OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE
Our success depends on the talent and passion of our people. We are committed to creating a culture where our people are engaged, empowered to make decisions, and take shared responsibility for delivering our business goals safely and ethically.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We believe in equal opportunities and remunerate male and female employees equally for equivalent jobs according to their qualification and level of experience. We strive to provide our employees with rewarding jobs, competitive compensation, and the skills and resources to make a positive contribution to their lives and their communities.
HUMAN RIGHTS
We are committed to protecting human rights in all areas of our business operations and expect our business partners, including contractors and suppliers, to do the same. We respect the rights of employees, contractors, workers in our supply chain, and members of the local community with regards to working conditions, freedom of association, maximum working hours, minimum wages, equal opportunities and freedom from discrimination and intimidation.
LISTENING TO OUR NEIGHBOURS
We listen to, and engage with, local stakeholders to build meaningful, long-lasting relationships. These relationships begin long before our mine approaches operation. Ongoing dialogue allows us to better understand our stakeholders’ priorities and concerns, and ensures that stakeholders understand our values and approach to doing business. This enables us to partner with individuals, interest groups, and our local governments to develop initiatives that meet the needs and priorities of our neighbouring communities. We hold frequent meetings with local community members, suppliers, and government officials.
BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ENRICHING LIVES
As employers, we add value to communities by providing local workers with well-paying jobs to support their families and build prosperous local economies. Ongoing training develops our employees’ talent and enables them to pursue new opportunities after the life of the mine. Our operations provide suppliers with opportunities to provide goods and services.
As neighbours, we invest in health, infrastructure and education initiatives in our neighbouring communities. These programs generate tangible benefits, from improving educational outcomes for children to building economic capacity and contributing to a growing tax base for the local region.
A CULTURE OF SAFETY
Ensuring our people return home safely every day is paramount. We are committed to the highest health and safety standards, strictly adhere to safety regulations and have systems in place to promote a culture of safety. In all of our activities, we strive to reduce risk through elimination, substitution, engineering controls, procedures, training, and protective equipment. Our managers are expected to lead by example, and prioritize and implement health and safety in all that they do. We continue to set ambitious standards with our goal being to create and sustain safe and healthy work environments.