2011
AMBATOVY SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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About This Report
Report Profile
This is an annual sustainability report that follows the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicators and guidelines. This
report gives performance data for January through December
2011, following our inaugural 2010 report published in
November 2011. Ambatovy is a large-scale mining investment
project that officially completed construction in 2011 and
moved into the commissioning stage in preparation for
production. As a result, we have chosen to report annually
until we are in regular production and data collection and
reporting processes become fully integrated into our business
practices.
Aside from the construction completion milestone, no
significant changes regarding size, structure or ownership
took place during the reporting period, nor did we significantly
diverge from our last report in terms of scope, boundary or
measurements that would affect the comparability of previous
reports or require a restatement of major disclosures.
We welcome comments and questions related to this report.
Please contact Ambatovy’s External Relations Department at
for further information.
Defining Report Content
In compiling this report, we considered the GRI G3.1
principles for defining report content and quality. There
were two key considerations that stood out for us during the
process to determine what is included in this report and how
we prioritized content.
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Organizational commitments: In view of Ambatovy’s
commitment to the IFC Performance Standards and
other international codes, we have internal programs
in place and under development to ensure compliance
with these standards. The GRI framework was
specifically selected for its compatibility with these
standards.
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Completeness and availability of data: Ambatovy
is a young company and not yet in production. In
2011, many of our data management systems were
still under development. Moreover, the data that
was relevant during construction will not necessarily
be the same for operations. As a result, there were
some indicators that were selected or omitted due to
availability of quality data.
We intend this report to be used as a reference for a variety
of stakeholders, particularly employees, partner companies,
financial institutions, NGOs, suppliers and other members of
the business community. More in-depth information on our
stakeholder identification and activities can be found in our
Stakeholder Engagement section.
