Integrated
Annual Report
2018
2018
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Table 1. Data for selected sustainability performance indicators for the 2018 reporting year presented for reasonable assurance in accordance with Subject Matter 4 of the International Council on Mining and Metals’ (ICMM) Sustainable Development Framework: Assurance Procedure, and prepared in accordance with the Gold Fields Assurance KPI Definitions (available on Gold Fields’ Website) and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards.
| Parameter | Unit | Reported 2018 data |
| Environment | ||
| Total CO2 equivalent emissions, Scope 1-3 | Tonnes | 1,852,190 |
| Electricity purchased | MWh | 1,283,940 |
| Diesel | Kl | 183,520 |
| Total energy consumed/total tonnes mined | GJ/total tonnes mined | 0.06 (11,628,058 GJ / 184,345,022 tonnes) |
| Total energy consumed/ounces of gold produced | GJ/ounces of gold produced | 5.64 (11,628,058 GJ / 2,063,202 ounces) |
| Total water withdrawal | Ml | 21,179 |
| Total water recycled/re-used per annum | Ml | 41,382 |
| Water intensity | Kl withdrawn/ ounces of gold produced | 10.3 (21,178,512 Kl / 2,063,202 ounces) |
| Number of environmental incidents - | Number of incidents | |
| Level 2 | 68 | |
| Level 3 and above | 2 | |
| Health | ||
| Number of cases of Silicosis reported | Number of cases | 10 |
| Number of cases of Noise Induced Hearing Loss reported | Number of cases | 13 |
| Cardio Respiratory (Tuberculosis) | Number new cases reported | 16 |
| Number of cases of Malaria tested positive per annum | Number of positive cases | 237 |
| Number of South African and West African employees in the HAART programme (cumulative) | Number of employees | 336 |
| Percentage of South African workforce on the voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) programme | Percentage (%) of workforce | 17 |
| Percentage of West African workforce on the voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) programme | Percentage (%) of workforce | 60 |
| Safety | ||
| Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) – Employees, Contractors, Total | Number of TRIs/manhours | Employees: 1.94 (43 TRIs / 22,151,709 manhours) |
| Contractors: 1.75 (56 TRIs / 32,047,611 manhours) |
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| Total: 1.83 (99 TRIs / 54,199,320 manhours) |
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| Number of fatalities | Number | 1 |
| Social | % | |
| Total socio-economic development (SED) spend | US$ | 25,711,891 |
| Percentage of host community workforce employment | % | 56 |
| Percentage of host community procurement spend | % | 27 |
| Total value created and distributed | US$ | 2,711,000,000 |
Table 2. Selected sustainability performance indicators for the 2018 reporting year presented for reasonable assurance in accordance with Subject Matter 4 of the ICMM’s Sustainable Development Framework: Assurance Procedure, and prepared in accordance with the Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry (BBSEEC) (2002) and related Scorecard (2004); the Amendment to the BBSEEC (2010) and related scorecard (2010) for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry.
| Parameter | Unit | Reported 2018 data |
| Mining Charter | ||
| Housing and living conditions | ||
| Occupancy rate of one person per room | Ratio (employee : hostel room) | 0.49 |
| Percentage conversion of hostels into family units | Percentage (%) | 100 |
| Procurement & Enterprise Development | ||
| Procurement spend from BEE1 entity | Capital goods (%) | 75 |
| Services (%) | 81 | |
| Consumable Goods (%) | 91 | |
| Annual spend on procurement from multinational suppliers: | Percentage (%) | 1.21 |
| Contribution set aside / allocated by the mining right holders | ||
| Employment equity | ||
| HDSAs2 in management | Top (Board) (%) | 50 |
| Senior (Exco) (%) | 50 | |
| Middle (%) | 45 | |
| Junior (%) | 52 | |
| Core skills (%) | 70 | |
| Human Resource Development (HRD) | ||
| HRD expenditure as a percentage of total annual payroll | Percentage (%) | 7.7 |
| (excluding mandatory skills development levy) | ||
| Mine Community Development | ||
| Total LED3 spend for the year and LED spend per SLP4 project in the current year | Total LED spend (R) | 4,842,948 |
| Total SED5 spend for the year, including community trusts | Total SED spend (R) | 44,108,690 |
| Up-to-date implementation of approved community projects | Percentage (%) overall implementation and of each project | 0 |
| Sustainable Development & Growth | ||
| Approved EMP6 implementation | Percentage (%) | 100 |
| Tripartite action plan on health and safety implementation | Percentage (%) | 95.8 |
| Percentage of samples in South African facilities | Percentage (%) | 100 |
| 1 | Black Economic Empowerment |
| 2 | Historically Disadvantage South African |
| 3 | Local Economic Development |
| 4 | Social and Labour Plan |
| 5 | Social Economic Development |
| 6 | Environmental Management Programme |