Sustainability Report - Antofagasta PLC

Community engagement
Being responsive to the needs of our community
stakeholders is fundamental to our strategy. In 2011 we
held a series of meetings with community organisations
across the region to strengthen our relationships with
community leaders and get a better understanding of their
expectations. Together we drew up a number of action
plans that will be implemented during 2012, relating to
providing more information about the desalination process.
This includes plans to organise community visits to the
desalination plant.
Our community investment activities seek to enhance
Antofagasta’s human capital and its unique culture,
focusing on developing its young people, entrepreneurial
capacities and regional pride. The company is developing
performance indicators to make its community investment
more effective and better aligned with its long term
business strategy.
Key community projects in 2011 included:
The ‘Our North’ programme: We worked with 70
students from five high schools in Antofagasta, Calama,
Taltal, Tocopilla and Mejillones to build their
entrepreneurship and innovation skills. We are encouraging
other sponsors to support the programme and extend its
reach.
Aguas de Antofagasta Botanical Garden: Around 11,200
people have learnt something new about biodiversity since
we set up Antofagasta’s only botanical garden in 2010 in
our corporate office. The 3,100m 2 garden today boasts
480 species of flora. The garden runs a free interactive
Environmental Education Programme to teach local school
children and community members about Antofagasta’s rich
biodiversity. More information is available at www.
jardinbotanico.aguasantofagasta.cl.
Fertile region: This programme aims to engage
companies, trade unions, universities, schools, public
institutions and civil society in creating an “innovation
ecosystem” for the region. As part of the project, Aguas de
Antofagasta has hosted a number of conferences and
debates to stimulate debate and share expert knowledge.
Read more about the programme at www.regionfertil.com.
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