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Polymetal International plc (POLY)
Polymetal International plc: Sustainability performance update

05-Feb-2019 / 10:00 MSK
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Release time IMMEDIATE                            LSE, MOEX: POLY / ADR: AUCOY
Date         5 February 2019

 

Polymetal International plc

  Sustainability performance update

 

Polymetal's FTSE4Good ESG rating has improved and the company is now among the 7% of the most highly ranked listed companies in  the
sector. Polymetal has also become a top responder to the Carbon Disclosure Project among Russian companies.

"We are proud to have our approach to transparency highlighted as best practice by leading ranking agencies. The integration of  ESG
principles into  business processes  generates value  in the  long term",  said Daria  Goncharova, Chief  Sustainability Officer  of
Polymetal.

FTSE4GOOD

Polymetal was reconfirmed  as a  member of FTSE4Good  Index in  the December 2018  index review  achieving an ESG  score of  4.4/5.0
compared to 4.0 received in June 2018.

The Company received the highest  score (5/5) in Governance, which  includes Anti-Corruption, Corporate Governance, Risk  Management
and Labour Standards. This is an improvement  over the previous period, placing the company  in the 94th percentile in the  Industry
Classification Benchmark (ICB) Supersector: Basic Recourses (83rd in 2018).

Polymetal has been a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index since 2015.

CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT

Polymetal has also become a top responder  to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) among  Russian companies, achieving a C score  for
its climate change report.

CDP is  a global  environmental impact  non-profit that  assesses  companies on  the comprehensiveness  of their  disclosure,  their
awareness and management of environmental risks and their demonstration of best practices associated with environmental  leadership.
CDP drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests.

About Polymetal        

Polymetal International (LSE, MOEX: POLY, ADR: AUCOY) (together with its subsidiaries - "Polymetal", the "Company", or the  "Group")
is the top-20 global  gold producer and  top-5 global silver  producer with assets  in Russia and  Kazakhstan. The Company  combines
strong growth with a robust dividend yield.

Polymetal supports the  UN Global Compact,  EITI, CDP, Cyanide  Code and  Global Reporting Initiative.  The Company is  part of  the
following leading sustainability ratings:

  • Dow Jones Sustainability Index
  • MSCI ESG
  • FTSE4Good
  • Euronext-Vigeo
  • STOXX Global ESG Leaders

To learn more about Polymetal's sustainability initiatives, please visit  1 https://www.polymetalinternational.com/en/sustainability
or see the Company's annual sustainability report "20 years of sustainable development".

Enquiries

    Media                            Investor Relations
                                 Polymetal                            2 ir@polymetalinternational.com
FTI Consulting
                                 Eugenia Onuschenko                  +44 20 7016 9505 (UK)
Leonid Fink     +44 20 3727 1000
                                 Timofey Kulakov                      
Viktor Pomichal
                                 Michael Vasiliev                    +7 812 334 3666 (Russia)
    Joint Corporate Brokers           
Morgan Stanley
                +44 20 7425 8000
Andrew Foster
                                 RBC Europe Limited
Richard Brown
                                 Tristan Lovegrove                   +44 20 7653 4000
Panmure Gordon
                                 Marcus Jackson
Charles Lesser
                +44 20 7886 2500
James Stearns

 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS RELEASE MAY INCLUDE STATEMENTS THAT ARE, OR MAY BE DEEMED TO BE, "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS". THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
SPEAK ONLY AS  AT THE  DATE OF  THIS RELEASE.  THESE FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS CAN  BE IDENTIFIED  BY THE  USE OF  FORWARD-LOOKING
TERMINOLOGY, INCLUDING THE WORDS "TARGETS", "BELIEVES", "EXPECTS", "AIMS", "INTENDS", "WILL", "MAY", "ANTICIPATES", "WOULD", "COULD"
OR "SHOULD" OR  SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS OR,  IN EACH CASE  THEIR NEGATIVE  OR OTHER VARIATIONS  OR BY DISCUSSION  OF STRATEGIES,  PLANS,
OBJECTIVES, GOALS, FUTURE EVENTS OR INTENTIONS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ALL INCLUDE MATTERS THAT ARE NOT HISTORICAL  FACTS.
BY THEIR NATURE, SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN  AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS  BEYOND
THE COMPANY'S CONTROL THAT COULD  CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS,  PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE  COMPANY TO BE MATERIALLY  DIFFERENT
FROM FUTURE RESULTS,  PERFORMANCE OR  ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED  OR IMPLIED BY  SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS. SUCH  FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON NUMEROUS ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE COMPANY'S  PRESENT AND FUTURE BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT  IN
WHICH THE COMPANY WILL OPERATE IN  THE FUTURE. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT  GUARANTEES OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE  MANY
FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY'S ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED IN SUCH
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING TO DISSEMINATE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO
ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS  CONTAINED HEREIN TO  REFLECT ANY CHANGE  IN THE COMPANY'S  EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD  THERETO OR  ANY
CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH STATEMENTS ARE BASED

 

 

 

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   ISIN:          JE00B6T5S470
   Category Code: MSCM
   TIDM:          POLY
   Sequence No.:  7362
   EQS News ID:   772471


    
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