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Our stakeholders

Relationships with our stakeholders are integral to achieving our purpose. Representing a wide range of rights and interests, we continually work to ensure the interests of our stakeholders are represented and considered appropriately to enable informed decision-making that balances their interests, needs and expectations.

Through transparent, inclusive and mutually respectful engagement and consistently delivering our commitments, we aim to ensure our communities and stakeholders recognise and trust us for purpose-led social impact and nature-based solutions that aim to enhance lives. We want to be the gold mining company that investors choose to invest in as we deliver superior returns, host governments and communities prefer to partner with as we consistently and responsibly create Shared Value, and people and local businesses want to work with as we ensure safe, respectful workplaces and rewarding careers. Our ability to create enduring value relies on the support and input of our stakeholders which, in turn, is informed by understanding their needs and expectations. We believe honest and mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships are essential for our operations to achieve sustainable returns that benefit all. As such, we aim to consistently deliver on our sustainability commitments.

Our stakeholder value creation is captured in our disclosure of national economic value creation in accordance with WGC guidelines. As shown in the table below, during 2024, Gold Fields' total national economic value creation amounted to US$4.21bn^RA (2023: US$3.76bn), with payments to our suppliers and contractors traditionally accounting for about two-thirds thereof.

Financial value distributed to stakeholders in 2024 (US$m)

	Payments to employees	Host community SED spend1	Payments to suppliers (including business partners)3	Payments to governments	Payments to capital providers	National value distribution
Australia	183	2	1,192	311	6	1,694RA
South Africa	117	4 2	356	4 4	3	483RA
Ghana	81	5	789	266 5	27	1,168RA
Peru	53	6	213	66	7	345RA
Corporate	64	–	2	16	442	524RA
Total Gold Fields	498RA 6	17RA	2,553RA	662RA	485RA	4,214RA

1    Excludes host community wages and procurement spend, which are captured under "Payments to employees" and "Payments to suppliers and contractors", and is broken down under "Type of benefit to host     communities" on the next page. Excludes projects

2    Includes US$496,622 from the South Deep trusts

3    Includes contractors and suppliers, and excludes projects

4    South Deep has carry-forward losses and allowances for offset against taxable income

5    Excludes US$26m in dividends declared in lieu of the Ghanaian government's 10% stake in Tarkwa and Damang mines

6    Excludes remuneration and benefits paid to employees working on capital projects

Our 2024 Report to Stakeholders details our relationships with our key stakeholders and the benefits and contributions we share with them.

Strong relationships with our stakeholders – as well as the value we create and distribute to them – support more than just our social licence to operate: we strive to ensure all stakeholders, including our host communities, experience sustainable benefits from our operations. Our Stakeholder Engagement Strategy recognises the crucial role of stakeholders in our business, and our work is underpinned by maintaining and strengthening stakeholder relationships based on respect, trust and transparency. On the pages that follow, we profile our key stakeholders, outline their expectations and how we respond to these, and how we engage with them.