About this report

• Using this report
• Scope of the report
• Letter from the CEO
• Our profile
• Engaging with our stakeholders
• What we report
• Our vision and values
• Our business principles
• The business of gold
• Our world of gold
• Report of the independent assurers
• What is assurance?
• GRI matrix

Engaging with our stakeholders

AngloGold Ashanti recognises that, as the company conducts its business, so it has an impact –real or potential – on a wide range of stakeholders. We have identified the following broad groups of stakeholders at corporate, operational and community level.
 

employees unions employees' families and dependants communities surrounding operations or from which the company draws its labour shareholders business partners peer companies

suppliers local, regional and national governments customers non-governmental and community-based organisations academic institutions regulatory authorities professional organisations.

Our engagement with our stakeholders varies in frequency and may depend on specific matters on hand. The nature of this engagement may also be formal, informal or both.

While our operations interact with our stakeholders on a range of different issues, we specifically asked all operations to provide stakeholders with the Report to Society 2005, the Country/Operational Reports or the url for these reports on our website. We also asked readers both of the printed report and the web-based version for feedback. As in previous years, very little formal feedback was received.

In an effort to obtain better feedback and to initiate constructive debate with stakeholders on the report, we engaged an independent consultant to undertake focused interviews with a range of stakeholders. The commentary and feedback obtained in this manner were instrumental in many of the changes we implemented in the report this year. For further information see the research that was undertaken (PDF - 23KB).