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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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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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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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Underpinned by our efforts to promote a workplace that is supportive, fair, adaptable and welcoming to all, work on the integration and consolidation of Impala Bafokeng and Impala Rustenburg continued at pace in 2025. The consolidation, effective 1 July 2025, will facilitate and progress the realisation of synergies between the two operations and, in time, improve profitability and ensure the sustainability of the combined operation – as envisaged by our original acquisition rationale.
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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 remain committed to creating meaningful transformation through various programmes related to employment equity, diversity, inclusion and development.
Read moreR299 million invested in improving employee accommodation and living conditions (2024: R215 million)
54% women representation on the board against a Group target of at least 50% women representation on the board (2024: 54%)
77% historically disadvantaged persons (HDPs) on the board against a Group target of at least 60% HDPs on the board (2024: 77%)
At year-end, our South African operations had 874 or 76% HDPs in management positions (2024: 898 or 75%)
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 more11 sites out of 18 sites at managed operations achieved safety millionaire status by recording at least one million fatality-free shifts in the financial year
An encouraging rise in the number of employees accessing mental health services, with a 52% increase in employees screened for mental health disorders.
The Group is well-positioned to meet the new Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) milestones for adoption beyond 2024
HIV awareness and testing campaigns yielding strong results. Since 2020, new infection rates improved to 1.3% from 4.5%.
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.
Read moreR13 million total Group spend on community wellbeing initiatives in our mine communities (2024: R19 million)
The Group continued to deliver food security programmes and community health and safety initiatives
Zimplats awarded best Corporate Socially Responsible Company in Mashonaland West for its contributions to social welfare.
Partnerships to achieve food security in our mine communities supported households, farmers and agricultural projects
Using the Abby artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled diagnostic machine helps employees track their health, compare results to healthy benchmarks, and get practical tips to reach fitness goals.
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Our Western Limb operations launched Ponelopele, a vision and eyesight initiative that recognises the critical link between good vision and academic performance.
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GBV and child abuse remain pervasive challenges in South Africa. In response, the government continues to intensify its efforts to combat GBV and femicide.
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