The serious ecological situation has formed lately in many regions of the Russian Federation. It is even more heavily sensed by the citizens of large cities, where the most part of the industrial enterprises are situated. The necessity to correspond with the international and Russian ecological standards as well as the dynamic economical development becomes the real assurance of the investments increase in the environmental sector in the nearest years. Thus, the specialized arrangements, providing vast possibilities for environmental problems solving, acquire the extra importance.

The largest and unique International Ecological Forum and exhibitions of the North-West region of Russia in environmental sector are held under the support of the Plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in North-West Federal region, Committee on Housing Policy, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of The Russian Federation and Saint-Petersburg, branch associations and specialized mass-media.

At the Forum and exhibitions of 2009 disposed over 142 companies at the 4000 sq. m. exhibition space from Russia, Germany, Austria, France, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Republic of Belarus. Forum attracted more than 3500 experts from 72 Russian cities and countries of the near abroad. Moreover 10 congress and business events, 3 visiting of the industrial facilities were organized in the framework of the Forum and were attended by 1500 specialists of the ecological sphere. Some foreign companies that are interested in cooperation with Russian market made presentations of their business projects in ecology.