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- Governance & Sustainability
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Managing risk, issues & opportunities |
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Sustainable development |
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Performance
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| Exxaro’s sustainable development reporting is guided
by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and its sectoral
supplements (read more).
As such, we have |
| subdivided our sustainable development performance and
progress into: |
- safety, health and environment
- economic
- social
SAFETY, HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT PERFORMANCE
Managing safety, health and environment (SHE) is
central to the success of our business and, accordingly,
the potential for SHE risks and establishing suitable
mitigation measures are integral to our journey towards
zero harm. As part of the recent merger process, a
SHE integration project was launched at the beginning
of 2007, resulting in a new vision and strategy.
Our SHE vision, leading the way to zero harm,
is underpinned by six key principles (figure A) and
an evolving strategy for the next five years. To ensure
that all aspects of SHE are implemented equitably,
the new strategy has focused plans for safety, health
and hygiene and environment, each with clear goals
and timelines.
The overall responsibility for monitoring safety, health
and environmental performance rests with the Exxaro
board, exercised through the SHE committee and representative
consulting forums at corporate level and each division.
A number of SHE-related internal and external audits
are conducted annually to assure the board that policies,
standards and procedures are implemented at operational
level. To comply with all relevant SHE management standards
and legislation, the group aims for high standards
of safety, health and environmental performance. We
aim to continuously improve SHE management systems
in all operations as an integral part of our commitment
to run a responsible business and accelerate sustainable
development.
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| The integration project has also given us an opportunity
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- Determine Exxaro’s SHE risk profile
- Identify best practice from the SHE programme's of
the former Kumba Resources and Eyesizwe Coal
- Integrate SHE programme's from these companies
- Develop supporting systems and procedures in line with
our strategy
- Set common SHE standards and adapt systems and processes
- Provide appropriate skills, governance structures and
resources for SHE functions
- Establish integrated monitoring and auditing protocols.
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| Developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders,
the aim of the new SHE programme, standards and protocols
is primarily to: |
- Provide an integrated risk-based SHE management system
consistent with national legislation
- Ensure the progressive development and implementation
of more specific and detailed SHE management systems
at all levels of Exxaro operations
- Provide a framework for the implementation of integrated
safety, health and environmental compliance audits and
reporting
- Provide performance criteria against which SHE management
systems across Exxaro business units can be measured
- Provide a platform for continuous improvement.
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Compliance management is central to good governance and
in many ways gives us the ‘licence’ to continue
to operate. Having noted the need to ensure that our compliance
processes are under control,
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| we have established a corporate SHE compliance management
department which assists in: |
- Implementing an ongoing assessment and review of
the impact of existing and new legislation
- Formulating an Exxaro-wide compliance framework to
manage SHE risks, ensure a strong compliance culture
and integrate legal compliance requirements into business
processes
- Coordinate integrated compliance monitoring and reporting.
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