Contributing to the prosperity of regions of operation

GRI 102-10

Fruitful cooperation between EVRAZ enterprises and their local partners contributes to the socio-economic development of our regions of operation. The Group prioritises the procurement of goods and services from local suppliers that meet our requirements.

In 2019, no significant changes in our supply chain structure were recorded vis-à-vis the location of our suppliers. In the Coal segment (Raspadskaya Coal Company) and the Siberia region of the Steel segment procurement of personal protective equipment was outsourced (including the warehouse store). The total number of suppliers of the Group is 6,558, with total spending of US$4,647 millionThe figure comprises data on EVRAZ ZSMK, EVRAZ KGOK, EVRAZ NTMK and Raspadskaya Coal Company (Novokuznetsk and Mezhdurechensk sites)., while the share of local suppliers in Group procurement was 43.5% (US$1,298 millionThe figure comprises data on EVRAZ ZSMK, EVRAZ KGOK, EVRAZ NTMK and Raspadskaya Coal Company.). In the reporting period the leading enterprise in terms of spending on local suppliers was EVRAZ ZSMK with 52.7%.

GRI 204-1