Local communities

Larisa Zelkova,
Senior Vice-President — HR,
Social Policy and Public Relations

Nornickel is one of the major employers and taxpayers in Russia. The Company makes a significant contribution to the development of local communities by implementing a range of social programmes that address current and potential future issues

Larisa Zelkova,
Senior Vice-President — HR,
Social Policy and Public Relations

Long-term goals

Large-scale social results

Social Investments

• Supporting local infrastructure and construction of new facilities (airport, roads, city buildings, sport facilities, fiber-optic high speed internet to Norilsk)
• Relocation programme: relocation from Norilsk to Russia’s «mainland»
• Strong legacy engagement and support of indigenous people
• Support of regional healthcare infrastructure and local communities through COVID-19 epidemic
• Volunteers — supporting various initiatives (the Plant of Goodness corporate volunteer programme)
• Engagement with government on social initiatives

Social Support of Employees

• Health and vacations: compensation of travel expenses and accommodation in resorts
• Housing: co-investment of home purchase
• Pension plans: co-funded pension plan
• Sports: support of amateur sports
• Housing co-investment of home purchase
• Support of regional healthcare infrastructure (project Corporate medicine)

Sponsorship & Charity

• Charity: World of New Opportunities programme
• Sponsorships: Rosa Khutor Ski Resort, Russian Olympic Committee, TSKA Professional Basketball Club, International University Sports Federation and etc.
• Ad hoc support Regional healthcare, fight with coronavirus

Social Partnership

• № 1 rated employer among Top-50 largest by Forbes-Russia
• Collective bargaining agreement: 83% of the Group’s employees
• Linking annual salaries revision to domestic CPI
• Social and labour councils 79% of the total headcount across the Group