Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) recently announced that the volume of the company’s carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere has been reduced by 1.5 percent during 2014-2015.
The negative impact on environment was downgraded thanks to the implementation of measures of environmental legislation. It included reduced usage of liquid and solid fuels, reconstruction of eco-protection objects and the development of regulatory documentation.
KTZ participates in international environmental projects implemented on the base of the International Centre for Environmental Safety opened with the Russian Railways company in 2015. The Centre brings together railway companies of Russia, Armenia, Estonia and Kyrgyzstan.
In addition, in November 2015 the railway administrations of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries signed an agreement on environmental cooperation development. The document emphasises the responsibility of railway companies for carbon dioxide emissions and the need to reduce them. In the same period KTZ joined the International Union of Railways to address environmental problems.
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