Anglo American leads the mining industry in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
19 September, 2012
Anglo American has been recognised for the 10th year for its excellence in sustainability by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, achieving the highest score in the mining industry.
Cynthia Carroll, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said: “Anglo American is proud to be recognised as one of the world’s leading companies - the leader in our industry - in terms of our sustainable business practices. Sustainability is embedded in everything we do, starting at the top with our strategy and values, through the organisation to the policies and processes that underpin every aspect of our work.”
“All our operations have water, carbon and energy efficiency targets, and have developed social management plans to ensure full compliance with the Anglo American Social Way. People are at the heart of our guiding principles; last year alone, there were more than 556,000 beneficiaries of Anglo American’s education programmes, approximately 2.2 million beneficiaries of community development projects and we created or sustained more than 47,000 jobs through our enterprise development initiatives. Anglo American also manages the largest HIV/AIDS workplace prevention, counselling, testing and treatment programme in the world, with 90% of our 100,000 strong workforce regularly checking their HIV status every year,” Mrs Carroll added.
The Index, which is assured by an external auditor, assesses economic, environmental and social performance and includes a review of policies and performance in corporate governance, risk management, climate change, energy consumption, health and safety, supply chain standards and workplace relations, among others. Only 10% of the 2,500 companies invited to participate in the annual survey are selected to feature in the Index.
Anglo American excelled in both its sustainability performance and its comprehensive and transparent reporting.
Anglo American has been part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2003 and maintained its position on the Index rising to Gold Class in 2010.