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Sustainability Report
Environmental stewardship
Responsibility for environmental stewardship is taken seriously by the Group, and it is central to our sustainability
approach. We have robust environmental management systems and practices through which we assess and
identify potential environmental risks, conduct routine monitoring, and report the performance results to minimize
the adverse impact of our operations on the environment.
Major environmental challenges for MMC operations are the reduction of dust emissions, the efficient use of water
and land resources, responsible management and handling of biodiversity issues and the prevention of all forms
of environmental pollution and incidents.
Individual management plans are devised based on the results of the Environmental and Social Impact
Assessment conducted previously during project development. The following six environmental management
plans are in place to ensure that we are accountable for our environmental footprint: dust management plan,
erosion and sediment control plan, waste management plan, hazardous waste management plan, tailings storage
facility (“TSF”) management plan, mining closure and reclamation plan, and monitoring plan. The implementation
of environmental management plans are reviewed annually against various KPIs. Based on the outcomes of the
review, corrective actions are taken for continuous improvement.
Highlights of 2015
• No critical environmental incidents were recorded at our operations in the reporting period;
• 1.3 hectares of stockpiled topsoil was re-vegetated as part of our top soil handling management activities, in
order to maintain microbe and nutrient content of the soil and prevent potential risks in plant performance;
• 0.5 hectares of dust generating bare ground was landscaped around the Tsetsii apartment complex, with
approximately 2,500 trees planed, gardens established and grass seed sown in collaboration with employees
in the local community; and
• Performance against the annual environmental management plan was audited by an environmental
inspection commission of the Umnugobi aimag government and was assessed as being sufficient at 89.5%.
Environmental incidents
The main types of potential environmental incidents applicable to our operations are noise and dust exceeding
allowed limits, hydrocarbon spills, improper use and storage of chemical substances and hazardous materials,
wildlife deaths, improper disposal of waste and other incidents that negatively impact the environment. All
occurrences of environmental incidents are investigated, remedied, monitored and reported by our environment
team to prevent re-occurrence in the future. We have an internal rating scale for incidents based on their severity,
which was last updated in April 2015. Accordingly, the risk rating scale uses 5 classifications which are low,
minor, moderate, high and extreme. More specific classifications are developed for each environmental risk
subjects including spills, waste disposal, land disturbance, air emissions, fauna injury and others.
In 2015, we recorded no environmental incidents with “high” or above classifications. Two incidents occurred
with “low” classifications which were spillage of waste water and usage of anticorrosive substance for truck tires.
For both incidents, full investigations were carried out to identify the root causes and corrective and preventive
actions were taken to prevent re-occurrences.
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