The goal of QazaqGaz is to develop its business according to the best international standards, while maintaining a commitment to protecting the environment, guaranteeing safe and healthy working conditions and ensuring a positive contribution to the development of the regions where it operates.
NC QazaqGaz JSC, due to its industry specifics, has insignificant impact on the biodiversity of animals, plants, and their habitats. However, since the main gas pipelines and gas distribution networks of the Company are located throughout the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, one of the important priorities in terms of environmental protection for the Company is the preservation of biodiversity of local ecosystems.
The Company's policy in the field of biodiversity conservation recognizes the importance of efforts to preserve biological species, especially those under protection, as well as habitats critical for their conservation. The developed document introduces a risk-based approach to the Company, in which, when planning and implementing production activities, an assessment of risks for the conservation of biodiversity is mandatory.
The key principles of the Policy are responsible management of biodiversity and assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s efforts on their impact on ecosystem services – i.e. on the benefits and benefits that humanity receives from the environment and properly functioning ecosystems.
Intergas Central Asia JSC is the only S&A of the Company located within a specially protected natural area, as well as on lands adjacent to such areas. The S&A is in the territory of the state Syrdarya-Turkestan Regional Nature Park. A 69-kilometer-long section of the "Bukhara-Ural" gas trunkline is adjacent to the Mikhailovsky State Natural Zoological Reserve in Karabalyk district.
In the reporting year, Intergas Central Asia JSC carried out research work on the impact of production facilities on the state of biodiversity. The purpose of the biodiversity work was to assess the state of fauna and flora in the areas where production facilities are located. It was planned to obtain objective data on the current state of biodiversity in the areas adjacent to the enterprise and to assess the anthropogenic impact of production facilities on fauna and flora in the areas where the production facilities are located. In parallel with the biodiversity assessment, the environmental impact of the Company's operations was assessed in terms of the impact of harmful and polluting substances. The most typical harmful factors, substances and their impact on soil cover, surface water, atmospheric air, flora, and fauna were identified.
The research work shows that the Company's production facilities do not have a negative impact on human health, flora and fauna, on the adjacent territory and its landscape, and the formation of an ecologically sustainable system of green plantings with a balanced composition of its elements, ensuring their connectivity within the territory of the sanitary protection zone, creates a natural framework that has significant ecological capabilities that ensure the stable functioning of environmental components. The requirements for biodiversity assessment in the territories adjacent to the Company's production facilities are set out in the Ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
As part of the implementation of the project "Construction of the Kashagan Gas Processing Plant", Industrial Environmental Control Programs and Environmental Protection Action Plans have been developed and implemented at each facility.
At the early stages of development and implementation of projects, the Group of Companies of JSC NC QazaqGaz conducts an assessment of the biodiversity of adjacent territories. The group of companies JSC NC QazaqGaz does not operate within protected natural areas or areas with high biodiversity value. The company's work does not pose a danger to animals and plants that are listed in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the Red Book of Kazakhstan and are endangered.
The company strives to comply with national environmental legislation and comply with global best practices.
Our goal is to prevent impacts on biological diversity in the regions where we operate, including preserving forests. In case of production necessity and unavoidable impact, the company implements compensation measures.
In order to preserve biodiversity on the territory of the Group's enterprises, it is prohibited to destroy or damage green spaces, light fires, or conduct hunting and fishing. These requirements are the same for both staff and contractor employees. The location of the enterprises does not interfere with the movements of migratory birds and animal migration.
The company recognizes the importance of the issue of deforestation. The Group of Companies JSC NC QazaqGaz has a policy of compensation for felled trees: instead of one felled tree, two new ones are planted.
Joint Stock Company "National Company "QazaqGaz" is the main gas company of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representing the interests of the state, both in the domestic and foreign gas market.
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