OREANDA-NEWS. On 19 October SCM ran the Green City volunteering campaign. More than 14,000 SCM's employees planted over 10,000 trees in 50 cities and towns across the country.

“Contributing to a better quality of life in the cities and towns of our operations is a goal of Rinat Akhmetov's business. I mean the contribution made by our companies that invest hundreds of million hryvnias in the development of the cities and towns every year and the personal contribution of our employees. The Saturday's volunteering event is another proof that the extended family of SCM have many people who are ready to take concrete steps and change the life in their cities and towns to the better. It took a few hours for just 5% of our employees to plant 10,000 tree saplings in 50 Ukrainian cities and towns. In other words, these trees will generate oxygen for 30,000 people every year,” underscored Natalia Yemchenko, SCM's Director of Public Relations and Communications.

Natalia Yemchenko believes that volunteering projects are significant as they help to change attitude to current issues and get all of us involved to address them. The movement unites people in the drive for change and teaches to put value on achievements. Moreover, SCM's initiative encouraged local communities to join in the clean-ups on 19 October.