State Duma deputy from the Leningrad region Sergei Petrov congratulated the PhosAgro company on receiving the national award “Leaders of Responsible Business”.
As the deputy noted, this award is more than a competition: “this is a responsible team of Russian industrialists that unites thousands of employees into a powerful community of like-minded people.” “I sincerely congratulate PhosAgro on being awarded the status of winner in three categories of this prestigious national award. Of course, this is no coincidence victory for such a representative of the industrial elite as the PhosAgro company. In its activities, this chemical giant is guided not only by production principles, but also by social ones, developing the infrastructure of the cities where it operates, including introducing new environmental initiatives. The activities of this socially oriented company are a good guide for others,” the deputy noted.
The national award “Leaders of Responsible Business” was established on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). 44 companies were nominated for the first prize in 2023. PhosAgro, one of the leaders in the domestic mineral fertilizer industry, received a first degree diploma, having won in three out of five categories. PhosAgro’s social programs aimed at the comprehensive development of the regions where it operates, education and the harmonious development of the younger generation received the highest ratings.
In all regions of its presence, PhosAgro develops and improves the urban environment, supports medicine, directing significant funds to update equipment and purchase medicines in local hospitals, repairs and equips sponsored schools and colleges, builds and reconstructs sports facilities.
Thus, in Volkhov, Leningrad Region, where the million-plus PhosAgro plant is located, the company breathed new life into the city square named after V.P. Pochivalova, develops the Dvugorye ski base donated to the city, erected the Church of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called and opened a spiritual and educational center. And every seventh Volkhov schoolchild attends free sports sections and creative studios of the DROZD company project (“For Russian Children – Education, Health and Spirituality”).
In addition, the company provides its employees with comfortable and safe working conditions and decent wages. PhosAgro enterprises have collective agreements that are recognized by experts as the best in the industry. They contain a wide range of benefits and social guarantees, including medical care, health and summer recreation programs, and measures to support company veterans. All enterprises operate free modern physical education and sports facilities, corporate catering centers, museums and interactive educational complexes. PhosAgro’s housing program is in high demand, thanks to which almost 3 thousand families of its employees have improved their living conditions.
In addition, over the past 10 years, the company has increased its funding of charitable and social projects by 7 times, allocating more than 25 billion rubles for these purposes in 2022–2023 alone.
Source: Rosbalt
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