OREANDA-NEWS. Baltika Breweries, a part of the Carlsberg Group, will take part in the business programme of the Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum that will be held in Saint Petersburg on June 22-24, 2014.

Baltika's top-managers will act as the experts at the “Innovations in Resource Management to Improve Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture”, “Green” money and Sense in Better Managing the Russian Environment” and “Nurturing Growth Clusters in Russian Regions” sessions.

Isaak Sheps, President of Baltika Breweries, SVP Carlsberg Group for Eastern Europe, Chairman of Russian Beer Union Council, PhD in Economics:

“Our company annually participates in the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. The Forum ensures the communication between the heads of international companies, the Russian business, the key investors and the officials on investment appeal and sustainable development of business in Russia. Baltika also contributes to the improvement of investment climate in Russia and serves as an example of steady and sustainable development. Not only do we pay taxes and create jobs, but we also combine our leadership with the social responsibility. For instance, the company tries to minimize its environmental impact, pays much attention to the resource-saving projects and waste disposal, while also developing our own agroproject, and we will be happy to share our experience and best practices with the participants of an event as important as SPIEF-2014.”

JSC Baltika Breweries, part of the Carlsberg Group, is one of the biggest Russian FMCG companies; from 1996 it has been No. 1 on the Russian beer market. Baltika owns 10 breweries in Russia and has a wide brand portfolio. The company is a significant part of Carlsberg Group and its Eastern Europe region, which also includes Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Baltika Breweries is a leading exporter of Russian beer: its products are represented in more than 75 countries around the world. The Baltika brand rates first in Europe in sales (Euromonitor).

In 2012, Carlsberg Group and Baltika signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), stipulating the implementation of major environmental projects in Russia concerning the water resources, agriculture and climate change issues, for a sum of 1 billion rubles within five years. This public-private partnership is the first of its kind in Russia and represents a new approach to environmental sustainability.