Category: <span>Baikal Lake</span>

“Green” Lords ‘greenwashing’ the Russian energy giant

A Baikal seal on Lake Baikal. By Per Harald Olsen – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0. London-listed En+ Group published its 2017 financial results  with revenues exceeding USD 12 billion and “environmental  provision”  of mere USD 3 million.  On the same day  James Cusick  questioned. In openDemocracy UK the behavior …

Mongolian and Russian NGOs Help to Create Right Climate for Paris Agreement

  by SERGEY SHAPKHAEV External threats and their perceptions tend to reflect differences between a society’s various segments and groups—which, in turn, stem from problems on local, regional or global levels. Certain problems can provoke public discontent and often require legislative regulation by the state. However, even in countries with …

Poll shows that complex problems of the Lake Baikal are exacerbated by lack of hope for the better

The REGNUM Information Agency published results of  a public opinion poll undertaken by “Lake Baikal” Foundation and NAFI Analytical agency among local residents of Irkutsk Region and Buryatia Republic. 61% believe that environmental condition of the Lake has seriously worsened  during last 5 years., while only 2% believe it  has …

During the IPO in London the En+ Group acknowledged its harm to Lake Baikal World Heritage site

The IPO Prospectus that was made public over the weekend by the En+Group (ENPL) and contains numerous inconsistencies and omissions. In the relevant "Risks" and the "Health, Security and Environment" sections, the Prospectus does not disclose specific environmental and social risks related to exploitation of large hydropower- the spine bone …

En+ Group IPO and Lake Baikal World Heritage Site

To: Donald Brydon, CBE, Chairman of the London Stock Exchange Group cc: CEO, Chief Risk Officer, key management officials. Re: En+Group IPO Dear Mr. Brydon: We recently learned that the En+Group is preparing for IPO at London Stock Exchange. We recognize that, in principle, public listing could help the company …

En+ Group (ENPL) dismisses accusations of Lake Baikal mismanagement and sells the World Heritage in London for USD 1.5 billion

As the En+ Group started trading at London Stock Exchange on November 3 and promised to disclose its prospectus “shortly”, we publish excerpts from an article in Forbes by Kenneth Raposa  written a day before the IPO. The RwB still hopes to learn how the  En+ risks associated with Lake …