$3.3bn Economic value distributed; of this $0.947 billion was paid to employees as salaries and wages and $21 million spent on community and social investment
53% Reduction in all occupational disease frequency rate
36% Improvement in all injury frequency rate
$1.6bn Spend with local suppliers
3.4Moz Produced in 2018
$976/oz All-in sustaining costs at lower end of the guided range
44,249 Average number of employees
AngloGold Ashanti’s leaders play an active role in the company’s sustainable development performance – from a governance level to overseeing business activities. This section provides insight into how sustainable development is viewed and managed addressed from a most senior level.
The company has moved away from using sustainability as a compliance driven and reporting function, to an executive, board, and in some instances, shareholder driven strategic imperative for generating real value for stakeholders and contributing to the transformation of the mining industry.
Read Nozipho's messageLike any global mining company, AngloGold Ashanti has a range of important stakeholders which at times may have somewhat different or even conflicting expectations.
Read Kelvin's messageOur operating environments, particularly those in emerging economies, reflected the trend of increasing tensions across political, social and economic aspects. Central to this is the expectation – of host countries and communities – for a greater share of the benefits from mineral resources.
Read David's messageOur sustainable development challenge is framed by the material issues facing the company. Our reporting reflects these issues as they are highlighted by the business and our stakeholders.
AngloGold Ashanti places people first. Our board, executive management, and senior leadership know that the successful execution of our business strategy depends on a positive, motivated and engaged workforce. This case study details two programmes in place to develop our future leaders.
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We collaborate closely with our supply chain department to strengthen local mining value chains. This collaboration has given rise to a company policy on local procurement, to endeavour to procure all goods and services locally. This case study examines the policy and provides examples of progress made at two of our operations.
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Forming partnerships is essential to address the complex sustainable development challenges we face. Through partnerships we can make a greater contribution toward achieving the world we all aspire to live in. This case study explains the partnership between AngloGold Ashanti and the University of Cape Town.
WATCH NOWThis report complies with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. These guidelines are the benchmark for sustainability reporting globally. We report at a core level against the guidelines, which means we conduct a robust materiality assessment and focus our reporting on these aspects.
The Sustainable Development Report 2018 was externally assessed and assured by Ernst & Young.
Download the GRI scorecard to this report.
We subscribe to a number of external principles, charters and standards deemed critical from a sustainability perspective.
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