the board of directors of the bank of russia today decided whether to further tighten monetary policy; most analysts agreed that the rate will be raised again; my colleague taras kucharenko is monitoring the actions of the central bank. taras, greetings, so what did the central bank decide today? good afternoon, as most experts predicted, the central bank raised the key rate by 1% from 15 to... thus the central bank is trying to regulate

inflation and bring it to the target of no more than 4% per year, by the end of november it is already exceeded 7.5%, and prices for some goods increased by as much as 35 and 40%, for example, for the same eggs that vladimir putin spoke about yesterday, however, a solution was found, they will buy from friendly countries, but again the exchange rate affects on inflation, and it increased significantly at the beginning of the year, let me remind you that this is... the ninth meeting of the central bank, for six months the regulator kept the key rate at 7.5%, then it increased by 1%, in august there was an unscheduled meeting, then the central bank raised the key rate by 3.5% in order to stabilize the exchange rate, but this is not particularly it helped, only the exchange rate stabilized after vladimir putin instructed exporting companies to sell foreign exchange earnings, then the dollar fell over time. up to 88

rub. now it is at about 90 rubles. this is approximately what can be said about the key rate today. the next meeting of the central bank is scheduled for february 16. colleagues, taras, thank you, taras kucherenko spoke about the central bank’s decision on the key rate. in russia , a register of sustainable practices for regions may appear, thanks to which the subjects will become easier to create. new social and environmental programs, all this year our tv channel has been introducing you to how life is changing in the regions today in these areas, and today we are ready to sum up the green transition project, right now about what the subjects, and business, and, of course , have achieved , residents, all together, hello, this is a green transition on the russia 24 tv channel, here we are talking about sustainable development and

concern for the environment, people and responsible management. the accounts chamber proposed creating a register of best practices in sustainable development goals that the regions have developed. in which federal subjects? sg transformation is going faster and what projects are the emphasis on? all this year we have been introducing you to the practices that russian regions are already using today, showing 15 clear examples of how they are changing life in their territories. let's remember the best practices and try to figure out what is still missing to scale sustainable development projects throughout the country. we are discussing this topic with our guests, this is oleg nikolaev, head of chuvashia, tatyana zavya. senior vice president for ecg of sberbank, sergey kurbatov, deputy governor of the lipetsk region for economic affairs, rashid ismailov, head of the russian ecological society, chairman of the public expert council for the ecology national project, marina chikurova, general director of the rating agency expert ra and

sergey egorshev, advisor general director for environmental monitoring of a russian environmental operator. so, the accounts chamber analyzed how the regions apply it. isg principles have seen positive dynamics in most indicators; many factors of sustainable development are spelled out in strategic documents and are being put into practice. the agency proposed creating a register of best practices. why is it needed, i suggest listening to the opinion of the auditor of the accounts chamber. the regions in many ways set an example of how to work. best practices for implementing sustainable development goals from a regional perspective are present. there are many regional ones.

participate in such a register, of course, we are ready to participate, share our accumulated practitioners, and of course, actively use the experience of other regions, because this is very useful, at least from the point of view of not reinventing the wheel, if somewhere there is already an established practice, and a practice that has undergone some improvement based on some primary data and maybe there are some mistakes in there somewhere, this is of course a very... useful experience, and most importantly, it will allow us to move faster, we would definitely use it, because many regions are now independently looking for best practices, they are looking for their own path on their own, but i would like to emphasize that izh is not only about ecology, there are a lot of issues related to management, to the quality

of management, and here, from my point of view, in the regions there can be very there is a great demand for a large volume of best practices in order to replicate them, we have such...

practices it seems that it will be possible taking into account the dynamic characteristics, and we are the ones who will update this data annually, taking into account the dynamic characteristics, it will be clear, which practices really bring the greatest tangible effect, i completely agree that climate, social conditions, traditions of life are all things that we must take into account in this case, and of course, it seems to me that a very important element of what we are talking about it should be said , oddly enough, this is... this is management, but because everything else depends on the quality of management of the region, both the environment and the social sphere, of course, in regions j it is structured a little differently than in corporations, yes, the involvement of stakeholders , i mean first of all, the population there should be more significant, and this is a very important

aspect in my opinion. when we talk about regional ratings, we must always understand that these ratings are made up of the components of what companies do in their regions. we, as a russian environmental operator and leader in the municipal solid waste management industry, have made our own eu standard and issued our declaration. which we voluntarily offer to join companies working in our field, they begin, in fact, to follow the path which can really be called the same way, now it is still necessary to release such solutions for individual verification activities, we have one registry, and within the framework of it , make industry-specific ones absolutely correctly, serving practices, well, what is called out of the box.

in fact, to have specialists, to develop our own practices, to do this constantly. medium-sized companies, and especially small businesses, do not have such opportunities; if we want them to follow the path of the ecg agenda, we must at least at the first stage give them this agenda. we also have a set of different esg products in different industries, whether for social projects, and this can only be solved through out -of-the-box solutions, they are collected and... then you adapt a little to a specific task, we have 57 regions that have now signed an agreement

with savings for the implementation of regional cg-projects and projects in the field of sustainable development. right now we are ready to help compile such a register. all year our correspondents visited russian regions, we ourselves became acquainted with interesting examples of the application of the same principles, and introduced them to our viewers. the container for receiving used items is called a fondomat; it can hold up to 700 bottles per day, which is 20 kg of plastic that will be recycled. over the course of 4 years, 200 such vending machines were installed in moscow and the region, collecting 18.5 million plastic bottles and 6 million cans. the plastic goes for recycling, flakes are made from it, well , they are called flex, a secondary green granule is made from them, or from them polyester fiber is made, which... popularly called sintepon. electric cars have begun to be produced in the lipetsk region. evolut has become a leader in this

segment, occupying more than a quarter of the market. the most popular ipro model can travel more than 400 km on a single charge. by the end of the year, the plant plans to sell 6,000 cars. there are several types of charging stations, and accordingly these cars can be charged even at home , from a household outlet. charging stations for such cars appear in different places. regions of the country, here’s an example: in the center of chemboksar, the first complex was opened this year, which has both fast and slow charging. in order to charge, you need a mobile application, connect the car, select the type of connector and simply start charging. why do you think so much attention is now being paid to environmental problems, why is this so important to you now? in general, the project of the foreign republic is working in exactly this way now, that is, it is developing integral strategies, that is, this is the first thing, construction charging stations. so, in the next few years we should have 300 units, we will immediately solve the issues of power,

land, other characteristics based on and the technologies on the basis of which they should be implemented. in this way, on the one hand, we are solving the issues of developing a responsible attitude of business, this is the standard by which projects should be implemented and, accordingly, the approaches and formation of those packaged solutions that our colleagues talked about, including creating investment niches. business, but most the main thing is that through this we will be able to create, it seems to me, the necessary impetus for all segments, including small medium-sized businesses. demand in the region for the sg agenda comes from three sources. the first source is investors, large companies who come from their own culture and say: guys, there’s simply no other way. the second source is the population who are concerned about environmental issues, social responsibility, and so on. and the third source is top management, which says: yes, this is the goal. sustainable development and we simply cannot win the competition there any other way, it’s not just about the environment, it’s clear that these are charging stations and

electric cars, we have revised the requirements from the point of view of urban planning, so that charging occurs, for example, when putting into operation a new residential building, the most the main thing is that the isg agenda is a key element of the strategy, at the moment the isg is the only requirement that exists in the investor region, we have infrastructure, we have labor resources, this year the interest in the agenda is very... high, we all see this, companies come to us for ratings, many have questions that come, then they say: you know, there is no incentive yet, let’s wait a little, so it seems to us... very serious incentives both for issuers, that is, for those who issue such products, and for investors, we see how well moscow has placed green bonds for the population, but if there was at least some minimal incentive in terms of taxation, i i think that the demand would be significantly higher, what are these there may be incentives, the bank of russia will go towards

sustainable financing projects, this year we plan to issue a green one. bonds in the amount of about 10 billion rubles to finance the project of universal technology parks in the leningrad region, next year we have bigger plans , about 36 agreements with a total amount of 125 billion rubles, using this instrument, we can provide funds at lower rates than 5%, and this is now very good for the market, the head of chuvash said a very important thing too, investment niches are opening up in the green economy, today there are a lot of opportunities to... just invest, invest, make a profit and then, maybe, ask the state for some kind of support, but so that this is not, well, don’t overdo it, let support for us, we will invest, no , there are opportunities, we still have quite a lot of instrumental support for the construction of infrastructure, providing some benefits under the szpk, which

means a tax investment deduction and other tools that are already in our... orders beznesu says: colleagues, here is an investment niche, here is a technology on the basis of which you must implement them, then you will receive government support and thereby reduce the payback of your project. we must learn to use what we have at our disposal, further based on the need to develop these benefits and forms of support so that there is mutual responsibility. companies that apply sg practices and conduct responsible business, they much... more stable, in this regard, this means that when they turn to financial institutions for lending, in principle, financial institutions have reason to believe that the business will develop more stably, there are fewer risks, which means the cost of money can be reduced, and this is the issue that we are discussing with the central bank, we have models

that we are building, of course, using artificial intelligence, in order to justify this position to make... accounts in general come to a reduction in prudential allowances for business lending, responsible business. every day we apply the principles of sustainable development and esg, although we may not even be aware of it, because many projects in this area are aimed at improving our lives, making it easier to implement in digitalization or more interesting by developing tourism or more accessible, for example, improving the infrastructure for the edenburg gate. yes, what tourists call the calling card of the city. today it is not only a popular photo location, but also the marzepan museum. a good example of how small business breathed new life into a cultural heritage site, and at the same time formed a regional brand known throughout the country. in 22, we participated in the international food expo exhibition and took first place, that is, we are the laureates of the brand of the year. in yakutia

, the ancient folk heritage of the indigenous peoples of the north is being revived. the most important. that as a result of this work , the attitude of the companies themselves is changing, the attitude of people towards the traditional industries, mining, that work here in yakutia is changing. the hermitage is one of the largest museums in the world with collection of 3 million exhibits. for several years in a row, inclusive exhibitions have been held there, where tactile copies of works of art are presented, guests scan a qr code and listen to an audio description. also, texts near the exhibits are printed in braille. it's interactive too.

ber is one of the key partners of the state in the implementation of the education development project, within the framework of this project we invested more than 50 billion rubles for the construction of schools in the regions, we built 44 schools, in general we are within the framework of the implementation of this project we will build 116 schools in the regions, another project, the moscow region is now using our gigachat, and this is a generative artificial intelligence system that helps the moscow region process citizens' requests and generate appropriate responses to citizens' requests. what are the overall challenges in the social sector now? most acute, and how do you solve them? in particular, the construction of schools that tatyana spoke about, we are also, of course, actively engaged in this, this year we are completing a complete modernization of the centers

employment of the population, which will not only have beautiful buildings, but also a completely different format of accompanying people who are looking for work, including if they suddenly want to get a different profession, but the most important emphasis is on teenagers aged 14 years and above so that they ... invested in its employees from the point of view, it is very important for us that the business invests, in terms of their training, attracts the best specialists to the region, well, creates comfortable conditions for... life - these are, of course , joint projects in terms of education, social projects , as well as a number projects that we implement with non-profit associations. i would also like to add that in the central federal

district, in a number of regions , laws on responsible business conduct have already been adopted, somewhere is being prepared for adoption, where at the regional level we will spell out in law what responsible business is and what benefits he gets. at the moment , the bill mainly provides benefits for... reducing the time frame for providing standard government services for the extension of tax benefits for those businesses who is responsible, first of all , working with young people, working with the population, because this is the future environmental agenda, which is becoming an integral part of life, our volunteer movement, which today already extends to more than 70 regions and covers at least 12,000 participants, educational programs, which we...

bonds are generally an excellent tool, which it seems to me that individuals, including individuals, should receive serious social development at the regional level, because that on the one hand a person receives income, on the other hand he sees how a social program is being solved, there is a replacement of some boiler houses or construction there. kindergartens or something else. in the isg triad , the last letter is often given the least attention, despite the fact that it is very important. it seems to me that in a general sense its meaning can be

formulated as a partnership, a partnership for development. how can regions build an effective dialogue between all participants in sustainable development: business, population, ngos, experts. we have launched the development of a comprehensive program of socio-economic development in the chugar republic for 5 years. that is, here. given the academic nature of this document, yes, its essence was precisely to create such an opportunity for every resident to participate in the development of this program , somewhere more than 5,000 people, this is the minimum of residents of the chuvazhsky republic, with their proposals, discussions and so on, and most importantly, we now have the opportunity to synchronize different directions with each other, due to this... increase the overall efficiency of using budget funds. in order to implement this comprehensive program, we created a supreme economic council, where we invited, in addition to the government, of course

, the public, deputies, universities, there is a constant discussion of the progress of the implementation of government programs and the inclusion of certain additional activities, and of course, we we are actively studying the experience of other regions, in particular moscow. on issuing bonds for people, so that people can participate in them, i would like to simply a little bit for you, if you allow me to give advice on tactics of communicating with the population, because we see how moscow, kaliningrad, vologda communicate with the population, from the point of view of creating the right image of social green bonds, this is a matter of correctly explaining the pr of constant work with the population, people will bring money, people are ready. it is possible to organize interaction at

all levels within the region; ugra approached us with a request to help develop a sustainable development program. we surveyed more than 4,000 people, focusing exactly on social, environmental, climate issues related to the inconvenience of managing and implementing the everyday needs of the population. we conducted a study of 800 business representatives. companies and non-profit companies. our goal was this: to form a specific set of projects, but they should not be abstract, but again regionally in demand. then there were extensive public hearings, as a result of which 19 specific projects were selected, now they have already been collected into a program, ugra will begin implementing this program in twenty in the fourth year, when the strategy for the region was being developed,

both business and life were involved. before - how is it the end of the payback period, when in any company of medium, small, large business such an agenda is being implemented, you need to look and need to work with how each person working in this company feels, how much he grows, how much his well-being increases how healthy he is included in everything that happens, so here... you always need to

remember that at the head of all this is human. and finally, i have a quick question, i ask everyone to answer about the trends that you expect to see in the next year. we are waiting for the formalization of relations with business, the adoption of laws and the development of uniform rules. my personal forecast is that demand will grow from the population. and given that the year will be dedicated to the family, let’s say, it will move and develop. this is a priority, and i am very glad that the role of the non-governmental sector is increasing, the role of ngos, we are invited to the regions so that we provide this environmental mediation, they helped, they helped to very correctly convey issues of environmental responsibility to the population, to the corporate sector, to force corporations to invest in the environment, the previous few years, maybe the focus was shifted when we were talking about economic factors, now i’m very happy, which seems to bring everything

back. i think that next year will still be the year of green social bonds, because companies are quite serious about understanding that they are necessary. transition. to a more sustainable development model is what is already happening in our regions today. the sustainable development goals defined by the un are not only a global approach, they are a new path of development that unfolds at the level of the entire planet, in each country, in a separate region and even in a small locality. of course, you cannot instantly fix all environmental problems, but you can reduce harmful emissions every day and restore destroyed ecosystems. you can’t suddenly

jump to a new one. paradigm, but you can take a step step by step to integrate into it. the future begins here now in the territory we are in, it very well may.