Barrick Gold Corporation
UN Global Compact 2007 Communication on Progress (COP) Report
"Barrick has long been committed to the principles articulated in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). We have been proud signatories to this
international voluntary initiative since 2005 and financially support the Foundation for the Global Compact. As we celebrate our 25th anniversary, Barrick
continues to integrate best practices in human rights, labour standards, environment and anti-corruption into its culture and day-to-day operations. The following
Communication on Progress provides an overview of Barrick’s 2007 key actions and outcomes aligned with the UNGC principles. The Barrick website, annual
Responsibility Reports and Beyond Borders quarterly stakeholder publications provide further detailed information.”
- Kelvin Dushnisky, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Barrick Gold Corporation
Global Compact
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Practical Actions (including Policies, Systems,
Commitments)
Human Rights
PRINCIPLE 1
Businesses
should support
and respect the
protection of
internationally
proclaimed
human rights.
PRINCIPLE 2
Businesses
should make
sure they are
not complicit in
human rights
abuses.
Outcomes or Expected Outcomes
HUMAN RIGHTS
Barrick’s contribution to human rights includes providing
access to education, water and health services for the
communities neighboring our mines; promoting health &
safety practices for our employees; and adhering to security
practices based on the Voluntary Principles on Security and
Human Rights (VPSHR). Our Policies, Systems and
Commitments that support this principle include:
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Barrick’s Corporate Social Responsibility Charter
affirms our commitment to observe the fundamental
tenets of human rights. This commitment is imbedded
in our corporate culture and is aligned with the
principles in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
Barrick’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
outlines the company’s commitment to act in
accordance with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations and high ethical standards. The Code
applies to all employees and directors. All supervisory
and administrative employees are required to complete
training seminars on the Code of Business Conduct
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All supervisory and administrative employees are required to
formally register their compliance with the Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics.
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Systems are in place for all supervisory and administrative
employees to formally register their compliance with the Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics.
Community
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In 2007, Barrick and CARE International Tanzania announced
the results of a six-year partnership where Barrick invested
US$2 million in 2001. This initiative dramatically improved
education for thousands of children living near the company’s
Bulyanhulu mine, where primary school enrolment has
increased by 75 per cent to over 7,000 children.
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Building on the success of our first program with World
Vision Canada, in 2007 Barrick contributed a further US$1.3
million to launch community projects near its Lagunas Norte
mine in northern Peru. To date our partnership has included
the following results: 1,669 people have access to two newly
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Human Rights
Outcomes or Expected Outcomes
and Ethics.
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Employees can anonymously report Code violations or
express concerns and ask questions about ethical
issues through our confidential Compliance Hotline,
available to all employees 24 hours a day, even from
remote locations, and in the language of their choice.
refurbished health centers in Taricá; 732 children, ages 6 to 12
years, have participated in summer school programs; 800
children have benefited from improved school infrastructure
conditions, carried out in 7 pre-school level schools; and, 370
families have improved their farming techniques.
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In 2007 Barrick reconstructed a health clinic providing
HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling & training services to
employees and communities neighboring the Porgera mine.
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In 2007, Barrick announced an additional US$100,000
investment in water projects for communities surrounding its
Bulyanhulu mine in Tanzania. This latest investment builds on
the company’s successful water infrastructure program that is
already serving more than 10,000 people in villages
surrounding the mine. The Bulyanhulu mine has completed a
number of water projects in local communities, including the
construction of 23 boreholes and wells at a cost of
approximately US$555,000. The most recent contribution will
be used to drill more boreholes for nearby villages,
particularly at schools and medical clinics. These upgrades
will significantly improve water access for local residents.
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Barrick is expanding a successful oral hygiene campaign
launched in the San Juan Province of Argentina near our
Veladero mine. Working with OSDE (Organización de
Servicios Directos Empresarios), a private sector health
service provider, Barrick is funding a dental health specialist
to work within the school system to promote preventative
measures and good oral hygiene. To date, 2,000 children at 12
district schools have participated. Fluoride treatments and
toothbrushes are also provided during the annual school visits.
Community
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Since 1999, Barrick has worked with the African
Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) and
community leaders to build medical clinics, create
awareness and encourage people to test, treat and seek
counseling for HIV/AIDS. Health services are
provided to employees and local communities near our
mine sites, with a focus on HIV prevention, voluntary
counseling and testing, as well as treatment and care
for those infected by AIDS.
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Barrick is a member of the Global Business Coalition
on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which
harnesses the power of the global business community
to fight these diseases worldwide.
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Barrick signed a global memorandum of
understanding with World Vision Canada in 2007,
formalizing a long term partnership which includes
child nutrition projects in Peru near our Pierina and
Lagunas Norte mines. The partnership began in May
2003, when Barrick made an initial commitment of
US$1million over five years to help impoverished
families near its Pierina mine.
Global Compact
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Human Rights
Outcomes or Expected Outcomes
Security
Security
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Commitment to continue implementing the Voluntary
Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR).
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Development of a company-wide Security Policy in 2007.
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Commitment to continue advancing our multidisciplined approach to improve illegal/artisanal
mining issues.
Human rights impact assessments were conducted for all ‘atrisk’ sites in 2007, including follow-up work on gap analysis.
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As a result of security gap analysis conducted at all ‘at-risk’
sites, we developed and rolled out company-wide use-of-force
guidelines aligned with the VPSHR in 2007.
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All Barrick security officers who carry firearms received
human rights training based on the VPSHR in 2007.
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Barrick provides human rights training materials to police
officers who operate in precincts neighboring the Porgera
mine in Papua New Guinea.
Health and Safety
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Barrick’s Health & Safety System features nine core
elements including Leadership & Commitment;
Training and Competence; Risk Management;
Operational Controls; Health and Wellness; Contractor
Controls; Incident Investigation; Emergency
Preparedness; and, Performance Measurement and
Assessment.
Health and Safety
The Courageous Safety Leadership training fosters a
shared common vision on safety and health as well as
the personal behaviors necessary to achieve that
vision. The initial training is mandatory for all new
employees at our operations and business offices
around the world. At the end of the Courageous Safety
Leadership training, employees sign their commitment
to our vision “Every person going home safe and
healthy every day”.
Company-wide Drug & Alcohol Policy and SmokeFree Policy were put in place in 2007.
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Continued Courageous Leadership training throughout 2007,
providing refresher courses and 1- or 2-day course for new
workers.
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Total injury frequency rate decreased by 9% in 2007.
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Labour
PRINCIPLE 3
Businesses
should uphold
the freedom of
association and
the effective
recognition of
the right to
collective
bargaining.
PRINCIPLE 4
Businesses
should uphold
the elimination
of all forms of
forced and
compulsory
labour.
PRINCIPLE 5
Businesses
should uphold
the effective
abolition of
child labour.
PRINCIPLE 6
Businesses
should uphold
the elimination
of
discrimination
in respect of
employment.
LABOUR
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The Powerful Leadership Program was delivered to 2000
supervisors and managers company-wide, exceeding targets
for participation, skills transfer and participant satisfaction.
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We have developed a self-certification system for suppliers
based on our Supplier Code of Ethics. Currently we have 20%
of Barrick suppliers certified under the Code.
Barrick’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and
Corporate Social Responsibility Charter both include
explicit commitments to fair employment practices,
non-discrimination and a workplace where employees
are treated with dignity and respect.
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Production and roll-out of video featuring senior management
promoting the importance of ethics and integrity
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Senior managers across the company participated in new
ethics and integrity leadership seminar
Our Powerful Leadership Program strengthens
leadership skills of our superintendents and managers,
developing skills for providing feedback and
coaching, leading change, delegating, resolving
conflict, managing performance problems, and
motivating high performance teams. Training is
ongoing throughout the company.
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In late 2007, in collaboration with the government of
Tanzania, Barrick initiated a comprehensive program to assist
the artisanal and small scale miners near our North Mara mine.
The program features an additional forum on the eradication
of child labour in small-scale mining.
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In our Australia-Pacific region, we hosted the 2007 Women in
Barrick Forum to identify ways to encourage women to seek
employment with the Company.
We are committed to treating all our employees with respect
and dignity, providing equal opportunity and freedom from
discrimination for all our employees and contractors, to
uphold the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory
labor and to support the effective abolition of child labor. Our
Policies, Systems and Commitments that support this principle
include:
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A Supplier Code of Ethics was approved and rolledout across the company, ensuring that our suppliers
comply with all national or local laws on the equal
and fair treatment of their workers. This policy
identifies the minimum level of ethical performance
required of our suppliers and has an audit feature to
monitor compliance with our policy.
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We respect the rights of our employees to freedom of
association and collective bargaining. We have a
number of facilities around the world with unions or
Global Compact
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Labour
bargaining associations. We have worked and
continue to work closely with these groups over the
years to develop and manage effective labor relations
programs.
Outcomes or Expected Outcomes
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Outcomes or Expected Outcomes
Environment
PRINCIPLE 7
Businesses
should support a
precautionary
approach to
environmental
challenges.
PRINCIPLE 8
Businesses
should
undertake
initiatives to
promote greater
environmental
responsibility.
PRINCIPLE 9
Businesses
should
encourage the
development
and diffusion of
environmentally
friendly
technologies.
ENVIRONMENT
At Barrick, our goal is to minimize our environmental
footprint and safeguard the environment, now and for future
generations. Our Environmental Policy Statement outlines its
commitment to proven natural resource management practices
for the protection, reclamation and enhancement of the
environment. Our Policies, Systems and Commitments that
support this principle include:
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We take a precautionary approach throughout the life
of a mine by first assessing potential impacts, then
evaluating how to avoid, mitigate or control these
impacts. Controls typically include putting into place
multi-layers of environmental protection and robust
environmental management systems that include
advanced planning against possible future events.
Barrick is a signatory to the International Cyanide
Management Code. Barrick contributed to
development of the Code which is aimed at improving
the global management of cyanide.
Barrick is committed to state-of-the-art controls on all
point sources of mercury air pollution. We worked
with the State of Nevada, the US Environmental
Protection Agency and the Nevada Mining
Association to develop the Nevada Mercury Air
Emissions Control Program. This program is among
the most stringent in the world.
Our Environmental Management System Standard
(EMSS) addresses 15 elements of environmental
management, including environmental technology and
life-cycle planning.
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Measurement, tracking and reporting of energy use established
at all sites.
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Implementation of the International Cyanide Management
Code is underway and will be ongoing until 2009. As of
December 31, 2007, seven mines had been certified under the
Code. In the first quarter 2008 an additional 3 mines were
certified.
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In 2007, four sites were certified compliant with ISO-14001.
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Barrick installed new controls and reduced combined mercury
emissions at two mines. We are pursuing further mercury
reduction opportunities at all sites.
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Site-level environmental audits are conducted regularly at all
sites based on Barrick’s environmental management systems
and controls.
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29 comprehensive site-level environmental audits were
conducted in the last year.
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Continued implementation of the EMSS, Leadership and Legal
obligations register elements were introduced to the system in
2007.
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To further develop our draft Water Conservation Policy and
Program.
Global Compact
Principle:
Practical Actions (including Policies, Systems,
Commitments)
Environment
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Barrick finalized the company-wide Climate Change
Program, which includes Energy Management Policy
and Guidelines.
Outcomes or Expected Outcomes
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Outcomes or Expected Outcomes
Corruption
PRINCIPLE 10
Businesses
should work
against
corruption in all
its forms,
including
extortion and
bribery.
ANTI-CORRUPTION
Barrick is committed to the highest standards of corporate
governance and professional integrity. We conduct our
business around the world in an ethical, honest and
accountable manner and in accordance with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations. We value and are committed to
transparency in our business practices, consistent with good
governance and commercial confidentiality.
Our Policies, Systems and Commitments that support this
principle include:
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The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics includes
enhanced reporting provisions and a standard of
conduct on financial controls and records.
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Barrick has an Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption
Policy which explicitly addresses the issues of
corruption and bribery and provides guidelines for
compliance with the Corruption of Public Officials
Act (Canada), the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
(USA), and local anti-corruption laws. We also have a
Disclosure Policy and an Insider Trading Policy.
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Continued implementation of Anti-Fraud Policy
across the company. The policy applies to all
employees and sets out Barrick’s requirements
relating to the prohibition, recognition, reporting and
investigation of suspected fraud, corruption,
misappropriation and other similar irregularities.
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Barrick was one of the first Canadian corporations to
endorse the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI).
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Maintain high level employee compliance with Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics, Anti-Bribery and AntiCorruption Policy and the Anti-Fraud Policy.
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All supervisory and administrative employees are required to
formally certify their compliance with the Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics and the Anti-Fraud Policy, which
included issues of corruption and bribery.
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Training on the revised Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
was completed for all new employees in 2007.
Global Compact
Principle:
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Commitments)
Corruption
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Barrick is a member of Transparency International Canada.
Outcomes or Expected Outcomes