Partnerships play a critical role in maintaining the integrity of our strategy and approach to nature at Anglo American. We work with leading local and global conservation organisations, scientific institutions and technical specialists to ensure that our methods remain robust and aligned with international best practice. These extensive and long-standing collaborations provide external challenge, enhance the credibility of our data, processes, and strategy.
As part of our partnership agreement with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), we continue to explore how responsible nature stewardship can help contribute to nature-positive outcomes, while delivering additional benefits for conservation and other stakeholders. Our long-standing partnership of 16 years with Fauna and Flora has supported us to translate best practice into on the ground biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration and community led solutions across our operations.
We also continue to be active members of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Nature Working Group and of the Proteus Partnership, a unique partnership agreement between major businesses and the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, that aims to make global environmental information available to support better decisions.
In 2020, upon its establishment, we were invited as the only participant from the mining sector to be represented on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). During this time, we have played an active role in sharing our experience of biodiversity management, data monitoring, and use of data-driven metrics in developing sector specific guidance.
