Assured South African Mining Charter performance indicators

Table 2. Selected South African Mining Charter performance indicators for the 2021 reporting year presented for reasonable assurance in accordance with reporting criteria.

Parameter	Unit	Gold Fields reported 2021 data
Mine community development
Percentage implementation of Mine Community Development Projects in approved and published Social and Labour Plan (SLP) ("Table S"²)³	Number of projects	Total: 9 Active: 8
	Progress to date	Average progress for 9 projects: 57% Average progress for 8 active projects: 52%
Employment equity
HDSAs⁴ in management (in proportion to applicable demographics) made up of:
Board: 50% black persons with exercisable voting rights, of which 20% must be black women	Board: Percentage black persons %	67%
	Board: Percentage black women %	33%
Executive/top management: 50% black persons of which 15% must be black women	Exec: Percentage black persons %	67%
	Exec: Percentage black women %	33%
Senior: 50% black persons of which 15% must be black women	Senior: Percentage black persons %	32%
Senior: 50% black persons of which 15% must be black women	Senior: Percentage black women %	5%
Middle: 60% black persons of which 20% must be black women	Middle: Percentage black persons %	62%
Middle: 60% black persons of which 20% must be black women	Middle: Percentage black women	17%
Junior: 70% black persons of which 25% must be black women	Junior: Percentage black persons %	71%
Junior: 70% black persons of which 25% must be black women	Junior: Percentage black women %	16%
Employees with disabilities: 1.5% as a percentage of all employees	Disabilities: Percentage	0.6%
Core skills: 50% black persons	Core skills: Percentage	79%
Inclusive procurement
Mining goods
70% of procurement spend on goods (excluding non-discretionary spend) must be on South African manufactured goods, proportioned as follows regarding the manufacturing entity:
21% by HDPs⁵ owned and controlled company	Percentage procured from HDPs owned and controlled company	40%
5% by women OR by young owned and controlled company	Percentage women OR by young owned and controlled company	10%
44% by BEE⁶ compliant company	Percentage procured from BEE-compliant company	54%
Mining services
80% of procurement spend on services (excluding non-discretionary spend) must be sourced from South African companies, proportioned as follows:
50% on HDPs owned and controlled company	Percentage discretionary spend on HDPs owned and controlled company	69%
15% on women owned and controlled company	Percentage discretionary spend on women owned and controlled company	26%
5% on youth	Percentage discretionary spend on youth	0%
10% on BEE compliant company	Percentage discretionary spend on BEE compliant company	90%
Research and Development (R&D) budget spend of which 70% must be spent on South African-based R&D entities	% of spend on R&D entities	100%
	R-value of spend	R409,552

¹	ERM’s assurance coverage of Scope 3 emissions included the following categories only: Purchased Goods; Fuel & Energy Related Activities; Upstream Transportation & Distribution; and Business Travel, representing a coverage of 96% of total Scope 3 emissions. ERM also verified the overall Scope 3 emissions consolidation
²	As per the Implementation Guidelines for the BBSEEC for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry (2018)
³	Only 8 of the 9 projects were active for the 2021 reporting period
⁴	Historically Disadvantaged South African
⁵	Historically Disadvantaged Persons
⁶	Black Economic Empowerment