GLOBAL COMPACT COMMUNICATION ON PROGRESS REPORT: 2021 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research ABOUT US Ghana Manganese (GMC) Limited owns and operates the Nsuta Manganese Mine, approximately 4km from Tarkwa, in the Tarkwa- Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region of Ghana. The mine has a 90% private shareholding by Consolidated Minerals Africa Limited (CMAL) and 10% freehold shareholding by the Government of Ghana (GoG). It has been in operation for over a hundred (100) years and has a total concession area of 170.2km2. Mission To be an internationally successful operating mining company, undertaking safe mining practices combined with cost-effective production methods. To achieve this, we recruit, retain and develop skilled employees. Vision Maintains its position as an important market leader in the mining and exporting of manganese ore. Core Value Open-door approach to management, respect for cultural diversity, and tolerance at the workplace. UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 3 GHANA MANGANESE COMPANY LTD OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY GMC is a global leading responsible manganese producer. Our commitment to responsible manganese production is visible in everything we do, driven by our core values of safety, tolerance, and respect., One of GMC’s strategies is to incorporate sustainability into its business by building economic, social, and environmental legacies and mitigating the impact of its operations. The company’s sustainability approach is therefore based on three pillars: health and safety, environment, and social responsibility. The pillars tell us that we must care for our human resources, be environmental stewards when we explore, build and operate and repurpose or rehabilitate the land after mine closure. We must contribute our fair share to local and national economies, including through payment of taxes and royalties, and do so transparently to preserve the profitability of our own business. UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 4 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 5 GMC’S CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BUILDING SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Under Ghana Manganese Company Limited’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy, our vision is to identify where possible the needs of all our stakeholders with particular emphasis on the communities within our mining enclave. The company has had a formal community assistance program in place since 2002. The objective has been to create, in an organized and sustainable manner, opportunities to empower its catchment (local communities) economically, socially, and culturally together with the citizenry of the area. Activities that form part of this program are overseen by the Esuaso Divisional Stool Council, which consists of representatives of all the seventeen (17) communities in GMC’s sphere of influence, with Nana Kwesi Atobrah II as the President of the council. READ OUR SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 6 ACTIONS + OUTCOMES OUR COMMITMENT TO THE 10 PRINCIPLES OF THE COMPACT UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 7 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 8 HUMAN RIGHT Our commitment to Human Right Principles. ACTION OUTCOMES Every employee is treated with respect, as prescribed in our New recruits are required to sign an induction checklist core values. acknowledging that they have read and understood the policies and a copy kept on their file. Employees are continually encouraged to uphold the tenets of human dignity and diversity All incidents of unfair treatment meted out to employees are tracked, and actions taken accordingly at Disciplinary Employees are provided with Personal Protective Committee hearings to ensure any perceived or actual Equipment and change house facilities infractions receive a fair hearing under due process. UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 9 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 10 LABOUR STANDARDS Our commitment to Labour Principles. ACTION OUTCOMES Employees across the organization earn above the living GMC has not recorded any incident of compulsory or child wage including contractors labour GMC keeps an “equal work, equal pay policy” without any Employees are trained and retrained for the task assigned form of gender discrimination. to them GMC is a unionized workplace and workers have the right There is a fair assessment of all employees on performance to collective bargaining as enshrined in the Labour Acts for opportunities within the company. (651), 2003. Employees are protected from workplace harassment, and abuse including physical, verbal, and sexual harassment. UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 11 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 12 ENVIRONMENT Our commitment to Environment Principles. ACTION OUTCOMES GMC installed and operates an oil separator machine on the Ban on fishing in water bodies on the mine, mine to separate water contaminated with oil before discharge. Ban on wildlife hunting, flora, and fauna destruction within the mine. GMC also installed and operates an incinerator at the hospital to handle all hospital waste. Revegetation / reclamation activities. The mine has emergency centre to respond to all An incorporated strategy in procurement to focus on eco- emergencies (fire, flood, accidents, natural disaster etc) friendly products GMC has an internal program to perverse flora and fauna UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 13 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 14 ANTI-CORRUPTION Our commitment to Anti-Corruption Principles. ACTION OUTCOMES All employees are required to sign a Conflict of Interest Punitive sanctions are enshrined in the Collective Policy Agreement to deter employees who may indulge in such an It is also required to disclose or make known any private act business operated by individual employees UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 15 GHANA MANGANESE COMPANY LIMITED’S COMMITMENT TO SDGs ECONOMIC IMPACT UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 16 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 19 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 20 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 21 GHANA MANGANESE COMPANY LIMITED’S COMMITMENT TO SDGs SOCIAL IMPACT UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 22 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 23 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 24 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 25 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 26 GHANA MANGANESE COMPANY LIMITED’S COMMITMENT TO SDGs ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 27 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 28 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 29 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 30 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 31 UNGC COMMUNICATION PROGRESS REPORT / GMC 2021 TREY research 32
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