| Environmental performance indicators |
| Core indicators | Additional indicators |
| Materials |
| EN1. Total materials use other than water, by type | |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | |
| EN2. Percentage of materials used that are wastes (processed or unprocessed) from sources external to the reporting
organisation | |
| Ergo operation, located in South Africa retreats gold from old tailings deposits distributed across the East Rand. These tailings have
been purchased from now defunct operations | |
| Energy |
| EN3. Direct energy use segmented by primary source | EN17. Initiatives to use renewable energy sources and
to increase energy efficiency |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | Energy is a key component of the company's cash cost structure.
Efforts to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiencies form an integral part of the group's cost saving initiatives. Alternative
renewable energy sources are regularly reviewed. See website |
| EN4. Direct energy use | EN18. Energy consumption footprint of major products |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | Not available. |
| |
EN19. Other indirect (upstream/downstream) energy use and implications, such as organisational travel, product lifecycle management, and use of energy-intensive materials |
| | Not quantified. |
| Water |
| EN5. Total water use. | EN20. Water sources and related ecosystems/habitats significantly affected by use of water |
| | Not quantified |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | EN21. Annual withdrawals of ground and surface water as a percent of annual renewable quantity of water available from the sources |
| | Information available
in Report to Society 2004 |
| | EN22. Total recycling and re-use of water |
| | Information available
in Report to Society 2004 |
| Biodiversity |
| EN6. Location and size of land owned, leased or managed in biodiversity-rich habitats | EN23. Total amount of land owned, leased or managed
for production activities or extractive use |
| Not quantified | Information available
in Report to Society 2004 |
| EN7. Description of the major impacts on biodiversity in terrestrial, fresh water and marine environments | EN24. Amount of impermeable surface as a percentage associated with activities and/or products and services
of land purchased or leased
Information available in Report to Society 2004 |
| Not quantified | |
| |
EN25. Impacts of activities and operations on protected and sensitive areas |
| | Not quantified |
| |
EN26. Changes to natural habitats resulting from activities and operations and percentage of habitat protected or restored |
| | Not quantified |
| |
EN27. Objectives, programmes, and targets for protecting and restoring native ecosystems and species in degraded areas |
| | Information available
in Report to Society 2004 |
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EN28. Number of IUCN Red List species with habitats in areas affected by operations |
| | Information available
in Report to Society 2004 |
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EN29. Business units currently operating or planning operations in or around protected or sensitive areas |
| | Information available
in Report to Society 2004 |
| Social performance indicators: Labour practices and decent work |
| Core indicators | Additional indicators |
| Emissions, effluents and waste |
| EN8. Greenhouse gas emissions | EN30. Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | Not quantified beyond EN8 |
| EN9. Use and emission of ozone depleting substances | EN31. All production, transport, import of any waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel convention. |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | Not quantified |
| EN10. NOx, SOx and other significant emissions by type | EN32. Water sources and related ecosystems/habitats
significantly affected by discharges of water and runoff |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | Not quantified |
| EN11. Total amount of waste by type and destination | |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | |
| EN12. Significant discharges to water by type | |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | |
| EN13. Significant spills of chemicals, oils, and fuels in terms of total number and volume | |
| Information available in Report to Society
2004 | |
| Suppliers |
| |
EN33. Performance of suppliers relative to environmental com-ponents of programmes and procedures described in response to Governance Structure and Management Systems section |
| | Not quantified |
| Suppliers |
| EN14. Significant environmental impacts of principal products and services | |
| Not applicable | |
| EN15. Percentage of the weight of products sold that is reclaimable at the end of the products' useful life and
percentage that is actually reclaimed | |
| Gold is not consumed by its end user. Rather, because of its rarity and value, the product is cherished and re-used. Almost all gold
that has ever been mined is potentially available for re-use | |
| Compliance |
| EN16. Incidents and fines for non-compliance with all applicable international declarations/conventions/treaties, and national,
sub-national, regional and local regulations associated with environmental issues | |
| Not quantified | |
| Transport |
| | EN34. Significant environmental impacts of transportation
used for logistical purposes |
| | Not quantified |
| Compliance |
| | EN35. Total environmental expenditure by type |
| | Not available |
In our opinion, Selected Data marked in the Report to Society 2004 with this symbol adequately reflect AngloGold Ashanti's performance in all material respects.
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