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Impacts on economic livelihoods, which include the following elements: sources of livelihood (e.g. land, subsistence production, rivers/marine, forests, pasture, minerals/subsoil, etc.); income; access to work; diversity of livelihoods; productivity and legality of livelihoods; adequate levels of income generation; loans, credit, savings or other financial support. |
- Fishermen unable to sustain livelihoods, owing to contamination of water sources impacting on fish
- Resettled community unable to sustain livelihoods, due to lack of land available for farming
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- Human resources
- Social Performance
- S&SD
- Supply Chain
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| Personal and Political security |
Impacts on personal and political security, which include the following elements: access to justice; access to labour rights; freedom from slavery and forced and child labour; freedom from persecution or discrimination or harassment; freedom from violence and conflict; ability to participate in political, economic and social systems; ability to participate in community/public decision-making; ability to participate in company engagement and consultation; fair policing and public security; freedom from corruption and bribery. |
- Discrimination of certain groups of people in site recruitment practices
- Increase in gender-based violence, as a result of Site-Induced Migration
- Community members excluded from site stakeholder activities
- Excessive overtime by contractor workers
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- Human Resources
- Security
- Social Performance
- S&SD
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| Socio-Cultural Networks |
Impacts on Socio-Cultural Networks, which includes the following elements: social networks and connectedness, community groups, ability to provide leadership, community trust, social cohesion, anti-social behaviour, social ills, access to knowledge and skills. |
- Increase in alcohol abuse, drug use, gambling, as a result of Site-Induced Migration
- Decrease in social cohesion, due to presence of foreign site workers
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- Social Performance
- Human Resources
- Security
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| Infrastructure and Services |
Impacts on Infrastructure and Services, which include the following elements: access to, functionality and affordability of: housing; education; healthcare; transport; recreation; power; sanitation; water supply; emergency services; places of worship; telecommunications; and household goods and equipment. |
- Lack of affordability of public services, due to increase in inflation caused by a large mining investment.
- Lack of access to public services and infrastructure due to lack of capacity of these services and infrastructure to absorb increase in population caused by Site-Induced Migration
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| Cultural Heritage |
Impacts on Cultural Heritage, which include the following elements:
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Tangible forms of Cultural Heritage, such as:
- Archaeological resources: concentrated and patterned physical remains of past human activity. A resource may include artefacts, human, animal, plant or structural remains, and soil features. This definition includes prehistoric and historic terrestrial and marine archaeological sites)
- Built Heritage resources: Above-ground, standing structures (buildings, monuments, infrastructure, etc.) or groups of structures with historical, cultural, religious, and/or artistic value to stakeholders. This includes graves.
- Living Heritage resources: A structure or natural landscape feature that is a part of a living cultural tradition and/or where stakeholders enact, perform, and/or practice cultural traditions and activities, including sacred groves, rocks, lakes, and waterfalls.
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- Intangible Cultural Heritage; i.e. traditions or living expressions inherited and passed on, such as: oral traditions; performing arts; social practices; rituals; festive events; knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; and the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts. The importance of Intangible Cultural Heritage is not the cultural manifestation itself, but rather the wealth of knowledge and skills that is transmitted through it from one generation to the next.
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- Loss of historic building, due to site expansion
- Damage to graves, caused by site construction activities
- Disturbance of sacred forest, caused by site traffic
- Loss of local customs and rituals, caused by Site-Induced Migration
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- Social Performance
- Security
- S&SD
- Project and Operations teams
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| Community Health and Safety |
Impacts on the physical and/or mental health or safety of individuals, including illness, disease and injuries, and well-being.
Illness or injury may not present itself immediately. Health impacts may be related to changes in air quality, water quality, noise and vibration, etc. Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. Mental health impacts may be related to feelings of discomfort, nuisance and/or stress.
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- Community fatalities, as a result of accidents involving site traffic on public roads
- Long-term illness, from dust or other air pollution
- Illness, from drinking from contaminated water sources
- Increase in stress levels of community members, due to fear of failure of new tailings dam facility or perceived environmental impacts
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- S&SDSocial Performance
- Social Performance
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