Delivering meaningful socio-economic value is integral to Exxaro's purpose of powering better lives in Africa and beyond. Our efforts focus on addressing unemployment, enhancing education and enabling infrastructure development to empower host communities and drive inclusive economic growth.
By taking action in the focus areas described below, we are building resilient and thriving host communities, creating opportunities and leaving a positive legacy.
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| Empowering our communities | Uplifting host communities is vital to socio-economic stability, sustaining Exxaro's licence to operate and aligning with South Africa's national development goals. Addressing critical challenges such as education, skills development and job creation ensures long-term community resilience. | We implement initiatives designed to uplift local communities and deliver lasting impact, such as early childhood development (ECD) and school development programmes, skills training and municipal capacity building.
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| Developing local enterprises and suppliers | Supporting local enterprise growth boosts economic transformation, creates employment and builds a stronger local supply chain, thereby promoting economic transformation and long-term community sustainability. | Our ESD programme offers financial and non-financial support to black-owned businesses, with a focus on SMMEs from host communities. This includes incubator hubs, mentorship and funding, ensuring a sustainable pipeline of capable suppliers.
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| Creating viable and sustainable post‑mining economies | Intentionally using our land assets, capabilities and ecosystems helps us to create post-mining economies while we are still mining and post mining, while also reducing the over reliance on mining as a source of local economic livelihood. | Our MSP offers developmental, financial and technical support to emerging farmers in host communities and labour sending areas, helping them to become self‑sustainable and secure and successfully deliver on commercial offtake agreements.
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| Ensuring supply chain sustainability | A sustainable supply chain mitigates economic, social and environmental risks, supports compliance with industry procurement targets and aligns with Exxaro's decarbonisation goals. | Our supply chain sustainability initiatives prioritise local black-owned businesses and women-owned enterprises, integrating socio-economic development into procurement decisions. We also advance ethical conduct and green procurement to align supply chain activities with environmental and governance standards.
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Communities and local stakeholders
We engage with communities to understand their needs and co-create economic upliftment projects. Regular consultations with community forums and SMMEs ensure alignment with their priorities and Exxaro's development goals.
Government agencies
We collaborate with the DMRE, Department of Education (DoE), DoH, dtic and Department of Small Business Development to comply with legislation and align initiatives with national and provincial priorities. Partnerships with Sedfa and local municipalities promote skills development for youth, entrepreneurs and SMMEs. Development finance institutions at national and provincial levels assist with funding various socio-economic development efforts.
Industry associations
We collaborate with the Minerals Council to contribute to socio-economic development and share best practices as part of the Community Development workstream and the ESD Community of Practice. Partnerships with industry peers also support supply chain sustainability objectives.
NGOs and programme partners
Through partnerships with organisations such as the National Business Initiative, Impact Catalyst, Cotlands, SE Holdings, University of Johannesburg, Siyakhana Growth and Development, Komatsu and Yes4Youth, we advance education, skills development and employment opportunities for host community members.
Private sector organisations
Exxaro delivers tailored training and development programmes through leading institutions such as the GIBS and SAICA. Financial contributions to BUSA initiatives and funding partnerships further drive inclusive economic growth and create job opportunities.
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