About

Living the Implats Way

Our purpose is to create a better future. We accomplish this through the metals we produce, the way we do business and through our superior performance.

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Investors

Harnessing PGMs for fuel cell technology

Decarbonisation is an urgent global challenge. There are increasing opportunities to use platinum-catalysed fuel cells to provide zero-emitting, carbon-free energy, in electricity and mobile applications.

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Media

Industry leading accommodation programme

Employee accommodation and living conditions remain key strategic issues for improving the wellbeing of our employees and host communities in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Our focus remains on facilitating the creation of sustainable human settlements and access to decent accommodation for employees who are residing in informal structures.

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Sustainability

Resilience to climate change

The increasing evidence globally of physical climate impacts – wildfires, floods, rising temperatures – is driving a greater sense of urgency in building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate.

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Careers

We set each other up for success

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Toll-free ethics hotline

South Africa 0800 005 314

Zimbabwe 0772 161 630

Impala Canada 1-866-921-6714 (toll free) or email the operation at email address:
Impalacanada@integritycounts.ca to lodge complaints or grievances.

For more information on how we handle reports and protect whistleblowers, please review our Fraud, Corruption and Whistleblowing policy


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2025 ESG report

This report is intended to provide a holistic picture of our environmental, social and governance impacts on stakeholder value in the short, medium and long term, and to provide feedback on our commitments to ethical leadership, corporate citizenship and integrated strategic thinking. Our ESG report is supplemented by the Approach to sustainability management report and GRI report, the Annual integrated report, and the Tax transparency and economic contribution report.

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2025 Approach to sustainability management and GRI report

Implats is committed to sustainable development principles such that the Company’s business investments are commercially sound and financially profitable; our practices are technically appropriate and socially responsible; and our processes and practices are inherently safe and environmentally sound.

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Sustainability in data – FY2025

Environment

Reducing our environmental footprint

Our environmental policy reflects the Group’s commitment to responsibly manage natural resources and proactively mitigate the environmental impacts associated with our activities.

Key outcomes in 2025:

Number of significant or major (level 4 or level 5) environmental incidents: Zero against a Group target of zero (2024: zero)

Water recycled or re-used: 59% against a Group target of 56% water recycled or re-used in 2025 (2024: 55%)

Major or significant environmental incidents involving TSFs: Zero (2024: zero)

GISTM conformance at all managed operations, except Impala Bafokeng and Impala Canada, by August 2025 (initially June 2025)

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Climate change

Inclusive climate action

Our decarbonisation and energy security policy statement affirms our commitment to transitioning towards renewable and low-carbon energy sources, while ensuring clear and consistent communication regarding the potential impacts of climate change on our business.

Key outcomes in 2025:

281 539tCO2e emissions avoided through energy efficiency and market-based renewable electricity initiatives

Rehabilitated 46ha of eligible land at Group-managed operations (2024: 39ha)

Achieved 74% waste diverted from landfill against a target of 73%

Completed commissioning of 35MW solar plant at Zimplats

Board approved construction of 45MW solar plant at Zimplats

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Our sustainability journey (2004 - 2025)

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2004

2004

  • Established a Group social, ethics and transformation committee
  • Issued first corporate social investment report
  • Admitted to the JSE Limited's Socially Responsible Investing Index (SRI)
  • First ISO certification against ISO 14001 environmental certification

Our contributions to the United Nations SDGs

Sustainability is a cornerstone of Implats’ strategy, aligned with the UN SDGs and embedded in our short- to medium-term planning processes. Implats has identified 14 priority SDGs where we believe we can make the most meaningful and measurable impact, guiding our efforts to create enduring value for all stakeholders.

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No poverty

We contribute to poverty alleviation by:

  • Providing direct and enabling downstream, indirect employment opportunities
  • Preferential procurement, which focuses on supporting and sourcing goods and services from mine community businesses
  • Providing infrastructure in host communities
  • Paying taxes and royalties to the state
  • Offering skills training, school support, entrepreneurship initiatives and social welfare programmes that improve economic outcomes, employment prospects and general health.
Zero hunger

We contribute to zero hunger by:

  • Providing employment opportunities and ensuring employees earn a fair wage, significantly above the minimum wage
  • Supporting local communities to access water for irrigation, seeds for subsistence farming, and training in agriculture and animal husbandry
  • Working with social partners and governments to deliver food programmes and disaster relief efforts
  • Preserving land, water and grazing resources necessary for agriculture, ensuring long-term food security.
Good health and wellbeing

We play a crucial role in contributing to good health and wellbeing by:

  • Providing medical services including established HIV and TB programmes, to our employees and communities
  • Building clinics and hospitals in our communities
  • Undertaking community wellness initiatives to improve community access to health and welfare services, potable water and food security programmes
  • Providing gender-based violence, policing and emergency services support to our communities.
Quality education

We contribute to quality education by:

  • Offering bursaries, learnerships, internships, mentorships and skills development programmes
  • Training our employees and contractors
  • Infrastructure development initiatives (building and renovating schools and allied facilities) to ensure students have access to safe and conducive learning environments
  • Offering training workshops, resources and incentives for teachers to improve their skills and stay motivated.
Gender equality

We promote gender equality by:

  • Gender mainstreaming, diversity, management development and succession planning
  • Participating in industry initiatives such as women-in-mining forums
  • Setting targets for female representation in the Group
  • Promoting gender safety with zero tolerance for harassment, bullying and victimisation
  • Offering a fair pay policy to promote equality.
Clean water and sanitation

We have implemented various measures to ensure access to clean water and proper sanitation for employees and local communities by:

  • Implementing water management systems to minimise freshwater withdrawals
  • Investing in technologies and infrastructure to recycle and reuse water, reducing our overall water footprint
  • Assisting community access to water
  • Promoting safe hygiene and sanitation practices.
Clean and affordable energy

We promote clean and affordable energy solutions in our operations by:

  • Procuring and investing in solar PV and other renewable energy sources to reduce reliance on fossil fuel-based energy sources and lower our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
  • Implementing energy efficiency programmes to reduce GHG emissions
  • Partnering with local organisations to implement sustainable energy projects, where appropriate
  • Participating in industry forums to improve energy utilisation and advocate for clean energy policies.
Decent work and economic growth

We promote decent work and economic growth by:

  • Creating employment opportunities
  • Providing a fair wage, substantially above the minimum wage of our operating jurisdiction
  • Paying taxes and royalties to the state
  • Promoting enterprise and supplier development (ESD)
  • Promoting skills development
  • Providing our employees with opportunities to build wealth through our home ownership and employee share ownership schemes.
Industry, innovation and infrastructure

We enhance industry, innovation and infrastructure by:

  • Continuously investing in research and development to improve mining techniques, increase efficiencies, and reduce the environmental impact of operations
  • Partnering with industry peers, government and academic institutions to develop technologies that use our metals to create a better future
  • Implementing sustainable practices to minimise our environmental footprint, such as water and energy conservation, reclamation of mined areas, biodiversity programmes and responsible waste management.
Sustainable cities

We promote the goal of sustainable cities through:

  • Environmental protection initiatives that reduce our environmental impacts, such as adopting renewable energy sources, energy and water efficiency programmes, circular economy initiatives and biodiversity programmes
  • Active community engagement that promotes social and economic wellbeing
  • Providing integrated housing for our employees and communities, which incorporates energy-saving and environmentally friendly solutions.
Responsible consumption and production

We promote sustainable consumption and production through:

  • Responsible management and efficient use of natural resources
  • Reducing our environmental footprint with responsible and sustainable consumption
  • Investing in technology and innovation
  • Protecting biodiversity
  • Adopting circular economy thinking
  • Reducing waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Climate action

We take specific measures to reduce our impact on the environment and combat climate change by:

  • Implementing sustainable mining practices
  • Reducing GHG emissions
  • Adopting renewable energy sources
  • Minimising water and waste pollution
  • Knowledge-sharing on climate risks and mitigations with stakeholders
  • Investing in the restoration and conservation of ecosystems.
Peace, justice and strong institutions

We promote peace, justice and strong institutions by:

  • Upholding and sharing our code of ethics with stakeholders
  • Increasing transparency of our business practices
  • Respecting human rights and the laws in our operating jurisdictions
  • Supporting and collaborating with industry partners, local governments, civil society organisations and other stakeholders to improve regulation of the mining industry.
Partnerships for the goals

We promote partnerships for the goals by:

  • Partnering with local and international organisations to advocate for policy and to enhance governance, transparency and accountability in the mining sector
  • Investing in capacity-building initiatives to strengthen local institutions and promote responsible mining practices.

Ethical production

Responsible sourcing is a strategic imperative aligned with our intent to create a fairer, safer and more sustainable world. Our commitment to responsible sourcing is embedded in our values and operationalised through the Group’s code of ethics and the responsible sourcing of metals policy, which together provide a robust governance framework for ethical procurement.

To ensure rigorous oversight, the responsible sourcing committee, chaired by the Group executive: marketing and refining, convenes quarterly and reports directly to the Group Exco. In response to evolving global expectations and regulatory requirements, Implats appointed a responsible sourcing manager to further strengthen our capabilities in this critical area.

Our responsible sourcing of metals policy supports global efforts to, among others, combat human rights abuses, stop material breaches of environmental, health, safety, labour and community-related laws, and prevent money laundering and financing of conflict and terrorism. Our third-party-administered ethics whistleblower hotline provides a secure channel for suspected unethical practices in our mineral supply chains. This confidential platform is accessible to employees and external stakeholders, reinforcing our culture of integrity and ethical responsibility.

We are committed to ensuring that all minerals sourced are obtained in a way that is ethical, transparent and sustainable. Through this commitment, we support the prevention of conflict financing, the eradication of forced and child labour and the protection of human rights and the environment, while enhancing economic development, mitigating fraud and fostering trust among stakeholders, including our local communities, regulators and consumers.

Recognition for our sustainability performance

The excellent sustainable development and ESG practices at Implats continue to be recognised in several rankings by leading independent global and regional agencies.

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Support for the UNGC principles

The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a voluntary international initiative that promotes responsible business practices in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption, through adherence to 10 guiding principles.

These principles are rooted in key international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Implats became a signatory to the UNGC in July 2008. The table below outlines how the Group has implemented each of the 10 principles.

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Human rights

Principle 1

Businesses should support and respect the protection of international human rights within their sphere of influence.

  

Implats' human rights policy commits us to fully comply with applicable legislation in the regions in which we operate and implement the UNGC human rights principles. In addition, our harassment, bullying and victimisation policy ensures every individual, including those who have dealings with Implats, is treated with dignity and respect.

Employees are trained on human rights at induction and all contractors are expected to abide by our human rights policy and the laws of the countries in which we operate. Independently managed channels are available to anonymously report any unfair practices and human rights violations, including incidents of harassment, bullying and victimisation.

The Group’s responsible sourcing policy ensures our PGM concentrate suppliers do not infringe on human rights at their operations. We have conducted gap analyses of our security practices against the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights as part of an effort to ensure alignment.

Principle 2

Businesses should make sure their corporations are not complicit in human rights abuses.

  

We strive to uphold this principle through our Group-wide human rights policy and code of ethics, which are compatible with the applicable legislation in our operating jurisdictions.
Labour

Principle 3

Businesses should uphold freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.

  

We recognise our employees’ right to collective bargaining and freedom of association, in line with relevant local labour legislation, and we foster open, honest and effective relations between management, employees and elected union representatives.

We monitor our operations’ labour relations, with monthly labour relations reports submitted to Exco and escalated to the board, when and if necessary.

Principle 4

Businesses should uphold the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour.

  

All our labour is sourced from the open labour market and all employees are provided with contracts in accordance with local labour legislation. They are free to resign at any time, in accordance with legal processes.

Principle 5

Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labour.

  

Implats does not make use of child labour at any of its operations and has not detected any significant risks pertaining to the use of child labour.

We monitor and ensure compliance with the labour legislation in the countries in which we operate.

Principle 6

Businesses should uphold the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

  

We strive to eliminate discrimination in all forms and promote employment equity, diversity and inclusion.

Our human resource policies related to diversity, equity and inclusion, fair pay, gender equality and harassment are available on our websites.
Environment

Principle 7

Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.

  

Our environmental policy commits the Group to running our exploration, mining, processing and refining operations in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way, ensuring the wellbeing of our stakeholders.

We integrate environmental management into all aspects of the business, with the aim of achieving a sustainable and world-class environmental performance. This contribution is enhanced by the role PGMs play in transitioning to a greener economy.

Principle 8

Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.

  

Initiatives aimed at promoting environmental responsibility include programmes relating to:

  • Optimising energy usage
  • Promoting sustainable water use
  • Reducing our atmospheric emissions
  • Responding to climate change risks and opportunities
  • Ensuring effective land management (including rehabilitation) and promoting biodiversity.
  • Adopting renewable energy
  • Minimising waste streams and managing tailings facilities
  • Reducing environmental impacts.

Principle 9

Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

  

Implats has invested in targeted fuel cell development in South Africa in collaboration with government and academic institutions to promote local technology development and develop local skills and fuel cell manufacturing and deployment.

The Group has a decarbonisation and energy strategy in place, the current focus of which is incorporating renewable energy into our energy mix.
Anti-corruption

Principle 10

Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

  

Implats has zero tolerance towards bribery, fraud and corruption and requires employees, business partners, suppliers, contractors and associates to adhere to the Implats code of ethics and fraud policy.

The Group ethics policy outlines conflicts of interest, donations, gifts, and the protection of the Company’s information, intellectual property and patent rights, and is clear on the disciplinary action (including dismissal or prosecution) that will be taken in the event of any contravention.

An independently managed, toll-free whistleblowing hotline is in place to facilitate the confidential reporting of suspected fraud, corruption and related misconduct.