Corporate Social Responsibility

Overview

Positive community engagement and the alleviation of negative environmental impacts are key priorities in all of EDM's operations. The Company strives to be an industry leader, taking a "best practices" approach to environmental management and bringing benefits to its host communities throughout all stages of project activity. Accordingly, EDM is acting, both to minimize any detrimental impacts of its operations and to provide tangible and sustainable benefits for the people and communities enterprising with EDM.

EDM is committed to the implementation of sustainable development and we provide the resources necessary to:

  • Apply best practices in order to meet applicable environmental legislation, and other requirements to which the company subscribes
  • consider social issues in determination of our business decisions, including the long-term sustainability of communities
  • facilitate dialogue with communities in which we operate in order to anticipate and address relevant issues of sustainability
  • ensure all our activities are conducted in a responsible and ethical manner
    communicate our progress on achieving sustainability openly and on a timely basis with the community, employees, the public, governments, and other interested stakeholders

In addition, EDM is moving forward with the global movement of companies committed to the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): the integration of business operations and values, whereby the interests of all stakeholders including investors, customers, employees, communities and the environment are reflected in the company's policies and actions.

In this regard we subscribe to the 10 Principles for sustainable development by the International Council for Mining and Minerals (ICMM) in partnership with the Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI).

  1. Implement and maintain ethical business practices and sound systems of corporate governance.
  2. Integrate sustainable development considerations within the corporate decision-making process.
  3. Uphold fundamental human rights and respect cultures, customs and values in dealings with employees and others who are affected by our activities.
  4. Implement risk management strategies based on valid data and sound science.
  5. Seek continual improvement of our health and safety performance.
  6. Seek continual improvement of our environmental performance.
  7. Contribute to conservation of biodiversity and integrated approaches to land use planning.
  8. Facilitate and encourage responsible product design, use, re-use, recycling and disposal of our products.
  9. Contribute to the social, economic and institutional development of the communities in which we operate.
  10. Implement effective and transparent engagement, communication and independently verified reporting   arrangements with our stakeholders.