KEY POINTS
- Ivanhoe Mines is committed to long-term community development and sustainability in Africa.
- The company invests heavily in education, healthcare, and infrastructure in regions where it operates.
- Through partnerships with local governments, Ivanhoe Mines is creating a positive and lasting social impact.
At the moment when mining organizations are at the receiving end due to environmental and social injustices, Ivanhoe Mines is exemplary regarding corporate governance.
This large mining company from Canada is helping the African communities in which it operates by investing in their future.
In education, healthcare, infrastructure and employment, Ivanhoe Mines is building a better tomorrow for these areas, while making sure that all it leaves behind is not just ore.
Ivanhoe Mines is an international company operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa and has recorded impressive achievements in the social development of the communities it operates in.
In this way, the company focuses on cooperation with local authorities and tries to implement projects that will be useful and necessary for the people.
Sustainable development the new paradigm of mining success of where mining is profitable and where at the same time the impact on the local population is avoided.
Education and Job Creation
Education is one of the main focuses of the company’s social responsibility programs as Ivanhoe Mines. The company has invested a lot of money into enhancing the quality of education in the areas it is located in.
This investment is evident from the provision of education infrastructures such as schools, training centers, chief executive’s management training and educational material.
Ivanhoe is thus empowering young people with the skills they require to foster sustainable development of their communities long after the mines are closed.
Beside education, Ivanhoe Mines has adopted commodities, especially creating employment for the locals to work in the skilled esteem in the mining sector.
According to the Mining Review, the company has established vocational training for the locals to enable them acquire skills in the mining industry.
In this way, the company is contributing to the development of the local human capital that will be useful for the growth of the economy after the mines have closed.
Health care and infrastructure development
Another example an area of interest that Ivanhoe Mines has shown concern over; it supports is healthcare. The company has embarked on construction of health facilities, to make sure that even the farthest reaching community has a health facility to go to.
These interventions are especially important in areas where there is poor health facility density, and high disease burden and maternal mortality persists.
In addition, the company has developed infrastructure in the areas where it operates through Ivanhoe Mines.
Everywhere one looks, roads and transportation, clean water, the company’s investment in infrastructure has helped improve the lives of thousands of people.
In many other situations, these changes have made it possible for the people in a certain region to get market and service which they could not have been able to get before boosting economic growth.
Environmental Stewardship
Although Ivanhoe Mines has dedicated much attention to the development of the communities, the company also has a principle of environmental conservation.
Its operations are environmentally friendly with the company using modern methods that help to reduce wastes and energy use.
This can be seen through the company’s Kamoa-Kakula project in the DRC which has seen considerable investment in renewable energy and efficient resource mining.
It has also embarked on afforestation practices and sent efforts in the process of ensuring that the land it has exploited undergoes a process of regeneration.
Through cooperation with environmental NGOs and other stakeholders, the company guarantees that it meets not only international requirements but also makes a significant contribution to the conservation of biotic diversity.
Building a Future Together
The model of corporate responsibility provided by Ivanhoe Mines shows that mining companies can be positive actors. Through investing in education, healthcare, infrastructure and environment, the company is positively touching the lives of people in the society.
The partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations makes its projects relevant to the needs of the regions, thus leaving a positive impact that will be felt even after the mines have shut down.
Ivanhoe Mines has been setting an example for the industry as the debate on sustainability and corporate responsibility progresses globally.
Instead of exploiting the community resources the company is adopting an all-encompassing model of development and sustainability of the environment for the communities to gain resources in future.
