Community

Key developments

Integration of community and environmental disciplines at a corporate level.
Management standards on social investment, cultural heritage and sacred sites, stakeholder engagement, indigenous peoples, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), land use management, grievances and complaints and land acquisition being developed in support of group’s Community Affairs Management Framework.
Increased demand from local communities for the provision of basic services such as water, roads and electricity.
Corporate social investment expenditure in excess of $9.2 million, targeted at sustainable projects and to address established community needs.
Progress made with local economic development initiatives, particularly in South Africa and Brazil.
Escalating tension between the company and artisanal miners, trespassers and others, at Obuasi in Ghana, Siguiri in Guinea and Geita in Tanzania resulting in a number of incidents and injuries.

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ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI Report to Society 2008