Living the Implats Way
Our purpose is to create a better future to improve the lives of future generations. 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 to improve the lives of future generations. 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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The global health crisis, Covid-19, has become the prevalent health challenge facing our employees and their families and communities at all our operations. Our robust health strategy has underpinned our leading response to managing Covid-19 at our operations.
In all the jurisdictions in which Implats operates, our leadership responded quickly and decisively in developing and implementing comprehensive response plans to safeguard and support employees and host communities.
The Group threw its full weight into supporting its communities in the face of the global pandemic, donating millions to disaster relief in South Africa and various other initiatives surrounding its operations in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada.
Implats focussed its efforts on supporting employees and host communities during this crisis, on education and awareness and non-pharmaceutical interventions to prevent the spread of the virus. These efforts have bolstered those of the governments in our host countries to help fight the spread of Covid-19 and assist those in need.
At a Group level, Implats donated R36 million to supporting South African communities: R26 million was channelled to the disaster response NGO, Gift of the Givers Foundation. The NGO delivered over 300 000 food parcels during the Covid-19 lockdown, supported more than 100 feeding centres and delivered PPE to over 200 clinics and hospitals around the country. The remaining R10 million was donated to South Africa’s Solidarity Fund, established to cushion the impact of the pandemic on South Africa’s most vulnerable citizens.
Group subsidiaries in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada have also stepped up their contributions during the pandemic: Impala Rustenburg committed R10 million to its surrounding communities; Marula committed R4,07 million; Zimplats has spent US$172 307 on donations; and Impala Canada has spent C$102 000.
Over the past year, all Group operations initiated campaigns to equip employees, communities, schools and medical facilities to combat the virus and keep communities safe.