2010
AMBATOVY SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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Table of Contents
A. Sustainability Report 2010..............................................................................................2
A1. Message from Our President............................................................................................................................................................3
A2. Report Parameters............................................................................................................................................................................4
B. Ambatovy’s Approach to Sustainability........................................................................5
B1. Organizational Profile........................................................................................................................................................................6
B2. Key Impacts, Risks and Opportunities...........................................................................................................................................8
B2.1 Impacts........................................................................................................................................................................................8
B2.2 Risks and Opportunites...............................................................................................................................................................8
B3. Organizational Approach to Sustainability....................................................................................................................................10
B3.1 Guiding Principles.......................................................................................................................................................................10
B3.2 Governance.................................................................................................................................................................................11
B3.3 Stakeholder Engagement...........................................................................................................................................................12
B3.4 The Ambatovy Grievance Mechanism.......................................................................................................................................13
B4. Commitments to External Initiatives..............................................................................................................................................14
B4.1 Mandatory Compliance...............................................................................................................................................................14
B4.2 Voluntary Compliance.................................................................................................................................................................15
C. Ambatovy’s Performance.............................................................................................16
C1. Environmental Performance............................................................................................................................................................17
C1.1 Management Approach to Environmental Sustainability...........................................................................................................17
C1.2 Biodiversity..................................................................................................................................................................................18
C1.3 Water...........................................................................................................................................................................................24
C1.4 Emissions, Effluent and Waste...................................................................................................................................................25
C1.5 Soil...............................................................................................................................................................................................28
C1.6 Energy.........................................................................................................................................................................................28
C1.7 Materials......................................................................................................................................................................................29
C1.8 Transport.....................................................................................................................................................................................29
C2. Economic Performance....................................................................................................................................................................31
C2.1 Management Approach to Economic Sustainability..................................................................................................................31
C2.2 Economic Performance..............................................................................................................................................................31
C2.3 Market Presence.........................................................................................................................................................................33
C2.4 Indirect Economic Impacts..........................................................................................................................................................34
C3. Social Performance...........................................................................................................................................................................37
C3.1 Management Approach to Society and Community Relations..................................................................................................37
C3.2 Resettlement...............................................................................................................................................................................38
C3.3 Community Development Programs...........................................................................................................................................40
C4. Labour Practices and Decent Work................................................................................................................................................43
C4.1 Management Approach to Labour Practices and Decent Work................................................................................................43
C4.2 Employment.................................................................................................................................................................................44
C4.3 Labour-Management Relations..................................................................................................................................................45
C4.4 Occupational Health and Safety.................................................................................................................................................46
C4.5 Training and Education...............................................................................................................................................................46
C4.6 Diversity and Equal Opportunity.................................................................................................................................................47
C5. Human Rights.....................................................................................................................................................................................49
C5.1 Management Approach to Human Rights..................................................................................................................................49
C5.2 Investment and Procurement Practices.....................................................................................................................................50
C5.3 Non-Discrimination.....................................................................................................................................................................50
C5.4 Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining...................................................................................................................51
C5.5 Child Labour................................................................................................................................................................................51
C5.6 Security Practices.......................................................................................................................................................................51
C6. Product Responsibility.....................................................................................................................................................................53
C6.1 Management Approach to Product Responsibility.....................................................................................................................53
C6.2 Products and Services................................................................................................................................................................53
C6.3 Customer Health and Safety.......................................................................................................................................................54
C6.4 Product and Service Labelling....................................................................................................................................................54
C6.5 Marketing Communications........................................................................................................................................................54
C6.6 Customer Privacy........................................................................................................................................................................54
Annex 1: Major Stakeholders by Group.................................................................................................................................................55
Annex 2: Partnerships.............................................................................................................................................................................56
Annex 3: Priority Species........................................................................................................................................................................57
Annex 4: GRI Indicator Reference Index...............................................................................................................................................58
Annex 5: Acronyms..................................................................................................................................................................................60
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