CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
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POLICY
The AECI Group is committed to a clean, safe and healthy environment for
its employees, contractors, customers and surrounding communities.
The AECI executive committee, guided by the corporate citizenship
committee, is responsible for the regular review of the Group safety,
health and environmental policy, for the guidance of Group companies in
its implementation, and for monitoring performance.
We require each Group company:
- to adopt a safety, health and environmental policy that meets the
needs of its businesses;
- to hold line management accountable for the implementation of the
safety, health and environmental policy;
- to develop and maintain appropriate procedures to support the safety,
health and environmental policy;
- to manage safety, health and environmental risks in a manner that
meets the legal requirements of the countries in which it operates and
accepted international criteria;
- to be prepared for and deal with any emergency;
- to ensure that employees and contractors are trained effectively;
- to maintain a record of safety, health and environmental information
and to meet statutory record-keeping requirements; and
- to audit its performance against its policy, standards and procedures
and to report this regularly to the AECI executive committee.
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| Schalk Engelbrecht |
Graham Edwards |
| Chief executive |
Chief executive designate |
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| Sandton, 25 February 2008 |
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The AECI Group's SHE-related philosophy and performance are guided by a formal SHE policy,
and performance is measured in the context of supporting SHE standards. The policy and
standards are agreed to and signed by the Group chief executive and are reviewed periodically
to ensure that they remain appropriate to AECI's diverse businesses and changing operating
environment.
The well-being of employees and contractors, customers and the community at large is of great
importance. Further, it is essential that AECI protects the environment in which it operates.
This section of the annual report describes:
- the attitude taken in managing SHE issues;
- the standards to which AECI works in the area of SHE management;
- the way AECI measures its SHE-related performance;
- the results achieved; and
- the challenges to be faced.
The AECI Group comprises a broad spectrum of businesses. They range from large chemical
operations such as those producing mining chemicals, to the manufacture of explosive
initiating systems, to property leasing. Consequently, the issues they face in the SHE arena are
very different. It is inevitable, therefore, that some degree of generalisation will occur when
commenting on such diverse activities in a single report.
The information disclosed here is based on data received from each business. However, the AECI
Group as a whole is under consideration and, therefore, the focus is on issues of Group-wide
concern.
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