1. Corporate profile
  2. Scope of the report
  3. Governance
  4. From the chairman and CEO
  5. Our sustainability footprint
  6. Sustainable Development Policy
  7. Economic performance
  8. Social performance
  9. Environmental performance
  10. Report of the independent assurer
  11. Reporting in line with GRI
  12. Mining Charter compliance

Mining Charter compliance

DescriptionCompliancePage no
1. Human resource development
Has the company offered every employee the opportunity to be functionally literate and numerate by the year 2009 and are employees being trained?Yes Employment and human rights
Has the company implemented career paths for HDSA employees including skills development plans?Yes Employment and human rights
Has the company developed a system through which empowerment groups can be mentored?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Employment and human rights
2. Employment equity
Has the company published its employment equity plan and reported on its annual progress in meeting that plan?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Employment and human rights
Has the company established a plan to achieve a target for HDSA participation in management of 40% within five years and is it implementing the plan?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Employment and human rights
Has the company identified a talent pool and is this being fast tracked?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Employment and human rights
Has the company established a plan to achieve the target for the participation of women in mining of 10% within five years and is it implementing the plan?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Employment and human rights
3. Migrant labour
Has the company subscribed to government and industry agreements to ensure non-discrimination against foreign migrant labour?Yes Employment and human rights
4. Mine community and rural development
Has the company co-operated in the formulation of integrated development plans and is the company co-operating with government in the implementation of these plans for communities where mining takes place?Yes Northam in the community
5. Housing and living conditions
For company-provided housing, has the mine, in consultation with stakeholders, established measures for improving the standard of housing, including the upgrading the hostels, conversion of hostels to family units and promoted ownership options for mine employees?Yes Employment and human rights
For company-provided nutrition, has the mine established measures for improving the nutrition of mine employees?Yes Employment and human rights
6. Procurement
Has the mining company given HDSA preferred supplier status?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Economic performance
Has the mining company identified current levels of procurement from HDSA companies in terms of capital goods, consumables and service?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Economic performance
Has the mining company indicated a commitment to progress of procurement from HDSA companies over a three-year to five-year time frame in terms of capital goods, consumables and service and to what extent has the commitment been implemented?Yes From the chairman and chief executive, Economic performance
7. Ownership and joint ventures
Has the mining company achieved HDSA participation in terms of ownership for equity or attributable units of production of 15% HDSA hands within five years and 26% in 10 years?Yes Corporate profile, Economic performance
8. Beneficiation
Has the mining company identified its current level of beneficiation?Yes Economic performance
Has the mining company established its baseline level of beneficiation and indicated the extent that this will have grown in order to qualify for an offset?Yes Economic performance
9. Reporting
Has the company reported on annual basis its progress towards achieving its commitments in its annual reportYesThis report

 

NORTHAM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010