GRI Content Index
The following table presents a content index to the GRI indicators. The page references in the Profile section refer to the group-level report, Sustainable Gold, while those given for the rest of the indicators refer to this Supplementary Information.
AngloGold Ashanti reports at an A+ level against the GRI, meaning that the company reports against all relevant GRI core indicators and sector supplements and that our reporting is externally assured.
References to the GRI Mining and Metals Sector Supplement are to the final version of the sector supplement released by the GRI in March 2010. We have reported against this final version of the sector supplement where possible. Partial responses against the final version or to other GRI core or additional indicators are indicated with an asterix (*).
| Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Strategy and analysis | ||
| 1.1 | Statement from senior decision maker | CEO’s discussion |
| 1.2 | Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities | Our sustainability journey and Regional sustainability priorities |
| 2. Organisational profile | ||
| 2.1 | Organisation’s name | Corporate profile |
| 2.2 | Major products | Corporate profile |
| 2.3 | Operational structure and major divisions | Corporate profile |
| 2.4 | Location of headquarters | Corporate profile |
| 2.5 | Countries of operation | Corporate profile |
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership | Corporate profile |
| 2.7 | Markets served including geographic breakdown/sectors served/customers | Corporate profile |
| 2.8 | Scale of organisation including number of employees, net sales/revenues, total capitalisation | Corporate profile and sustainability performance summary |
| 2.9 | Significant changes during reporting period | Letter from the Chief Executive Officer in the integrated report |
| 2.10 | Awards received in the reporting period | Regional sustainability strategies: Americas region |
| 3. Report parameters | ||
| 3.1 | Reporting period | Scope and purpose of this report |
| 3.2 | Date of previous report | Our approach to reporting |
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle | Our approach to reporting |
| 3.4 | Contact point | Contact details |
| Report scope and boundary | ||
| 3.5 | Process for defining report content | Scope and purpose of this report |
| 3.6 | Boundary of the report | Scope and purpose of this report |
| 3.7 | Limitations on the scope or boundary of the report | Scope and purpose of this report |
| 3.8 | Basis for reporting on joint ventures, etc. | Scope and purpose of this report |
| 3.9 | Data measurement techniques and bases of calculations including assumptions | Our approach to reporting and, where relevant, in notes against each performance indicator |
| 3.10 | Restatements of information | Sustainability performance summary and, where relevant, in notes against each performance indicator |
| 3.11 | Significant changes from previous reporting periods | Scope and purpose of this report |
| GRI content index | ||
| 3.12 | Table identifying the location of the disclosures in the report | This page |
| Assurance | ||
| 3.13 | Policy and practice for seeking independent assurance for report | Review processes |
| 4. Governance, commitments and engagement | ||
| 4.1 | Governance structure including committees | Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements |
| 4.2 | Indicate whether chair of highest governance body is also an executive officer | Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements |
| 4.3 | Number and gender of independent directors | Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements and Board and executive management in the Integrated Report |
4.4 |
Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations/direction to highest governance body | www.anglogoldashanti.co.za/Sustainability/ |
| 4.5 | Linkage between compensation and organisation’s performance for members of highest governance body/senior executives | Remuneration report in the Annual Financial Statements |
| 4.6 | Process for the board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided | Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements. Additional detail is provided. |
| 4.7 | Processes for determining qualifications and expertise of board members for guiding strategy | Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements |
| 4.8 | Mission and values statements, codes of conduct, principles relevant to economic, environmental and social performance, and status of implementation | Mission, vision and values, Context and strategy section and Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements |
| 4.9 | Procedures of highest governance body for overseeing economic, environmental and social performance including compliance and codes of conduct | Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements |
| 4.10 | Processes for evaluating performance of governance body with respect to economic, environmental and social performance | Corporate governance in the Annual Financial Statements |
| Commitments to external initiatives | ||
| 4.11 | Explanation of how precautionary approach/principle is addressed by organisation | Risk review in the Integrated Report |
| 4.12 | Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| 4.13 | Significant memberships in associations and/or advocacy organisations | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Stakeholder engagement | ||
| 4.14 | List of stakeholder groups | Scope and purpose of this report |
| 4.15 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage | www.anglogoldashanti.co.za/Sustainability/ |
| 4.16 | Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency and type | www.anglogoldashanti.co.za/Sustainability/ |
| 4.17 | Key issues raised through stakeholder engagement and how organisation has responded to these | Scope and purpose of this report and Our sustainability journey |
| Economic performance indicators | ||
| Management approach | ||
| Management approach: Economic performance | Creating sustainable economic benefits | |
| Management approach: Market presence | Creating sustainable economic benefits | |
| Management approach: Indirect economic impacts | Creating sustainable economic benefits | |
| Economic performance indicators | ||
| EC1 | Economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments. Report on countries of operation that are either candidate to or compliant with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Report on land use payments to communities, excluding land purchases | Creating sustainable economic benefits and Supplementary information: sustainable economic benefits. We will not be reporting on land use payments in 2011 as we do not yet have the systems in place to collate this data from our global operations. We are putting systems in place to report on this indicator and expect to be able to do so from the 2012 financial year. |
| EC2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation’s activities due to climate change | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: climate change |
| EC3 | Coverage of the organisation’s defined benefit plan obligations | Group note 1 – Accounting policies of the Annual Financial Statements |
| EC4 | Significant financial assistance received from government | Creating sustainable economic benefits and Supplementary information: sustainable economic benefits |
| Market presence | ||
| EC6 | Policy, practices and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation | Creating sustainable economic benefits and Supplementary information: sustainable economic benefits |
| EC7 | Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management and workforce hired from the local community at significant locations of operation | Creating sustainable economic benefits and Supplementary information: sustainable economic benefits |
| Indirect economic impacts | ||
| EC8 | Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind or pro bono engagement. | Creating sustainable economic benefits and Supplementary information: sustainable economic benefits |
| EC9 | Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts | Creating sustainable economic benefits and Supplementary information: sustainable economic benefits |
| Environmental performance indicators | ||
| Management approach | ||
| Management approach: Materials | Environmental and natural resource management | |
| Management approach: Energy | Environmental and natural resource management | |
| Management approach: Water | Environmental and natural resource management | |
| Management approach: Biodiversity | Environmental and natural resource management | |
| Management approach: Emissions, effluents and waste | Environmental and natural resource management | |
| Management approach: Products and services | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold | |
| Management approach: Compliance | Environmental and natural resource management | |
| Materials | ||
| EN1 | Materials used by weight or volume | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: materials and waste |
| EN2 | Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials. | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: materials and waste |
| Energy | ||
| EN3 | Direct energy consumption by primary energy source | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: energy |
| EN4 | Indirect energy consumption by primary source | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: energy |
| Water | ||
| EN8 | Total water withdrawal by source | Sustainability performance summary, Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: water |
| Biodiversity | ||
| EN11 | Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: land use and biodiversity |
| EN12* | Description of significant impacts of activities, products and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas Description of the impact (gain or loss) on land use Reporting on impacts identified as a consequence of resettlement and closure |
Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: land use and biodiversity |
| MM1 | Amount of land (owned or leased, and managed for production activities or extractive use) disturbed or rehabilitated | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: land use and biodiversity |
| MM2* | The number/percentage of sites identified as requiring biodiversity management plans, according to stated criteria, and the number/percentage of sites with plans in place | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: land use and biodiversity |
| Emissions, effluents and waste | ||
| EN16 | Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: climate change |
| EN17 | Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: climate change |
| EN19 | Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: climate change |
| EN20 | NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions by type and weight, including emissions from both major mobile sources and on-site stationary sources | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: air quality |
| EN21 | Total water discharge by quality and destination | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: water |
| EN22 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: materials and waste |
| MM3 | Total amounts of overburden, rock, tailings and sludges and their associated risks | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: materials and waste |
| EN23 | Total number and volume of significant spills Identity, size, protected status and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organisation’s discharges of water and runoff. Report on outcome of spillage incidents | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: environmental compliance |
| Products and services | ||
| EN26 | Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| EN27 | Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Compliance | ||
| EN28 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations | Environmental and natural resource management and Supplementary information: environmental compliance |
| Social performance: Labour practices and decent work performance indicators | ||
| Management approach | ||
| Management approach: Employment | Supplementary information: labour and transformation | |
| Management approach: Labour/management relations | Supplementary information: labour and transformation | |
| Management approach: Occupational health and safety | Safety and health and Supplementary information: safety and Supplementary information: occupational health | |
| Management approach: Training and education | Supplementary information: labour and transformation | |
| Management approach: Diversity and equal opportunity | Supplementary information: labour and transformation | |
| Employment | ||
| LA1* | Total workforce by employment type, employment contract and region | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| LA2* | Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender and region | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| Labour/management relations | ||
| LA4 | Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| LA5 | Minimum notice period(s) regarding significant operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| MM4 | Number of strikes and lock-outs exceeding one week’s duration, by country | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| Occupational health and safety | ||
| LA7 | Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region Description of any fatal accidents |
Sustainability performance summary, safety and health, Supplementary information: safety, Supplementary information: occupational health, Supplementary information: HIV/AIDS, Supplementary information: Malaria |
| LA8 | Education, training, counseling, prevention and risk-control programmes in place to assist workforce members, their families or community members regarding serious diseases | Safety and health and Supplementary information: HIV/AIDS |
| Training and education | ||
| LA10** | Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category | This data is not currently captured on a consolidated basis. We will however be able to report on this indicator following implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The ERP system implementation is being undertaken over a three and a half-year period commencing in August 2011. |
| LA11 | Programmes for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| LA12* | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| Diversity and opportunity | ||
| LA13* | Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership and other indicators of diversity | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation. Board and executive management in the Integrated Report |
| LA14 | Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category, by major operations | Securing our skills pipeline and Supplementary information: labour and transformation |
| Human Rights performance indicators | ||
| Management approach | ||
| Management approach: Investment and procurement practices | All disclosures of management approach relating to human rights are covered under the sections: Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights | |
| Management approach: Freedom of association and collective bargaining | ||
| Management approach: Child labour | ||
| Management approach: Forced and compulsory labour | ||
| Management approach: Security practices | ||
| Management approach: Indigenous rights | ||
| Investment and procurement practices | ||
| HR1 | Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening | Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| HR2* | Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken | Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| Non-discrimination | ||
| HR4 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken | Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| Freedom of association and collective bargaining | ||
| HR5 | Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be violated or at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights Report how the organization’s freedom of association policy is implemented in practice. |
Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| Child labour | ||
| HR6 | Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labour, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labour | Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| Forced and compulsory labour | ||
| HR7 | Operations and significant suppliers identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labour, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labour | Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| Security practices | ||
| HR8 | Percentage of security personnel trained in the organisation’s policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations | Security strategy and Supplementary data: security |
| Indigenous rights | ||
| HR9 | Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken | Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| MM5 | Total number of operations taking place in or adjacent to Indigenous Peoples’ territories, and number and percentage of operations or sites where there are formal agreements with Indigenous Peoples’ communities | Operating with respect for human rights and Supplementary data: human rights |
| Society performance indicators | ||
| Management approach | ||
| Management approach: Community | Community relations | |
| Management approach: Artisanal and small-scale mining | Artisanal and small-scale mining | |
| Management approach: Resettlement | Community relations and regional sustainability strategies, Continental Africa region | |
| Management approach: Closure planning | Life cycle sustainability strategies | |
| Management approach: Corruption | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold | |
| Management approach: Public policy | CEO’s discussion | |
| Management approach: Anti-competitive behavior | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold | |
| Management approach: Compliance | ICMM Principle 1, Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold | |
| Local communities | ||
| SO1 | Nature, scope and effectiveness of any programmes and practices that assess and mange the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating and exiting Report on measures in place for social inclusion in engagement processes. |
Community relations and Supplementary information: communities |
| MM6 | Number and description of significant disputes relating to land use, customary rights of local communities and Indigenous Peoples | Community relations and Supplementary information: communities |
| MM7 | The extent to which grievance mechanisms were used to resolve disputes relating to land use, customary rights of local communities and Indigenous Peoples, and the outcomes | Community relations and Supplementary information: communities |
| Artisanal and small-scale mining | ||
| MM8 | Number (and percentage) of company operating sites where artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place on, or adjacent to, the site; the associated risks and the actions taken to manage and mitigate these risks | Artisanal and small-scale mining and Supplementary information: Artisanal mining |
| Resettlement | ||
| MM9 | Sites where resettlements took place, the number of households resettled in each, and how their livelihoods were affected in the process | Community relations and Supplementary information: communities |
| Closure planning | ||
| MM10 | Number and percentage of operations with closure plans | Life cycle sustainability strategies and Supplementary information: mine life cycle |
| Corruption | ||
| SO2 | Percentage and total number of business units analysed for risks related to corruption | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| SO3* | Percentage of employees trained in organisation’s anti-corruption policies and procedures | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| SO4 | Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Public policy | ||
| SO5 | Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| SO6 | Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians and related institutions by country | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Anti-competitive behavior | ||
| SO7 | Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust and monopoly practices, and their outcomes | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Compliance | ||
| SO8 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations Summary of judgments made against the organisation in areas related to health and safety and labour laws. | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Product responsibility performance indicators | ||
| Management approach | All disclosures on management approach for the product responsibility section are covered under Supplementary information: Responsible gold | |
| Management approach: Materials stewardship | ||
| Management approach: Customer health and safety | ||
| Management approach: Product and service labeling | ||
| Management approach: Marketing and communications | ||
| Management approach: Customer privacy | ||
| Management approach: Compliance | ||
| Materials stewardship | ||
| MM11 | Programmes and progress relating to materials stewardship | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Customer health and safety | ||
| PR1 | Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Products and services | ||
| PR3 | Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Marketing communication | ||
| PR6 | Programmes for adherence to laws, standards and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion and sponsorship | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
| Compliance | ||
| PR9 | Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services | Responsible gold and Supplementary information: Responsible gold |
- * Indicates partially reported
- ** Indicates not reported