SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
An overview of steady growth
We believe that only a business model built on social responsibility and steady growth can lead to long-term success for the company.
We believe that only a socially responsible approach to business based on cooperation with all stakeholders – personnel, partners and contractors, local government and populations – can result in the success and long-term investor returns we all want to see.
We have been committed to steady growth since Day One. Mere lip-service to the principles of corporate responsibility may be enough for some, but not for us. We live them.
Our approach to our people
Our people are what make Gold Pyramid Group successful. And ensuring their safety at all sites has always been our top priority. We are fully committed to a zero tolerance to incidents target in production. All Gold Pyramid Group projects begin with ensuring labour security and technical safety. We also work hard to provide good working conditions and competitive salaries. Our people have the opportunity to advance their careers through the training and upgrading of qualifications we provide.
Our approach to the environment
As a responsible mining company, Gold Pyramid Group is committed to protecting the environment. We have a range of environmental programs and initiatives focused on minimising the impact of production on the locations we operate in. We implement a program of rational nature management across the board which includes a range of measures to ensure the efficient use of energy, and to minimize waste.
Health and Safety
Zero Harm means we are redoubling our safety efforts. Preventing fatal accidents is our highest priority, and the safety of our people will remain our core focus until we achieve a zero-incident rate. Every incident is subject to an in-depth investigation and analysis, so that we understand the causes and can prevent a recurrence.
Our policy
Our health and safety policy is based on the following principles:
- Employee safety is our top priority
- Preventing incidents and injuries benefits everyone
- Every worker is responsible for observing safety rules
- Our management is directly responsible for preventing incidents and injuries
- Health and safety targets must be clear to all employees
Safety Rules continue to apply to everybody: employees, contractors, service suppliers and visitors. If compliance with the Safety Rules is not possible for any reason and at any time, everybody is required to stop performing the task in hand and to immediately inform their supervisors or management.
Safety Rules continue to apply to everybody: employees, contractors, service suppliers and visitors. If compliance with the Safety Rules is not possible for any reason and at any time, everybody is required to stop performing the task in hand and to immediately inform their supervisors or management.Managing health and safety
We have established an extensive health, safety, and risk-management system, in order to:
- Understand the risks
- Implement risk mitigation processes and technologies
- Learn from incidents
- Encourage appropriate behavior
We have implemented training frameworks and initiatives to promote improved safety performance among workers. Managers at our operations also strengthen our safety culture through regular safety visits, to observe employees at work, and discuss operational and safety issues with them. We have put in place behavioral-based safety programs to improve hazard identification and risk awareness, and encourage employees to take personal responsibility for managing these risks.
Environment
Our top environmental priority is to minimize the impact of our mining operations on the atmosphere, water, and soil.
Our Policy
Our Environmental Management System includes the detailed assessment of our various impacts upon the environment. According to our policy our environmental objectives are to:
- Prevent pollution
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Use energy and natural resources rationally
- Manage waste efficiently
The Key Areas
We implement a variety of initiatives to protect the environment where we operate. These initiatives address the following topics:
- Managing water
- Improving energy efficiency
- Land management and biodiversity
- Reducing waste
- Reducing co2 emissions
- Managing dangerous substances
We are striving to build a culture, regardless of which operation they are engaged in, identify with each other as part of a team welded together with a common purpose.
As an employer, we bear the responsibility of ensuring the safety of our employees and providing a stable way of life. We want our people to be confident about their future. Fair rewards, career progression opportunities and a safe working environment are some of the fundamental rights that we believe all our people deserve as we recruit and retain the best talent in the mining industry.
This makes it particularly important that we have a shared set of values which are the following
- Respect for people
- Safety
- Professionalism and efficiency
- Trust and collaboration
- We seek to be an employer of choice in the communities in which we operate. We want our people to realize their potential in conditions which are both comfortable and safe. That is why we pay a lot of attention to recruitment, managing and developing our people.
Recruitment
We typically find that we can obtain the people we need. As a young, dynamic and fast-growing company, Gold Pyramid Group is an attractive employer.
We make our interviewing and evaluation processes fully objective and transparent for all participants.
We aim to pay salaries that are in line with or ahead of the market, and use bonuses and other retention payments to incentivise and retain key staff.
Our policy is to be clear and transparent about remuneration.
We look to employ local people where possible.
This is both good business practice and helps to develop the skills base and economies of the regions where we work.
Managing and developing our people
- Each country has its own laws, customs, and lifestyles. This means that we take a flexible and pragmatic approach to managing our people. At the very least, we always ensure that we fully understand and comply with our legal obligations to our employees.
- Improving safety at work is our leading priority. We have intensified our efforts to provide safe equipment and operating procedures, safety trainings, to develop and install appropriate safety information and implement safety protocols.
- Gold Pyramid Group has a number of training and development programs, for senior management, middle management and our workforce.
- Gold Pyramid Group provides our people with the best accommodation, food, medical care, protection, public services, transportation and recreational facilities we can.