Our strategy for managing the environmental and social aspects of our business focuses on the incorporation of environmental and social considerations into the full range of our operations' decisions throughout the mine development life-cycle, including exploration, mine development, operations, and closure and reclamation. One of our core values is to demonstrate leadership in safety, stewardship of the environment and social responsibility. Performance evaluations for all employees include an appraisal of their demonstration of living to this value.
To realize this value, we have globally adopted sound policies, standards and procedures that demand compliance with the law, as well as define and establish acceptable minimum performance standards. These standards can be found at www.BeyondtheMine.com. We all need to be familiar with these policies and standards, and must keep abreast of revisions to them.
In addition, Newmont is a signatory to various voluntary international initiatives with which we have agreed to conform, including the International Cyanide Management Code, the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
Each of us is responsible, within the bounds of our control, for compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, permits and licenses and with Newmont's environmental and social management plans designed and implemented in conformance with our standards. In this regard, we must:
• Comply with all applicable environmental and social requirements.
• Request guidance from the environmental and social responsibility (ESR) department when uncertain of what those requirements are in a given situation.
• Report violations, or suspected violations, of environmental and social requirements to the ESR department or the compliance line.
• Ensure, within the bounds of our control, that environmental compliance systems are properly implemented.
In addition, managers are responsible for ensuring that all employees, equipment, facilities and resources within their area of responsibility are managed in a manner to ensure compliance and conformance with ESR requirements.
