5 Aug 2021 07:00
August 5, 2021 For immediate release
MAIL.RU GROUP LIMITED
Mail.ru Group publishes its second ESG report
MAIL.RU GROUP LIMITED ("Mail.ru Group" or the "Company") announces the publication of an annual Sustainability Report, for the year ended 31 December 2020 ("2020 ESG Report"), which is available on its website at: https://corp.mail.ru/en/investors/esg/
Current report outlines our commitment to ESG and highlights the key results of Mail.ru Group's activities in the environmental, social and other sustainability-related initiatives for 2020. Disclosed qualitative and quantitative data has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative's GRI Standards, Core Option, along with industry specifics and best practices.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our services became even more important in the day-to-day lives of millions of people, with the sustainability agenda coming into an even bigger focus for our company.
Our ESG strategy is to invest our technologies and expertise into the development of sustainable projects. One of our primary ESG focus areas is to improve the lives of people and communities through digitalization, with major focus on security and safety of our users' online experience. In 2020 we increased our focus on EdTech, with one of our major ambitions being to improve quality, accessibility and personalization of education in Russia. This will not only provide us with new talent as a company, but serves a broader goal of improving the educational landscape across the markets we operate in.
In 2020 we also boosted our support and integrations with local, small and medium businesses and communities, while further expanding our support and cooperation with charities in Russia.
We believe that the 2020 report represents progress in disclosure and transparency for our stakeholders around our non-financial reporting and we are committed to further significant improvement around our Sustainability efforts and goals in the area, with sustainability principles to be increasingly embedded into our Strategy.
Commenting on the report Boris Dobrodeev, CEO (Russia) of Mail.ru Group, said "COVID-19 and related shocks have accelerated the global digitalization process dramatically, placing even more responsibility on internet companies such as our Group on acting quickly but also responsibly, and placing equal priority on broadening our reach and the scope of services we offer on the one hand, while supporting our users and the communities in which we operate on the other. Our mission is to improve people's lives by making technologies simple and accessible to all, and to distribute our technologies and services in a way that has the least possible impact on the environment. We will continue to evolve and transform ourselves in order to continue to bring value and support to millions of our users, with respect for their privacy and the data they share with us. There is much in the past year that we can take pride in, but there is much more that can be done in the future to fulfil our primary goal: the welfare of our employees and customers, their families, local communities and local businesses, with the ESG agenda becoming increasingly important for our strategy, day-to-day operations and decision-making."
For further information please contact:
Investors
Tatiana Volochkovich
Phone: +7 495 725 6357 extension: 3434
Mobile: +7 905 594 6604
E-mail: t.volochkovich@corp.mail.ru
Press
Sergei LuchinMobile: +7 915 223 35 71E-mail: s.luchin@corp.mail.ru
About Mail.ru Group
Mail.ru Group develops the VK ecosystem helping millions of people with their day-to-day needs online. More than 90% of the Russian internet audience use it every day.
The ecosystem enables people to keep in touch (using social networks OK and VK, messaging apps and email service), play video games (via MY.GAMES), get and offer items and services, browse jobs and hire talent (via Youla and VK Jobs), order food and grocery delivery (via Delivery Club, Samokat and Local Kitchen), get a ride (with Citymobil and Citydrive), master new skills (at GeekBrains, Skillbox and other educational services), buy and sell at Aliexpress Russia and fulfill other needs.
The VK ecosystem features a number of shared elements bringing the services together. Users can sign in to different services with a single VK Connect account, pay and earn cash back with the VK Pay platform, get discounts and deals with VK Combo, access their favorite services via the VK Mini Apps platform - and the Marusya voice assistant can help with any task.
The company offers enterprises to employ its dynamic ecosystem to digitize their business processes, providing a range of solutions from online promotion and predictive analytics to corporate social networks, cloud services and enterprise automation.