Case study:

Helping disadvantaged and sick children in Siberia

Russia has more orphans today than after World War II with over 700, 000 orphans living in 2 000 state-run orphanages. Many Russian orphanages lack funds to buy the most basic needs - medical supplies, adequate food, nutritional supplements and winter clothing. Approximately 12,000 orphans are adopted every year by Russians, and only 3,000 children by foreigners. Many prospective parents will not adopt sick children or those with any hereditary risk.

As part of its considerable presence and investment in Tomsk, Imperial Energy supports orphanages and also helps provide care for the sick children.

Imperial Energy is an active sponsor of Orphanage № 4, the least funded institution of its kind in the region, and home to 65 children aged 7-17. In the last few years this Siberian orphanage had not been receiving state financing for repair works, and some of its buildings including the medical centre were in an urgent need of major renovation: re-flooring and re-roofing critical for the health and safety of its inhabitants and staff living and working in harsh Siberian climate. Imperial Energy donated over one million roubles for the reconstruction works and other needs of the orphanage, as well as supplied its football team with a new sports uniform and has been regularly sending gifts to the children.

Imperial Energy is also a dedicated supporter of the Russian Children’s Fund, a non-commercial social organisation aimed at helping sick and disabled children. The Tomsk subsidiary of the Russian Children’s Fund was established in 2002 and since then has been involved in numerous charity activities for the local community. Imperial Energy supports the Fund with regular financial donations as well as by providing funds on a project basis. In 2007 the Company participated in the purchase of expensive medical equipment for the children suffering from respiratory diseases and acted as a sponsor of numerous children’s holiday celebrations.

The Company’s charity efforts also encompass support for the local community’s initiatives including ‘A Common Miracle’ programme, a charity broadcast on a local TV channel TV2 helping sick children, families in need, young talents, orphanages and other local non-commercial organisations. Thanks to Imperial’s considerable contribution a 16-year-old boy with cerebral paralysis received the much needed medical treatment.

Imperial Energy’s charity activities will continue to focus on helping the most vulnerable categories of the society, sick and underprivileged children.

Case study:

Reducing carbon footprint in the Tomsk region

Environmental protection is an integral part of Imperial Energy’s investment programme. Imperial has taken a forward-looking and responsible approach towards preserving one of the key facets of the national heritage, the nature, and reducing the carbon footprint in the company’s main area of operations, the Tomsk region.

On one such assignment Imperial Energy supported amenity planting initiated by the local government. In May 2007 Imperial Energy planted out a walk of more than a hundred lime trees in the centre of Tomsk, on the territory of the State Tomsk University campus. Additionally in the same month almost two hundred wild ash and birch trees were planted out in the central parks of Kargasok and Parabel districts of the Tomsk region.

It is widely known that planting trees is one of the easiest ways to offset carbon footprint. Trees absorb carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and wood, both of which are very useful for humans and animals. Each tree planted reduces the environmental impact by ‘breathing in’ about 730 kg CO2 emissions over its lifetime of 100 years (www.carbonfootrpint.com).

In line with its environment protection efforts the company has also introduced sustainable development technologies into its corporate practices including paper recycling with more than one and a half tonne of paper recycled since April 2007.

Imperial embarks on such green initiatives in order to limit the impact of the oil and gas industry and ensure the long-term sustainability of the environment leaving a positive legacy for future generations.