Living our values
One of the group’s core business principles relates to employees, namely:
We provide our employees with opportunities to develop their skills while sharing risks and rewards in workplaces that promote innovation, teamwork and freedom with accountability. We embrace cultural diversity.
AngloGold Ashanti as an employer – labour practice
- We are committed to upholding the Fundamental Rights Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Accordingly, we seek to ensure the implementation of fair employment practices by prohibiting forced, compulsory or child labour.
- We are committed to creating workplaces free of harassment and unfair discrimination.
- As an international company, we face different challenges in different countries with regard to, for example, offering opportunities to citizens who may not have enjoyed equal opportunities in the past. In such cases, the company is committed to addressing the challenge in a manner appropriate to local circumstances.
- We will seek to understand the different cultural dynamics in host communities and adapt work practices to accommodate this, where doing so is possible and compatible with the principles expressed in this document.
- We will promote the development of a workforce that reflects the international and local diversity of the organisation.
- We will provide all employees with the opportunity to participate in training that will improve their workplace competency.
- We are committed to ensuring that every employee has the opportunity to become numerate and functionally literate in the language of the workplace.
- We are committed to developing motivated, competent and experienced teams of employees through appropriate recruitment, retention and development initiatives. An emphasis is placed on the identification of potential talent, mentoring and personal development planning.
- Remuneration systems will reward both individual and team effort in a meaningful way.
- Guided by local circumstances, we shall continue to work together with stakeholders to ensure adherence to minimum standards for company-provided accommodation.
- We undertake to ensure access to affordable health care for employees and where possible, for their families.
- We are committed to prompt and supportive action in response to any major health threats in the regions in which we operate.
