Sustainability Report - Antofagasta PLC

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CASE STUdy Developing managers Antofagasta Minerals has partnered with the Adolfo Ibáñez University since 2010 to develop its employees’ skills and meet the demands of a growing business. Through intensive on-site classes, online course material and tutorials and a real-life team project, participants develop skills in leadership, people management, risk management, finance, innovation and sustainability. Antofagasta Minerals has had positive feedback from participants and professors, who find the course relevant and helpful in a changing national and global context. In 2011, 118 employees participated in the course, including supervisors and managers. We invest in training and partner with universities, technical colleges and peer companies to increase the number of skilled mining professionals and make sure we can continue to access the talent needed to grow our operations. We aim to widen the talent pool for future recruitment through the following initiatives: – An apprenticeship programme for training school leavers from local communities. Apprentices are trained for mine and plant operation roles such as plant maintenance and truck driving. The Group aims to include female apprentices in this programme as part of its strategy for widening the talent pool. In 2011, 116 apprentices joined the mining operations. – A graduate trainee programme, started in 2010, to attract young professionals to the company. In 2011, 17 engineering and geology graduates took part and most of them were offered full-time positions with the business. – A partnership between mining companies in Chile to identify and address the shortage of mining professionals, raise awareness of mining as a career choice and work towards developing fast-track training programmes. 1 Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Diversity Antofagasta Minerals 37 Women account for 15% of the workforce across the mining division, compared with the national average for the mining industry of 6%. It is challenging to increase female representation, given the traditionally low number of women working in the mining sector and the fact that only 37% of Chilean women currently participate in the job market. 1 However, recruiting and training more women is a key part of the Antofagasta Minerals’ talent strategy, and presents an opportunity to boost female employment and widen the available talent pool. The mining companies introduced a number of initiatives to increase representation of women. For instance, both El Tesoro and Esperanza worked with IGUALA, a Chilean organisation that promotes gender equality in the workplace and made a number of changes to their recruitment process. This included updating the language of job adverts so that they would be more likely to appeal to women, providing information to potential candidates about how women’s careers are supported at the mines and posting recruitment notices on the IGUALA website. They updated recruitment forms so that a candidate’s gender is not disclosed during the initial selection process. At both mines regular forums are held for female employees to share ideas for improving the working environment. Antofagasta Minerals is committed to creating jobs in the areas where it operates and the mining companies recruit people from local communities. See page 46 [refer to community section]. Percentage of female employees Los Pelambres Esperanza El Tesoro Michilla Corporate Centre* Mining Industry average in Chile * Includes exploration. 2011 8% 11.2% 10% 5% 24% 6% 2010 5.5% 11.5% 7.5% 4.2% 20% 6% 2009 5.3% 11.5% 8.1% 4.5% 22% 6% Overview Sustainability at Antofagasta Antofagasta Minerals Antofagasta Railway Company Aguas de Antofagasta Appendices
38 Antofagasta plc Sustainability Report 2011 Health and safety Protecting the health and safety of employees, contractors and local communities is the first of our Sustainable Development Principles and we have a company-wide target of zero fatalities. We provide a complete annual health check for our workers. At the operations, our facilities promote healthy eating and exercise.
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