Moscow, 6 March 2016 - UC RUSAL (Hong Kong Stock Exchange code 486, Euronext code RUSAL/RUAL, Moscow Exchange code RUAL), one of the world's largest aluminium producers, announces that it has started to receive applications for the environmental projects contest 'Green Wave' in 11 Russian regions. Thanks to the programme, active city dwellers, volunteers, as well as representatives of non-profit organisations and municipal institutions will be able to implement their ideas for planting and landscaping in local urban spaces: parks, squares, alleys, boulevards, streets, yards and open areas.

In 2018, the contest will be held in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Achinsk and Achinsk District, Bogotol and Bogotol District, Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Nazarovo and Nazarovo District, Taezhny Village, Tyukhtet Village, Sharypovsky District), Volgograd region (Volgograd), Irkutsk Region (Bratsk, Taishet, Shelekhov), Kemerovo Region Novokuznetsk, Belogorsk), Leningrad Region Boksitogorsk), Moscow, Murmansk Region (Kandalaksha), Samara Region (Novosemeikino Village), Sverdlovsk Region (Kamensk-Uralsky, Krasnoturinsk, Severouralsk), the Republic of Karelia (Nadvoitsy) and the Republic of Khakassia (Sayanogorsk).

Applications will be accepted until March 28 at the website http://grants.fcsp.ru. The maximum amount granted by RUSAL to each winner for the implementation of their project will be RUB 50,000. The funds can be used to purchase seedlings of trees and shrubs, as well as the materials and tools necessary for their planting.

– We are holding the Green Wave projects contest for the second year in a row. In 2017, 156 projects were accepted into the contest, 78 of these initiatives were supported, to the total amount of RUB 700,000. This year, we took into account the high popularity of the programme among city dwellers and decided to make the contest more ambitious. Firstly, we significantly extended its geographical spread, and secondly, we have increased grant amounts from RUB 10,000 to RUB 50,000. We are sure that interested people participating in the contest will be able to transform their hometowns and make them greener, cleaner and more comfortable, says Vera Kurochkina, Deputy CEO of RUSAL.

Administration and organisational support of the programme will be carried out by UC RUSAL's Social Programmes Centre (SPC). For more information on the competition, please visit www.fcsp.ru.

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The Green Wave projects contest is being held as part of the social programme for the development of citywide and corporate volunteering 'It's easy to help'. The purposes of this contest are to landscape and garden spaces, develop ideas for citywide volunteering, and create communities of active city dwellers in cities where the company is present. In addition to the project work, we have also scheduled environmental spring cleaning days, mass tree planting events with the participation of corporate volunteers and active citizens, environmental education lectures and workshops, thematic master classes and much more during the year.