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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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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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Implats has the advantage of geographical diversification and exploits platiniferous horizons within the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe and the palladium-dominant orebody located in the Lac des Iles Intrusive Complex in Canada. The Bushveld Complex and Great Dyke layered intrusions are unique in terms of size and geological continuity.
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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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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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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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Last year we presented our five-year (2023-2028) integrated people strategy, incorporating people management (human resources), social performance, sustainability alignment (ESG) and stakeholder engagement. This approach encourages and empowers our employees to live our values and to deliver exceptional operational performance.
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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.
Download our Sustainable Development PolicyWe develop, protect and strengthen our license to operate through our industry leading ESG performance, which places people at the centre of our organisation, while engendering a shared culture founded on our values to respect, care and deliver.
Read more11 500 colleagues integrated into the Group from Impala Bafokeng
R7 million invested by our South African operations in several community wellbeing projects (2023: R3 million)
More than 600 active community bursaries/scholarships and learnerships.
228 houses built in 2023 under the Platinum Village housing scheme (2022: 215 houses built)
Eliminating fatalities and life-changing injuries, and improving the safety of our employees are core values that we are determined to realise. To support the Group’s purpose of creating a better future, we aim to ensure employee health is maintained and that no ill-health occurs because of any workplace exposure.
Read more1 243 total injuries recorded (2023: 1 161)
14% mental health services take-up at our
South African operations, higher than the industry benchmark of 9%.
Good progress has been made in the recovery of employees injured in the 11 Shaft accident.
83 new cases of NIHL (compensated cases) (2023: 92)
Our vision is to enable sustainable livelihoods in our mine communities during and beyond mining. The objective of the Group’s mine community social performance framework is to create measurable and positive impacts across various key focus areas.
Read moreApproximately 1 750 food-insecure households supported with food parcels and other essentials (2023: 750 households)
140 000 people benefitted from our social performance initiatives
5 early childhood development (ECD) centres and 72 mine community schools supported
R2 million spent by Impala Canada to support education and skills development (2023: R5 million).
A process called visible felt leadership (VFL) is helping Zimplats enhance and deliver on its zero-harm objective – with a unique approach adopted to embed a safety culture.
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Building a healthy corporate culture, capable of driving business performance and fostering innovation, is dependent on our ability to create a more inclusive and diverse workplace.
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The positive social and economic contributions we make in the communities in which we operate are aimed at creating thriving, self-sustaining and inclusive mine communities.
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