MINING with local communities and support those communities through anyway possible .
“ Debswana has a strategy and a plan so that in all operations and day to day business , we identify where and how we can support local communities . That could be building a new school , a community hall or even a new room at a local hospital . All of these plans are identified in our overall Corporate Social Investment ( CSI ) plan ,” says Elias .
Safety in numbers With the current focus on integrating new technologies and plant expansions , the health , safety and wellbeing of the company ’ s employees remains at the heart of everything Debswana does .
“ One of our mandates as a company is that we strive to achieve zero harm and everything we do , we work hard to take into consideration the safety of our employees ,” says Elias .
Debswana ’ s Safety Risk Management Programme is designed to educate employees and contractors to identify hazards , assess and manage risks better . But for Elias , it doesn ’ t start and finish with the employees . Debswana has a proud safety leadership culture .
“ We make sure we have good safety management programmes , but we also educate our leaders in order to provide the necessary safety leadership competencies required ,” he says .
“ One of the things we promote is a culture of visible felt-leadership ( VFL ), where leaders , myself , or employees can walk through the operations and mines and identify risks and potential hazards long before they can become a problem . We then create strategies and initiatives around that .” www . debswana . com 123