Indigenous People: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights translated in Nivkh

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. presented a translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Nivkh language.
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Sustainability: Global Compact event at World Economic Forum in Davos

Andrey Galaev, Chief Executive Officer of Sakhalin Energy participated in the UN Global Compact LEAD chaired by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The event took place during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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Sustainability: The second dialog with stakeholders

In the Regional Library employees of Sakhalin Energy held a meeting with representatives of state and local governments, representatives of non-government organizations, educational and cultural institutions, company’s partners on different projects in sustainable development domain and the indigenous peoples of Sakhalin region.
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy – the leader of philanthropy

On 18 November Sakhalin Energy was awarded as one of the leaders of philanthropy activities in Russia and received the second award of the nationwide project for ranking the corporate philanthropy programmes efficiency – 2011 Corporate Philanthropy Research.
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Indigenous People: Sakhalin Energy participated in the UN Forum on Indigenous Issues

The tenth session of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues started on 16 May 2011. The mandate of the Forum is to discuss indigenous issues related to social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights.
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy Issues Sustainable Development Report

Sakhalin Energy presented its 2010 Sustainable Development Report, the company’s second report produced in compliance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard and endorsed by the Council for Non-Financial Reporting of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE).
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy received Excellence in Social Performance Award

Sakhalin Energy's Social Performance department has received a Special Merit in the 2010 Shell Chief Executive HSSE and Social Performance Awards in the category Excellence in Social Performance.
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy is sharing its best PR practices

Sakhalin Energy has issued EA Book. Best Practices - a book on the company’s experience in managing sustainable development projects, stakeholder engagement, internal and external communications.
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy in cooperation with UN Global Compact

UN Global Compact is the largest international voluntary initiative to promote corporate social responsibility of business.
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy won the National Award in Public Relations

Sakhalin Energy won the most prestigious Russian award in Public Relations – the “Silver Archer” National Award.
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy won the environmental award

In December 2008 Sakhalin Energy won the Environmental Project of the Year award. The Company’s protection of the Western Gray Whale population was recognised in the Environmental Efficiency of Economics category. The award was presented by Yuri Trutnev, the Russian Federation’s Natural Resources Minister.
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Sustainability: Sakhalin Energy’s social projects are among the best in Russia

Moscow’s Pushkin State Art Museum was the venue for the Corporate Donor of Russia’s award ceremony in early October.
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Road safety: Going to school just became safer

On the first day of the new school year Korsakov children went to school using routes which used to be dangerous. On the day before 1 September three sets of modern traffic lights were launched in Korsakov.
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Local: Sakhalin Energy and Emercom – cooperation continues

Sakhalin Oblast’s Ministry for Emergency Situations (Emercom) has signed an agreement with Sakhalin Energy which makes them partners in the “What to do in emergency situations” programme.
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Whales: New programme to monitor Western Gray Whales

Sakhalin Energy is extending its monitoring of the Western Gray Whales (WGW) by taking part in a three-year research programme.
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Wildlife: New babies for Sakhalin Energy

Sakhalin Energy is a proud new godparent to three baby Steller’s sea eagles. In May one chick was born at Chaivo and two others near the onshore processing facility (OPF).
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LNG Plant: Forty million kilometres of safe driving

A fantastic safety milestone has been reached by Sakhalin Energy’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Oil Export Terminal (OET) ‘s project team and its main contractor Chiyoda Toyo Sakhalin Development (CTSD).
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Sustainability: New methods in studying salmon

A new method will be used in Sakhalin to study salmon. A trap to count young salmon on their way to the sea was installed in the beginning of May in the river Taranai, in the Aniva District.
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Local: Small Grants – Big Deeds winners announced

Sakhalin Energy’s social programme ”Small Grants – Big Deeds” has been a huge success since it’s launch in 2003 and this year’s competition attracted more than 90 entries from initiative groups, educational and other institutions from almost every Sakhalin district.
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Sustainability: Landmark agreement will help wild salmon conservation on Sakhalin

Sakhalin Energy is pleased to be able to play a large part in a significant sustainable development for the island.
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Infrastructure: To breathe fresh air

With its resources running out and its site continually pumping out smoke, the city dump has been depriving Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk residents of the chance to breathe fresh air for a long time. In February Sakhalin Energy signed an agreement with the administrations of Sakhalin Oblast and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk regarding the Company’s participation in the construction project of a new landfill for the burial of solid wastes in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
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Onshore: Sakhalin II: Contribution to Archeology

Even before construction of onshore facilities under the Sakhalin II Phase 2 Project started, the Company had committed to develop a Plan of Treatment of Objects of Cultural Heritage.
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Local: The Programme Gives the Chance….

In February 2008 Sakhalin Energy announced its traditional competition for the grant programme Small Grants – Big Deeds. This is one of the most popular Sakhalin Energy charitable programmes; supporting social projects of initiative groups, non-profit organisations and other institutions working on Sakhalin.
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Onshore pipeline: Journalists amazed at Sakhalin Energy’s Media Workshop…!

They are held twice a year, and journalists from Sakhalin clamour to join the company’s media workshops, which explain in detail some of Sakhalin Energy’s processes. This time, radio, television and newspaper journalists were taken to see riverbank reinstatement. A detailed lecture on fault line crossing was also available…
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Infrastructure: Sakhalin has Russia’s first specialised port!

The Russian Government has announced that the name of the new port on Sakhalin Island will be Prigorodnoye, as chosen by a local referendum. It will the first specialised port in Russia…
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Education: The Internet spreads a little wider on Sakhalin…

People in the Poronaysk district of Sakhalin can now ‘surf the Net’ and thanks to the latest initiative from Sakhalin Energy’s Sustainable Development project. Villagers have already begun to see the benefits – some are more surprising than others…!
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Local: Busy season for conferences and trade shows on Sakhalin…

It’s been conference season in Sakhalin, when the island’s capital has played host to a number of trade fairs and conferences. These highlighted Sakhalin’s ability to organise and facilitate such events, as well as keeping the hoteliers and restaurateurs busy…
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WGW Monitoring: Acceptable noise level during installation of PA-B

On Friday 6 July Sakhalin Energy invited representatives from the NGOs WWF and IFAW to a discussion and presentation of preliminary noise level data and observation information obtained by the company during the installation of the PA-B topsides offshore Sakhalin Island.
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Indigenous People: Independent Expert Visits Sakhalin

In late June, Mr. Gregory Guldin, the Independent Supervisor who is overseeing the implementation of the Sakhalin Indigenous Minorities Development Plan as part of the Sakhalin II Project, completed a visit to Sakhalin.
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Russian content: Sharing Sakhalin II Experience with Russian Companies

On June 5, Sakhalin Energy hosted an industrial fair in Korsakov: Sakhalin II: New Opportunities for Russian Companies.
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WGW Monitoring: Second Meeting of WGW Advisory Panel: Input of Sakhalin Energy

In April, St. Petersburg hosted the second meeting of the Western Gray Whale (WGW) Advisory Panel established under the auspices of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
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Wildlife: Steller’s Sea Eagles – a symbol of the Pacific Ocean coastline

The Steller’s sea eagle is included in the Sakhalin Island Red Data (protected species) Book and Russian Red Data Book. Sakhalin Energy has been involved for many years in sponsoring the monitoring and protection of these birds on the north-eastern coast of the island.
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River Crossing Performance: While rivers are sleeping…

This winter Sakhalin Energy is finalising its onshore pipelines winter river crossings.
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Local: Sakhalin Energy hosts exhibition

Russia’s first LNG plant is being constructed in Prigorodnoye, Aniva Bay. In March Sakhalin Energy arranged an exhibition in the Korsakov Museum of Local History.
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Youth: How the Dreams Come True

It is hard to believe that it was less than two months between the dates when the idea to invite Russian hockey stars to Sakhalin came to the mind of the specialist of Sakhalin Energy Social Investment Team and the memorable date of their arrival to the island.
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Russian content: Russian companies in the Sakhalin II Project

In April 2006 Sakhalin-based construction companies ‘ascended the Everest’ - a consortium of four companies was awarded a major contract under Sakhalin II Project worth over $85 million. It called for the construction of five pipeline maintenance depots along the length of the two 800 kilometre oil and gas pipelines currently under construction.
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Whales: New Whale Panel meets in Switzerland

A scientific advisory group gathered together by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and supported by Sakhalin Energy, has met for the first time in Gland in Switzerland. The Western Grey Whale Advisory panel (WGWAP) aims to help to conserve this very rare creature…
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Local: Sakhalin University thanks Sakhalin Energy

Sakhalin State University’s Rector has written to various members of the Company thanking it for the support provided for the course on Sustainable Development that it ran for Sakhalin’s local and regional government officials. The university hopes to run similar courses, starting in Korsakov.
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Local: Sakhalin Energy Opens Upgraded Highway

“This is a great gift to all Sakhaliners,” said Sakhalin Governor Ivan Malakhov at the opening ceremony for the upgraded highway in Sakhalin’s Makarov district.
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Whales: Sakhalin Energy welcomes new Whale Advisory Panel

Ten leading marine scientists are to form a new advisory panel set up to protect the critically endangered western grey whale. The Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP) has been established by the World Conservation Union, (the IUCN) to provide independent advice to the oil companies operating on the Sakhalin shelf in the Russian Far East, in particular Sakhalin Energy, whose Sakhalin II Project is due to start producing LNG (liquefied natural gas) in 2008.
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Onshore pipeline: Artefacts from right-of-way go on display

This autumn hundreds of archaelogical artefacts will go on display at the Sakhalin University’s Archaeology Museum following excavations made along the pipeline right-of-way.
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Education: Local woman gets Sustainable Development University post.

As proof of its commitment to the principles of Sustainable Development, Sakhalin Energy sponsored a Chair in the subject at Sakhalin University. The new head of the Chair has just taken up her position…
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Wildlife: Steller's Sea Eagles

Sakhalin Island has a wealth of wildlife, including some wonderful birds. Surely the most majestic must be one of the world’s largest eagles, the Steller sea eagle. At this time of year, ornithologists gather to catch sight of the mighty birds’ newest offspring…
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Russian content: Doing Business with Sakhalin Energy

One of the commitments that Sakhalin Energy made to the Russian Federation when it began operating on Sakhalin Island was a promise to use a majority of Russian labour and materials on the Sakhalin II Project. While some Russian businesses have easily risen to the challenge of working to international standards, others have needed a little more help…
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Local: Protecting Sakhalin’s Cultural Heritage

Sakhalin Island has been inhabited for tens of thousands of years. Recent pipeline construction has unearthed some fascinating archaeological finds. Sakhalin Energy is committed to minimising it’s impact on, and indeed preserving, the island’s ancient, and not so ancient, cultural heritage…
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Whales: Western gray whales and the 2006 offshore work season

As winter comes to a close in Far Eastern Russia, Sakhalin Energy is gearing up for the 2006 offshore construction work season which will begin as soon as the ice retreats in June.
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Sustainability: View from Living Earth foundation

Roger Hammond set up the Living Earth foundation in 1987, and has 19 years of working in countries as diverse as Nigeria and Venezuela. SEIC invited Living Earth to facilitate community engagement on Sakhalin Island. He explains how they are spreading the sustainability message on the island…
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Russian content: Safety and service become SAT’s bywords

How Sakhalin Energy helped the island’s aviation industry
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Whales: A scientific perspective

Yuri Yakovlev, a whale scientist belonging to the Gray Whale Photo-Identification Group at a Russian-based institute of marine biology, gives his opinion on the impact of the Sakhalin II project on the WGW population.
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Whales: Independent scientists report findings after Vancouver conference

At a meeting convened by IUCN, the World Conservation Union, participating scientists discussed the mitigation measures for protecting the Western Gray Whale (WGW) during the 2006 offshore construction season.
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River crossings: Working through winter

How do you lay pipelines across nearly 200 rivers, without stirring up important fish spawning grounds? We talk to Antonio Zaccala, 48, the man from Milan who's responsible..
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Education: Sakhalin Energy sponsors Chair in Sustainability at Sakhalin Universit

As proof of its commitment to the principles of Sustainable Development, Sakhalin Energy has sponsored a chair in Sustainable Development at Sakhalin University. The post aims to spread these principles throughout Sakhalin Island.
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Education: Sakhalin Energy's Tatyana of The Jungle

Sakhalin Energy's Tatyana Luzan has just returned from an 'Earthwatch' project in Puerto Rico.and says it's changed her life! Tatyana, who works as a Communications Specialist in SEIC's External Affairs department, says she's always been interested in environmental and social issues. She applied to join Shell's Better World Fellowship programme, in collaboration with 'Earthwatch', hoping to monitor whales off Canada. but instead ended up measuring mahogany trees in South America!
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Wildlife: How Sakhalin's schoolchildren are helping protect rare birds

Sakhalin schoolchildren hope these nest boxes, which they built themselves, will soon be homes to a variety of species of rare birds around Dolinsk and Yuzhno along Sakhalin Energy's pipeline Right of Way.
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