As a gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti produces gold, either as a bullion (typically 80-95% gold) or refined (99.5+%) bars, as well as silver and uranium as by-products. These are, by definition, original metals. Owing to the nature of mining, companies use manufactured products, such as steel, fossil fuels, chemicals and explosives, and natural resources, such as water, timber and mined rock, as well as electricity, to produce their commodities. There is therefore limited opportunity to substitute recycled or secondary materials on a meaningful scale, except where suppliers have already incorporated recycled materials into the product, for example, recycled steel into piping, liners and steel balls. Consequently, measuring the extent of use of recycled input materials is not applicable to our business.

This information is not available yet as our Biodiversity Management Standard has not yet been finalised. We will be able to report on this fully in 2013.

There were 16 significant incidents in 2012. AngloGold Ashanti defines significant incidents as reportable incidents.

Our products are not sold with packaging. Our primary product, gold, being a very expensive commodity and a precious metal that is generally not applied in dispersive uses, is infinitely recycled by the market. This indicator is therefore not applicable to our business.

Turnover by age group is not collated and is therefore not available. This will be fully reported by 2016.

While expenditure and the number of individuals trained is reported, the average number of hours that each employee received is not yet captured, and is therefore not available. We will be able to report on this indicator, following implementation of an enterprise resource planning system, by 2016.

One. An incident of racial discrimination was alleged in the South Africa Region. This was referred to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, and subsequently settled.

No operations have been identified where the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk. The group is committed to upholding the basic labour rights as expressed in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) instruments.

AngloGold Ashanti is committed to upholding the basic labour rights enshrined in the Fundamental Rights Conventions of the ILO and in the legislation, regulations and practices of the countries where we operate. The company does not employ child labour, nor do we employ workers younger than 18 years of age in roles where they would be exposed to hazardous work, even if local legislation permits this. We note that children are involved in ASM activity on or around concessions where we operate. These activities are not regulated by the company.

AngloGold Ashanti is committed to upholding the basic labour rights enshrined in the Fundamental Rights Conventions of the ILO and in the legislation, regulations and practices of the countries where we operate. No operations identified concerns relating to forced or compulsory labour.

AngloGold Ashanti made progress with the roll-out of the Community Management Standard on Complaints and Grievances. In addition, a guideline document was developed in consultation with the regions and sites. All business units must have operational complaints and grievances mechanisms in place by the end of 2013, and a number of sites have made significant progress in developing procedures to ensure that this is the case. Three sites that stand out with regard to using to operational complaints and grievance mechanisms to resolve dispute, are AGA Brazil, Serra Grande, also in Brazil, and Iduapriem in Ghana. AGA Brazil and Serra Grande have a mechanism that has been in operation for some 10 years and has been modified to adapt to changing local culture and context. The majority of complaints and grievances from the community are resolved using this mechanism. Iduapriem has had a grievance procedure in place for over two years which is used to record and address grievances. Most of the grievances relate to compensation for resettlement. In total, 26 complaints were resolved through this mechanism in 2012. Mongbwalu rolled out its grievance mechanism in June 2012, and there has been encouraging uptake from the community.

Seven (35%) of our 20 operating sites are associated with ASM. It is AngloGold Ashanti’s view that the challenges of ASM can best be addressed by adopting a multi-stakeholder approach, with governments taking a lead role in addressing the issue along with artisanal miners, large-scale miners, NGOs and development agencies.

Access to land and the displacement and resettlement of people are complex, emotive issues with long term implications for the relationship between a mine and local communities. They can pose significant risks to both the company and affected people (project-affected persons) if not well managed. AngloGold Ashanti has a Land Access and Resettlement Standard, based on the IFC Performance Standard 5 on Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement.

We report on matters relating to both economic resettlements (in which streams of income/livelihoods are lost) and physical resettlements (when a community or community members are required to move to another location).

During the year, resettlements took place at La Colosa and Gramalote in Colombia. La Colosa is in the process of resettling families from an area in the concession known as Diamante; 30 of 35 families have been resettled to date. La Colosa began negotiations with families in 2009, via a local co-operative that represented the families. La Colosa commissioned a socio-economic baseline of the families which was updated and validated in 2010. The resettlement process commenced before the AngloGold Ashanti Standard on Land Access and Resettlement had taken effect. At Gramalote, 153 households (530 individuals) were economically resettled, while 10 households were physically resettled (27 individuals). Consultation was undertaken through elected representatives.

AngloGold Ashanti’s Closure and Rehabilitation Management Standard has been implemented at all sites (100%) managed by the company.

During 2012, four reports received through the independently operated whistle-blowing hotline were classified as bribery and corruption. Three of the allegations were unfounded and one resulted in the dismissal of an employee. Of the three reports pending investigation at the end of 2011, two resulted in the termination of supplier contracts and one allegation could not be proved.

There were no incidences of anticompetitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoly practices in 2012

Gold mining and processing uses a wide range of materials, from inputs procured through our supply chain to downstream outputs in the form of primary product (gold) and by-products. A Chemicals Management Standard sets the requirements for assessing chemicals safety and the necessary management controls to ensure that chemicals are handled and disposed of responsibly. Two high-volume by-products of AngloGold Ashanti’s gold production process, both of which result from the characteristics of local geology, are uranium, produced by our South African operations, and sulphuric acid, produced by our Brazilian operations. To ensure radiation protection of persons, property and the environment, the National Nuclear Regulator regulates facilities. Transport and shipping service providers are carefully selected to ensure suitability and are subject to annual inspections to verify compliance with regulatory requirements. To ensure effective monitoring of the process of generating and disposing of sulphuric acid, AngloGold Ashanti monitors emissions to air and water quality in accordance with plant operating permits.

Our primary product is gold. Gold is a benign product which has no significant health or safety impacts, and in this regard this indicator is not applicable to our business. Some of the by-products generated during the process of gold mining and extraction have the potential to negatively affect the safety and health of employees and communities, and their environment. Please see response to MM11.

As we sell gold in unwrought form, packaging requirements are minimal and this disclosure is therefore not applicable to our business.

AngloGold Ashanti does not conduct extensive marketing communications programmes and does not therefore generate any significant impact in this area. This indicator is therefore not applicable to our business.

There were no substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data in 2012.

No fines were reported for the period under review.