text,target
Percentage of board members who are women,Percentage of female board members
Mineral waste - Accumulated tailings,Total weight of tailings waste
Mineral waste - Accumulated waste rock (on surface),Total weight of waste directed to rock dump sites
"Number of employees trained, including internal and external training interventions",Total number of employees in training
Environmental fines and/or non-compliances,Fines associated with environmental incidents
Total investment in skills development,Total employee training expenditure
Employee turnover,Voluntary turnover rate for all employees
AET training employees,Total number of adults in education & training (AET) programmes
MTCFR,Medically treated injury frequency rate (MTIFR)
Percentage of staff covered by an independent union or collective bargaining agreements,Percentage of employees covered by collective agreements
Current tax and royalties,"Total amount of taxes paid and payable (encompassing not only income taxes, but also other levies and taxes, such as property taxes or value added taxes) plus related penalties paid, plus all royalties, license fees, and other payments to Government for a given period"
Representation (HDP South Africans) - Middle management (Average of SA region),Percentage of black people/ HDSA in middle management
51% black-owned suppliers,"BBBEE procurement spend from Exempt Micro Enterprises (EMEs), Qualifyimg Small Enterprises (QSEs) & Empowering Suppliers that are >51 black owned"
Land used for mining (hectare),"Area of land used for the production of basic plant, animal or mineral commodities (e.g. the area of land used for forestry, agriculture or mining activities)."
Salaries and wages paid,Employee wages and benefits
Total skills development expenditure (R million),Total employee training expenditure
"Rand value of CSI/SED spend on basic needs and social development, including nutrition and/or feeding programmes",Total spend on community health & social welfare initiatives excl. infrastructure investments
Total number of person hours worked (million),Total number of hours worked
tCO2e / capita / annum,GHG Intensity (GHG Scope 1 +Scope 2 per Revenue)
Top management - Female African,Number of black women in executive management
Total indirect Nox,Air emissions of the following pollutants: (2) NOx (excluding N2O)
Social Investment Spend - Community health and infrastructure,Spend on community health & wellness programmes
Hazardous waste to landfil,Hazardous waste to legal landfill
Rand value of total revenue generated in South Africa,Revenue
Total energy use (thousand gigajoules),Total energy consumed
Taxes paid in South Africa and Namibia,Total amount of taxes paid and payable
Total direct CO2,GHG Scope 1 emissions
Hazardous waste (kilotons),Hazardous waste
Revenue,Revenue
B-BBEE Level,B-BBEE Scorecard Level
LTIFR (including RWC),Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
Rand value of corporate social investment (CSI) / socioeconomic development (SED) expenditures – reported,"Spend on ALL infrastructure and services investment, development, support of housing, sanitation, energy, telecoms and other community-related needs (consolidated CSI Spend)"
Investments in projects to improve water efficiency,Total spend or investment towards the treatment of water for the purposes of reusing/recycling it back into the production process and/or back into the ecosystem so as to avoid water wastage
Lost-time injury frequency rate (number of lost-time injuries per 200 000 person hours worked) (South Africa),Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
Sub-Total Scope 1 & 2,GHG Scope 1 emissions + GHG Scope 2 emissions
Indirect carbon dioxide (CO2 ) Scope 2 (kilotons),GHG Scope 2 emissions
Preferential procurement from all suppliers,Total procurement spend
Depreciation,Depreciation as per income statement
Average hours training per person,Average hours of training per employee
Senior management - African,Number of black people/HDSA  in senior management
Board members,Number of Board Members
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate,Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
Investment in bursary scheme (R million),"Total spend or investment in the reporting period for graduate development, bursaries or skills development for employees"
Electricity consumed,Total megawatt hours electricity consumed
Employees currently receiving company-provided ART (anti-retroviral treatment),Number of HIV-positive employees undergoing anti-retroviral treatment (ART)
Number of board members who are women,Number of female board members
Personnel,Employee wages and benefits
"Fines, penalties and settlements (US$ million)",Penalties/fines or contributions paid
Training spend (Rm),Total employee training expenditure
Employee turnover – South Africa,Voluntary turnover rate for all employees
Indirect employees,Total number of contractors
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL),Total number of noise induced hearing loss cases
Number of employees (full time equivalent),Total number of employees
Investments in projects to improve waste efficiency,Total spend on waste management initiatives
Non-renewable – Electricity (kWh),Total megawatt hours electricity consumed
B-BBEE (RSA only) - Black-owned women spend,Procurement from suppliers that are majority black-owned or 30% or more black women-owned
Total mineral waste,Total weight of mineral processing waste
Carbon emissions – Scope 1,GHG Scope 1 emissions
Percentage of employees who are women,Percentage of women in workforce
Number of board members,Number of Board Members
Rehabilitation provisions,Total investment towards rehabilitating land damaged/disturbed by operations
Fatalities (Average of SA region),Number of work-related fatalities
Independent Board members,Number of independent board members
New cases of NIHL* – employees and contractors,Total number of noise induced hearing loss cases
Rand value of carbon tax paid,Total External carbon tax paid
Total assets,Total assets as per balance sheet
Staff costs and benefits (Rbn),Employee wages and benefits
Number of person hours worked – employees and contractors,Total number of hours worked
Waste intensity (tonnes milled/total waste),Waste intensity (total waste / sales)
Representation (HDP South Africans) - Executive management (Average of SA region),Percentage of black people/ HDSA in executive management
Average age 40-49 years,Board members between 30 - 50
Non-renewable – Diesel (kWh),Total fuel consumed
Learnerships – to unemployed / Learnerships – to individuals with disabilities / Internships,"Total number of participants in learnerships, internships & apprenticeships"
Finance costs,Finance cost per income statement
Overall board and committee meeting attendance,Board meeting attendance rate
Junior management - Female African,Number of black people/HDSA  in junior management
Executive directors,Number of executive board members
Physical footprint - Branches,Number of retail locations
Community development,"Total spend on local, regional or national community development initiatives"
Total Rand value of investments in projects to improve environmental efficiencies,Total expenditure on green investments
Non-hazardous waste sent to landfill,Non-hazardous waste sent to legal landfill
Top management - African,Number of black people/HDSA  in executive management
"Number of Lost Time Injuries (LTIs, i.e., injuries on duty leading to at least one lost day)",Number of lost time injuries for employees
"Fatalities (i.e. injuries on duty leading to death, excluding the deaths of workers not occurring “at work”) – employees and contractors",Number of work-related fatalities
Employee bursaries (number of bursaries),Total number of bursaries awarded
Employee diversity (%) - Total women employees,Percentage of women in workforce
Total number of employees trained (including AET),Total number of employees in training
consumption),Value Added (i.e. Revenue - Cost of Sales as per Income Statement)
Water consumption (kilolitres),Total water consumed
Lost-time injuries,Number of lost time injuries for employees
Percentage of employees who belong to a trade union,Percentage of employees covered by collective agreements
Energy efficiency: total direct and indirect energy consumed per ton of sugar produced,Energy Efficiency (Energy consumption per saleable output)
"Percentage hazardous waste recycled, reused and refurbished",Percentage hazardous waste recycled
"Total carbon emissions (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, CO2 e) – Scopes 1, 2 and 3",Total Absolute GHG emissions (scope 1 - 3)
Non-hazardous waste (kilotons),Non-hazardous waste
Salaries and employee benefits,Employee wages and benefits
Number of new appointments/rehires externally - Male,"Total number of new employee hires during the reporting period, by gender: Male"
Representation (HDP South Africans) - Senior management (Average of SA region),Percentage of black people/ HDSA in senior management
Junior management - African,Number of black women in junior management
General waste to landfill,Non-hazardous waste sent to legal landfill
Female Board members,Number of female board members
Rand value of investments in projects to improve energy efficiency,Total expenditure on energy conservation initiatives
"Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR, i.e., number of LTIs per 200 000 person hours worked) – reported",Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
Scope 3,GHG Scope 3 emissions
Undergraduate and postgraduate bursars,Total number of bursaries awarded
between 50 and 60 + older than 60,Board members over 50
FIFR,Fatal injury frequency rate (FIFR)
Hazardous waste disposed of at appropriate facilities,Hazardous waste to legal landfill
Cost of ART**,Total spend or investment towards HIV/Aids initiatives in the reporting period/s
Scope 3,GHG Scope 3 emissions
Infrastructure Development,Infrastructure development in host communities
Total number of person hours worked (PHW) – calculated,Total hours of training per year
"Lost time injuries (LTIs, i.e. injuries on duty leading to at least one lost day) – employees and contractors",Number of lost time injuries for employees
Reportable injuries,Number of occupational injuries
Fatality,Fatality rate
Natural gas used in stationary combustion equipment,Natural gas consumed
Sub-Total Scope 2: location-based,GHG Scope 2 emissions
Total – company managed/farmed land (owned and leased),Area of forestland owned
Total procurement spend on qualifying small enterprises and exempt micro enterprises(Rbn),"BBBEE procurement spend from Exempt Micro Enterprises (EMEs), Qualifyimg Small Enterprises (QSEs) & Empowering Suppliers that are >51 black owned"
Middle management - Female African,Number of black women in middle management
Number of employees who received training,Total number of employees in training
Employee and service provider fatalities,Number of work-related fatalities
Local procurement as a percentage of total (South Africa) (%),Percentage of local procurement (BEE spend in SA)
"CSI/SED spend on health, including HIV/AIDS",Total spend on community health & social welfare initiatives excl. infrastructure investments
Executive directors,Number of executive board members
Total greenhouse gas (CO2 equivalent) (kilotons),Total Absolute GHG emissions (scope 1 - 3)
Total water withdrawn,Total fresh water withdrawn
Women in the workforce / Women in Mining (Average of SA region),Percentage of women in workforce
Research and development,Total expenditures on research and development activities
30% black-owned suppliers,Procurement from suppliers that are majority black-owned or 30% or more black women-owned
Number of employees who are deemed 'disabled',Number of employees living with disabilities (PwD)
B-BBEE level,B-BBEE Scorecard Level
"Rand value of CSI/SED spend on health, including HIV/AIDS",Spend on community health & wellness programmes
Percentage of employees who are women (SA only),Percentage of women in workforce
Group material consumption Electricity,Total megawatt hours electricity consumed
Key production figures – Energy,Total energy consumed
Empowering QSE Suppliers,BBBEE procurement spend from Qualifyimg Small Enterprises (QSEs) as a % of total spend
Women board members,Number of female board members
"Scope 3 CO2e emission (indirect, not scope 1 or 2) (tonnes)",GHG Scope 3 emissions
Skills development – SA operations (Rm),Total employee training expenditure
"Average training hours per person, by gender and by race, including compliance training - Male",Average hours of training provided to male employees during the reporting period
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,Total number of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COAD) cases
Number of registered patents,Total number of patents held
"TB rate per 1,000 employees",TB incident rate
Water abstracted – total,Total fresh water withdrawn
Total socioeconomic development (SED),"Total spend or investment in socio-economic development initiatives or programs that aim to support financial inclusion, livelihoods etc"
Number of employees receiving leadership training,Number of employees in/ recipients of leadership training
Total carbon emissions (tonnes CO_{2} ),Total Absolute GHG emissions (scope 1 - 3)
Independent non-executive directors,Number of non-executive board members
Other operating expenses,Other Income as per income statement
Carbon emissions (Tonnes CO2 e) – Scope 3,GHG Scope 3 emissions
B-BBEE (RSA only) - Black-owned spend,Total local/BBBEE procurement
Total value of E+Scalator Programme + Agri+Gator Programme,Total expenditure on ESD initiatives
Total rand value of compensation paid to executive directors – including gains realised from LTIP awards,Total compensation of board members (both executive and non-executive directors)
Percentage of employees who are deemed 'HDSA',Percentage of black people/ HDSA in workforce
Environmental incidents: level 3 and higher,Number of environmental incidents with a negative impact
Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) (Average of SA Region),Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
Value added statement (unaudited) - Employees,Employee wages and benefits
Senior management - Female African,Number of black women in senior management
Potable water (thousand cubic meters),Total potable water used in process
Silicosis,Total number of silicosis cases
Medically treated injury frequency rate (MTIFR),Medically treated injury frequency rate (MTIFR)
Employees on ART,Number of HIV-positive employees undergoing anti-retroviral treatment (ART)
Total direct and indirect energy consumption,Total energy consumed
Total energy use (kWh),Total energy consumed
Non-executive directors,Number of non-executive board members
Spend with black-owned businesses as a % of total procurement spend (%),Percentage of local procurement (BEE spend in SA)
"Total Number of recordable injuries, including MTCs, LTIs and Fatalities – calculated",Number of occupational injuries
B-BBEE level achieved,B-BBEE Scorecard Level
Total training hours ,Total hours of training per year
Water recycled (thousand cubic meters),Water recycling and reuse
Noise-induced hearing loss,Total number of noise induced hearing loss cases
Total water recycled,Water recycling and reuse
Total indirect CO2,GHG Scope 2 emissions
Scope 2,GHG Scope 2 emissions
Scope 1 CO2e emissions (direct – fossil fuels/non-renewable) (tonnes),GHG Scope 1 emissions
Executive Board members,Number of executive board members
Permanent employees,Total number of employees
Lost Workday Case Rate (LWDCR),Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
Corporate social investment (CSI)/Socio-economic development (SED) expenditures,"Spend on ALL infrastructure and services investment, development, support of housing, sanitation, energy, telecoms and other community-related needs (consolidated CSI Spend)"
Senior management - Female African,Number of black women in senior management
Volume of electricity consumed – purchased and self-generated,Total megawatt hours electricity consumed
Average tenure,Number of years on the Board per Board Member
Social Investment Spend - Enterprise and supplier development,Total expenditure on ESD initiatives
Total Emissions,Total Absolute GHG emissions (scope 1 - 3)
Total procurement spend in South Africa (Rbn),Total procurement spend
"Absolute GHG emissions (Total scope 1, 2 and outside of scopes (other direct emissions))",Total Absolute GHG emissions (scope 1 - 3)
Representation (HDP South Africans) - Junior management (Average of SA region),Percentage of black people/ HDSA in junior management
Rand value of CSI/SED spend on education,"Total spend or Investment towards poverty reduction services such as education, healthcare, and Infrastructure"
Total number of person hours worked,Total number of hours worked
Waste recycled,"Waste reused, remanufactured, recycled"
Water used,Total water consumed
Rand value of employee training spend,Total employee training expenditure
Social and labour plan (SLP) projects,Total spend on approved Social and Labour Plans (SLPs) in host and affected communities
Total carbon emissions (tonnes CO2 e) – Scope 1 and 2,GHG Scope 1 emissions + GHG Scope 2 emissions
Turnover,Revenue
Non-renewable – Gas (kWh),Natural gas consumed
Independent non-executive directors,Number of independent board members
Total BEE procurement spend,Total local/BBBEE procurement
Employee hours worked,Total number of hours worked
Total procurement spend on >30% black-owned companies (Rbn),Procurement from suppliers that are majority black-owned or 30% or more black women-owned
Rand value of total taxation paid in South Africa,Total amount of taxes paid and payable
Electricity purchased (renewable and non-renewable) (MWh),Total megawatt hours electricity consumed
B-BBEE verification certificate,B-BBEE Scorecard Level
Total waste (kilotons),Waste generated
Fatalities,Number of work-related fatalities
Unionised workforce,Percentage of employees covered by collective agreements
Total waste (tonnes),Waste generated
Percentage of female Board members.,Percentage of female board members
Recurrent revenue,Revenue
Carbon emissions (tonnes CO2 e) – Scope 2,GHG Scope 2 emissions
External learning programmes - Leadership and management,Number of employees in/ recipients of leadership training
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management - African,Number of black people/HDSA  in middle management
Waste Recycled,Percentage of waste recycled
Greenhouse gases – Reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emission,Percentage Reduction in GHG emissions
Waste to landfill (tonnes),Non-hazardous waste sent to legal landfill
Employees completing the Absa Way Code of Ethics training (%),"Total percentage employees who have received training on the organization’s ethics and anti-corruption policies and procedures, broken down by region."
TRAINING SPEND - Bursaries,"Total spend or investment in the reporting period for graduate development, bursaries or skills development for employees"
"Total direct and indirect (i.e., electricity) energy consumption in GJ",Total energy consumed
Fatal-injury frequency rate (number of fatalities per 200 000 person hours worked),Fatal injury frequency rate (FIFR)
"Community development expenditure (SA, US and Namibia)","Spend on ALL infrastructure and services investment, development, support of housing, sanitation, energy, telecoms and other community-related needs (consolidated CSI Spend)"
Enterprise and supplier development spend (i.e. support for small business),Total expenditure on ESD initiatives
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Indicator of Performance (kilotons),Air emissions of the following pollutants: (5)  volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Gross rehabilitation liabilities,Total spend or investment in activities focused on restoration and rehabilitation of land after production or operational activities have impacted the land area
Direct taxes paid to government,Total amount of taxes paid and payable
Recycled waste (kilotons),"Waste reused, remanufactured, recycled"
Rand value of funds invested in research and development – in South Africa,Total expenditures on research and development activities
Total volume of non-hazardous waste disposed (tonnes) – to landfill,Non-hazardous waste sent to legal landfill
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) (Average for SA Region),Recordable injury frequency rate (RIFR)
Number of board members who are deemed 'independent',Number of independent board members
"Rand value of total compensation paid to employees, including wages and benefits in South Africa",Employee wages and benefits
Scope 1,GHG Scope 1 emissions
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) – employees and contractors,Recordable injury frequency rate (RIFR)
Direct/Indirect energy,Total energy consumed
Total weighted spend with B-BBEE-accredited suppliers (Rbn),Total local/BBBEE procurement
Employee and service provider fatal injury frequency rate,Fatal injury frequency rate (FIFR)
Total number of training hours,Total hours of training per year
"Fatal injury frequency rate (FIFR, i.e. number of fatalities per 200 000 person hours worked) – employees and contractors",Fatal injury frequency rate (FIFR)
Total tax payments,Total amount of taxes paid and payable
Total carbon emissions – Scope 1 and 2,GHG Scope 1 emissions + GHG Scope 2 emissions
Water discharged (scheduled and/or non-scheduled effluent and/ or overflows) – total,Total planned water discharged
"Employee turnover (i.e., number of persons who departed relative to the total number of employees at year end)",Voluntary turnover rate for all employees
"Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen and superintendents -  African",Number of black people/HDSA  in junior management
Number of reported occupational diseases (South Africa only),Number of occupational diseases
Sub-Total Scope 1,GHG Scope 1 emissions
Natural gas (kilotons),Natural gas consumed
Recycled waste (tonnes),"Waste reused, remanufactured, recycled"
"Rand value of investments in COVID-19 avoidance, mitigation and treatment",Total spend or investment towards COVID Response
Total volume of waste recycled (or reused),"Waste reused, remanufactured, recycled"
Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements,Percentage of employees covered by collective agreements
Number of employees with disabilities,Number of employees living with disabilities (PwD)
Non-permanent employees,Total number of contractors
"Hazardous waste recycled, reused and treated",Hazardous waste recycled
Cyanide consumption,Total cyanide used in the manufacturing process
Total injury frequency rate (TIFR) – employees and contractors,All Inury Frequency Rate (Injuries/1m hrs worked)
"Total volume of water consumed (kilolitres, or Kl) – new purchases and/or abstractions (excluding recycled water used)",Total water consumed
Total volume of all waste generated (tonnes),Waste generated
Non-executive Board members,Number of non-executive board members
River water (thousand cubic meters),"Water withdrawals: Surface water (rain, wetland, river, creek, lake)"
% - UNAIDS (90-90-90),A description of the mechanisms and steps taken to ensure privacy and security of consumer data
Land under management,Area of forestland managed by the entity
Percentage of non-hazardous waste that is sent for recycling,Percentage non-hazardous waste recycled
Senior management - African,Number of black people/HDSA  in senior management
Turnover rate (voluntary and involuntary) Average for SA Operations ,Voluntary turnover rate for all employees
"CSI/SED spend on basic needs and social development, including nutrition and/or feeding programmes","Total spend or investment in socio-economic development initiatives or programs that aim to support financial inclusion, livelihoods etc"
Carbon emissions – Scope 2,GHG Scope 2 emissions
CSI/SED spend on education,"Total spend or Investment towards poverty reduction services such as education, healthcare, and Infrastructure"
"Average training hours per person, by gender and by race, including compliance training - Female",Average hours of training provided to female employees during the reporting period
Percentage of independent Board members,Percentage of independent board members
"Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen and superintendents - Female African",Number of black women in junior management
Current estimate of future rehabilitation costs,Total spend or investment in activities focused on restoration and rehabilitation of land after production or operational activities have impacted the land area
Percentage of waste disposed of that is sent for recycling (or reuse),Percentage of waste recycled
Total number of employees,Total number of employees
Investments in projects to improve energy efficiency,Total spend or investment towards Energy Management initiatives in the reporting period/s
Education/Skills development,"Total spend or Investment towards poverty reduction services such as education, healthcare, and Infrastructure"
Average age 50+,Board members over 50
WASTE GENERATED (INCLUDING HAZARDOUS WASTE),Waste generated
Percentage of employees who are deemed HDSA (SA only),Percentage of black people/ HDSA in workforce
% of total procurement (Average of SA region),Percentage of local procurement (BEE spend in SA)
Percentage of non-executive Board members,Percentage of non-executive board members
Number of board members,Number of Board Members
SO2 emissions,Air emissions of the following pollutants: (3) SOx
Work-related injuries,Number of occupational injuries
Net volume of water consumed,Total water consumed
Total water used (water consumption),Total water consumed
Leased and managed land - South Africa,Area of forestland managed by the entity
Staff,Total number of employees
Independent non-executive directors,Number of independent board members
Water use intensity - kl/t treated,Water use intensity (Water use per saleable production in the reporting period)
Total CO2e emissions: Scope 1 and 2,GHG Scope 1 emissions + GHG Scope 2 emissions
Number of board members who are deemed executive,Number of executive board members
Number of new appointments/rehires externally - Female,"Total number of new employee hires during the reporting period, by gender: Female"