SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009
  1. Scope of this report
  2. Key features of 2009
  3. Corporate profile
  4. Sustainability principles
  5. Letter from the CEO
  6. Governance
  7. Economic performance
  8. Social performance
  9. Environmental performance
  10. GRI reporting index
  11. Mining Charter reporting index
  12. Glossary of terms and acronyms

Social performance

Off duty employees at Cullinan

Health and safety

The health and safety of employees remains a priority for Petra. In addition to appropriate risk management processes, Petra has various strategies and systems, as well as training, in place to ensure that working places are safe, that employees are equipped to work safely and to raise safety awareness at all levels. MORE...

HIV/AIDS and malaria

A significant community health issue in South Africa is HIV/AIDS, while in Tanzania malaria, HIV/AIDS and water-borne diseases are community health challenges. MORE...

Employment and human rights

One of the most significant contributions made to sustainable development in Africa by Petra is jobs, directly through continued employment at operations that might otherwise have been closed or scaled, and indirectly through the employment of people and economic activity around operations. MORE...

Community

In recognising the fundamental rights and responsibilities that the Company has towards the sustainable existence of the communities in which it operates, Petra embraces the underlying principle of sustainability. MORE...

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Case studies

New species of ant discovered by Petra studies

An entirely new species of ant has been discovered in an area surrounded by tailings dumps at Cullinan. MORE...

The Selelo Youth Programme

Sedibeng’s continued support touches the lives of more than 60 underprivilegded children in this poor area. MORE...

The skills development training centre at Cullinan

The training centre at Cullinan offers engineering, metallurgy and mining courses on a part-time and full-time basis. MORE...

Petra Diamonds Limited

November 2009 | Sustainable Development Report 2009