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2012 - AMBATOVY SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
We listen to our stakeholders.
Ambatovy creates opportunities to learn from our stakeholders and to better understand and respond to their needs
and expectations. Here are some topics of concern raised by our stakeholders followed by our responses.
• Local recruitment
Eighty-one percent of our employees are Malagasy personnel, who will take on increasing responsibility as
Ambatovy matures. In 2012, 82% of the 426 vacant positions that were filled through external recruitment were
filled by residents of the Alaotra Mangoro and Atsinanana regions, with the remaining 20% by residents from
elsewhere in Madagascar.
In an effort to reinforce transparency around the recruitment process, a Joint Recruitment Committee was
established with the regional government in Alaotra Mangoro (where the mine is located) in 2012.
Meetings took place with the Region of Atsinanana (where the plant is located) to discuss a similar arrangement.
• Biodiversity
Since its inception, Ambatovy has been committed to developing Madagascar’s largest source of foreign direct
investment and its most valuable long-term export at no net loss in biodiversity, and preferably a net gain.
Ambatovy's environmental program is monitored for compliance by regulators from the Government of Madagascar,
third parties who conduct periodic assessments for the lending institutions that provided Ambatovy with project
financing, as well as the Scientific Consultative Committee, a group of national and international independent
environmental and social experts.
• Noise and air emissions
Ambatovy adheres to the emission standards set out in its government-approved Environmental Management and
Social Development Plan. Ambatovy conducts noise surveys inside and outside the plant site to ensure these
standards are being met and has installed additional air monitoring equipment on the plant perimeter to ensure
compliance.
With 2012 being the start of the operations phase, it was the first time that local residents could notice the different
sights, smells and sounds produced by the operation, which prompted questions. Ambatovy actively engaged with
stakeholders at the community, regional and national levels to respond to inquiries. Ambatovy's Industrial Risks
Committee, for example, works with local officials to ensure that communities surrounding the plant site are
consulted and informed on a regular basis.
