Tatarstan’s Zakamye Region.