MOSCOW (MRC) -- SIBUR Holding decided to establish a Sustainable Development Committee of the Board of Directors, said the company.
The Committee will be responsible for: taking part in shaping and implementing the Company’s 2025 Sustainable Development Strategy and publicly promoting ethical, transparent and sustainable business practices; and monitoring that the Company’s activities are conducted in a responsible and sustainable manner.
The Committee will coordinate the management of sustainable development risks and opportunities, enhance SIBUR's business reputation, investment appeal and relationships with stakeholders, and indicate that the Company puts a special focus on sustainability and recognises its strategic importance.
Establishing a designated committee of the Board of Directors is the best practice among international leaders in sustainability. The Committee will contribute to improving the efficiency of the Company's activities in this area and advise the Board of Directors on the matters of sustainable development.
In 2019, the Board of Directors of SIBUR Holding adopted the 2025 Sustainable Development Strategy.
As MRC informed earlier,SIBUR has completed the start-up and commissioning work at key production facilities at ZapSibNeftekhim (ZapSib), its flagship petrochemical complex at Tobolsk. ZapSib in the first quarter of 2020 produced 115,000 metric tons of PP and 259,000 metric tons of PE, part of which is en route to clients and was not reflected in the sales volumes for the reporting period. Sales of PP grew by 87.3% to 243,000 metric tons and of PE by more than 100% to 132,000 metric tons. In January 2020, Sibur completed construction of its new thermoplastic elastomers production facility at Voronezh and launched trial production.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing PE and PP.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 383,760 tonnes in the first two month of 2020, up by 14% year on year. High density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) shipments increased due to the increased capacity utilisation at ZapSibNeftekhim. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market were 192,760 tonnes in January-February 2020, down by 6% year on year. Homopolymer PP accounted for the main decrease in imports.
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