The content of this report is focused on issues that Implats considers to be fundamental to the group's corporate responsibilities, namely our approach to and performance in the arenas of safety, health, environmental, employee development and socio-economic development; as well as our efforts to engage with our diverse stakeholder audiences. It covers only those group operations where Implats has management control or joint control, namely Impala Platinum Limited (Impala) and Marula Platinum (Pty) Limited in South Africa; and Zimplats Holdings Limited (Zimplats) and Mimosa Platinum (Pvt) Limited (Mimosa) in Zimbabwe.

Incremental growth in scope has been achieved over prior reports, confirming that measurable progress has been made towards our longer-term reporting ambitions – namely to produce a report that is in accordance with the recommendations of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for sustainability reporting by 2007. Evidence of this progress lies in the incremental growth in the number of GRI indicators against which we are reporting in this document (depicted in the GRI index [PDF - 53KB] on pages 130 to the IBC, which tabulates those aspects of the GRI that have been included in this report and the sections of the report where such references can be found).

This report should be read in conjunction with the Implats 2005 Annual Report, published concurrently. Additional information on our group may be found on the company's website or obtained from the contact persons listed on the contents page.