Licence and
reputation

Through environmental stewardship we protect and enhance relationships between our operations and the communities in close proximity to it. These relationships are built on a commitment to good corporate governance, corporate citizenship, and sharing wealth with our stakeholders. It is critical that we nurture our relationships with a number of key external stakeholders that determine both our regulatory and social licences to operate, as well as the reputation we have with these stakeholders. As such, protecting our reputation and our licence to operate therefore remains a key pillar of our scorecard.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Good Health and Wellbeing	Clean Water and Sanitation	Affordable and Clean Energy	Decent Work and Economic Growth	Sustainable Cities and Communities	Responsible Consumption and Production	Climate Action	Life on Land	Partnerships for the Goals

Total value distribution

US$2.7bn

KEY MEASUREMENTS – LICENCE AND REPUTATION

	2018			Status			2017	2016	2015	2014
Total value distribution (US$m)	2,711						2,850	2,505	2,425	2,650
SED spending (US$m)	25,71						17.40	16.20	13.70	17.40
Workforce from host communities (%)	566						40	484	59	57
In-country procurement (US$m)7	1,542						1,626	1,360	1,270	1,440
Host community procurement (US$m)	441 5						774	558	514	600
Environmental incidents (Level 3 and above)	2						2	3	5	4
Water recycled/reused (GL)	41.4						42.3	44.3	43.1	42.4
Water withdrawal (GL)1	21.24						33.0	30.3	35.2	30.2
Electricity purchased (TWh)1	1.28						1.37	1.40	1.32	1.34
Diesel (TJ)1	6,599						6,765	6,608	6,960	6,066
CO2 emissions (‘000 tonnes)2, 3	1,852						1,959	294	1,753	1,694
Mining waste (million tonnes)	149						212	196	167	139
Gross closure costs provisions (US$m)	400						381	381	353	391

	2018 performance improvement on 2017 or achievement in line with strategy
	2018 performance drop against 2017
	2018 performance on par with 2017

STRATEGIC GOALS

1	We continued to enhance our social licence to operate through ESG focused initiatives

KEY STAKEHOLDERS –

COMMUNITIES

SHAREHOLDERS

GOVERNMENTS AND REGULATORS

Overview

Sustainable gold mining is imperative for Gold Fields' longevity and key to being the company of choice for all our stakeholders - our workforce, government, businesses, capital providers and our communities. This means developing mines across the world, operating responsibly and profitably over lives-of-mine and creating shared value for stakeholders.

Through environmental stewardship, we protect and enhance relationships between our operations and the communities in close proximity. By minimising the impact of our operations on these communities, ensuring ongoing meaningful engagement with stakeholders, and implementing sustainable development policies, we create Shared Value and deliver clear economic, social and environmental benefits to them.

The ability to fulfil our commitment to stakeholders requires that we operate sustainably and profitably. Above all, we require the highest levels of corporate governance and compliance. This is essential given the long-term, capital-intensive nature of our mining projects, as well as the, at times, challenging social and political contexts in which we operate.

In this section we deal with our licence and reputation, a pillar of our balanced scorecard. The section is divided into two parts, environmental stewardship and stakeholder relations.

Regulatory licences are issued by all levels of governments of the countries we operate in, and requires, first and foremost, good corporate citizenship from Gold Fields in terms of adherence to all relevant legislation. This includes the payment of taxes and other levies, as well as a robust governance and compliance approach. By building strong relationships with our stakeholders, we ensure that we operate beyond pure compliance.

During 2018, Gold Fields' total value distribution to our stakeholders was US$2.71bn (2017: US$2.85bn), in the form of payments to governments, capital providers, communities, businesses and our workforce. Over 90% of the value created remains in the countries of operation and increasingly in the communities that host our mines and projects.

The five key elements of our sustainable development strategy are: