OREANDA-NEWS. TATNEFT Company will participate in the All-Russian environmental campaign "Green Spring", which will be take place from April 20 to May 20, 2015.

Environmental community cleanups have been organized on the initiative of the non-governmental Environmental Fund named after V.I. Vernadsky since 2014. Last year, they brought more than 1.2 million people together in 80 regions of the Russian Federation. JSC TATNEFT became one of the most active participants of this campaign. Following the results of the All-Russian campaign the Company and its seven subsidiaries were  named winners in the nomination "For the special contribution to the improvement of the environment in the Russian Federation" and were awarded honorary prizes of the Fund  named after  V.I. Vernadsky.

This year within a month long ecological marathon there will be environmental activities implemented  for cleaning specially protected natural areas, city streets, parks, forests, areas of educational institutions, children’s playgrounds and sports fields, places of mass rest of the townspeople, the shores of ponds and planting of flowers and trees, wastepaper collection and separate collection of recyclable waste materials. The ecological cleanup will help to improve the territories at the monuments and memorials of the Great Patriotic War.

The event is designed to consolidate the efforts of the individuals and organizations of all the subjects of the Russian Federation to clean public spaces from daily trash, improve the ecological situation in the cities and towns, raise the level of environmental awareness among the citizens and give the basics of environmental education to the younger generation.