Anglo American - Sustainable development

Recognition for social engagement tool:

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), North America's foremost corporate responsibility NGO describes our socio-economic assessment toolbox as 'an industry best practice'. Read more

Anglo American made a firm commitment to sustainable development in 2000. Today, sustainable development is embedded in our policies, strategies and everyday practices. We now assess the economic, social and environmental risks and benefits of every decision.

Our approach

Sustainable development recognises two key things about how we live. Firstly, that everyone – companies, employees, their families, wider communities, governments, political organisations and NGOS – is connected, and secondly, that these interconnections exist within the natural world.
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Performance

Anglo American has signed and is committed to operating within the International Council of Mining Metals framework for sustainable development and reporting our performance using the Global Reporting Initiative’s G3 guidelines.
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Report to Society 2007

Our sustainable development programme has become more deeply embedded in the company ethos during 2007.

2007 Report to Society Download PDF [4.80 MB]