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

investing in our people
INVESTING IN
OUR PEOPLE
Our people are as
vital to our success
as our mining assets.
They determine how
effectively we operate,
are critical to building
and maintaining
our reputation with
stakeholders and
are instrumental in
upholding our values.
employees and
contractors employed
by Anglo American
136,319
‘historically disadvantaged
South African’ managementlevel
employees
62%
Our people are a key source of
competitive advantage. It is our
people who will help to realise our
ambition and deliver on our strategy
to be the leading global mining
company. Accordingly, the health
and safety of our people are of
paramount importance to us.
Principal risks and opportunities
Our key people risks relate to
workforce management, workplace
safety, and occupational health and
wellness. Core components of
addressing workforce management
risks include attracting, developing
and retaining the skills necessary to
meet our business objectives and
maintaining positive relations with
all of our stakeholders, particularly
our employees and trade unions.
Workplace safety, occupational health,
and employee wellness (including the
management of diseases such as
HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in our
workforce and communities) are
investments in the future health of our
people and therefore our business.
Our strategy and
management approach
One of our three core strategic
ambitions is to be the employer of
choice in the mining industry. We
see the quality of our people as being
a key source of competitive advantage.
Attracting and retaining the best
people involves:
••
Demonstrating that we have a clear
and compelling strategy for success
••
Offering safe, worthwhile and
stimulating work
••
Being organised for effectiveness
and efficiency
••
Creating the right leadership culture
••
Supporting people to develop
and progress
••
Paying people competitively.
Our HR standards, management
systems and processes are the
foundations that underpin these areas.
The Anglo American Occupational
Health and Safety Ways, which are
supported by technical standards and
guidance documents, mandate our
approach to workplace health and
safety management.
Our internal S&SD risk and assurance
function conducts ‘second party’
reviews of our most material
sustainability and technical risks on a
rotational basis and regularly assesses
operational compliance with health
and safety standards. We also
seek external certification on our
occupational health and safety
management systems. All operations
are expected to attain and retain
OHSAS 18001 certification within two
years of commissioning or acquisition.
At December 2012, 95% of our
sites had achieved certification.
The exceptions were Platinum’s
Twickenham mine and Amandelbult
concentrator, which are expected to
achieve certification in 2013, and
Thermal Coal’s Zibulo colliery, which
recently completed an audit and will
be certified in 2013.
Education and training
We offer extensive training to support
employees with implementing health
and safety standards. We also have
formal training and development
programmes at both business unit and
Group levels to support our people to
progress within their role and career.
This included training and the People
Development Way, our global
capability framework detailing the
behaviours, knowledge, skills and
experience that are required of our
employees, for use to achieve our
strategic objectives.
Health and safety related training
extends to all employees in various
forms, from formal training initiatives
through to regular, if not daily, health
and safety briefings. Our awardwinning
SHE risk management
programme, which was launched in
2007, offers training on effective
operational risk management. In total,
776 employees participated in 40 of
these programmes in 2012, bringing
the total to more than 7,400 to date.
Workplace
safety,
occupational
health, and
employee
wellness are
investments
in the future
health of the
business.
38 Anglo American plc Sustainable Development Report 2012