Sustainable Communities

• We identify the communities and other stakeholders associated with our operations and actively engage with them in a culturally appropriate and transparent manner as early as possible and throughout the life cycle of our operations to establish relationships based on mutual benefit and active participation;
   
• We respect the culture, customs, interests and rights of communities, including indigenous peoples and vulnerable or previously disadvantaged groups;
   
• We work with governments, local authorities, community representatives, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations and other interested parties to develop and support projects that benefit the communities associated with our operations.
   
• We contribute each year to fund initiatives that benefit the communities associated with our operations, particularly those located in remote areas or in regions with a lower level of social and economic development and infrastructure.
   
• We manage our funding so that our community initiatives receive stable and continuing financial support; and
   
• We work to minimize the adverse impacts of our operations on the communities in which we operate and for them to avoid sole dependence on our operations.