Five-Year Sustainability Goals
In 2018, Sherritt launched a suite of five-year sustainability goals. These strategic goals incorporate our external commitments and focus on areas that advance and protect our interests and support Operational Excellence. They are intended to complement and supplement – not duplicate – priority efforts already underway. These goals help to shape priorities, long-range planning, and investments in sustainable development across all of Sherritt’s operations. During 2019, we focused on site-level planning and identification of areas where we might establish performance targets. Implementation and target-setting will continue in 2020.
Sustainability Goals | Status in 2019 |
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1. Achieve Level A requirements in TSM protocols across all operations. ![]() |
In 2019, self-assessments against the protocols were completed to understand where each Division scores from C to AAA. Systems were implemented at most sites to improve scores from baseline levels. |
2. Strengthen safety culture, behaviour and performance. ![]() |
Health and safety performance continued to improve in 2019 across the company. Divisions conducted more visible felt leadership interactions in the field and also focused on improving the quality of interactions. |
3. Improve environmental management. ![]() |
Each of our operating sites developed business plans to improve environmental performance, including measures to reduce fugitive emissions. |
4. Create community benefit footprints that support local priorities and the SDGs. ![]() |
In 2019, the Divisions aligned their community investments with the Community Investment Standard, Sherritt’s priority SDGs and the priorities of the regions in which we operate. In 2019, community benefit activities were broadened beyond investment to create a more thorough approach to benefit footprints. |
5. Improve diversity at all levels throughout the company. ![]() |
In 2019, Sherritt launched an internal global framework for diversity and inclusion (D&I), which includes site-level plans for the next five years. D&I committees were established at each of the sites. |
6. Be recognized as a “preferred supplier” of responsibly produced products. ![]() |
In 2019, we updated our Human Rights Policy and Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Policy, completed a Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (CAHRA) assessment of the Moa Joint Venture feed supplies, and developed and implemented a Third-Party Feed Policy. |
GRI Index
We have aligned our report with the Global Reporting Initiative’s GRI Standards Guide. See www.globalreporting.org for more information.
Management Approach Disclosures | ||||
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GRI Indicator | Description | Location | SDG | |
103-1 | Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | |||
103-2 | Number of grievances filed, addressed and resolved |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
Economic Performance | ||||
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GRI Indicator | Description | Location | SDG | |
Material Topic: Economic Performance | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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201-1 | Direct economic value generated and distributed |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development About Sherritt – Economic Performance 2019 Financial Results – Management’s Discussion and Analysis |
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201-2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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201-4 | Financial assistance received from government | |||
Material Topic: Market Presence | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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202-2 | Proportion of senior management hired from the local community | |||
Material Topic: Indirect Economic Impacts | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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203-1 | Infrastructure investments and services supported |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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203-2 | Significant indirect economic impacts |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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SI-1 | Economic benefit footprint |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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Material Topic: Procurement Practices | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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204-1 | Proportion of spending on local suppliers |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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Material Topic: Anti-Corruption | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures | |||
205-2 | Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures |
Environmental Performance | ||||
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GRI Indicator | Description | Location | SDG | |
Material Topic: Energy | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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302-1 | Energy consumption within the organization |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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Material Topic: Water | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures | |||
303-1 | Water withdrawal by source | |||
303-3 | Water recycled and reused | |||
Material Topic: Biodiversity | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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304-1 | Operational sites owned, leased, managed in or adjacent to protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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304-2 | Significant impacts of activities, products and services on biodiversity |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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304-3 | Habitats protected or restored |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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MM1 | Amount of land disturbed or rehabilitated |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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MM2 | Sites requiring biodiversity management plans |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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Material Topic: Emissions | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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305-1 | Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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305-2 | Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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305-7 | Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx) and other significant air emissions |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Energy and Climate Change |
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Material Topic: Effluents and Waste | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Tailings Management Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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306-2 | Waste by type and disposal method | |||
306-3 | Significant spills |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Biodiversity and Land |
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MM3 | Total amounts of overburden, rock, tailings and sludge and their associated risks |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Tailings Management |
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Material Topic: Environmental Compliance | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Environmental Liabilities, Closure and Reclamation |
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307-1 | Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Tailings Management Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Water Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Environmental Liabilities, Closure and Reclamation |
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SI-2 | High-severity environmental incidents | |||
SI-3 | Reportable environmental incidents |
Social Performance: Labour Practices | ||||
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GRI Indicator | Description | Location | SDG | |
Material Topic: Employment | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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401-1 | New employee hires and employee turnover |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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401-3 | Parental leave | |||
Material Topic: Labour/Management Relations | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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402-1 | Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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MM4 | Number of strikes and lock-outs exceeding one week’s duration, by country |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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Material Topic: Occupational Health and Safety | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Health and Safety |
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403-2 | Types of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Health and Safety |
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SI-4 | Emergency preparedness | |||
Material Topic: Diversity and Equal Opportunity | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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405-1 | Diversity of governance bodies and employees |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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405-2 | Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men |
Social Performance: Human Rights | ||||
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GRI Indicator | Description | Location | SDG | |
Material Topic: Non-Discrimination | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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406-1 | Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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Material Topic: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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407-1 | Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
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Material Topic: Child Labour | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures | |||
408-1 | Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labour | |||
Material Topic: Security Practices | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures | |||
410-1 | Security personnel trained in human rights policies or procedures | |||
Material Topic: Human Rights Assessment | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures | |||
412-1 | Operations that have been subject to human rights reviews or impact assessments |
Social Performance: Society | ||||
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GRI Indicator | Description | Location | SDG | |
Material Topic: Local Communities | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Stakeholder Engagement Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Community Development |
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413-1 | Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments and development programs |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Stakeholder Engagement |
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SI-5 | Number of community meetings |
Engaging Stakeholders and Benefitting Communities – Stakeholder Engagement |
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Material Topic: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining | ||||
MM8 | Number and percentage of company operating sites where artisanal and small-scale mining takes place on, or adjacent to, the site; the associated risks and the action taken to manage and mitigate these risks | |||
Material Topic: Resettlement | ||||
MM9 | Sites where resettlements took place, the number of households resettled in each, and how their livelihoods were affected in the process | |||
Material Topic: Closure Planning | ||||
103 | Management approach disclosures |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Environmental Liabilities, Closure and Reclamation |
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MM10 | Number and percentage of operations with closure plans |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility – Environmental Liabilities, Closure and Reclamation |
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Material Topic: Oil & Gas | ||||
OG1 | Volume and type of estimated proven reserves and production | |||
OG4 | Number and percentage of significant operating sites in which biodiversity risk has been assessed and monitored | |||
OG5 | Volume and disposal of formation or produced water | |||
OG6 | Volume of flared and vented hydrocarbon | |||
OG7 | Amount of drilling waste and strategies for treatment and disposal | |||
OG11 | Number of sites that have been decommissioned and sites that are in the process of being decommissioned | |||
OG13 | Number of process safety events, by business activity |
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Communication of Progress
Please see www.unglobalcompact.org for more information on the UNGC.
UN Global Compact Principles Reference | Location/Description |
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Principle 1: Human Rights
Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights. |
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Principle 2: Human Rights
Businesses should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses. |
Operating Ethically – Human Rights Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Site Security Case Study – Implementing the Voluntary Principles Initiative |
Principle 3: Labour
Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining. |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
Principle 4: Labour
Businesses should uphold the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour. |
Operating Ethically – Business Conduct Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
Principle 5: Labour
Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labour. |
Our Approach – Sustainability Framework – Management Systems |
Principle 6: Labour
Businesses should uphold the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
Principle 7: Environment
Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges. |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility |
Principle 8: Environment
Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility. |
Demonstrating Environmental Responsibility Case Study – Cleaning the Ocean as We Go in Cuba Case Study – Tarea Vida – Tackling Climate Change Case Study – Rehabilitation and Reclamation in Moa, Cuba Case Study – Making Sustainability Month an Annual Tradition Case Study – Volunteering Program in Moa – Serving the Communities Around Us Case Study – Forward Looking Innovation for Responsible Processing |
Principle 9: Environment
Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. |
Case Study – Clean Development Mechanism Credits in Cuba Case Study – Forward Looking Innovation for Responsible Processing |
Principle 10: Anti-Corruption
Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery. |
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Please see www.oecd.org for more information on the OECD.
OECD | Location |
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OECD IV. Human Rights | |
OECD V. Employment and Industrial Relations |
Providing a Safe and Rewarding Workplace – Employee Relations |
OECD VI. Environment | |
OECD VII. Combatting Bribery, Bribe Solicitation and Extortion | |
OECD VIII. Consumer Interest | |
OECD IX. Science and Technology | |
OECD X. Competition | |
OECD XI. Taxation |