[PDF] Community Development Toolkit - CommDev

CASE STUDY continuedIncorporating impact assessment into the ongoing management of operationsAnglo American, worldwideMANAGEMENT TOOLSAll the company’s significant operations are now required to undertake SEAT assessmentsevery three years. Training on SEAT implementation takes place on an ongoing basisacross the company, and to date over 600 managers have been trained (staff from externalNGO or government partners represents around 15% of this figure). The toolbox hasemerged as the centrepiece of the company’s approach to community development andhas been highly commended by a number of external organizations. For example, SEATwon the International Association for Impact Assessment’s (IAIA) 2012 “Corporate InitiativeAward”. IAIA hailed SEAT as “a unique attempt by a major mining company to incorporateimpact assessment into the on-going management of major operations”. 4242 www.icmm.com/page/70711/anglo-american-wins-international-award-for-socio-economic-assessment-toolbox-seat164 Community Development Toolkit