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30 GEO ENERGY RESOURCES LIMITED | Annual Report 2012
The Environmental Control Agency (Badan Lingkungan
Hidup Daerah) (“BLHD”), the government agency
responsible for implementing the Government’s
environmental regulations and policies, and local
government agencies supervise our mining operations.
BLHD coordinates its activities with various government
agencies, including the Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources. We subject our mining operations to periodic
internal and external environmental audits. Our internal
environmental team conducts internal audits, while BLHD
conducts external environmental audits. In FY2012, we did
not receive any warnings and/or fines from BLHD or other
regulatory authorities relating to environmental matters.We
are also not aware of any complaints or protests relating
to environmental pollution against our Group. To the best
of our knowledge, our Group is in compliance with all
applicable environmental regulations and requirements.
Community Engagement
Geo Energy believes in creating a positive and lasting social
impact on the communities around the mining sites where
we operate. We endeavour to achieve this by developing
successful partnerships with the local communities based
on mutual understanding, trust and respect. At every
stage of the mine’s life cycle, we identify and evaluate the
needs of the community as well as the actual and potential
social consequences of our operations. This will allow
us to focus our CSR efforts on improving the livelihood
of these communities, in addition to the protection of the
environment around the mining sites as described above.
Economic Empowerment
Community involvement is a cornerstone of our
employment policy at our mines. This is evidenced through
our employment statistics – as at 31 December 2012, local
employment in all our mine sites amounted to approximately
74% of our total staff strength. We provide basic training
and skills development to the local workforce, and in some
cases we may also provide skills upgrade and extend their
employment with us or deploy them in our other mining
sites. With such practical skills, knowledge and experience
gained at our mine sites, these local workers are very often
able to successfully seek other employment opportunities
and develop sustainable, independent sources of income.
We hope to thereby create self-empowerment within the
local communities as this will ensure sustainable economic
well-being of these communities even after our mining
operations come to an end. We also seek to support
and promote local businesses and economic activity by
engaging them as suppliers. We currently procure mainly
food supplies from local suppliers around our mine sites.
Free clinic consultation and treatment services for local communities