OREANDA-NEWS. June 16, 2011. Ilim Group has held volunteers ecological event “Eco-landing party” to clean the territory of Shcanz fort, which is near Kronshtadt town on the Gulf of Finland. Soon this fort would become a part of “Western Kotlin” nature reserve.

This event has been held for the second time: a year ago Ilim employees cleaned a part of Sestroretskiy razliv lake bank. Now this area is included into “Sestroretskoe swamp” nature reserve.

Nearly 80 workers of Ilim Grroup’s headquarters took part in this event, headed by the Company’s CEO Paul Herbert.

- Ilim Group practices responsible approach to questions of ecology. We develop and carry out our environmental projects on a regular basis. I’m sure that such events as “Eco-landing party” not only help to clean a territory from garbage, but also form an ecologically oriented way of thinking, – said Mr. Herbert.