Our key focus areas

• Improving operational safety performance  

  

  Safety is our most important business consideration and we are committed to creating the safest possible working environment for our employees. Poor safety performance is unacceptable for the business, as well as for our stakeholders, business and social partners.

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  	2010	2009	2008
  Number of fatalities	15	15(1)	14
  All injury frequency rate (AIFR)(2)	11.50	12.88	16.66

  1. ⁽¹⁾ Restated.
  2. ⁽²⁾ The total number of injuries and fatalities per million hours worked

  

  Case study:

  Integrating safety transformation into Project ONE

• Managing health issues  

  

  In line with our values, we believe that we cannot accept ill health as a natural consequence of our business operations, and that our employees must be able to go home fit and well at the end of each working day. Continue reading...

  	2010	2009	2008
  New cases of silicosis	459	409	442
  Incidence of compensable noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) (per 100 employees)	2.00	2.36	2.60
  Incidence of malaria (per 100 employees)	25	37	42
  Percentage of relevant employees provided with anti-retroviral therapy (ART)	75%	87%	76%

  Data on silicosis, NIHL and ART apply to South Africa only, although small numbers of employees receive ART in other countries. Data on malaria applies to Ghana, Tanzania, Guinea and Mali only.

• Human rights and business  

  

  In our values we commit to treating others with dignity and respect, this includes respect for human rights and an undertaking to operate according to the highest standards of business ethics. Continue reading...

  	2010	2009	2008
  Incidents under the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR)	2	1	3
  Allegations under the VPSHR	6	4	6
  Percentage of security personnel trained in the VPSHR	88%	86%	75%(4)

  1. ⁽⁴⁾ Estimated data.

• AngloGold Ashanti and communities  

  

  AngloGold Ashanti’s vision is to become the leading mining company which, in the context of sustainability, implies that we will adopt an approach which is inclusive and engaging of a broad range of stakeholders, including host communities and governments. Continue reading...

  	2010	2009	2008
  Economic value generated ($m)	5,620	4,059(1)	3,800
  Payments to government ($000)	844,321	644,252	534,549
  Community investment ($000)	16,080	10,881	8,441

  1. ⁽¹⁾ Restated.

  

  Case study:

  Puerto San Julian Development Agency Foundation in Argentina

• A life cycle approach: exploration and closure  

  

  The commitments made in our values imply that, even at the exploration phase of a project, we need to take into account the fact that our mines will eventually close. Rehabilitation costs must be provided for over the lifetime of the operation, and rehabilitation work must be undertaken in line with our commitment to respect the environment. Continue reading...

• Environmental and natural resource stewardship  

  

  Our mining operations share scarce resources with the communities which host us and responsible stewardship of these resources and of the environment is therefore a moral imperative. Continue reading...

  	2010	2009	2008
  Energy usage (Million GJ)	30.6	29.8(1)	29.4
  Greenhouse gas emissions (Mt CO2e)	4.70	4.61(1)	4.55
  Water usage (ML)	54,664	55,138	53,617
  Number of reportable environmental incidents	27	51(1)	55
  Number (percentage) of relevant sites with full Cyanide Code certification(5)	15 (79%)	12 (63%)	8 (42%)

  1. ⁽¹⁾ Restated.
  2. ⁽⁵⁾ Cyanide is used at 19 of our operations.

  

  Case study:

  Boosting water recycling capability at our Vaal River operations in South Africa