Environment

Key developments

Integration of community and environmental disciplines at a corporate level.
Further development of the group’s position on climate change, including the quantification of its carbon footprint and the identification of potential Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects as part of the group’s business case for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions.
Start of external review process of the group’s closure planning and liabilities.
Good progress with the implementation of the International Cyanide Management Code.
Improved environmental reporting contributed to more accurate incident tracking.
Occasional discharges of process water above permitted levels by Obuasi Mine in Ghana, and at the West Wits and Vaal River operations in South Africa continued, although good progress was made with the implementation of corrective measures.
AngloGold Ashanti ranked third in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Carbon Intensive Sector Leadership Index of the largest 100 companies listed on the JSE.

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ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI Report to Society 2008