Anglo American is proud to announce that we have become a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship.
By becoming a member of the Global Alliance, Anglo American joins over 100 organisations that are committed to driving positive change through social innovation, with members sharing a common goal of creating sustainable, inclusive and innovative solutions that benefit society.
Commenting on Anglo American’s motivation to become a member of the Global Alliance, Maike Von Heymann, Head of Socio-Economic Development, said:
“Building on our existing partnership with the World Economic Forum, becoming a member of the Global Alliance allows us to tap into a diverse ecosystem of social innovation, to lead at the frontier of purpose-driven business and solve a diverse set of business and societal challenges.
We value the opportunity to learn from and share insights with leaders in social innovation, allowing us to increase our impact and explore new partnership opportunities.”
As part of Anglo American’s Purpose of re-imagining mining to improve people's lives, building thriving communities in the regions in which we operate is one of the three pillars in our Sustainable Mining Plan. We recognise that some of the communities in which we operate have limited economic diversity beyond mining. In response, we have focused a significant part of our socio-economic development (SED) work on long-term, collaborative, sustainable programmes that support communities to build economic diversity and independence. One of the programmes that helps us to achieve these goals is our Impact Finance Network (IFN), designed to mobilise third-party impact capital to support long-term sustainable development in the regions around our mines.
As a member of the WEF’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship, we aim to advance our commitment to building thriving communities in the regions in which we operate and are excited to see what meaningful synergies and partnerships can be fostered with our existing programmes, including the Impact Finance Network (IFN), and new initiatives.