Global aluminium producer RUSAL to attend the 23rd Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Germany

UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, Moscow Exchange: RUAL), a leading global aluminium producer, announces that it will be taking part in the 23^rdConference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

MOSCOW, 30-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The two week conference will take place in Bonn, Germany, from the 6^th to 17^th of November. During the conference, the COP23 participants will work to develop new solutions and ways for the implementation of low carbon, environmentally friendly technologies, whose aim is to reduce the anthropogenic impact on the environment.

This year is the first time that Russia’s Pavilion will be participating at COP session. RUSAL will take an active role in the preparation of the business agenda at the Pavilion. The Day Programme on the 15^th of November will be made up of representatives from RUSAL and its partner organisations.

RUSAL representatives will discuss the projects implemented by the Company in order to reduce its environmental footprint. Over 90% of RUSAL’s aluminium production is sourced using clean, renewable hydro power, which does not produce any harmful emissions. RUSAL continues to work to further improve this result.

The programme on the 15^th November will include presentations from companies and organisations who are members of the Climate Partnership of Russia.   The Partnership was established by RUSAL and a group of leading Russian companies in November 2015 prior to the COP21 conference, which produced the historic Paris Agreement.

Among the presenters from the Climate Partnership of Russia, will be speakers from Baker McKenzie, Energy Policy Research Center ENERPO of the European University at Saint-Petersburg, ‘Business Russia’ all Russia public organisation who will be discussing their sustainable development projects.

The programme for the Russian Pavilion at COP23 will be updated on the website of the national coordinator of the Russian delegation, the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring – Rosgidromet http://www.meteorf.ru/

Annex:

PROGRAMME* OF EVENTS AT THE RUSSIAN PAVILION

15 NOVEMBER 2017

*Working draft. The programme is subject to further changes.