OREANDA-NEWS. October 5, 2011. Uralkali has been ranked first in the Fundamental Efficiency Appraisal rating for 100 major Russian companies in the real economic sector presented by Interfax International Group. According to the rating, Uralkali has the highest efficiency dynamics (+5.53% per annum) and the highest level of transparency (96.9% of disclosed indicators) among the Russian companies of the real economic sector.

The final rating was drawn up on the basis of four criteria: eco-energy efficiency, technological efficiency, efficiency dynamics, transparency of eco-energy reports. The appraisal methods applied are based on the use of exclusively physically measurable and regularly measured indices, taken from questionnaires, voluntarily provided by company managers, and also borrowed from Interfax's SPARK system and other open sources. According to the authors of the rating, such methodology makes the results of the appraisal verifiable on the one hand, and, on the other, absolutely immune to influences.

This project was run in cooperation with the natural resources oversight service Rosprirodnadzor and the governments of Russian regions.