Ukrenergo on July 24 signed an agreement with KPMG Ukraine on the development of a compliance policy for the company, the press service of Ukrenergo has reported. “When developing the documents, emphasis will be made on specific compliance standards, concerning the work of transmission system operators, for which KPMG Ukraine will attract one of the German transmission system operators as a consultant,” the press service said.
In addition, on July 2 Ukrenergo signed a contract with the recruiting agency Talent Advisors LLC to find a compliance officer, who is also expected to be appointed as an agent for the implementation of an anti-corruption program in the company.
As reported, compliance is part of the management/control system in the organization, related to the risks of non-compliance with the requirements of legislation, regulatory documents, rules and standards of supervisory bodies, industry associations and self-regulatory organizations, codes of conduct, etc.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under the Ukraine Sustainable Energy Lending Facility (USELF) will provide a loan of EUR 5.6 million to Ekotechnik Shyroke LLC to build a solar power plant in Dnipropetrovsk region with the installed capacity of 7 MW, the press service of the EBRD has reported.
The ten-year loan is provided. According to the EBRD, the owners of Ekotechnik Shyroke LLC are Ekotechnik Group (the Czech Republic) and Tryba Energy (France). According to the unified public register, the beneficiaries of the company are Aleš Korostenský (the co-owner of Ekotechnik Group) and Ukrainians Yuriy Zasiadvovk and Bohdan Yevtushenko.
Wheat flour imports increased 8.1% to 6,800 tonnes, including 4,600 tonnes from Russia (67.6% of the total), 815.6 tonnes from Belarus, 775.6 tonnes from Ukraine, 400 tonnes from Azerbaijan and smaller amounts from Lithuania, Italy, France and Austria. The wheat imports totaled $53.3 million in value terms, up 11.7%, and the flour imports totaled $1.8 million, down 10%.
Georgia imported 271,900 tonnes of wheat in January-June 2018, 10.6% more than in the same period last year, the National Statistics Service told Interfax. The bulk of the wheat imports – 245,100 tonnes – came from Russia. The remaining 26,800 tones came from Kazakhstan (22,600 tonnes) and Turkey (3,100), with smaller amounts imported from Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Germany.
