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Abstract:The environmental peculiarities, biological resources properties and land stock for Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg LLC gas fields have determined the Company's long-term environmental policy based on the concept of gas industry sustainable development and is targeted at the stringent compliance with the Russian environmental laws and international ecological standards. The geo-environmental risk policy comprises a series of sequential efforts to be taken as well as R&D activities. So, it may be stated that the long-term experience of the Company in the sphere of environmental protection proves to be relevant and appropriate for replication by other Gazprom JSC subsidiaries developing hydrocarbon fields in the Far North.

This paper shows that in the polar areas with severe climate conditions the Environmental Policy must be stated on the Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg Company's standpoints of sustainable development on both the environment protection and social accountability principles implementation. It gives basis for short-term and mid-term goal-oriented planning of the Company's performance in this sphere. The Environmental Policy is subject to regular revision, update and improvement, following any alterations in the environmental laws of the Russian Federation and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug as well as any changes in development priorities and industrial welfare of the Company as Gazprom JSC subsidiary