{"id":556,"date":"2025-02-03T10:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T08:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/24\/?p=556"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:14:11","slug":"environmental-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/24\/sr\/our-commitments\/environmental-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental stewardship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Responsible environmental stewardship is an integral part of our business. A framework of an environment policy, standards and guidelines support the minimisation and mitigation of our operations\u2019 environmental impacts, major expansions and new projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A transition to nature-positive mining is central to AngloGold Ashanti\u2019s vision of leaving a positive legacy in the countries and communities where we operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Material issues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Rehabilitation and closure<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Water stewardship<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Social licence to operate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Licensing and permitting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Related SDGs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    Principal risks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • Failure to successfully deliver and ramp up growth projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Inability to meet investor expectations or to mine responsibly (ESG performance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Disclosure against standards<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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      • SASB EM-MM-120a.1:<\/strong> Air emissions of the following pollutants: (1) CO, (2) NOx (excluding N2O), (3) SOx.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-150a.4:<\/strong> Total weight of nonmineral waste generated<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM150a.6: <\/strong>Total weight of waste rock generated<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-150a.7:<\/strong> Total weight of hazardous waste generated<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-150a.8:<\/strong> Total weight of hazardous waste recycled<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-150a.9:<\/strong> Number of significant incidents associated with hazardous materials and waste management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-150a.10:<\/strong> Description of waste and hazardous materials management policies and procedures for active and inactive operations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-160a.1:<\/strong> Description of environmental management policies and practices for active sites<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-160a.2:<\/strong> Percentage of mine sites where acid rock drainage is: (1) predicted to occur, (2) actively mitigated, and (3) under treatment or remediation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 305-7: <\/strong>Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx), and other significant air emissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 306-1: <\/strong>Waste generation and significant waste-related impacts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 306-2:<\/strong> Management of significant waste-related impacts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 306-3: <\/strong>Waste generated<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 306-4:<\/strong> Waste diverted from disposal<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 306-5:<\/strong> Waste directed to disposal<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 14.5: <\/strong>Waste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Our commitment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

        We are committed to avoiding, minimising and mitigating the impact of our activities on the environment and to proactively managing risks to air, land, biodiversity and water resources during the mining life cycle and to ensure responsible closure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        We commit to regulatory compliance and the certification of our operations to a number of global standards and systems such as ISO 14001, the International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC), and conformance with the ICMM and WGC Mining Principles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        Our approach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Our sustainability policy establishes our environmental ambitions and emphasises the responsible management of environmental risks, including threats to natural resources, while working to reduce our closure liabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        We employ a systemic approach to managing environmental risks at current operations and new projects. Senior operational managers are accountable for compliance with regulatory and permit requirements and conformance with our own environmental standards, supported by guidance from the corporate office. These standards are reviewed as global good practice expectations evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Environmental management systems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        Site-level environment management systems (EMS) are certified to the ISO 14001: 2015 Standard. These EMSs provide the framework and processes to deliver sound environmental practices and continuous improvement. Central to each EMS is a deep understanding of the unique contextual circumstances and risks which result from the diverse geology, climatic and geographical settings of each operation, along with the varied host country legislation and tailored permit requirements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Our approach also supports the identification, management and reporting of Enterprise-level risk via AuRisk, an in-house platform which consolidates site-specific risk information and analysis, and that is founded on our Group risk management standard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Our integrated sustainability management platform, iSIMS provides our operations with a tool to support and manage site-level risk and compliance, while enhancing process standardisation and providing timely global visibility of environmental risk performance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        We plan for positive environmental outcomes from the outset of a project. Project teams incorporate jurisdiction-specific permitting requirements, as well as the environmental requirements contained in our capital projects standard into the project development process for new mines or major expansions to existing operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Assurance of site-level performance against our Group standards is undertaken on a rotational basis by teams of functional specialists from the corporate office during a combined assurance window, leveraging value from the simultaneous audits where possible. Assurance against the capital project standard is undertaken by senior environmental leads during project stage gate reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Cyanide Code<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        We manage cyanide in accordance with the nine principles of the International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC), which provides certification programmes for the manufacture, transport and use of cyanide in the production of gold. It is focused on protecting human health and reducing the potential for environmental impacts from its use. AngloGold Ashanti is a founding signatory of the Code and has worked to maintain certification since 2005. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Our environmental stewardship extends well beyond the issues of water, nature, air quality, rehabilitation and mine closure discussed in this report and 2024 data on the management of materials, waste, including hazardous waste, and acid rock drainage is provided in our ESG data tables which are available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Managing impacts to nature and biodiversity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        Understanding and limiting our impacts on nature and biodiversity has long been part of how we operate. We have always placed a strong emphasis on recognising and minimising impacts on biodiversity during both project development and operational phases, prioritising avoidance of sensitive habitats, wherever possible, in accordance with the mitigation hierarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Guided by our Biodiversity Management Standard, our approach to biodiversity management calls on our projects and operations to assess risks to biodiversity and incorporate protection measures into site environmental management systems in line with host country requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        In January 2024, along with other ICMM member companies, AngloGold Ashanti supported ICMM\u2019s launch of an updated ICMM\u2019s Nature Position Statement (NPS). It contains five overarching commitments for members to individually and\/or through collective action contribute to a nature-positive future by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        While pursuit of these new commitments is expected to be spread over the operational life of our operations, Commitment 1.3 underscores the nature-positive focus for rehabilitation and mine closure planning activities at our operations, relative to a 2020 baseline. During the year, the ICMM Nature Working Group initiated development of guidance to support members in delivering on the NPS net loss or net gain commitment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        What we measure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        1<\/strong><\/td>Reportable environmental incidents recorded<\/td><\/tr>
        8<\/strong><\/td>Moderate-severity environmental incidents recorded<\/td><\/tr>
        223<\/strong><\/td>Minor-severity environmental incidents recorded<\/td><\/tr>
        1.19<\/strong><\/td>Environmental incident rate\/ Mt mined<\/td><\/tr>
        100%<\/strong><\/td>of operating mines are ISO 14001:2015 certified<\/td><\/tr>
        100%<\/strong><\/td>of operating mines are ICMC certified<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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        Environmental incidents (number) (all severity levels)<\/h6>\n
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