{"id":163,"date":"2023-01-05T15:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2023-03-29T05:52:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T05:52:08","slug":"environmental-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/material-sustainability-issues\/environmental-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental stewardship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-mega-page-header has-dark-green-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default is-justify-content-stretch is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5ac0c6ea wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/\">Sustainability Report<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/material-sustainability-issues\/\">Material sustainability issues<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Environmental stewardship<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Environmental stewardship<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">AngloGold Ashanti\u2019s environment policy continues to evolve and is centred on our commitment to avoid, minimise, and mitigate the impact of our activities on the environment.  We proactively manage risks to air, land, biodiversity and water resources during the mining lifecycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group is-style-bubble-block has-background has-foreground-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/icon-environmental-stewardship.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3345\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-justify-content-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-954f60bf wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Nature moved up the global agenda over 2022 and in November we supported the ICMM CEO\u2019s call on world leaders to prioritise action on nature at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal. The summit culminated in a historic agreement by over 180 nations, which will guide global action to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. Through our ICMM membership, we have closely followed the development and pilot testing of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosure\u2019s (TNFD) Framework. The final TNFD Framework is expected to be released in September 2023. Both the COP15 Agreement and the evolving TNFD Framework are anticipated to influence our environmental policy and standards going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a Company level, our environmental policy takes into consideration the specific and varying factors that impact our sites across the world. The application of the policy is supported by a set of environmental management standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior operational managers are responsible for ensuring operations comply with their respective regulatory and permit requirements, as well as our <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglogoldashanti.com\/sustainability\/governance\/policies-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environmental Management Standards<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day-to-day management is enabled by site-level Environment Management Systems that are externally certified to the ISO 14001:2015 Standard. Assurance of site-level performance against the Environment Management Standards is undertaken on a rotational basis by teams of functional specialists from corporate office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our environmental management work extends well beyond the issues identified in this report of climate and energy, water, and tailings. Key 2022 data on the management of materials, hazardous waste, biodiversity and acid rock drainage is provided in our <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/download\/AGA-ESGD22.xls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&lt;ESGD&gt;<\/a><\/em><\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Integrated closure management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning for closure requires a multi-focused approach, which takes into account related social, economic, environmental and governance issues. Our approach to integrated closure management is guided by our <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thevault.exchange\/?get_group_doc=143\/1502449845-ClosurePlanningManagementStandardVer022013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Closure Planning Standard<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which sets out how we identify and manage current and future risks and liabilities associated with mine closure. It allows the Company to leave sites in a condition that is safe and stable, with minimal adverse impacts on people and the environment, and to help ensure communities are empowered to define and experience their own post-mining future. The Closure Planning Standard is being updated to align with the ICMM\u2019s Integrated Mine Closure Good Practice Guide 2019 as well as general learnings from our experience since the approval of the current standard in 2013. In 2022, we started using the ICMM Closure Maturity Framework for continuous improvement in mine closure planning throughout the mine life cycle of our assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We seek to ensure that all our operations have mine closure plans (MCPs) that comply with all applicable laws, regulations and requirements. In Australia both Tropicana and Sunrise Dam submitted updated MCPs to the regulators in 2022 and so did Iduapriem in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where we can, we continue to rehabilitate concurrently with mining and processing operations. At Iduapriem, encapsulation of an old waste rock dump that had been generating acid rock drainage (ARD) continued, as a way of finding a \u201cwalk away\u201d solution at mine closure. The rehabilitation design seeks to ensure run-off water is shed off the facility, thus eradicating ARD formation. Implementation of the final closure plan of the C\u00f3rrego do S\u00edtio tailings storage facility continued in Brazil, using filtered tailings as part of the closure materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our closure programmes are premised on building and earning stakeholder trust. Stakeholder input is sought throughout each site\u2019s life cycle, and closure management plans must balance corporate and stakeholder interests while complying with regulatory obligations and commitments. In this regard Obuasi mine established a Closure Consultative Committee (CCC) comprising mine leadership, traditional leaders, local government authorities and national government regulators, who have all provided valuable input into the several closure projects at the mine. Similarly, at Geita, the primary means of stakeholder involvement in direct closure issues is through the National Mine Closure Committee (NMCC), which includes members from the mine, the local communities as well as multiple government agencies. This approach to closure aligns with our aim of contributing to creating resilient communities that can adjust, adapt, and thrive post mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All our sites continue to play a pivotal role in supporting alternative livelihood initiatives. These are conducted through their respective socio-economic development programmes and by strengthening value-sharing efforts, such as the localisation of supply chains and employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post-closure economic considerations are integral to mine closure planning. At Obuasi, two areas, one previously hosting a mine shaft and processing plant and another which is the footprint of re-processed tailings dams, have been reclaimed. Infrastructure is being developed for handover to the local municipality for mixed use developments that will include residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We undertake quarterly reviews and updates of our mine closure liability estimates to comply with legislative changes and align to business plans, closure plans, facility designs and unit rates for implementation activities. As of 31 December 2022, the consolidated Group environmental liability estimates were $578m (2021: $673m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial assurance for mine closure has been widely adopted by governments and companies internationally. It is our policy to seek to ensure that resources are available to meet our closure obligations. We achieve this by having a range of financial instruments\/assurance (including accounting provisions, escrow accounts, and bank\/insurance guarantees) for mine closure that comply with the national legislative framework of the countries where we operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-justify-content-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" id=\"landnorehab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/chart-sr-land-disturbed-not-rehabed.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7190\" width=\"420\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" id=\"landrehab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/chart-sr-total-land-rehabed.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7194\" width=\"420\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n.is-style-issue-tab{\nposition: relative;\ndisplay: block; \nheight: 100%; width: 100%;\nbox-sizing: border-box;\nbackground-color: rgba(91, 81, 76,0);\ntransition: background-color 0.8s;\n}\n.is-style-issue-tab a{display: block; margin: 0; padding: 1em 2em 1em 2em}\n\n.is-style-issue-tab a{padding: 2em 2em 1em 2em}\n.is-style-issue-tab figcaption a{padding: 1em 2em 2em 2em}\n.is-style-issue-tab img{margin: 0 auto; display: block}\n.is-style-issue-tab figcaption{\nmargin: 0; font-weight: 500; font-size: var(--wp--custom--font-size--medium);\n}\n.is-style-issue-tab:hover {\nbackground-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-gray);\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-text-align-left has-dark-gray-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Material issues addressed in this section<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-alignment-stretch is-justify-content-stretch is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e9caae6f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-light-silver-gray-border-color is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:2px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-issue-tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/material-sustainability-issues\/environmental-stewardship\/managing-water\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/icon-bg-water.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3333\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/material-sustainability-issues\/environmental-stewardship\/managing-water\/\">Managing water as a finite and at-risk resource<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-light-silver-gray-border-color is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:2px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-issue-tab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/material-sustainability-issues\/environmental-stewardship\/tsf-management\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/icon-bg-tailings.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3334\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/material-sustainability-issues\/environmental-stewardship\/tsf-management\/\">Managing our tailings storage facilities<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group is-alignment-stretch is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f1734dee wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-silver-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prioritised SDGs:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" data-id=\"1359\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/icon-sdg07.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1359\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" data-id=\"1348\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/icon-sdg13.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1348\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" data-id=\"2162\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spacer.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2162\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-light-silver-gray-border-color is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-582b84ed wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:4px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/icon-case-study.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1280\" width=\"50\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RELATED Case study<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2404 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-our-stories entry\">\n<figure style=\"width:100%;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/our-stories\/brazil-environmental-education-centre\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CEA-Centro-de-Educacao-Ambiental-7262-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Environmental Education Centre raises awareness and reinforces ESG agenda\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.72%;max-width:1280px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CEA-Centro-de-Educacao-Ambiental-7262-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CEA-Centro-de-Educacao-Ambiental-7262-1-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CEA-Centro-de-Educacao-Ambiental-7262-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-92a5d50b45819a33cab6c78deb294e1e wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/our-stories\/brazil-environmental-education-centre\/\" target=\"_self\" >Environmental Education Centre raises awareness and reinforces ESG agenda<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-4b346dd8e52414cf5cfad688003f39ab wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Our Environmental Education Centre in Nova Lima, Brazil, was established in 2000 to increase awareness of socio-environmental matters and reinforce our commitment to sustainable development.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/sr\/our-stories\/brazil-environmental-education-centre\/\">Read story<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-color has-dark-green-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-201e0823 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ISO 14001:2015 certification:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-statistic has-colossal-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900\"><strong>100%<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-color has-dark-green-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-201e0823 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ICMC\ncertification:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-statistic has-colossal-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900\"><strong>91%<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" id=\"envincident\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/chart-sr-environment-incident-rate-2022.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3353\" width=\"400\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-color has-dark-green-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c4495dd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Total amount of<br>land rehabilitated<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/icon-rehabilitation.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3358\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-statistic has-colossal-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900\"><strong>223 ha<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:60vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim has-background-gradient has-horizontal-beige-to-white-gradient-background\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1627\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-10036\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TGM-at-Tropicana-of-a-Thorny-Devil_Logan-Richards-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:65% 77%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" 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is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-369f395c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-bubble-block is-alignment-center has-background-color has-naartjie-background-color has-text-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Our environmental management work extends well beyond the issues identified in this report of climate and energy, water, and <br>tailings.<\/p>\n<cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AngloGold Ashanti\u2019s environment policy continues to evolve and is centred on our commitment to avoid, minimise, and mitigate the impact of our activities on the environment.  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