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 KMG EP has implemented a diverse social programme across a number of areas, including social partnership, educational projects, sponsorship and overall support of its employees and their families. KMG EP also places a strong emphasis on its responsibility towards the environment in the regions of its operations and beyond. The Company spent total of US $ 30 million on various projects in 2008 and it continues to prioritize the promotion of the image of Kazakhstan and its cultural traditions abroad. The Company operates social policies in several areas – social partnership, sponsorship, work relations, and a programme of support for Company employees and their families. The social partnership programme enables the Company to realise its obligations in accordance with the Subsoil Use Contracts and contributes to the development of the infrastructure of the regions where KMG EP operates. As part of this Programme the Company works with local authorities and provides financial support to a number of social projects – construction and refurbishment of schools, roads, hospitals, cultural and sports centres. KMG EP also supports a number of social and public organisations of Kazakhstan. Sponsorship is an integral part of the Company’s social programme. KMG EP provides financial aid to low income families, invalids, orphans, pensioners, artists, and athletes and participates in various socially important events organised by NC KMG. In response to government policy regulating relations between employers and trade unions, the Company made an important step forward in the area of work relations. In December 2007 a Collective Agreement was signed that ensured a high level of social protection for the Company’s employees. KMG EP is a regular sponsor of such annual events as the KIOGE conference and the Eurasian Energy Forum.  In accordance with international health and safety regulations the Company introduced uniform for the field personnel, systematically improves the working environment, provides training and implements new technologies and equipment with the goal of improving health and safety conditions.  The Company understands that social responsibility also includes responsibility to the environment in all areas of its operations and makes this a high priority. Every year the financing of environmental projects increases, and KMG EP invests in safe, energy saving and waste reducing technologies. KMG EP operates programmes of waste utilisation, cleaning polluted territories using modern biotechnologies and taking preventative measures against pollution of the Caspian sea. In accordance with the government directives on waste minimisation, the Company acquired and assembled new equipment for cleansing of polluted soil and waste accumulated for decades. Moreover, KMG EP successfully worked towards redeeming the ecological balance in historically polluted areas by using the zeolite-microbiological method of soil cleansing. This process enables us to bring large previously unusable territories back into use. In September 2007 KMG EP acted as a general sponsor for the Eco Tech 2007 conference, the main specialized event in Central Asia that focuses on utilization, refining, and storing of industrial waste; water, air and soil purification; and health and safety regulations. KMG EP also supports cultural projects that aim at the study and preservation of the historical traditions of Kazakhstan and at improving the image of the Republic of Kazakhstan around the world. In July 2007 KMG EP initiated a large project entitled The Energy of the Past. Overall, in 2007 KMG EP spent about $30m (3,7bn tenge) on social projects. From this 947million tenge was allocated in accordance with the subsoil use contracts, 980million tenge was spent on social sponsorship and 1,8 million tenge on the construction of social facilities. |
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