Climate change
Our vision is to operate carbon neutral mines.
Addressing the global warming challenge
We’ve taken important steps for more than a decade to reduce our emissions.
Our 2030 stretch goals for climate change include reducing our net greenhouse gas emissions by 30% and improving energy efficiency by 30%. These ambitious targets are part of our roadmap for developing a carbon-neutral mine.
We’re committed to working in partnership and consultation with all relevant stakeholders to help address the causes and impacts of climate change. You can read about how we’re doing this in our 10 year climate change strategy, which focuses on how we can operate more efficiently, apply technology more effectively and partner with our stakeholders.
We’ve also been working with the UK Met Office and other recognised experts on climate change since 2010. Initially, we identified our highest-risk sites as Chile and Peru, with several other operations also vulnerable to extreme weather. Identifying these sites enables us to initiate climate-modelling analysis and adaption exercises across our operations.
We’ve already initiated these exercises in South Africa and there are more planned for Debswana’s Jwaneng and Orapa in Botswana.