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We have developed a Sustainable Mining Plan that will foster innovation and deliver step change results across the entire mining value chain.

Our approach to biodiversity

Protecting our natural environment is material to us and is increasingly expected by our stakeholders and society. As custodians of the land and ecosystems around our operations, we seek to improve the footprint of our operations on the land and ecosystems and direct our efforts towards delivering positive and lasting environmental outcomes for host communities.

Stretch goal

2030

Deliver NPI on biodiversity across Anglo American

2030

Environmental Management

We are committed to being stewards of the natural environment in which we operate.

We seek to minimise the footprint of our operations on the land and ecosystems in which we operate. Today, digital technologies provide us with dynamic new tools to not only monitor our impact on the environment, but also to predict and mitigate risks.

We directly support key external activities and focus on innovation to deliver positive and lasting environmental outcomes for host communities and the planet as a whole.

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Our approach

Net Positive Impact

Our Net Positive Impact (NPI) target is our commitment to leaving the biodiversity of an area in a better state than when we arrived.

NPI acknowledges the role that nature plays in shaping the functioning of the environment and the well-being of people. In our ambitious journey to achieving NPI, we also acknowledge the Nature Positive approach which is aimed at ensuring that nature is visibly and measurably on the path of recovery by 2030. Developed in a collaborative partnership of NGOs, the United Nations bodies, and business, the Nature Positive approach mandates the inclusion of nature and its role in managing our impacts and dependencies on water, society and climate.

The SHE way and biodiversity

Our aim is for biodiversity to form part of the long term business plan for every one of our sites.

We continue to work to incorporate site-specific indicators into our SHE Way performance management system. In line with the ICMM’s Position Statement on Mining and Protected Areas, we have committed to neither explore nor develop new mines in World Heritage sites. We are also committed to respecting legally designated protected areas, and to design or operate any new operations in a way that is compatible with the biodiversity for which such areas were designated.

Group Biodiversity Standard

Our Group Biodiversity Standard defines the minimum requirements every site must meet if we are to achieve our biodiversity goals and long term net positive impact (NPI) target.

It lays out the responsibility for every site to have an agreed plan for measuring and delivering on these targets and objectives, taking into account the local ecosystem in which it operates. The standard’s requirements cover our entire mining process, starting during the initial discovery phase, when we are exploring for new mines.

Our partnership approach

We recognise the importance of collaboration and partnerships in achieving our objectives and targets.

To meet our biodiversity goals, we work with conservation agencies, governments, local communities and NGOs on projects that appropriately balance our impact and deliver positive outcomes.

Healthy Environment

Our approach to environmental stewardship applies ecosystemthinking to promote lasting, positive environmental outcomes for the areas in which we operate.

Our Sustainable Mining Plan