INTRODUCTION
JSC Fuel Company (hereinafter “the Company”) management contacted us with an offer to assure the 2018 Annual Report of the Company (hereinafter “the Report”) in terms of completeness and materiality of information disclosed therein, and to assess the performance of Company’s management in response to recommendations and remarks of stakeholders. We were provided with the possibility to take part in off-site dialogue concerning the Report’s concept (December 2018), dialogue on the priority topic (February 2019) and public consultations on the draft of the Report (April 2019). We also took part in the process of actualization of priority topics to be disclosed in the Report.
DRAFT REPORT EVALUATION PROCEDURE
We hereby confirm that we are acting independently and undertake to be objective in our evaluation, thereby expressing our personal expert opinion rather than the opinion of organizations we represent.
Our conclusion is based on the study of the final version of the Report and the analysis of information obtained in the course of dialogues and public consultations, in which we and our representatives participated and were allowed to freely express our opinion on the matters under discussion.
We are not aware of any facts that compromise reliability of data set forth in this Report. However, checking of the data collection system and verification of reliability and completeness of information is not the subject matter of public assurance.
No remuneration has been received from TVEL FC for our efforts and time invested in this project.
The results of our work are formalized in this Statement on Public Assurance wherein the opinions we all agreed upon are presented.
COMPLETENESS AND MATERIALITY OF INFORMATION
The Report contains relevant information that is sufficiently complete for proper understanding of the current state and prospects of the Company.
The Report covers topics that are material for stakeholders. Materiality assessment procedure used by the Company, based on GRI Standards requirements, made it possible to take into account opinions of all stakeholder groups.
According to our reckoning there are no reasons for doubt concerning the reliability and relevance of topics prioritization results.
COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAKEHOLDERS
The Company consistently proceeds with serious work on providing wide audience for the dialogues and in the course of preparation of this Report traditionally demonstrated its willingness to conduct open communication with stakeholders on various aspects of its activities.
The Company has duly noted recommendations of the stakeholders received during dialogues and public consultations, conducted their analysis and used most of them in the final version of the Report. Moreover, the Company carried out several obligation that were taken in the previous reporting campaigns, thus the Reports transparency and information value were increased.
ASSESSMENT, COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
We all share positive opinion about the Report – its form and the information disclosed. The Company has prepared an informative and well-structured document that meets our expectations.
We note that the Company is focused on following advanced Russian and international standards on corporate reporting. In the first place these are GRI Standards on sustainability reporting (an outstanding feature of the Company is the application of the comprehensive option).
In our opinion, the Company adheres to a consistent approach in increasing the transparency and accountability of its activities. The priority topic of this Report is defined as “New Businesses and Products of Rosatom TVEL Fuel Company.” Based on the competencies of the development of nuclear production, the Company solves the priority task of Rosatom, set before the nuclear industry enterprises - the development of non-nuclear business areas. In the Report, TVEL Fuel Company demonstrated the results of its activities to develop the second business core, as well as constructive interaction with partners outside the contour of TVEL JSC in the regions where the Company’s enterprises are located.
In our opinion, the Report comprehensively disclosures information on all key aspects of the Company’s activities. The business model was refined, the strategy was described in detail, the contribution of the reporting year in its implementation, and factors for the long-term sustainability of the Company are given.
We are confident that the Company will consistently pursue commitments and plans, disclosed in this Report, and will preserve the high quality of stakeholder engagement.
Executive Director of the Association of Closed Administrative Territorial Unit for Nuclear Industry | A.I. Makarenko | |
Deputy Chairman of RUNPIW | Y.V. Borisov | |
Deputy Director General of Federation of Employers of the Russian Nuclear Industry | V.V. Serebryakov | |
Head of Project Department of the Nuclear Fuel Life Cycle Rosatom State Corporation | O.I. Linyaev | |
Advisor to Director General, TENEX JSC | V.N. Govorukhin | |
Head of Communications Department, Rosenergoatom JSC | A.V. Timonov | |
Candidate of technical sciences, Honored Worker of the Russian Water Industry, Director of “Consulting Institute of ecological projects”, Member of Public Council of Rosatom State Corporation | N.G. Davydova | |
Executive Director of Interregional Public Ecological Organization “GREENLIGHT” | O.V. Plyamina | |
Director General of the Institute of Natural Monopolies Issues | Yu. Z. Saakyan |