Glossary of terms and acronyms

ABET	Adult Basic Education and Training, aimed at improving literacy levels and providing learners with nationally recognised qualifications
ADR facility	American Depositary Receipt facility
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a disease of the immune system caused by HIV infection. HIV & AIDS pose serious challenges for the government and the industry, as South Africa is one of the countries worst affected by the pandemic
ART	Anti-retroviral therapy, treatment of retroviruses especially HIV, usually involving a cocktail of drugs
BEE	Black Economic Empowerment, a socioeconomic policy that contributes to the economic transformation of the country and increases the number of HDSAs (historically disadvantaged South Africans) participating in the economy
CDP	Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organisation which acts as an intermediary between shareholders and corporations on all climate change related issues, providing primary climate change data from the world’s largest corporations, to the global market place
CSI	Corporate social investment
DEA	Department of Environmental Affairs
DMR	Department of Mineral Resources
DoL	Department of Labour, South Africa
DOT	Directly Observed Treatment
DSM	Demand Side Management
DTI	Department of Trade and Industry
DWA	Department of Water Affairs, South Africa
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment
EMP	Environmental Management Plan
EMS	Environmental Management System
ETFs	Exchange Traded Funds

FIIR	Fatal injury incidence rate per 200 000 man hours worked
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GRI	Global Reporting Initiative is a multi-stakeholder governed institution collaborating to provide the global standards in sustainability reporting. These standards set out the principles and indicators that organisations can use to measure and report their economic, environmental, and social performance
HDSAs	Historically disadvantaged South Africans, all persons and groups who have been previously discriminated against on the basis of race, gender and disability. Defined by the MPRDA
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus which causes AIDS by infecting the helper T cells of the immune system. The HIV virus is transmitted through blood or bodily secretions
IDP	Integrated development plans provided for by the Local Government Municipal Systems Act. (NO. 32 of 2000)
IFRS	International Financial Reporting Standards

ILO	International Labour Organisation
ISO	Published in 1996 by the International Organisation for 14001 Environmental Standardisation, it specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system (EMS)
JSE	JSE Limited, formerly known as the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa
King III	King III is the abbreviated name for the King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa published in 2010 in South Africa
KPI	Key performance indicator
LED	Local economic development
LTIIR	Lost time injury incidence rate measured per 200 000 man hours worked
Mining Charter	The Broad-Based Social-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry. The goal of the charter is to bring about an industry that reflects the promise of a non racial South Africa
MHSA	Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996
MPRDA	Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 0f 2002
MQA	Mining Qualifications Authority, a Sector Education Training Authority for the Mining and Minerals Sector. Its mission is to facilitate and promote human resources development in the sector
NEMA	National Environmental Management Act
NGOs	Non-governmental organisations
NIHL	Noise induced hearing loss
NUM	National Union of Mineworkers, the largest collective bargaining agent representing workers in the mining and energy industries in South Africa
PGM	Platinum group metals, including platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium
PPE	Personal protective equipment
OLD	Occupational lung disease
RIIR	Reportable injury incidence rate: injuries resulting in 14 or more days absence from work per 200 000 man hours worked
Scope 1 emissions	Direct GHG emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the entity. Scope 1 can include emissions from fossil fuels burned on site, emissions from entity owned or entity-leased vehicles, and other direct sources
Scope 2 emissions	Indirect GHG emissions resulting from the generation of electricity, heating and cooling, or steam generated off site but purchased by the entity, and the transmission and distribution (T&D) losses associated with some purchased utilities (e.g., chilled water, steam, and high temperature hot water)
Scope 3 emissions	Indirect GHG emissions from sources not owned or directly controlled by the entity but related to the entity’s activities. Scope 3 GHG emissions sources currently required for federal GHG reporting include T&D losses associated with purchased electricity, employee travel and commuting, contracted solid waste disposal, and contracted wastewater treatment. Additional sources that are currently optional, and which EPA is considering accounting for in its inventory, include vendor supply chains, delivery services, outsourced activities, and site remediation activities
SETA	Mining Sector Education Training Authority, South Africa
SHE committee	Safety, health and environment committee
SLPs	Social and labour plans aimed at promoting employment and advancement of the social and economic welfare of all South Africans whilst ensuring economic growth and socioeconomic development. Stipulated in the MPRDA
SRI	Socially responsible investment index of the JSE
STIs	Sexually transmitted infections
TB	Pulmonary tuberculosis
TSF	Tailings storage facility
VCT	Voluntary counselling and testing, a programme aimed at encouraging voluntary HIV testing in order for individuals to know their status
VRT	Virgin rock temperature
WHO	World Health Organization

ABET

Adult Basic Education and Training, aimed at improving literacy levels and providing learners with nationally recognised qualifications

ADR facility

American Depositary Receipt facility

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a disease of the immune system caused by HIV infection. HIV & AIDS pose serious challenges for the government and the industry, as South Africa is one of the countries worst affected by the pandemic

ART

Anti-retroviral therapy, treatment of retroviruses especially HIV, usually involving a cocktail of drugs

BEE

Black Economic Empowerment, a socioeconomic policy that contributes to the economic transformation of the country and increases the number of HDSAs (historically disadvantaged South Africans) participating in the economy

CDP

Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organisation which acts as an intermediary between shareholders and corporations on all climate change related issues, providing primary climate change data from the world’s largest corporations, to the global market place

CSI

Corporate social investment

DEA

Department of Environmental Affairs

DMR

Department of Mineral Resources

DoL

Department of Labour, South Africa

DOT

Directly Observed Treatment

DSM

Demand Side Management

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

DWA

Department of Water Affairs, South Africa

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EMP

Environmental Management Plan

EMS

Environmental Management System

ETFs

Exchange Traded Funds

FIIR

Fatal injury incidence rate per 200 000 man hours worked

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GRI

Global Reporting Initiative is a multi-stakeholder governed institution collaborating to provide the global standards in sustainability reporting. These standards set out the principles and indicators that organisations can use to measure and report their economic, environmental, and social performance

HDSAs

Historically disadvantaged South Africans, all persons and groups who have been previously discriminated against on the basis of race, gender and disability. Defined by the MPRDA

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus which causes AIDS by infecting the helper T cells of the immune system. The HIV virus is transmitted through blood or bodily secretions

IDP

Integrated development plans provided for by the Local Government Municipal Systems Act. (NO. 32 of 2000)

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards

ILO

International Labour Organisation

ISO

Published in 1996 by the International Organisation for 14001 Environmental Standardisation, it specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system (EMS)

JSE

JSE Limited, formerly known as the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa

King III

King III is the abbreviated name for the King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa published in 2010 in South Africa

KPI

Key performance indicator

LED

Local economic development

LTIIR

Lost time injury incidence rate measured per 200 000 man hours worked

Mining Charter

The Broad-Based Social-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry. The goal of the charter is to bring about an industry that reflects the promise of a non racial South Africa

MHSA

Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996

MPRDA

Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 0f 2002

MQA

Mining Qualifications Authority, a Sector Education Training Authority for the Mining and Minerals Sector. Its mission is to facilitate and promote human resources development in the sector

NEMA

National Environmental Management Act

NGOs

Non-governmental organisations

NIHL

Noise induced hearing loss

NUM

National Union of Mineworkers, the largest collective bargaining agent representing workers in the mining and energy industries in South Africa

PGM

Platinum group metals, including platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium

PPE

Personal protective equipment

OLD

Occupational lung disease

RIIR

Reportable injury incidence rate: injuries resulting in 14 or more days absence from work per 200 000 man hours worked

Scope 1 emissions

Direct GHG emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the entity. Scope 1 can include emissions from fossil fuels burned on site, emissions from entity owned or entity-leased vehicles, and other direct sources

Scope 2 emissions

Indirect GHG emissions resulting from the generation of electricity, heating and cooling, or steam generated off site but purchased by the entity, and the transmission and distribution (T&D) losses associated with some purchased utilities (e.g., chilled water, steam, and high temperature hot water)

Scope 3 emissions

Indirect GHG emissions from sources not owned or directly controlled by the entity but related to the entity’s activities. Scope 3 GHG emissions sources currently required for federal GHG reporting include T&D losses associated with purchased electricity, employee travel and commuting, contracted solid waste disposal, and contracted wastewater treatment. Additional sources that are currently optional, and which EPA is considering accounting for in its inventory, include vendor supply chains, delivery services, outsourced activities, and site remediation activities

SETA

Mining Sector Education Training Authority, South Africa

SHE committee

Safety, health and environment committee

SLPs

Social and labour plans aimed at promoting employment and advancement of the social and economic welfare of all South Africans whilst ensuring economic growth and socioeconomic development. Stipulated in the MPRDA

SRI

Socially responsible investment index of the JSE

STIs

Sexually transmitted infections

TB

Pulmonary tuberculosis

TSF

Tailings storage facility

VCT

Voluntary counselling and testing, a programme aimed at encouraging voluntary HIV testing in order for individuals to know their status

VRT

Virgin rock temperature

WHO

World Health Organization

Sustainable development report 2012