Anglo American strives to be socially and environmentally responsible in their mining operations. They aim to make profits for shareholders while contributing to local communities. An example is consulting stakeholders in Lisheen, Ireland for a new zinc mine. Anglo American also works to make communities sustainable long-term by building a water purification plant in South Africa. Their environmental practices minimize pollution and harm to landscapes from mining, and improve skills for local people. They have conservation projects like creating habitat at a UK quarry, planting 10,000 reeds.

1. Anglo American Case Study:Social and Environmental Responsibility By: Johnny Castillo

2. Social Responsibility Founder Sir Ernest Oppenheimer said "The aim of this group is, and will remain, to make profits for our shareholders, but to do it in such a way as to make a real and lasting contribution to the communities in which we operate“ This shows the company’s drive to be socially responsible and to help out the community

3. Social Responsibility Anglo American strives to make the communities that they operate in sustainable and help the sustainable development since most of the communities are fragile. An example of how Anglo American is socially responsible is in the community of Lisheen, Ireland where there is a new zinc mine. There is consultation with stakeholders and members of the local community This social responsibility helps the company establish a productive working relationship with the community

4. Environmental Responsibility By striving for sustainability Anglo American is contributing to their environmental responsibility. An example of this is in South Africa where Anglo American built the Emalahleni purifying plant to purify the waste water from the coal plants. They then give this water back to the community which reflects their social and environmental responsibility

5. Environmental Responsibility The core practice of Anglo American is environmentally responsible the core concerns in which Anglo American carries out its mining is this: minimize noise and other types of pollution, minimize harm to the landscape after mining has been completed , and seek to improve the skills and opportunities available to local people.

6. Anglo American Conservation The company has many conservation projects. In Tarmac's Langford Quarry in the UK, Anglo American has contributed to create reef beds and streams around the whole quarry. They have planted 10,000 reeds

7. The Key Strategic Issues of Anglo American