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“How to protect the environment from negative industrial impact: the view of European businesses”

27.10.2015

On 27 October 2015, the AEB and the Russian Parliamentary European Club organised a round table meeting: “How to protect the environment from negative industrial impact: the view of European businesses”.


Philippe Pegorier, Chairman of the AEB Board, Country President in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, Alstom, and Andrey Klimov, Chairman of the Board, Russian Parliamentary European Club, Deputy Chairman, Committee for International Affairs of the Council of the Federation, were the co-chairmen of the round table meeting. 

Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of the French Republic, and Nuritdin Inamov, Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, reported on the positon of France and Russia regarding the environment protection in the run-up to the COP 21 climate change conference that will be held on 30 November–11 December 2015 in Paris.

Vincent De Rul, CEO, EDF FENICE RUS, talked about how energy companies can help reduce their environmental impact.

Sergey Korotkov, Director of the Centre for International Industrial Cooperation in the Russian Federation, UNIDO, devoted his speech to the implementation of international environmental agreements in Russia and the EEU.

Gonzague De Pirey, General Delegate in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS countries, Saint-Gobain, spoke about the role of European industrial groups in environmental protection.

Mikhail Yulkin, Director of the NGO Environmental Investment Centre drew the attention of the participants to the position of Russian business on environmental protection in the run-up to the COP 21 climate change conference in Paris.

Mikhail Slipenchuk, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology, David Campbell, President of BP Russia, Valery Kucherov, Chairman of the AEB Safety, Health, Environment & Security Committee; Partner, ERM Eurasia, Albert Grigoryan, Head of Representation, ENGIE, took part in a discussion and pointed out the global work on environmental protection should always be on the agenda of both businesses and governments.  

The round table meeting was followed by a press conference.

L–R: Philippe Pegorier, Chairman of the AEB Board; Andrey Klimov, Chairman of the Board, Russian Parliamentary European Club, Deputy Chairman, Committee for International Affairs of the Council of the Federation; Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of the French Republic.

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