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  Anglo American Chile: Sustainable Development Report 2007
  Good Citizenship: Our Business Principles
  Anglo American Chile: Sustainable Development Report 2006

Safety, occupational health and environmental management policy

     
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This policy will be reviewed at appropiate intervals and revised where necessary to keep it current.

Safety:
We hold leaders accountable for the safety of our people.

We expect our managers and supervisors to provide effective leadership in safety whilst recognising that good safety behaviour is the responsibility of all those who work for us.

Management of every business or operation is responsible for the full implementation of our safety management system (the Anglo Safety Way), the Fatal Risk Standards and the Golden Rules. This requires the allocation of appropriate resources and the provision of training, education, consultation and auditing to ensure compliance.

We commit to open communication with our employees, contractors, suppliers and other business partners and interested third parties to encourage a safety culture that reflects the intent of this policy.

We will set appropriate objectives and monitor progress against these to ensure continual improvement towards our goal.

Occupational Health:
Line management is responsible and will be held accountable for the implementation of this policy and we expect all employees and contractors to contribute to maintaining a working environment that is without significant risk to health.

We commit to the reduction of exposure at source through good engineering practice and application of the ALARP1 principle; compliance with the law will always be the minimum standard.

We will provide appropriate resources, systems and training to protect, maintain and promote the health and working capacity of our people.

We commit to open and transparent communication on occupational health with all stakeholders.

We will set appropriate objectives and monitor progress against these to ensure continual improvement towards our goal.

Environmental Health:
We hold our leaders accountable for the environmental management of our activities.

We expect our line managers and supervisors to provide effective leadership in environmental management whilst recognising that environmental management is the responsibility of all who work for us.

Managers of every business or operation are responsible for the full implementation of the Anglo Environmental Management Framework and participation in the Anglo Peer Review Programme. This requires:

 
the allocation of appropriate resources and the provision of training, education, consultation and auditing to ensure compliance;
 
the development, implementation and maintenance of environmental policies, programmes and procedures;
 
effective environmental impact identification, assessment and control, designed to achieve proactive management of our activities, products and services.

We shall conserve and protect environmental resources through, amongst others, the efficient use of energy and water, minimising waste and reducing pollution.

We shall demonstrate active stewardship of land, freshwater systems and biodiversity with which we interact.

We respect people’s culture and heritage.

We shall comply with environmental legislation and other requirements to which we subscribe, and develop a culture of improvement.

We commit to open communication with our employees, local communities, contractors, suppliers, investors, business partners and other interested parties to encourage an environmentally responsible culture that reflects intent of this policy.