In our Report to Society 2005, we set a number of objectives that we wanted to achieve in 2006 and we report on these in our scorecard below.
| Objectives 2006 | Performance 2006 |
|---|---|
| Achieve ISO14001 certification at all operating mines by the end of December 2006. | By the end of December 2006, certification of conformance to the ISO14001:2004 standard was achieved or maintained by 19 out of 21 operations, as well as a number of ancillary support services. |
| Develop a series of environmental guidelines to direct and continue to improve environmental performance across the company. | Five environmental guidelines have been drafted, for air quality, water management, land management, chemical usage and waste management. It is expected that these will be adopted in 2007. Other guidelines will continue to be developed such as incident reporting, biodiversity and mine closure planning. |
| Establish targets for a reduction in water use, energy consumption and carbon emissions. | Targets have been set at an operational level and vary from site to site depending on specific operational conditions and circumstances. Establishing targets is a key element of the implementation of ISO14001. |
| Continue to improve environmental data gathering systems in accordance with GRI reporting requirements. | Progress that has been made is evident in the detailed GRI matrix. Further development and refinement of our systems are required to provide comparable data generation and seamless data flow. The process of aligning data gathering systems thus remains a priority. |
| Formally integrate biodiversity considerations in the environmental management programmes of the company. | The South African operations have completed Phase 1 of a biodiversity assessment and Phase 2 is underway. (See case study Biodiversity assessment in South Africa). Brazil has established a 729 hectare private natural forest reserve to conserve Atlantic Forest. In Australia, specialist studies have commenced on the Tropicana Lease. Where relevant, biodiversity is included as an element of the ISO14001 environmental management system implemented within the company. The ICMM’s Good Practice Guidelines need to be more widely rolled out within the organisation. |
| Participate in the ICMM's mine closure project and review the company’s processes on the basis of emerging good practice. | AngloGold Ashanti continues to participate in this project aimed at understanding and improving current environmental and social practices related to mine closure. A group-wide review of mine closure planning will be undertaken in 2007. |
| Maintain the environmental incident reporting system. | Reporting system has been maintained. |
AngloGold Ashanti Annual Report 2006 - Report to Society