The environmental project of IDGC of Centre "Green Distribution Zone" became one of prize winners of the award "Best Social Projects of Russia"

The project "Green Distribution Zone" of IDGC of Centre became one of prize winners of the 6th annual award "Best Social Projects of Russia" in the category "Environmental Projects and Initiatives". The awarding took place on 18 May 2018 in the Tver region within the framework of the All-Russian Forum "Best Social Projects of Russia", where experts in the field of corporate social responsibility shared their experience in implementing social programs in such areas as charity, sports support, educational and environmental projects.

IDGC of Centre’s project "Green Distribution Zone", timed to the Year of Ecology in Russia, included a number of activities aimed at attracting public attention to problems related to ecology and environmental protection. Among them, along with traditional initiatives, such as planting trees and conducting clean-up events, the energy company carried out a set of measures to improve territories in the regions of the company’s presence: landscaping in Distribution Zones, planting and expanding "Alleys of Power Engineers", caring for memorials of soldiers, fallen during the war years, took an active part in ecological clean-up events, city and regional eco-events. More than 11.5 thousand employees of the company from all 11 branches of IDGC of Centre became participants of the project. "Green Distribution Zone" became a key event in the implementation of the program of work with personnel in the development of respect for the environment.

The social importance of the project "Green Distribution Zone" was highly appreciated by the professional community - it became a prize winner of the XIII Award in the field of development of public relations "RuPoR 2017", having won the first place in the nomination "Corporate and social responsibility and charity", was recognized the winner of the contest of PR projects "KonTEKst-2017" among press services of energy companies and power engineering in the category" Corporate and social responsibility and charity". The award "Best Social Projects of Russia" is the third in the collection of IDGC of Centre for the project "Green Distribution Zone".