Moscow, July 18, 2017 - UC RUSAL (trade code at HKEx - 486, at Euronext - RUSAL/RUAL, at Moscow Exchange - RUAL/RUALR), one of the world's largest aluminium producers, announces beginning of the second stage of the grant contest within the Green Wave environmental marathon.
RUSAL invites inhabitants of 14 cities of its presence to continue participating in beautifying and landscaping of yards, squares, streets, pedestrian alleys, as well as sites in territories of organisations and institutions. The best projects of citizens will be supported by a grant of RUSAL for up to RUB 10 thou., which can be spent on the purchase of trees and relevant garden tools.
Bids will be accepted until August 10 at the website http://grants.fcsp.ru. It is planned to plant trees in the period from September 10 to October 15, 2017.
At the first stage of the Green Wave in May - June 2017, citizens of RUSAL presence cities planted hundreds of various trees and bushes. For example, a green labyrinth appeared in Achinsk, a rockery at Mukhanova Street in Bratsk, a fragrant mini garden in Krasnoturyinsk, and a Raspberry Alley in Kamensk-Uralsky. Using their own efforts, citizens landscaped yards and parks, sites near kindergartens, schools and medical centres, youth and cultural centres. Totally, 27 projects were implemented for the aggregate amount of RUB 263 thou.
'The Green Wave contest received a positive feedback from citizens: at the first stage, we accepted over 300 projects for consideration. It is important to mention that the proposed initiatives comprised not only street space transformation, but also various awareness-raising and educational activities, environmental events, yard fests, etc. This confirms that active citizens implementing such projects seek to draw attention of their families, friends and neighbours to issues of environment and city landscape creation, as well as attract new like-minded people,' said Mrs Olga Solodilova, Executive Director of the RUSAL Social Programme Centre.
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The contest of city beautifying and landscaping projects is implemented within the Green Wave, environmental marathon of RUSAL, which takes place under the auspices of the Environmental Year in Russia in the Company's presence cities. The marathon includes tree planting actions, volunteer Saturday clean-ups, river bank cleaning, as well as environmental master classes, educational lectures and contests.
Grant contest geography: Achinsk, Bratsk, Boksitogorsk, Volgograd, Kandalaksha, Kamensk-Uralsky, Krasnoturyinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Nadvoitsy, Novokuznetsk, Sayanogorsk, Severouralsk, Sharypovo, Shelekhov.
The grant contest is administered and supported by the RUSAL Social Programme Centre (www.fcsp.ru).