Additional mechanisms for building corporate culture and promoting corporate values are social and cultural programs: cultural events, charity events, environmental initiatives, and projects in the area of physical culture and sports.

Developing Sports and Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle

With a view to promoting a healthy lifestyle, the ROSSETI Group holds annual corporate games and the Botvinnik open chess tournament for energy workers.

In 2014, the 4th chess tournament named after Russia’s first world chess champion and outstanding electrical engineer Mikhail Botvinnik brought together 18 teams representing the ROSSETI Group, the Committee on Energy of the Moscow Region, the Energy without Borders Fund, Eurocontract – High-Voltage Equipment, research institutes, and other organizations. Among 72 tournament participants were FIDE Masters, three Grandmasters, and holders of various titles.

The Company is a member of the energy sector’s sports competitions: teams representing the electric grid sector took part in the 5th Fuel and Energy Sector Futsal Cup and the 3rd Fuel and Energy Sector Volleyball Cup.

Professional Competitions

Professional competitions are a traditional area of the Company’s personnel policy and help improve the motivation and qualifications of employees.

In 2014, the interregional competition among 0.4-10-kV distribution network repair and maintenance crews of ROSSETI subsidiaries took place on the training ground of Penzaenergo, a branch of IDGC of Volga. In addition, the reporting period saw the 11th international competition among 0.4-10-kV distribution network repair and maintenance crews of CIS national energy systems.

As part of preparations for the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games, the contest “Best Energy Worker of Olympic Sochi” was organized and held.

The contest “Best Energy Worker of Olympic Sochi” received extensive public attention and media coverage. The event was organized by ROSSETI as part of preparations the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games among the electric grid sector’s employees participating in the construction, rehabilitation, and ope­ration of Sochi’s power facilities and sports infrastructure. The contest made a considerable contribution to improving energy workers’ professional skills and raising production personnel’s motivation for securing a reliable electricity supply for Olympics Games sports and infrastructure facilities.

On a monthly basis, special juries composed of chief executives, managers, employees of divisions responsible for the operation of substations and overhead lines, for occupational safety, for reliability, and for human resource management, and other experts selected winners in the following categories:
Best Engineer;
Best Foreman;
Best Electrician;
Best Electrical Mechanic;
Best Driver / Operator of Special Vehicles;
Best Dispatcher.

The Rossiyskie Seti corporate newspaper reported on the contest winners, who were ceremonially awarded prizes by ROSSETI’s Director General Oleg Budargin. Experience of the best professionals and the prizewinners received coverage in special editions of Olympics Energy, nationwide printed media, and Sochi’s major television channels.

Award Policy

For special achievements in the development of the Russian electric grid sector, 4,955 employees of ROSSETI received governmental, official, sectoral, and corporate awards in 2014.