Creating Value with the Future in Mind - Anglo American South Africa

Overview
WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR WHERE WE ARE TODAY (1) WHERE WE ARE
GOING NEXT
Developed a water-saving strategy and policy
that outlines a three-stage, 10-year journey.
Issued a new mandatory technical standard
to manage water.
Tool: Developed water saving targets
and projects using water efficiency
target tool (WETT).
6.8% saving 72%
60 water projects
achieved a 6.8% saving
against projected water
usage.
over 90%
Four sites recycle more
than 90% of their water.
Percentage of
operational water
requirements were met
by recycling/re-using
water.
Implement additional water
savings projects.
Increase the amount of water we
recycle and re-use.
Complete construction of the
desalination plant at Mantoverde
copper mine in Chile and
complete phase two of the
eMalahleni water reclamation
plant in South Africa.
Developed a social performance strategy.
Implemented KPIs and peer-review process to
measure the success of community development.
Rolled out a Group-wide local procurement policy.
Established an online, Group-wide complaints and
grievance procedure.
Tool: Updated SEAT with our NGO
partners and made it freely available
to other organisations.
64,927 40,217 (2)
Jobs created or
sustained through
enterprise development
initiatives.
Businesses supported
through enterprise
development initiatives.
$1.54 bn 1 million
Spent with suppliers in
host communities.
More than one million
people benefiting from
community development
projects.
Deliver on partnerships with
host municipalities to improve
basic services (see case study
on page 31).
Implement country- and
theme-specific enterprise
development programmes
using a new Group-wide,
best-practice model.
Roll-out a local procurement
toolkit (modelled on SEAT).
Continued to drive our safety strategy.
Issued new mandatory technical standards
for managing dust and noise.
Trained 5,175 people on the Zero Harm Commitment
Programme through the Tripartite Health and Safety
Initiative in South Africa.
Continued to run leading workplace programmes
on HIV/AIDS and TB, as well as sexual and
reproductive health.
down 54% 95,000
54% reduction in
lives lost in the past
five years.
About 95,000 employees and
contractors tested for HIV/
AIDS and more than 5,000
HIV-infected employees
treated in southern Africa.
14% fewer TB rates down
Occupational
disease cases
compared with
2011.
TB rates at South African
operations below national
and industry average and
decreasing.
Eliminate fatal injuries.
Continue to learn, particularly
from high potential incidents to
prevent repeats and enhance
investigation capability.
Increase use of global ‘leading’
indicators for safety and health.
Developed a climate change strategy and policy
that outlines a three-stage, 10-year journey.
Revised energy and carbon reduction targets.
Issued new mandatory technical standards to deliver
energy and greenhouse gas emissions savings.
Innovation: Rolled out energy/carbon
management programme (ECO 2
MAN)
to identify savings and set targets.
$75 m saved 3.3 Mt of co 2
223 projects
saved $75 million
and nearly
3.6 million GJ.
Nearly 3.3 million tonnes of
CO 2
e saved from energy
projects and methane
management programmes.
Implement additional low-carbon
and energy-saving projects.
Continue to invest in and
implement leading-edge,
energy-efficient and low-carbon
technologies.
Engage on emerging climate
mitigation policy.
Advance understanding and
implementation of climate
change adaptation measures.
Supported models for HIV/AIDS testing and
treatment in under-served rural communities.
Supported the fight against TB in southern Africa
by sharing our workplace TB control experience.
Provided sexual health and reproductive rights
education in Brazil with NGO Reprolatina.
Innovation: Developed a comprehensive
health information and management
system, theHealthSource.
extended
programme
Health and wellness
programmes ,
including HIV and
TB, being extended
to long-term contract
employees in
South Africa.
$6 m pledged
$3 million pledged, over
three years, to each of the
Global Fund to fight AIDS,
TB and Malaria; and the
Global Alliance for Vaccines
and Immunisation (GAVI),
from 2011–2013.
Implement theHealthSource in
our own businesses and pilot it in
primary healthcare settings in
under-served rural areas in
southern Africa.
Continue to enhance our health
and wellness programmes and
share them throughout host
communities.
(1)
All figures for 2012 unless otherwise stated.
(2)
This figure differs from the Anglo American Annual Report (17,598), which went to print before all figures became available.
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