Environmental compliance

ENVIRONMENTAL FINES

KPO runs its business in accordance with the environmental legislation of the Republic of Qazaqstan (RoQ). KPO annually requests and obtains an Environmental Impact Permit (EEP) from the RoQ Ministry of Environmental Protection, Geology and Natural Resources. This permit sets the limits for air emissions, discharges and storage of production and consumption waste.

In 2021, KPO did not exceed overall limits of emissions set in the Environmental Impact Permits. Further to the findings of the environmental inspections held during the reporting period, the Company was not held administratively liable. No environmental civil lawsuits were filed in 2021 either.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL CODE

In 2021, as part of the efforts over the new Environmental Code by the Company’s employees, critical production issues were resolved on the legislative level, such as:

• Obtaining new environmental impact permit for 2022;
• Activities related to the Plan of implementation of the requirements of the new RoQ Environmental Code;
• Analysis of the provisions of over 90 new RoQ subordinate laws in environment protection and informing the Company employees about the main environmental requirements through online workshops on the “New RoQ Environmental Code”;
• Participation in development of the new environmental requirements and submission of comments and proposals for over 120 reviewed draft regulatory acts and subordinate laws of the Republic of Qazaqstan in environment protection by KPO environmental specialists as members of the working groups under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Geology and Natural Resources and Association of organizations of oil and gas and energy complex “KAZENERGY”.