Our material matters

Preventing loss of / restoring plant and animal species and ecosystems; reducing / managing the impact of operations on the physical environment from exploration through to mine closure, and the impact of nature-related risks on the business

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Reducing water use in operations (operational withdrawals); - protecting water quality; - ensuring water availability/access/security for communities; - responsible management of water sources and discharges

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Mineral waste management in operations and along the value chain; design to eliminate mineral waste; responsible tailings and mineral waste rock management; hazardous and chemical mineral waste management and safe practices

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Promote solutions, manage disruptions, and enhance resiliency to climate change impacts for own operations and for communities; support broader just transition to a green economy.

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Recognising, respecting, and promoting the individual and collective rights of Communities; Recognising, respecting, and promoting the individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples, including right to Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), cultural rights and identity; and Recognising potential impact of our security context and management of the rights of community members, workforce, security personnel

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Identify and address risks linked to modern slavery, child or forced labour; protect rights and labour/working conditions of formal, informal, temporary/contract and migrant workers across the value chain through training, policies and procedures; protect the freedom of association and collective bargaining for workers; living wage; and enable access to grievance mechanisms

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Ensure open dialogue with communities near operations; provide opportunity for communities to have a voice, be heard and raise concerns about operations or programmes that may impact them; and enable access to grievance mechanisms

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Improve economic diversification and livelihoods in local/host communities; employ from local communities at all seniority levels; use suppliers local to operations where possible.

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Directly or indirectly generate and distribute economic value in host countries e.g. through trade, benefit/value sharing, regional development, fair tax contribution.

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Promote and enable health, safety, and wellbeing of employees and workers throughout the value chain; provide training, tools and practices to address these issues; implement a management approach to anticipate significant/critical incidents and factors that could lead to these incidents.

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Promote and enable community development through contribution to social infrastructure (e.g. education, healthcare, social supports) and training and development to build capabilities and career opportunities; assess, manage and mitigate health and safety impacts on communities; avoid, manage and mitigate impacts on cultural heritage

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Attract, recruit, empower, and retain a skilled workforce; culture of workforce engagement, trust and collaboration; skills shortages; Training and development for the workforce to build capabilities, career opportunities and advance knowledge to ensure skills and talent pipeline for the future of work; and Fair treatment, compensation and access to opportunity for all employees and workers along the value chain; diverse workforce, board and executive management team; promote a culture of equity and inclusion across the value chain, in communities where we operate and in broader society

Consideration of social and environmental impacts associated with resource/commodities/product offerings, prioritising options with lower environmental footprint, third party certifications, avoidance of conflict-affected and high-risk areas etc; attentive to changing customer needs for sustainable products

Ensure ethical business practices; transparent corporate behaviour (incl. payments for governments); ESG integration and governance (incl. board composition and oversight); publicly reporting on ESG-related issues, risks, opportunities and outcomes as well as how they are managed and addressed by the business.

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Support or advance public policy that aligns with the company’s environmental, social and governance goals, practices, and values; collaborate with public sector, peers and industry associations to advocate for better outcomes for people and planet.

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Safeguard against bribery, fraud, extortion, collusion, money laundering, corruption etc.

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Minimise and responsibly manage social, environmental and employment impacts from mine closure and decommissioning of operations; transition mines to a new type of asset post-closure

Safeguarding Anglo American’s people, operations, digital platforms, stakeholders and data; Protecting internal safety systems, third-party equipment, networks, devices, data, etc. from unauthorised access or criminal use; Safeguarding the privacy & personal data of customers, employees and business partners

Ensuring supply chain practices align with ethical, environmental and social standards for Anglo American; Ensuring risk identification across the supply chain, aligned with our framework including Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Environmental Responsibility, Integrity and Ethical Conduct, Respect for Human Rights and Labour Standards and Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Contribution; and supporting regulatory and disclosure reporting

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