2007 Full Report - Kinross Gold

• Round Mountain has a gym for employees and their families and a nutritionist/personal trainer hired on a contract basis• Fort Knox provides employees with monthly health tips, hearing conservationprograms and flu shots• Our Kupol project is equipped with a nursing station, gym and weight roomEmergency ResponseAll Kinross operations are required to have formal emergency plans for all potentialemergencies. The emergency plan must include plans to address hazardous chemicalspills and exposures. Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response(HAZWOPER) training and certifications are updated annually.Each site must have a properly trained rescue team, for both underground and surfaceemergencies. These teams train on a regular basis and work with local responsepersonnel to ensure mutual capability to respond to an emergency situation. Kinrossemergency personnel enter local and national competitions to assess their responsecapabilities, and have won both local and national competitions.Sites are also required to have local crisis communication plans. Local stakeholders areidentified within these plans and the plans are adjusted according to stakeholder input.Plans are reviewed and updated on an annual basis.Education and TrainingLeadership development, training and succession management are priorities at Kinross.A key focus is building a high-performance culture and fostering behaviour that reflectsthe following characteristics:• We are results-oriented, with a relentless focus on the delivery and high-performanceexecution of business objectives• We value innovation, adaptability and accountability in executing againstour business strategy• We want our employees to be known across the industry for their talent, passion,sense of urgency and initiative• Teamwork is essential to what it means to work at Kinross• Continuous improvement is central to our business cultureWe provide a wide range of training, skills and career development opportunities,structured performance management evaluations and culture-building initiatives thataim to engage our employees in living our shared values. These activities include:• Initiatives aimed at ensuring a safe, productive and enjoyable workplace• An ongoing commitment to seek feedback from employees on a wide range of issues• Development and training programs that promote professional competency, personalgrowth and safety• A structured performance management system for all employees• Innovative approaches to the recruitment and retention of new talent, includingprograms to ensure that we gain access to the best graduates• A Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that is applicable to all Kinross employeesRisk Competency TrainingKinross rolled out a companywiderisk competencytraining program in 2007 tocontinuously improve safetyperformance. As part of thetraining, employees learn howto maintain and increase theiralertness to work-related riskswhile performing their dailyjobs, by asking themselvesquestions that examinethe underlying behavioursthat lead to better safetyperformance. The programprovides a practical step-bystepapproach that can beused by employees at alllevels and operations ofthe company to developbehaviours that reduceon-the-job risks. In the firstphase of the program roll-out,some 1,700 people weretrained, and we expect totrain another 1,600 employeesby the end of 2008. Initialresults indicate that theprogram is working well. AsJeremy Jones, Loss ControlManager at Round Mountain,said about the program:“A safety culture runs bestwhen you’re working togetherlike a family unit.”