SCM GROUP PUBLIC REPORT 2011

culture and raising the society’s awareness of the matters related
to climate change and effective use of energy resources,
are united under Energoeffektivnost.UA program. One
of such projects is Ukraine Energy Index, launched in April
2011. The project allowed mapping the energy efficiency
potential of Ukraine’s Oblasts, as well as evaluating the effect
of the implemented energy efficiency projects. The index
also made it possible to define the priority areas, in which
the energy efficiency projects could bring maximum value.
Details are available at www.energy-index.com.ua. Details
about Energoeffektivnost.UA program are available at www.
energo.scm.com.ua.
Local communities
Cooperation with the local communities in the regions where
our enterprises operate, is the core element of SCM Group’s
strategy, since most of our enterprises are the biggest employers
and taxpayers in those regions. This creates strong
connection between our business and the local communities.
We believe that in the regions where our enterprises are
town-forming, the condition of the infrastructure, utilities
sector, healthcare, education, culture, and sport significantly
impacts the quality of our employees’ life and, therefore,
the way our enterprises operate.
In order to resolve the local social issues and boost the development
of the regions where we operate, we made a decision
in favor of social investments within the framework
of the social partnership agreements. We are rather thorough
in selecting the areas for social investment: we analyze
the local social structure; we involve the local stakeholders,
including the authorities and the NGOs; and we prepare
the list of projects for the joint funding and implementation
under the social partnership agreements.
Since 2008, DTEK has been implementing social programs
under the social partnership agreements. As of 2011, such
agreements were signed with 19 cities and 4 regions of Donetsk,
Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Vinnitsa, Lugansk, Lvov,
and Ivano-Frankovsk Oblasts. The priority social investment
areas are energy efficiency and utilities, healthcare, social infrastructure,
local business development, education, culture,
and sport.
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CREATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE
In 2011, Metinvest began to implement its social investment
strategy, which defined a range of corporate social programs
for further funding and execution.
During the reporting year, SCM Group united all its social
projects under a Social Partnership Program, involving
not only our enterprises, but also the local authorities and
the population in the regions of our presence.
Our priority social investment areas:
• developing the regions of our presence: infrastructure,
education, healthcare, culture, and sport;
• developing local business;
• environment and energy efficiency;
• corporate volunteering.
At the foundation of our Social Partnership Program lies
the principle of finding holistic solutions to the social problems
in the regions of our presence, as well as a result-oriented
approach and active involvement of the local communities
in our projects.
In 2011, SCM Group’s enterprises implemented more than
300 projects in more than 50 residential areas in 8 Oblasts
of Ukraine. The total volume of investment in the 2011 social
projects amounted to $13m.
Healthcare
SCM invests in healthcare projects in the regions where its
enterprises operate, since the state-owned medical infrastructure
is practically worn out and requires immediate restoration
and upgrade.
Our goal is to provide access to high quality medical infrastructure
not only for our employees, but also for the citizens
in the regions of our presence.
Our ongoing projects in healthcare:
• DTEK participates in Telemedicine national project implementation.
The project is aimed at creating the all-
Ukrainian telemedical network, to provide access to
quality medical assistance to the local population, including
the citizens from the remote regions, using
the modern technologies.
Sustainable development