ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY HEADLINESEnvironment and Sustainability
Evraz Creates Health, Safety and Environmental Committee
Oct. 27, 2010 Evraz Group S.A. has established a Health, Safety and Environmental Committee of the Board of Directors—and has created the position of Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment—in an effort to increase the level of industrial safety, labor protection, and environmental care across its international operations.
The Board’s Committee is composed of three independent directors: Gordon Toll (Chairman), Karl Gruber, and Terry Robinson.
Alexander Kruchinin has been appointed as Evraz’s VP of Health, Safety and Environment, and will be in charge of the company’s Russian and non-Russian operations.
Before joining Evraz, Kruchinin was responsible for industrial safety, labor and environmental protection at Sakhalin-Energy, Ligett-Ducatt, DuPont de Nemours International, UC Rusal, Integra. He graduated from the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas and took an internship in The Fuqua School of business, Duke University. He is now studying for his EMBA in the Higher School of Management at Saint-Petersburg State University.
Alexander Frolov, Evraz’s CEO, said, “The creation of a Board committee and the role of Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment, who will report to me directly, reflects the importance Evraz’s management attaches to the issues of safety, sustainable development, and environmental protection.
“I am confident that the creation of the committee and Alexander Kruchinin’s vast experience in ecology and industrial safety will help further improve safety standards at Evraz’s operations, improve the ecological environment in the regions where we operate, and strengthen Evraz’s position as a socially responsible company.”