Investor Presentaiton
En+
GROUP
STRATEGIC REPORT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER'S STATEMENT
En+ Group Annual Report 2021
STRATEGIC REPORT
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
APPENDICES
The recent developments have created a wide range
of uncertainty; the management is deeply concerned
about everyone who has been impacted in this
difficult situation. The management is reviewing all
of the Company's activities to assess the possible
impact of imposed restrictions on our business.
It is our intention to continue our operations and
support our employees in this volatile environment.
Notwithstanding these challenges, I would
like to report on the business performance in
2021 amid another year of global uncertainty
from the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
En+ Group once again demonstrated the
resilience of our people, our business model, and
our strategy to deliver low-carbon aluminium
to support a sustainable economy.
Throughout this period, we continued to put
the safety of our people first and were pleased
to support the federal vaccination programme.
By the end of the year, the collective immunity
among our employees reached an impressive
94%. In addition to previously built medical
centres, we went on supplying regional hospitals
with modern medical vehicles and equipment.
Thanks to solutions put in place in 2020 to mitigate
the impact of the pandemic on our business, we
were able to maintain uninterrupted operations
throughout 2021. Critically, we maintained a world-
class customer service to our aluminium customers
around the globe. We also continued to upgrade
our assets, delivered new innovations and set out
an industry-leading decarbonisation strategy and
ensured the supply of energy to homes across Siberia.
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS OF
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
SUPPORTS OUR STRATEGY."
GG
Vladimir Kiriukhin,
Chief Executive Officer
The year of stable
operational performance
Our aluminium production remained stable,
and we increased sales of value-added
products (VAPS) by 18.1% to 2,034 kt
reaching 52% of total output (vs 44% in
2020). Our Power segment increased
electricity output by 10.0% y-o-y and our
HPP output increased by 12.1%, reflecting
favourable hydrological conditions and
progress on our capacity modernisation
programme. We continued to benefit from
the combination of our unique assets and
operational excellence, and we maintained
our leading position as the world's largest
producer of low-carbon aluminium.
Our fully vertically-integrated model
helped us offset the inflationary pressures
on raw materials prices seen across
the world and we managed our cost
base effectively. The Russian metal
industry as a whole was impacted by the
announcement at the end of June that
the Russian government has approved a
temporary export tax on ferrous and base
metals, valid until 31 December 2021.
Overall, our strong financial performance
was supported by higher aluminium
prices, which rose during the year driven
by economic recovery from the early
impacts of the COVID pandemic.
12.1%
increase in our HPP output
18.1%
increase in VAP sales
Leading on decarbonisation
We made important announcements
in relation to our long-term strategy
to lead the aluminium industry
into the low-carbon economy.
In January, we announced the most
ambitious decarbonisation targets our
industry has ever seen, and in September
we disclosed the detailed roadmap of
initiatives that will enable our Group to
reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
by at least 35% by 2030, and to be net zero
by 2050 (Scope 1 and 2 as benchmarked
against the Group's 2018 GHG emissions).
Our Pathway to Net zero includes emissions
abatement, avoided emissions solutions,
and compensation and neutralisation.
In our Metals segment, this will involve
initiatives such as optimising our raw
materials supplying system, implementing
Eco-Søderberg technology at our plants,
converting smelters to pre-baked anode
technology, and launching large-scale
production of our ground-breaking
inert anode technology. In the future,
we will also look to improve our energy
efficiency in alumina refineries and
capitalise on the greater availability of
green hydrogen. We will also increase the
amount of recycled aluminium we use.
In our Power segment, we will increase
renewable power generation by the
development and construction of new
renewable power and heat generation:
hydropower, biofuels and hydrogen
production and by the implementation
of the New Energy programme.
Continuous improvement
and innovation
In 2021, we continued to make progress on
the Group's New Energy Programme, which
will enable us to achieve industry-leading
efficiency metrics at our hydropower
stations while contributing to our emissions
reduction. Upgraded equipment at the
Group's Bratsk, Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk and
Krasnoyarsk HPPs supported an increase
in hydropower production during the year.
Last year we replaced one runner at one of
the Bratsk Hydropower Station's hydraulic
units. This is one of 18 hydro-turbine
runners, which have been undergoing a
three-stage modernisation programme.
The Company also launched a new the
second in a row hydroelectric unit at the
Irkutsk HPP. So far, increased efficiency
will be provided by the new runners, with
an efficiency rate increase of up to 8%
depending on the runner. In 2021, the
Group'shydropower stations generated
an additional 2.1 billion kWh of energy
from the same volume of water, helping
to prevent greenhouse gas emissions
by approximately 2.4 kt of CO2e.
The ongoing modernisation of our HPPs'
equipment will increase their efficiency,
reduce the cost of repair work, and
improve the performance of the units
and stations in general. As we expand
hydropower production, we have been
pleased to support the development of
Russia's renewable energy certificate
market. In 2021, we announced Russia's
largest-ever supply deal for I-RECS,
issuing over one million certificates
corresponding to the electric energy
produced by En+ Group companies such
as JSC EuroSibEnergo (Krasnoyarsk HPP)
and LLC Abakan SPP (Abakansk Solar
Plant). I-RECS certificates adhere to major
international sustainability and carbon
accountability standards including the
GHGP, CDP and RE100. Energy consumers
can use renewable energy certificates
to meet their carbon targets within 'scope
2', and to support their internal corporate
social responsibility policies. We were
delighted in 2021 to receive confirmation
from UN Energy that the Group's
commitments to expanding clean energy
generation and access have been officially
recognised within the Energy Compact.
In our Metals segment we continued
to focus on further reducing the carbon
footprint of our aluminium products
through the upgrading of equipment
and developing new technology, and
on expanding consumer markets for our
low-carbon aluminium brand, ALLOW.
We are constantly innovating to reduce
the carbon footprint of our aluminium
further, and in April 2021, we announced
that our Metals segment had produced
the lowest carbon aluminium ever seen,
with a carbon footprint of less than
0.01 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne
of metal (Scope 1, Scope 2 - direct
and indirect energy emissions).
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