Environmental safety

Management’s priority objectives within the Inter RAO Group’s Environmental Policy are: mitigating the negative environmental impact of industrial enterprises, including decreasing emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere and water bodies, the sustainable use of water resources by thermal power plants, and reducing the production of industrial waste.

The Company’s commitment to sustainable development and the integration of the electricity markets of Russia, the CIS countries, and the European Union heighten the importance of the environmental aspects of the Company’s activities in order to achieve its strategic goals. The degree to which production activities affect the environment and the risks associated with environmental aspects have an increasing impact on the level of market capitalization and the availability and cost of credit resources, constitute an important feature of sustainable development and the extent of business’s social responsibility to society, and have become a real factor in the Company’s development.

The strategic goals of PJSC Inter RAO as regards environmental protection and the sustainable use of natural resources are detailed in the Company’s Declaration on Environmental ResponsibilityDeclaration on Environmental Responsibility: .