The company received the highest ratings and confirmed its leading position in the ratings of two leading business publications – RBC and Forbes.
The Forbes ranking of Russia’s best employers for 2024 includes 167 companies. PhosAgro received the highest rating and maintained its position in the “platinum” list of the 26 best employers in Russia. The rest of the participants were in the Gold, Silver and Bronze categories.
The experts evaluated the companies according to three groups of criteria corresponding to the acronym ESG: “Ecology”, “Employees and Society” and “Corporate Governance”. PhosAgro was included in the Platinum category according to the Ecology and Corporate Governance criteria.
In the updated ranking of the best employers in Russia according to RBC, PhosAgro entered the leading group with the highest result. In total, 206 companies participated in the study, which together employ more than 2.6 million people. The leader group included 29 companies. Participants in the rating were evaluated based on working conditions and salary levels, business efficiency and innovative development, social responsibility, business reputation and employees’ opinion of their employer.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC PhosAgro Victor Cherepov He noted that PhosAgro’s highest rating in the ranking of the best employers confirms the company’s commitment to the principles of social responsibility.
“People are the main value of the company; The strategic priority is the care of employees, their families and the inhabitants of the regions where we operate. In 2021-2023 the average salary of the company’s employees increased by 60%, and in February 2024, salaries were indexed by another 15%. We pay great attention to industrial safety issues, ensuring a decent level of working conditions and staff training. The collective agreements of the PhosAgro Group are among the best not only in the sector, but in the sector as a whole. Over 10 years, more than 11.5 billion rubles have been allocated to the development of the PhosAgro educational model “School – Faculty / University – Enterprise”. We constantly work to improve the level of workplace safety culture. Furthermore, PhosAgro has been systematically implementing the best available technologies for many years and maintaining high standards in corporate governance.” – said Victor Cherepov.
An important criterion for the experts’ evaluation was the support of social sector companies in the regions where they operate. In 10 years, PhosAgro has multiplied its support for charitable projects by 7. In total, in 2022-2023 more than 25 billion rubles will be allocated for these purposes.
“Our long-standing commitment to the principles of responsible business conduct will remain our top priority.” – noted Viktor Cherepov.
