Exxaro Resources Limited
Environmental, social and governance report for the year ended 31 December 2025
South Africa faces deep socio-economic pressures, including persistent unemployment, inequality and increasing strain on public services. These realities shape expectations for mining companies to foster safe, inclusive workplaces and contribute meaningfully to community wellbeing and economic resilience.
For Exxaro, strong social performance underpins labour stability, trusted relationships and long-term business sustainability.
Our response is guided by the Sustainable Growth and Impact strategy, which focuses on empowering people through safety, wellbeing, capability development and equity, and on catalysing socio-economic development that endures beyond mining. Human rights and ethical conduct guide how we conduct our business.
Our people and social impact strategies are underpinned by strong governance and policy frameworks, ensuring responsible conduct and long-term sustainability. Our people practices are guided by:
We are building a people-fit organisation by developing capability, strengthening wellbeing and creating a safe, inclusive and high-performance culture.
We advance safety excellence through the One Voice Safety strategy and zero-tolerance rules, embedding visible leadership, behavioural maturity and technology to achieve zero harm.
We promote employee resilience through proactive health programmes, disease awareness, mental wellness support and partnerships that strengthen public health outcomes.
We drive organisational transformation through anti-racism commitments, inclusive leadership, disability inclusion and targeted actions to improve representation and workplace experience.
We develop a future-fit workforce by expanding digital learning, strengthening technical and leadership capability, embedding individual development plans and building robust succession pipelines for critical and scarce-skills roles.
Our social impact management approach focuses on addressing the root causes of socio-economic vulnerability in host communities. It takes a long-term, systemic approach that creates multidimensional benefits, guided by three focus areas (detailed in the infographic on the right). These interventions deliver integrated ESG outcomes by supporting climate-resilient livelihoods, reducing poverty, strengthening community health and enabling sustainable economic participation.
Partnerships with credible institutions and transparent funding mechanisms ensure the Social Impact strategy maintains integrity and scalability.
Three high-potential incidents and seven LTIs recorded in 2025, resulting in an LTIFR of 0.04 against the target of 0.05
An increase in occupational disease cases from 23 to 40, with TB remaining the most prevalent condition
Delays in delivering certain SLP projects due to partner and implementing agent capacity constraints
Community expectations that exceed available resources, increasing pressure on project delivery and stakeholder relationships
Four incidents of
community unrest
across all BUs
Seven injuries incurred
by employees at our
operations
One case of alleged
discrimination or
related grievances filed
Three cases of sexual
harassment
reported
2026
key actions
In 2026, we will deepen our social impact by developing health partnerships and accelerating capability development across the value chain. This includes: