Novolipetsk workers created "Swan Lake”, environmental park, in 1978 and it is currently a unique place for the conservation and breeding of rare and endangered species of birds, located in the territory of the industrial facility. There is only one park like this in the territory of Russia and former Soviet republics.

Currently, 51 species of decorative birds (703 birds), of which 4 species are registered in the Red Book of Russia. The lake in the park, which is replenished by purified process water from the Novolipetsk facility, is home to fish which are the natural source of food for water birds.

In 2023, the park brought in 20 additional specimens from the Divo Ptista Bird Nursery in the Moscow Region. Moreover, birds brought to the park in 2022 gave birth to around 150 chicks, contributing to the total brood of 204 chicks of 20 species.

Cooperation continued in 2023 with the Oka Nature Reserve nursery of rare crane species under the Eurasian Cranes Conservation Programme. Experts studied the cranes at the park and entered them into the Russian register of cranes of the Oka Reserve.

The area of the "Swan Lake" located in the heart of the plant is 5.1 hectares. In winter (from October 15 to April 15) the water in the reservoir is heated by feeding a mixture of compressed air and hot steam on the lake bottom to provide an enabling environment waterfowl.

About 20,000 people, including high school students and city universities, foreign delegations and guests of the mill, the city and the region, the staff of the plant, visit the ecological park "Swan Lake" annually. Ecological Park "Swan Lake” is a natural indicator of safe environmental conditions at Novolipetsk.

Novolipetsk Steel has achieved unprecedented success in improving the environmental performance of production and integrated reduction of environmental impact. In 2014 Lipetsk was officially recognized as not only the cleanest regional centre of the Central Federal District, but also the cleanest steel producing city in Russia.