MOSCOW, July 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
PhosAgro[*] acted as the
general partner of the Summer School on Green Chemistry, which was
organised by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC)[**] and held in
Venice (Italy).
This initiative aims to provide support to young scientists
working in the field of green chemistry. It creates a platform for
promotion of innovative and technologically-advanced projects,
discussion of topical issues, sharing best practices and
experience, networking and establishing scientific cooperation, and
creating a solid theoretical and practical base.
This year the school was attended by 80 young specialists and 20
world class teachers from forty different countries. The academic
programme of the summer school focused on 17 UN sustainable
development goals. Particular attention was paid to young
scientists from developing countries and countries with emerging
economies, particularly from Africa. 15 of the 30 young professionals who
have been awarded with a scholarship to participate in the event
are representatives of the African continent.
One of the main organisers of the Summer School and its current
Chairman, Pietro Tundo, Professor
of Green Chemistry at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, said: "I
see this school as a platform for discussing the implementation of
our scientific ideas in the field of green chemistry. It is
important not only to discuss theoretical aspects, but also to
develop roadmaps which could later help us achieve our main goal -
save our planet for future generations."
During the Summer School opening ceremony PhosAgro Deputy CEO
Siroj Loikov talked about the Company's activities oriented at
supporting green initiatives, paying special attention to the Green
Chemistry for Life grant programme for young specialists that is
being supported by PhosAgro, UNESCO and IUPAC. He also invited all
those interested to participate in the grant programme.
Andrey Guryev, a member of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO Affairs and the
CEO of PhosAgro said: "We are very pleased that for the first
time in the long history of UNESCO and the entire United Nations
system an initiative of this kind is being implemented on an
extrabudgetary basis and funded by the Russian company PhosAgro.
This September, I would like to invite you to the fifth Green
Chemistry for Life grant award ceremony that will take place in
Bangkok. I would also like to turn
to young scientists from all over the world who are not yet
participating in the grant programme. I hope you will use this
opportunity to make your dreams come true."
PhosAgro is one of the world leaders in the production of
mineral fertilisers. Its fertilisers are exported to 100 countries
worldwide and are distinguished by their high quality and low
content of impurities and potentially harmful elements such as
cadmium. The Company therefore pays significant attention to the
responsible use of natural resources as well as food security and
environmental conservation on local and global levels. As a result,
the Company is currently implementing its own ecological and social
agenda, which is devoted to reducing environmental footprint from
its activities and to continuing environmental conservation in
those regions, where PhosAgro operates.
Over the last 3 three years PhosAgro Group has spent over
RUB 10.5 billion on various
environmental projects. At its facilities the Company implemented
ecology management systems as well as staff health and safety
management systems. Further development of the Company's facilities
through construction of new and modernisation of existing
facilities using the best existing technologies remains one of the
main priorities of PhosAgro's strategy. Modernisation and creation
of highly technological facilities helps to decrease the Company's
operating expenses and ecological footprint.
For further information please contact:
PJSC PhosAgro
Alexander Seleznev, Head of Investor
Relations
ir@phosagro.ru
+7-495-232-96-89 ex 21 87
Timur Belov, Press Officer
Anastacia Basos, Deputy Press
Secretary
+7-495-232-9689
[*]PhosAgro (www.phosagro.ru ) is
one of the world's leading vertically integrated phosphate-based
fertilizer producers in terms of production volumes of
phosphate-based fertilizers and high-grade phosphate rock with a
P2O5 content of not less than 39% (according to IFA, Fertecon and
CRU).
The Company is the largest phosphate-based fertilizer producer in
Europe, the largest producer of
high-grade phosphate rock worldwide, and one of the top-three
MAP/DAP producers in the world (by production volumes, according to
IFA). PhosAgro is also one of the leading producers of feed
phosphates (MCP) in Europe, and
the only producer in Russia
(according to CRU and RAFP). PhosAgro is Russia's only producer of nepheline
concentrate (according to RAFP).
PhosAgro's main products include phosphate rock, over 35 grades of
fertilizers, feed phosphates, ammonia, and sodium tripolyphosphate,
which are used by customers in 100 countries spanning all of the
world's inhabited continents. The Company's priority markets
outside of Russia and the CIS are
Latin America, Europe and Asia.
PhosAgro's shares are traded on the Moscow Exchange, and global
depositary receipts ("GDRs") for shares trade on the London Stock
Exchange (under the ticker PHOR). Since 1
June 2016, the Company's GDRs have been included in the MSCI
Russia and MSCI Emerging Markets indexes.
[**]IUPAC (www.iupac.org )
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is the world
authority on chemical nomenclature and terminology. The news about
the changes to the nomenclature and terminology of chemical
elements introduced by the company are published in the Pure and
Applied Chemistry magazine.
IUPAC was formed in 1919. Today, IUPAC is headed by a Russian
scientist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Natalia
Tarasova (holds PhD in Chemistry).