Sustainability
At Sandton, we incorporate sustainability into everything that we do.
From engaging with our communities, to managing natural resources, to building stakeholder value –
we are committed to sustainability and to doing our part to make the world a better place, today and tomorrow.
WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
As a UN Global Compact signatory, Sandton Mining has matched our purpose, core values and sustainable approach with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
The contributions we make to the nine sustainable development goals articulate our relevance to advancing the world agenda 2030.
Climate action
We acknowledge our responsibility to address the impact of our operations on the environment, and our corporate values – Care, Curiosity, Integrity & Transparency – are driving our actions to address climate change.
Sandton is proud to say that our products play a critical role in reducing GHG emissions while helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals.
We support the goals of the Paris Agreement – to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C (WB2C) – and are pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. This is not only the right thing to do, but it will also strengthen our competitive position, improve our operational efficiency, and create value for our stakeholders.
Responsible consumption and production
Resource stewardship means responsibly managing our natural resources to operate efficiently and preserve the environment for our local communities and the world.
Sandton’s growth strategy includes long-range plans for our businesses to maintain leading positions in the markets we serve. To do this, we must ensure the safe and responsible handling of critical raw materials and ensure that our products are produced in an environmentally sustainable way.
Two of our core businesses—Copper and Gold—are dependent on the availability and responsible management of natural resources. Our initiatives to manage and maintain these resources in a sustainable manner include developing programs to reduce our greenhouse gas and water footprint.
Clean Water and Sanitation
Water is a critical input to Sandon’s production operations. As water is a scarce resource, we understand the need to responsibly manage our water consumption not only for the preservation of the environment, but for the viability of our local communities.
We measure water withdrawal including water from rivers and lakes, extracted groundwater, collected and stored rainwater, municipal water, and water obtained from other utilities.
It is important for Sandton to be especially conscious of how we manage our use of water resources in these sensitive areas.
Our water consumption is reviewed on a quarterly basis at our executive meetings which include leadership from our business units and their direct reports.
Good Health & Well-being
We value the safety and well-being of our employees, contractors, suppliers, business partners, and community members.
Sandton has a robust set of safety standards, policies, and procedures at both the corporate and site level. We also have various programs in place to recognize and mitigate hazards (our SCAN program), our employees receive regular training in life-saving rules and we have a Special Event Management Plan. We monitor and report our safety performance and the results are part of the Annual Incentive Program for named executive officers and most of our global employees.
We continuously work toward zero injuries, process safety incidents, and environmental releases. By keeping our operations safe and minimizing emissions we also contribute to the well-being of communities around our sites.
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Gender equality
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are essential to our ability to effectively carry out our mission, and gender equality is an important element of that.
Gender equality is a fundamental and value-enhancing tenet that is critical to our company culture and decision-making practices. We continuously work to attract, hire, develop, and retain high-quality, diverse talent and provide the opportunity for success independent of gender.
We strive to ensure all our employees feel a sense of belonging, remain engaged, and are comfortable sharing their views and opinions. We aim to have a diverse workforce where all employees can reach their full potential in an inclusive environment while leveraging unique skills, backgrounds, and experiences to drive innovation in the marketplace. We commit to an equitable workplace where our employees have fair access to opportunities to achieve their career aspirations. We actively work to remove systemic barriers by challenging and responding to bias and discrimination within our workplace and in the communities where we work and live.