Sustainability

Our vision at Sibanye-Stillwater is to create superior value for all our stakeholders through the mining of our mineral resources. The sustainable management of our operations is integral to our ability to obtain and maintain our social licence to operate and to generate long-term value for all of our stakeholders, including employees, the communities where we operate, governments and shareholders.

Our CARES values – commitment, accountability, respect, enabling, and safety – are at the core of our approach to sustainability. These values support safe operations, enable growth, underpin business strategy and promote competitiveness and success. Our values are embedded in the work we do and reinforced by continuous communication, education and training.

We represent our commitment to our CARES values through the indigenous South African Umdoni tree. Our CARES values are the fundamental roots of our organisation, which provide a solid basis for the way we do business. The trunk of the tree represents the material strength of the company and the leaves on the branches represent all our stakeholders. The tree’s seeds and fruits signify the varying benefits and value that our success will bring to those stakeholders.

ESG Credentials

FTSE4Good

Sibanye-Stillwater is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series created by the global index provider FTSE Russell. The FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance practices.
FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index

Sibanye-Stillwater is a constituent of the JSE Responsible Investment Index Series which adopts the FTSE Russell ESG Ratings process, and comprises companies with an ESG-based mandate that meet a minimum rating hurdle of 2.5.
CDP A-list 2021

Sibanye-Stillwater received an average ‘A-’ rating for its ‘Water Security’ by CDP, a non-profit global environmental disclosure platform. It was the first time that the Group participated in the Water Security category and benchmarks higher than the Global and Africa regional average of ‘B’, and the metallic mineral mining sector average of ‘B-‘.

For the Group’s annual Carbon disclosure to CDP, Sibanye-Stillwater received an average ‘B’ rating.
Bloomberg Gender Equality Index 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater has been included in the Bloomberg 2022 Gender-Equality Index (GEI). The Group is one of 418 companies in 45 countries (and one of only nine South African companies), that qualified to be included in the index.

For more information see media release published on January 27, 2022.
EITI

Membership of the ICMM requires a clear endorsement of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Of the countries in which we operate or have interests, Argentina, is the only subscribing country to the EITI where we have exposure through the Altar project. Argentina joined the EITI in 2019. We are working towards alignment of the expectations of the EITI supporting companies and have a position statement on transparency of mineral revenues in place.
LPPM Responsible Platinum and Palladium Guidance

Sibanye-Stillwater has achieved Responsible Sourcing accreditation from the London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM), that the Group’s SA platinum group metals (PGM) refinery facility complies with the LPPM Responsible Platinum and Palladium Guidance (the RPP). This accreditation follows the approval by the LPPM of an independent audit of the Groups’ supply chain management systems and practices conducted in 2020. The LPPM monitors the Good Delivery list for Platinum and Palladium Globally. For more information refer to www.lppm.com/responsible-sourcing/.

For more information about the Group’s Responsible sourcing policies and compliance reports, please refer to www.sibanyestillwater.com/about-us/governance/.
ICMM Climate Change Statement

Our commitment to a goal of net zero by 2050 or sooner

As stewards of the minerals and metals that are critical to decarbonisation and sustainable development, we embrace our responsibility to minimise the impact of our operations on the environment. That is why on 5 October 2021, we collectively committed as members of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) to a goal of net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.

OPEN LETTER | CEO VIDEO | WWW.ICMM.COM
National Biodiversity and Business Network of South Africa Biodiversity Disclosure Project

Sibanye-Stillwater has been rated 4th out of 327 JSE-listed companies and 27 State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the third annual National Biodiversity and Business Network of South Africa Biodiversity Disclosure Project (based on its 2020 disclosures). Sibanye-Stillwater’s score improved 15% year-on-year over 2019, placing it as the 2nd best company in the basic materials sector from 3rd in 2019.

See media release, December 8, 2021
Responsible Gold Mining Principles

Sibanye-Stillwater takes our responsibility to produce gold in a responsible manner seriously. In order to demonstrate this commitment, the company has endorsed the Responsible Gold Mining Principles (the “Principles” or “RGMPs”) developed by the World Gold Council (“WGC”).

For more information see our Annual Report on the Implementation of the World Gold Council’s Responsible Gold Mining Principles [PDF, 688KB].

ESG Credentials

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