Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
A diverse workforce is a better workforce. It enables and promotes the different thinking and approaches to problem-solving needed to run a successful business, tackle global problems and lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Our approach to diversity and inclusion focuses not just on building diversity through gender but includes ethnicity, and diversity of thought and experience, as well as our local communities and countries.
Wherever we operate, we seek to build a workforce and supplier pool that reflects the community itself. As part of our stakeholder mapping and engagement, we work to identify and understand if there are any vulnerable or marginalized groups near our operations and work to ensure they have the same opportunities as the rest of the community. Where we identify discrepancies and barriers to participation in the labour market, we seek to remove them. This diversity is a critical part of our mission to transform natural resources into sustainable benefits and mutual prosperity for our employees, local communities and host country governments.
We are an equal opportunity employer and aim to employ on candidate merit and individual strength, rather than striving to meet quotas or targets-based on gender, race, disability, ethnicity, religious belief or sexual orientation. At the same time, we realize some groups face educational, institutional, and structural barriers that restrict opportunities, particularly in developing and emerging economies. In these instances, we take a long-term view and work with our human resources teams to identify high potential candidates and provide them with the training needed to grow in time with the organization.
We also invest in long-term community projects focused on increasing educational baselines and upskilling communities to build an effective multicultural and multigenerational workforce that is equipped to take on the challenges of a changing world. Key components of our approach to diversity are:
- Prioritizing local hiring to grow the cultural and ethnic diversity of our workforce.
- Building the skills and capabilities of our host country workers to expand our positive impact on local, regional, and national economies.
- Doing our part to right the gender imbalance in the historically male- dominated mining industry by prioritizing initiatives that support gender diversity, including the recruitment and development of women at all levels in our workforce, from internship to management.
- Continuing our focus on recruiting and training the next generation of mining talent with the potential to become future leaders of the company.
- Fostering an inclusive environment where our employees feel their voice is heard, all cultures and differences are respected and that a variety of perspectives are welcome and essential to our long-term success.