Re-Imagining Mining to Improve People's Lives
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ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM LIMITED ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT 2019 RE-IMAGINING MINING TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVES PURPOSE: RE-IMAGINING MINING TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVES Amid ongoing challenges in the global mining industry, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has proven its resilience and ability to manage change through a focused strategy that is unlocking our full potential and positioning our group for a sustainable future. At the same time, we understand that our future is inextricably linked to the wellbeing of all our stakeholders. Our strategic focus is on value – and we are intent on creating that value across our capitals as we re-imagine our industry and our world. BUILDING ON DECADES OF LEADERSHIP In this time of rapid, powerful change, the world belongs to those who can redefi ne it and – in mining – today’s pioneers are tomorrow’s winners. As part of the Anglo American plc group, our innovation-led approach to sustainable mining is encapsulated in FutureSmart Mining™, which applies innovative thinking and technological advances to address mining’s major challenges. FutureSmart Mining is a trademark of Anglo American plc and its rights are reserved. Refers to other pages in this report. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ON THE WEBSITE Annual fi nancial statements (AFS) Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources report Integrated report Notice of Annual General Meeting www.angloamericanplatinum.com/investors/annual-reporting/2019 CONTENTS 1 Our business 3 Social 4 Governance 1 About this report 70 Pillar: safety and health 134 Our Board 2 Promises, commitments and progress 73 Safety 136 Leadership and governance 7 Our material issues 80 Health 144 Independent auditor’s assurance 12 The sustainable mining plan 92 Pillar: our people report 19 Our strategy 108 Pillar: socio-political 147 GRI Standards Index 114 Our communities 152 King IV Index 2 Environment 125 Our stakeholders 5 Appendices 20 Pillar: environment 127 Mining charter III 154 Related disclosures 21 Environmental management 128 Transforming our supply chain 155 Glossary 29 Water 133 Respecting human rights 38 Climate change and energy 161 Administration management 46 Biodiversity 49 Mineral residue facilities 53 Non-mineral waste 59 Product stewardship 60 Air quality 62 Mine closure and rehabilitation * Copyrights and trademarks owned by the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa NPC and all rights reserved. 1 2 3 4 5 Appendices ADMINISTRATION Directors Sponsor Executive directors Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited C Griffi th (chief executive offi cer) The Place, 1 Sandton Drive, Sandton, 2196 C Miller (fi nance director) PO Box 651987, Benmore 2010 Independent non-executive directors Telephone +27 (0) 11 305 5822 RMW Dunne (British) [email protected] NP Mageza NT Moholi Registrar D Naidoo Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited JM Vice Rosebank Towers, 15 Biermann Avenue Rosebank Non-executive directors 2196 M Cutifani (Australian) PO Box 61051 S Pearce (Australian) Marshalltown, 2107 AM O’Neill (British) N Mbazima Telephone +27 (0) 11 370 5000 Facsimile +27 (0) 11 688 5200 Company secretary Elizna Viljoen Auditor [email protected] Deloitte & Touche Buildings 1 and 2, Deloitte Place Telephone +27 (0) 11 638 3425 The Woodlands, Woodlands Drive Facsimile +27 (0) 11 373 5111 Woodmead Financial, administrative, technical advisers Sandton 2196 Anglo Operations Proprietary Limited Investor relations Corporate and divisional offi ce, registered offi ce and business and postal addresses of the Emma Chapman company secretary and administrative advisers [email protected] 55 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2001 Telephone +27 (0) 11 373 6239 PO Box 62179, Marshalltown, 2107 Lead competent person Telephone +27 (0) 11 373 6111 Gordon Smith Facsimile +27 (0) 11 373 5111 [email protected] +27 (0) 11 834 2379 Telephone +27 (0) 11 373 6334 Fraud line – YourVoice Anonymous whistleblower facility 087 232 5426 (South Africa) www.yourvoice.angloamerican.com Human resources-related queries Job opportunities: www.angloamericanplatinum.com/careers/ job-opportunities Bursaries, email: [email protected] Career information: www.angloamericanplatinum.com/ careers 2 3 4 5 1 Our business ABOUT THIS REPORT This report expands on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance summarised in the 2019 integrated report of Anglo American Platinum Limited (Amplats or the company) and should be read with that report on www.angloamericanplatinum.com/investors/annual-reporting/2019. It has been renamed to more accurately refl ect its content, but follows on from the supplementary report of 2018. Our suite of reports is aimed at a broad range of stakeholders for a fuller view of our activities in the past year and progress against sustainability-related goals. Where relevant, readers are referred to more information in another report. This facilitates an informed assessment of the value Amplats creates in society and of its long-term sustainability. With longer-term comparatives, readers should note that corporate activity over the past fi ve years will skew year-on-year comparisons. As with the integrated report, content has been guided by the following frameworks and grouped under our pillars of value: { International <IR> Framework of the International Integrated Reporting Council { South African Companies Act 71 2008, as amended (Companies Act) { JSE Listings Requirements { King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2016 (King IV) { GRI Standards 2016 guidelines (index on page 147) { Anglo American plc group safety and sustainable development (S&SD) indicators, defi nitions and guidance notes for non-fi nancial indicators. These are available on request. Assurance { Financial and several non-fi nancial aspects of our 2019 suite of reports are independently assured. The external assurer’s report on specifi c non-fi nancial indicators is on page 144. We welcome your feedback on this report which should be addressed to [email protected]. KEY SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS 0 78% of management comprises 20.08 million GJ fatalities historically disadvantaged South Africans energy used 2018: 2 2018: 78% 2018: 20 million GJ 17% improvement in total 4.4Mt 0 level 4 and 5 recordable case frequency rate GHG emissions, CO2 equivalent environmental incidents – target achieved 2018: 34% 2018: 4.1Mt 2018: 0 3 R14.4 billion 25.1Mm total water withdrawal R240.5 million preferential procurement 2018: 24.4Mm3 corporate social investment* 2018: R264.26 million * Excluding overheads and including Unki. ESG highlights Amplats has demonstrated leading ESG performance in 2019, with our strong management of environmental, social and governance issues refl ected in several global rankings by leading agencies: { Sustainalytics ranked Amplats as a global leader out of 55 peers in the precious metals sector. This includes our leading position on social and environmental issues and average performance on governance issues. Our ESG-related disclosure follows best practice, with strong oversight at board and executive levels signalling strong accountability to investors and the public. { FTSE Russell ranked Amplats as the ESG leader among the top 5 platinum and precious metal peers. We received the highest ratings for overall ESG (4.8), environmental (4.7), social (4.7) and governance (5.0) and maintained our membership in the FTSE4Good Index series. { FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index: we remained a constituent of the top 30 in this index. { Amplats was ranked among the Vigeo Eiris best emerging-market performers for its leading ESG performance. { Admitted to Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index in 2019. Global leader Maintained Ranked as out of 55 peers inclusion in global leader in the precious emerging among the top 5 metals sector markets universe peers Anglo American Platinum Limited Environmental, social and governance report 2019 1 PROMISES, COMMITMENTS AND PROGRESS PROMISES, COMMITMENTS AND PROGRESS In our last report, we responded in detail to a Bench Marks Foundation study (Policy Gap 13: Coping with unsustainability (2)) on our sustainable development reports from 2003 to 2015 that asserted Amplats had failed to deliver on promises made in those reports. Below, we summarise our progress in 2019, demonstrating that we remain committed to both delivering on promises and continual improvement in line with our vision of re-imaging mining to improve people’s lives. Promises, commitments and progress Level of progress Promises and commitments Supplementary report: Given the scale of change in our group (workforce, metrics and reporting standards), we did not provide comprehensive targets for 2018. Progress We provide comprehensive targets for our business. Refer to page 22 in the integrated report. Promises and commitments Developing our sustainability strategy: We will develop an Amplats sustainability strategy aligned to the group strategy while considering our context and external environment. Progress The sustainability strategy was introduced in 2018 and re-named as the Sustainable Mining Plan. Refer to pages 12 to 18 for further details. Promises and commitments Managing HIV/Aids and TB: In 2019, 97% (21,587) of employees knew their status. We will continue to focus on the level of participation and, as part of regular reviews, seek to identify and remove any barriers to participation. Progress { We intensifi ed our HIV campaigns in 2019, in order to improve testing; which resulted in achieving