OREANDA-NEWS.  November 27, 2012. TATNEFT Company has become an awardee of the XV-th All-Russian contest of annual reports taking second place in the nomination "Best Report on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development", reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

The report on sustainable development and social responsibility of TATNEFT for the year 2012 has been prepared in accordance with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and AA 1000 and has been certified by an independent auditing company ZAO "Bureau Veritas Certification Rus". The report details the results of the economic, innovative, environmental and social activities of the Company. An electronic version of the report is available on the TATNEFT Group website.

There were 150 Russian and international companies, representing virtually all the sectors of the economy: oil production, metallurgy, financial, telecommunications, consumers’ sector, etc., at the annual reports contest arranged by OJSC "Moscow Stock Exchange" this year. The jury included representatives from professional securities traders, government bodies, professional associations and independent experts. The contest, which is intended to support a high level of the companies’ transparency and promote the efficient information disclosure to investors and customers, has been held since 1998, and during this time has become a unique platform for the presentation of the companies’ annual reports.

JSC TATNEFT has been publishing its corporate social reporting annually since 2005 in order to inform the general public about the activities of the Company to ensure economic sustainability, environmental safety and social welfare. The activity of JSC TATNEFT to prepare social reports used to repeatedly receive public recognition. Yet nother victory in the prestigious contest confirms the Company's commitment to implement the best practices of the corporate social responsibility and maintain a high level of transparency to its shareholders and the public.