Safety and sustainable development policy

At Exxaro Resources we actively care for the health and safety of our people, the environment, surrounding communities and our resources by ensuring sustainable development in all our activities. Exxaro is committed to:

• Consulting with employees, representatives and other stakeholders in appropriate forums to develop, communicate and review responsible and innovative policies, programmes and guidelines that safeguard the community, employees, contractors, other stakeholders and the environment, while providing flexibility to meet the needs of our businesses
• Achieving high standards of environmental care and providing a safe and healthy workplace for employees, contractors and other relevant stakeholders
• Ensuring an appropriate organisational structure and adequate resources to manage sustainable development, including safety, health and environmental matters and comply with legislation
• Implementing internationally accepted and appropriate standards for safety, occupational health and hygiene, environment and stakeholder engagement management systems
• Complying with all applicable legislation and international obligations as a minimum requirement and implementing effective company standards, programmes and processes to manage risks
• Maintaining continuous hazard and aspect identification and risk assessment for safety, occupational health and sustainable development in general
• Maintaining competence and awareness on relevant safety and sustainable development matters through training, mentoring and communication to employees and contractors
• Conserving natural resources and reducing the environmental burden of waste generation and emissions to air, water and land through strategies focusing on reducing, reusing, recycling and responsible disposal of waste
• Preventing injury, ill health, pollution and continually improving safety and sustainable development management and performance
• Establishing objectives, targets and continuously improving operations in terms of safety and sustainable development performance and management systems
• Ensuring that all incidents leading to fatalities, environmental impact, injury, occupational diseases, damage to property, process losses, compliance notices, regulatory fines and penalties are reported and investigated thoroughly to determine all contributing factors and promptly implementing corrective and preventive actions
• Establishing and maintaining appropriate controls, including periodic audits and reviews, to ensure this policy is effectively implemented, updated and available to interested and affected parties
• Maintaining a high level of emergency preparedness and response to manage any potential emergency.  

This policy informs the entire safety and sustainable development function as we aspire to be a responsible corporate citizen that contributes to mitigating sustainable development challenges in our operating environments, as well as international treaties to which South Africa is a signatory.