Anglo American’s Social Way 3.0 follows the Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) management method. The tasks outlined in each stage of the cycle are not strictly chronological and may overlap. risks and impacts can change over time, so risk and impact management must be dynamic and regularly reviewed. Engagement with a range of stakeholders is required across the cycle and should be aligned with activities conducted for other impact and risk assessment and management activities, in line with guidance in section 3A.
Figure 4C.5 The PDCA cycle relevant to community health and safety management
The tasks to support the assessment process are summarised in Figure 4C.5 and a process flow in Figure 4C.6 which provides the required linkages to a standard methodology and the cycle. A more detailed summary of these steps, the purpose/objectives, broad inputs and outputs, what resources may be required, and the general timeframes per task, is to be found in Tool 4C.4.
Use of consultants is described in section 1 and Tool 4C.5 describes considerations when engaging an external health impact assessment specialist/consultant.
As described in Section 2, community health and safety considerations are always screened into the Anglo American’s Social Way 3.0 assessment, as road traffic accidents and risks related to accidents and injuries represent a significant likely impact present at every site. Considerations related to assessing community safety elements linked to road safety should be addressed in the process under 7, but additional guidance for consideration in the baseline-data-collection efforts and design of management plans are discussed in 4C Guidance Note 6.