This report has been compiled for the Implats group and its subsidiaries for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. For the purpose of corporate responsibility reporting, the company has provided statistics for those operations over which it has management control or significant influence.
- Solid operational performance that delivered sound economic benefits
- Significant investment in capital development with good progress achieved toward growth goals
- Extensive job creation, directly and indirectly
- Further improvement in safety performance statistics
- Record number of employees on ART
- Mineral rights conversions for Marula, Leeuwkop and Impala (post year-end) achieved, signifying acceptance by the DME of the company’s Social and Labour Plans and Environmental Management Plans for these operations
- Good progress on transformation – HDSA and women in mining statistics improved
- Appointment of a group safety, health and environmental executive, a position created for the first time
- Admission again into the JSE SRI index and submission of the group’s response to the Carbon Disclosure Project
- Establishment of the Impala Bafokeng Trust (IBT), with the first joint projects having been funded during the year
- Regrettably 12 employees lost their lives
- Worsening socio-political situation in Zimbabwe, delaying further investment and expansion, hampering operational performance and causing hardship for employees
- Significant power shortages which resulted, in the short term, in lost production and will, in the longer term, delay expansions
- Delays in environmental permitting owing to the lack of capacity in regulatory structures
- High levels of turnover, exacerbated by artisanal skills shortages
- Eliminating accidents at work and progressing towards our goal of zero harm
- Ongoing implementation of appropriate measures to prevent NIHL and TB
- Continued proactive management of HIV and AIDS, and the continued roll-out of ART, to minimise the impact on individuals, the company and the community as a whole
- Managing costs in a high inflationary environment
- Attainment of all necessary environmental permits
Badirammogo
Badirammogo, formed after the decision to outsource kitchen services, responsible for cleaning and providing refreshments for Minpro visitors.
Serole Cleaning Services
Serole Cleaning Services, formed to manage the change houses at Impala.
