OREANDA-NEWS. April 25, 2012. Environmental solutions applied in the implementation of TANECO Refinery and Petrochemical Plants Complex project received a high appraisal at the All-Russian level. At the end of the prestigious federal contest "100 Best Companies of Russia. Ecology and Environmental Management" the Company was awarded a worthy diploma and Khamza Bagmanov, its General Director, was awarded the honorary badge "Environmentalist of the Year", reported the press-centre of Tatneft.    

The contest results were announced in the frame of the VI-th All-Russian Conference "Ecology and Production. Prospects for development of economic instruments for environmental protection" held in St. Petersburg. The Forum has been held every year since 2007. Its founders are the Federation Council, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Ministry of Natural Resources of the RF, and a number of international environmental organizations.

This contest is recognized as one of the leading events in the country's environmental and industrial safety among the experts, scientists, environmental protection professionals and industrial managers.

TANECO was represented at the conference by Zilya Valisheva, Head of the Environmental Protection Department. In her view, the event was very productive giving an opportunity to exchange experience with colleagues, listen to informative presentations of the speakers, among whom there were recognized scientists, politicians and journalists.