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GEO ENERGY RESOURCES LIMITED
| Annual Report 2014
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
environmental audits, while BLHD conducts
external environmental audits.Together, we work
to improve our procedures and ensure that our
Group is in adherence with the required policies.
In FY2014, we did not receive any major formal
complaints or experience any protests relating
to environmental pollution by our Group.
Community Engagement
Geo Energy believes in creating a positive and
lasting social impact on the communities around
the mining sites where we operate. As we
continue to care for the local communities, we are
able to develop successful partnerships based
on mutual understanding, trust and respect.
Together, we work hand in hand to identify and
evaluate the needs of the community as well as
the actual and potential social consequences of
our operations at every stage of the mine’s life
cycle. This allows us to focus our CSR efforts on
improving the livelihood of these communities, in
addition to protecting of the environment around
the mining sites, as described above.
Economic Empowerment
Community involvement is at the cornerstone of
our employment policy at our mines. We, employ
local workers and provide these workers with
relevant training and skills development. 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.
CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
