The Joint Venture partners are aligned in their positive approach to community engagement. The companies' community policies can be viewed on their respective websites.

AngloGold Ashanti Australia is committed to the value that:

We want the communities and Societies in which we operate to be better off for AngloGold Ashanti having been there. We uphold and promote fundamental human rights where we do business. We contribute to building productive, respectful and mutually beneficial partnerships in the communities in which we operate. We aim to leave host communities with a sustainable future.

To achieve this, we will:

• recognise and respect the value of cultural heritage, diversity and comply with community agreements;
  
  
• develop and establish positive community relationships based on honesty, integrity and mutual trust;
  
  
• obtain guidance and input from our communities in business development strategies;
  
  
• encourage local participation in employment and contracting opportunities;
  
  
• consult and seek consensus between stakeholders in matters that effect them within particular reference to land management;
  
  
• conduct stakeholder surveys of AngloGold Ashanti?s performance on community support and engagement;
  
  
• support the development and implementation of sustainable social and economic initiatives within our communities that we operate;
  
  
• provide management systems to identify, assess, monitor and control existing and potential impacts on communities;
  
  
• provide programs to ensure that employees are aware of and sensitive to the requirements of this policy.

Mike Erickson
Vice President - Australia

Download a PDF version of AngloGold Ashanti's Community Policy.