GAZPROM NEFT Gazprom Neft at a glance Sustainable development management Health and safety Commissioning Environmental safety of the Sports Complex Employee development in Yamalo-Nenets Social policy Autonomous Okrug Appendices Expanding partnership with the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Gazprom Neft and the Government The area of the Ice Centre totals 5,400 of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous square metres. The Centre will host Okrug signed a supplementary ice-hockey, figure-skating, and other agreement on partnership winter-sports training sessions in social and economic projects. and competitions. The parties will continue their cooperation to ensure The Polyarny Sports Complex will further economic development allow local residents to swim, Modern sports centres of the region, and improve quality play futsal, basketball, volleyball are an essential of life there. The agreement also and tennis, do aerobics and dance all part of development provides for the development year round. The 7,000-square-metre on Yamal. Sports of energy infrastructure and roads complex also includes a versatile facilities such as Polyarny in the Tazovsky district. gym and a weight room, an aerobics are becoming centres that studio, and a six-lane swimming pool. attract local residents The company implemented several and open up new opportunities major infrastructure projects The company has previously opened for talented children. Together in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous such sports facilities in Noyabrsk, with the Avangard Ice Centre, Okrug, designed to promote Myuravlenko, and Tarko-Sale. which we built nearby an attractive urban environment, Construction of the multifunctional in cooperation with regional and develop sport for children Yamal-Arena Sports Complex authorities, it marks and the general public, as part in Salekhard is continuing the completion of sports of the “Home Towns” Programme. with the company support. infrastructure development In 2019, the Polarny (Polar) Sports in this town in the Arctic. Complex and the Avangard Ice Centre Labytnangi residents will were commissioned in Labytnangi. now be able to play sports and take part in competitions 2 2 all year round, as new m m sports facilities offer every 5,400 7,000 opportunity for that. the area of the Avangard the area of the Polyarny Alexander Dybal Ice Centre Sports Complex Member of the Management Board, Deputy CEO for Corporate Communications, Gazprom Neft Improving road quality Gazprom Neft is developing its climate and operating conditions. effective solutions for transport In 2019, six further regions were infrastructure, allowing the company included in the programme: to build high-quality, durable roads. the Novosibirsk Oblast, the Nizhny Under agreements with local Novgorod Oblast, the Smolensk regions governments, the company is making Oblast, the Kurgan Oblast, the Kursk 26 and supplying innovative bitumen Oblast, and the Khabarovsk Krai. materials, created specifically Overall, the programme covers 26 covered by the Programme for each region, taking into account regions. on improving road quality 134 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2019 THE “HOME TOWNS” PROGRAMME The “Home Towns” Programme It covers all Gazprom Neft social projects, from small- is one of the most successful scale volunteer campaigns and best-known regional and town celebrations development initiatives to major international undertaken by Russian business festivals, and the construction of apartment blocks and sports centres. The “Home Towns” Programme objectives: – developing basic social infrastructure throughout the regions in which Considering the company operates; – ensuring comprehensive improvement of the urban environment, stakeholder priorities and creating favourable conditions for people to live in; with social projects – supporting local community initiatives; The company is planning – creating conditions for developing education, culture and sports; 1 and implementing its regional policy, – developing creative industries ; which is interrelated with regional goals – popularising science among young people; and development programmes. – preserving the unique culture and traditional lifestyle of indigenous peoples The portfolio of social projects that form in the north of Russia; part of the “Home Towns” Programme – integrating the indigenous peoples in the north of Russia into the modern is being developed in partnership economic landscape. with regional governments, non- profit organisations, local residents, and company employees. Gazprom Neft Particular projects and priority Social investment, ₽ billion is taking into account key stakeholder target groups are listed separately 7.5 expectations, allocating resources for each region, based 6.8 for addressing relevant issues in regions, on its relevant development goals, and plans to provide long-term social and the company’s annual social- benefits. 2 This approach means that the company project implementation cycle . 4.3 4.0 4.1 can initiate positive changes, and allocate resources for solving relevant problems in the regions, rather than merely being a sponsor. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 / 1 / Creative industries are industries based on individual creativity, skills or talent, and which can generate added value and create jobs by producing and using intellectual property. / 2 / Read more about implementing social projects, and approaches to assessing their efficiency in the Gazprom Neft Sustainability Report for 2018. 06 SOCIAL POLICY 135.