Corporate volunteering

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In 2024, the Company volunteers participated in various campaigns and initiatives, including helping people affected by floods in the Orenburg and Kurgan Regions, participating in the Victory Volunteers nationwide public movement, and organising the 50th Anniversary of the Baikal–Amur Mainline and Ecoleaders. Laying Eco‑Trails campaigns. In the 50th Anniversary of the Baikal–Amur Mainline campaign, our volunteers worked at Tynda sites (assembling equipment, food service, logistics, and meeting guests).

Additionally, the Company is developing silver volunteering, encompassing 4,000 employees. Silver volunteers care for low‑income families, children, and veteran railway workers, participate in all major events in the regions, collect humanitarian aid for soldiers and refugees, organise workshops to make camouflage nets and trench candles, and provide patriotism education classes for the younger generation.

Silver volunteer squads operate at each of Russian Railways’ 16 railways. In 2024, around 1,000 initiatives involved approximately 15,000 participants. Among other achievements, silver volunteers entered the Conductor of Good Deeds social grant competition and submitted 46 applications, 11 of which received funding.

Conductor of Good Deeds

Russian Railways runs the Conductor of Good Deeds Company‑wide social grant competition. In 2024, jointly with the Honour charitable foundation, we supported 53 volunteer projects.

Goodness Stations

To support volunteer initiatives, the Company continues opening the Goodness Stations social initiative centres. In 2022–2024, we opened 14 social initiative centres at 12 railways, hosting over 2,000 events and engaging over 20,000 volunteers.

Clean Baikal Shores

In June 2024, Severobaikalsk hosted the Clean Baikal Shores environmental campaign with 100 Russian Railways volunteers from the entire railway network. This was the first time we held the campaign in a family format, with 16 families from each railway taking part.

Regional volunteer forums

From 22 April 2024 to 10 November 2024, we held regional volunteer forums across Russian Railways’ footprint, with over 1,600 corporate volunteers participating from Russian Railways, its subsidiaries and associates, plus corporate volunteers from partner companies.

Mobile volunteer squads

In 2024, we launched a pilot project to establish Russian Railways’ volunteer squads at the North Caucasus, Trans‑Baikal, and Far Eastern Railways. 65 volunteers (26 from the North Caucasus, 16 from the Trans‑Baikal, and 23 from the Far Eastern Railways) trained at Russia’s EMERCOM training centres. Through this process, volunteers gained specialised emergency response knowledge and skills.

Annual Youth Conference of Russian Railways

In September 2024, in Noginsk, the 16th annual Youth Conference of Russian Railways took place. Volunteers provided assistance throughout the event.

5th Railway Volunteer Forum

In December 2024, the 5th Railway Volunteer Forum reviewed volunteering efforts over 5 years. Forum participants received training in the Efficient Project Management programme, and also took part in the #WEARETOGETHER forum.

Russian Railways Skills Competition

In 2024, we held regional stages of Russian Railways’ Skills Competition across our entire network in Corporate Volunteering Organisation, with winners selected to participate in the final of the 2nd Russian Railways’ Skills Competition in Yekaterinburg.