About the Report

The Gazprom Group’s Social Impact Report 2022 (previously the Gazprom Group’s Sustainability Report, the “Report”) highlights the Gazprom Group’s contribution to the country’s economic development, well-being of its employees and local communities, and environmental protection.

The 2022 Report is the eleventh sustainability report of the Gazprom Group. The previous Report was published in June 2022.

From 2021, the Gazprom Group’s Social Impact Report has been part of documents provided to the annual General Shareholders Meeting of PJSC Gazprom.

Regular and timely publication of Reports enables Gazprom to:

• confirm the Company’s transparent and comprehensive approach in the area of social responsibility, environmental protection and corporate governance;
• update the disclosed information based on the audience’s needs;
• build stakeholder confidence;
• ensure external evaluation and analysis of material non-financial information (in particular by government agencies, investment community, rating agencies, and media);
• increase the Group’s appeal as a responsible employer, user of natural resources, partner and taxpayer.

For comparability purposes, the Report shows the majority of key indicators for a three-year period (2020–2022). Disaggregated data provided throughout the Report may not add up precisely to the relevant totals presented in other reports due to rounding.

The terms “PJSC Gazprom” and the “Company” used in the Report refer to the parent company of the Gazprom Group — Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom (Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom or OJSC Gazprom before July 17, 2015).

“The Gazprom Group”, “the Group” or “Gazprom” mean PJSC Gazprom and its subsidiaries and entities.

The Report includes information about the Gazprom Group companies in line with the scope of IFRS consolidated financial statements. Due to the existing differences in data gathering and consolidation, certain groups of disclosures may have their individual boundaries.

Similarly, the Gazprom Neft Group and Gazprom Neft mean PJSC Gazprom Neft, its subsidiaries and entities, Gazprom Energoholding means Gazprom Energoholding LLC and its subsidiaries, and Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat means Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat LLC and its subsidiaries.

The Report is approved by relevant structural units and the Chairman of PJSC Gazprom’s Management Committee and then reviewed by the Sustainable Development Committee of PJSC Gazprom’s Board of Directors.

The Company has a Task Force made up of PJSC Gazprom’s various structural units and subsidiaries to coordinate activities on focal sustainable development areas and engage with stakeholders. The Task Force works to improve the preparation process and streamline disclosures in the Report.

Material topics are those reflecting material impacts the Group has or may have on the economy, environment and local communities.

The material topics were selected in several stages.

1. Following consultations with experts and the Company’s performance analysis, the Task Force made a list of the Group’s actual and potential impacts. Due to the considerable number and wide range, the impacts were grouped by topic, which served as a basis to put together a list of potential material topics.
2. To determine material topics to be disclosed in the Report, the Company staged an online survey covering 2,141 stakeholder representatives (ten groups, excluding foreign regulators of energy markets) and 24 Task Force members.

The respondents were invited to assess the degree of impact for each topic on the scale from 1 to 3 (from less to more significant).

The results were used to compile a ranged list of impacts and corresponding topics. Priority (material) topics were those with an average score of above 2.4.

As part of the survey, the participants indicated a number of additional relevant impacts of the Gazprom Group to be considered as part of selecting material topics in the next reporting period. Relevant matters will also be taken into account in corporate practices.