{"id":558,"date":"2025-02-03T10:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T08:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/24\/?p=558"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:37:00","slug":"water-stewardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.anglogoldashanti.com\/24\/sr\/our-commitments\/water-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Water stewardship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Water is a valuable and often scarce shared resource that is essential for mining and associated activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our operations are mindful of its high social, environmental and economic value. Responsible management of water ensures that we limit our consumption of this finite resource and avoid adverse impacts on local and regional water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Material issues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Ensuring the safety and integrity of our tailings storage facilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Pursuing climate action and resilience<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Securing and maintaining our social licence to operate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Securing the mining and environmental licences and permits we need for uninterrupted and progressive operation<\/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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    • Adverse regulatory changes to mining rights and adverse fiscal changes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Possible suspension and\/or shutdown of TSFs due to capacity constraints and\/or event<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Loss of or threats to social licence to operate<\/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-140a.1:<\/strong> (1) Total water withdrawn, (2) total water consumed; percentage of each in regions with High or Extremely High Baseline Water Stress<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SASB EM-MM-140a.2:<\/strong> Number of incidents of non-compliance associated with water quality permits, standards and regulations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 303-1:<\/strong> Interactions with water as a shared resource<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 303-3:<\/strong> Water withdrawal<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 303-4:<\/strong> Water discharge<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 303-5:<\/strong> Water consumption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • GRI 14.7:<\/strong> Water and effluents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Our commitment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

        We believe that water should be used in a way that is socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        As responsible stewards of the environments in which we operate, AngloGold Ashanti is committed to minimising our consumption of water and any impacts on local and regional water resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        All our operations work to optimise their consumptive water use and achieve their water quality objectives using a water balance model and guard against compromising water supply to local communities and downstream ecosystems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        We recognise that climate change has an impact on rainfall intensity and water availability and that a systematic and adaptive approach to water stewardship is critical to our business and the communities around us.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        Approach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Responsible water stewardship requires monitoring, measuring and optimising our water withdrawal, its consumption and reuse, and closely managing the quality of water discharge where this is necessary. All our operations adopt a common approach to water management regardless of whether we mine in areas of water scarcity or abundance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        We align our local water management strategies with regional priorities, especially where water sources are shared with social partners, and maintain a comprehensive understanding of water-related risks in the context of the catchment areas in which we operate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Our Water Management Standard is applicable to all phases of the mining life cycle. Using a water balance model, the standard mandates the comprehensive understanding of water risks and the implementation of tailored monitoring and management plans, supported by context-specific objectives and targets. We also require onsite contractors and subcontractors to adopt this standard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        HA<\/span> | Water withdrawal by location (ML)<\/h6>\n
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