Corporate Social Responsibility
Anglo American is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Additionally, Anglo American committed to support the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative which strengthens governance by improving transparency and accountability in the extractives sector.
A socio economic toolkit originally developed by Anglo American to manage the social aspects of its operational impacts, was released into the public domain for non-profits and other companies to use. The program was commended by the World Business Awards program of the United Nations Development Programme
With a significant number of operations and employees in South Africa, Anglo American faces the HIV/AIDS challenge on a large scale. In response, it runs a workplace program for HIV/AIDS testing and counseling. In 2002, it started to provide antiretroviral drugs for employees with AIDS
Anglo American is a signatory participant of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
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