Reporting in line with GRI

Northam is supportive of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G3 reporting guidelines and has provided an index below of compliance with the guidelines and the core performance indicators.

Northam has engaged external auditors Ernst & Young to assure certain key parameters and the group’s compliance with its stated application level.

Northam has self-declared a B+ level of reporting.

	C	B	A
G3 profile disclosures	Report on: 1.1 2.1 - 2.10 3.1 - 3.8, 3.10 - 3.12 4.1 - 4.4 , 4.14 - 4.15	Report on all criteria listed for Level C plus: 1.2 3.9, 3.13 4.5 - 4.13, 4.16 - 4.17	Same as requirement for Level B
G3 management approach disclosures	Not required	Management approach disclosures for each indicator category	Management approach disclosed for each indicator category
G3 performance indicators and sector supplement performance indicators	Report on a minimum of 10 Performance Indicators, including at least one from each of: social, economic, and environment.	Report on a minimum of 20 performance indicators, at least one from each of: economic, environment, human rights, labor, society, product responsibility.	Respond on each core G3 and sector supplement* indicator with due regard to the materiality principle by either: a) reporting on the indicator or b) explaining the reason for its omission.

G3 Indicator	Description	Page
Profile
1. Strategy and analysis
1.1	Statement from senior decision maker	From the chairman and chief executive
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities	From the chairman and chief executive
2. Organisational profile
2.1	Organisation’s name	Corporate profile
2.2	Major products	Corporate profile
2.3	Operational structure and major divisions	Corporate profile
2.4	Location of headquarters	Corporate profile
2.5	Countries of operation	Corporate profile
2.6	Nature of ownership	Corporate profile
2.7	Markets served including geographic breakdown/sectors served/customers	Corporate profile, Economic performance
2.8	Scale of organisation including number of employees, net sales/revenues, total capitalisation	Economic performance
2.9	Significant changes during reporting period	Economic performance
2.10	Awards	Corporate profile
3. Report parameters
3.1	Reporting period	Scope of the report
3.2	Date of previous report	Scope of the report
3.3	Reporting cycle	Scope of the report
3.4	Contact point	Scope of the report
Report scope and boundary
3.5	Process for defining report content	From the chairman and chief executive
3.6	Boundary of the report	Scope of the report
3.7	Limitations on the scope or boundary of the report	Scope of the report
3.8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, etc.*	Scope of the report
3.9	Data measurement techniques and bases of calculations including assumptions	Throughout this report
3.10	Restatements of information	Scope of the report, Environmental performance
3.11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods	From the chairman and chief executive
* This report focuses on Northam’s current operations at the Zondereinde mine and metallurgical complex
GRI content index
3.12	Table identifying the location of the disclosures in the report	This page
Assurance
3.12	Policy and practice for seeking independent assurance for report	From the chairman and chief executive
4. Governance, commitments and engagement
4.1	Governance structure including committees	Governance
4.2	Indicate whether chair of highest governance body is also an executive officer	Governance
4.3	Percent of independent directors	Governance
4.4	Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations/direction to highest governance body	Governance
4.5	Linkage between compensation and organisation’s performance for members of highest governance body/senior executives	Governance
4.6	Process for the Board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided	page 37 (Annual Report)
4.7	Processes for determining qualifications and expertise for guiding strategy	Governance and 41 (Annual Report)
4.8	Mission and values statements, codes of conduct, principles relevant to economic, environmental and social performance, and status of implementation	From the chairman and chief executive, Sustainable development policy
4.9	Procedures of highest governance body for overseeing economic, environmental and social performance including compliance and codes of conduct	34 – 43 (Annual Report)
4.10	Processes for evaluating performance of governance body with respect to economic,environmental and social performance	Sustainable development policy
Commitments to external initiatives
4.11	Explanation of how precautionary approach/principle is addressed by organisation	Governance
4.12	Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives	Governance
4.13	Significant memberships in associations and/or advocacy organisations	Governance
Stakeholder engagement
4.14	List of stakeholder groups	Our sustainability footprint, Governance
4.15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage	Governance
4.16	Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency and type	Governance
4.17	Key issues raised through stakeholder engagement and how organisation has responded	Governance
Economic performance indicators
Management approach		Economic performance
Economic performance indicators
EC1	Economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments	Economic performance
EC2	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation’s activities due to climate change	Environmental performance
EC3	Coverage of the organisation’s defined benefit plan obligations	Economic performance, Employment and human rights: Management approach, Employment practices
EC4	Significant financial assistance received from government.	Economic performance
Market presence
EC5	Range of ratios of standard entry-level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation	Employment and human rights
EC6	Policy, practices and proportion of spending on locally based suppliers at significant locations of operation	Economic performance
EC7	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation	Employment and human rights
Indirect economic impacts
EC8	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind or pro bono engagement.	Community
EC9	Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts	Economic performance
Environmental performance indicators
Management approach		Environmental performance
Materials
EN1	Materials used by weight or volume	Environmental performance
EN2	Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials	Environmental performance
Energy
EN3	Direct energy consumption by primary energy source	Environmental performance
EN4	Indirect energy consumption by primary source	Environmental performance
EN5	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements	Environmental performance
EN5	Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts	Environmental performance
EN6	Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy-based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives	Environmental performance
EN7	Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved	Environmental performance
Water
EN8	Total water withdrawal by source	Environmental performance
EN9	Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water	Environmental performance
EN10	Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused	Environmental performance
Biodiversity
EN11	Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas	Environmental performance
EN12	Description of significant impacts of activities, products and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas	Environmental performance
EN13	Habitats protected or restored	Environmental performance
EN14	Strategies, current actions and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity	Environmental performance
EN15	Number of Red List species with habitats in areas affected by operations	Environmental performance
Emissions, effluents and waste
EN16	Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight	Environmental performance
EN17	Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight	Environmental performance
EN18	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved	Environmental performance
EN20	NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions by type and weight	Environmental performance
EN21	Total water discharge by quality and destination	Environmental performance
EN23	Total number and volume of significant spills	Environmental performance
Products and services
EN26	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation	Environmental performance
Compliance
EN28	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations	Environmental performance
Transport
EN29	Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organisation’s operations, and transporting members of the workforce	Environmental performance
Overall
EN30	Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type	Environmental performance
Social performance: Labour practices and decent work performance indicators
Management approach		Employment and human rights
Employment
LA1	Total workforce by employment type, employment contract and region	Employment and human rights
LA2	Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender and region	Employment and human rights
LA3	Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations	Employment and human rights
Labour/management relations
LA4	Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements	Employment and human rights
LA5	Minimum notice period(s) regarding significant operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements	Employment and human rights
Occupational health and safety
LA6	Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programmes	Safety, health and employee well-being: Management approach, Knowledge is something you can live with
LA7	Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region	Safety, health and employee well-being
LA8	Education, training, counselling, prevention and risk-control programmes in place to assist workforce members, their families or community members regarding serious diseases	Safety, health and employee well-being
LA9	Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions	Safety, health and employee well-being
Training and education
LA10	Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category	Employment and human rights
LA11	Education, training, counselling, prevention and risk-control programmes in place to assist workforce members, their families or community members regarding serious diseases	Employment and human rights
LA12	Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews	Employment and human rights
Diversity and opportunity
LA13	Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership and other indicators of diversity*	Employment and human rights
LA14	Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category	Employment and human rights
Human Rights performance indicators
Management approach		Employment and human rights
Investment and procurement practices
HR1	Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening	Employment and human rights
HR2	Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken	Employment and human rights
HR3	Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained	Employment and human rights
Non-discrimination
HR4	Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken	Employment and human rights
Freedom of association and collective bargaining
HR5	Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights	Employment and human rights
Child labour
HR6	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labour, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labour	Employment and human rights
Forced and compulsory labour
HR7	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labour, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labour	Employment and human rights
Security practices
HR8	Percentage of security personnel trained in the organisation’s policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations	n/a
Indigenous rights
HR9	Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken	Employment and human rights
Society performance indicators
Management approach		Northam in the community
Community
SO1	Nature, scope and effectiveness of any programmes and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating and exiting	Northam in the community
Public policy
SO5	Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying	Safety, health and employee well-being
SO6	Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians and related institutions by country	Governance
Anti-competitive behaviour
SO7	Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust and monopoly practices, and their outcomes	Governance
Compliance
SO8	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations	Governance
Product responsibility performance indicators
Management approach		Product responsibility
Customer health and safety
PR1	Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures	Product responsibility
PR2	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes	Product responsibility
Products and services
PR3	Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements	Product responsibility
PR4	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labelling, by type of outcomes	Product responsibility
PR5	Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction	Product responsibility
Marketing communication
PR6	Programmes for adherence to laws, standards and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion and sponsorship	Product responsibility
PR7	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion and sponsorship by type of outcomes	Product responsibility
Customer privacy
PR8	Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data	Product responsibility
Compliance
PR8	Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services	Product responsibility

NORTHAM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010