The Rainbow Coalition is an outreach organisation that provides support for LGBTQ youth and their allies in Yellowknife, Canada. The great work they do inspired Danielle Dentinger and Kimberley Balsillie to get involved as part of our Ambassadors for Good programme. After talking with members of the Rainbow Coalition of Yellowknife, they hosted a barbecue at Pride Week 2019 to raise money in support of the organisation. Ambassadors for Good empowers our employees the world over to get behind initiatives they believe in, from supplying law books to underfunded universities, to educating girls in South Africa about their periods.
Hydrogen fuel cells have the potential to reinvent the way we live. This technology promises a clean alternative to traditional petrol and diesel engines, revolutionising travel, the transport of goods, the way we power our cities and more. Platinum is often used within the anode catalyst of hydrogen fuel cells, helping to convert chemical energy into electrical power. This makes it a key material for building a sustainable future.
Our purpose is to re-imagine mining to improve people's lives, and that means we take our commitment to reducing GHG emissions by 30% between 2016 and 2030 seriously - even meeting our target for 2020 a year early. To ensure global temperatures won't rise 2°C above pre-industrial levels, we will also be aiming further. We have set ourselves a target of achieving carbon neutrality across our operations before 2040, with eight of our assets carbon neutral within the next 10 years.
Spatial technology is changing mining forever. 3D modelling, Virtual Reality (VR), and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies are now being used to train our employees in safe environments. With this software, we simulate emergency situations as well as virtually constructing and deconstructing buildings, plants, and mines. This means our work is smarter, safer and more efficient.
Hydrogen is gathering momentum across the globe. These are just a few of the groundbreaking projects announced recently. As a founding member of the #HydrogenCouncil we are thrilled that the shift to #renewableenergy is now becoming a reality.
With hydrogen already central to energy transition conversation, the World Economic Forum's top 10 emerging technologies report will ensure green hydrogen and sustainable energy are high on the world's agenda
2020 has been a year like no other. It has been a year of extraordinary challenges but through it all we have made some remarkable achievements. Thank you to our employees, host community members, suppliers and business partners for your extraordinary care and commitment to meeting the challenges of 2020. We’ll be offline from today, but before we go we’d like to wish you all a happy, healthy and bright 2021.
Globally, we need to start talking about soil. As more pressure is put on land to grow more crops, soil can become overly salty, stripped of nutrients and erode away entirely. This poses a difficult challenge: how can we increase crop yield while protecting soil? World Soil Day is dedicated to opening up this important conversation. Senior Agronomist at Anglo American's Crop Nutrients, Ross Mitchell had this to say about the importance of healthy soil: "There’s a reasonably fixed area on which we can grow crops in the world. I think it’s in single figures percentage wise. We need to maximise the value of that land in terms of productivity for food, both now and in the future, because there’s going to be a lot more of us." said Ross.
We are proud to have been ranked at 31 on the Inclusive Companies list of the Top 50 Inclusive Employers in the UK, up from 43 last year, a clear reflection on our effort to become a more inclusive place to work.
Learn more about the power of hydrogen and how we can achieve sustainable #cleanenergy. The #CLIMATECH2AMPION Academy takes just 15 minutes and is free. https://bit.ly/2HHPhdl
