RusGidro OAO : RusHydro presented Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol at the Public Chamber’s Forum
05/29/2012| 08:02am US/Eastern
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RusHydro presented Hydropower Sustainability Assessment
Protocol at the Social Forum on Sustainable
Development,conducted under the aegis of the Public Chamber
of the Russian Federation.
Participants in the Forum included representatives of UNEP,
Moscow office of UNDP and Institute for sustainable
development of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocolis being
jointly developed by the International Hydropower
Association, The Nature Conservancy, World Bank and World
Wildlife Fund.
RusHydro joined the effort of developing the Protocol in 2009
together with Non-Commercial Partnership "Hydropower of
Russia" and Russian independent experts in the field of
environment and sociology.
RusHydro is planning to actively promote the Protocol.
In the 2012 the Protocol will be presented to government
structures, NGOs and business community. During
2012-2013 the Protocol will be tested in pilot regime: one of
RusHydro projects will be assessed from the point of view of
compliance with sustainable development criteria.
The information in this press release may contain
projections or other forward-looking statements regarding
future events or the future financial performance of
RusHydro. You can identify forward looking statements by
terms such as "expect," "believe,"
"anticipate," "estimate,"
"intend," "will," "could,"
"may" or "might," the negative of such
terms or other similar expressions. We wish to caution you
that these statements are only predictions and that actual
events or results may differ materially from these
statements. We do not intend to update these statements to
reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Many factors could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those contained in our projections or
forward-looking statements, including, among others, general
economic conditions, our competitive environment, risks
associated with operating in Russia, rapid technological and
market change in our industries, as well as many other risks
specifically related to RusHydro and its operations.
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