Promoting sustainable opportunities linked to mining

from SA Business Integrator - Volume 9 l Issue 1

Mining companies need to adapt to a greener economy

Promoting sustainable

opportunities linked to mining

An impactful, mutually beneficial and outcomes-based engagement platform has been established to strengthen relationships between Impala Rustenburg and the local business community.

The Impala Mine Host Community Business Forum Engagement Platform is a legitimate and recognised structure that will enable business forums to build trust and improve stakeholder relations, which in turn will sustain operational stability.

The engagement platform will provide the local business forums with information on inclusive preferential procurement opportunities, enterprise and supplier development (ESD) initiatives, and social and labour plan procurement (LED) opportunities.

The engagement platform will also facilitate Impala’s updates and progress reports on procurement spent to the business forums and provides a structure for Impala to receive feedback from mine host community business forums.

Two-way communication is the cornerstone of good stakeholder relations...

Opportunity to change narrative between mining companies and local business forums

“We believe that this is a promising opportunity for our business forums to build a positive relationship with Impala, and an opportunity to change the narrative on the relationship between mining companies and local business forums,” says Neo Kgaje from Mine Host Community Business Forum (MHCBF) representing the collective of 14 business forums.

“We look forward to building a two-way engagement platform where recommendations and proposals are put forward to enable positive outcomes that will impact the local economy in a manner that is inclusive, transformative and progressive in nature,” he adds.

Mark Munroe, Chief Executive at Impala Rustenburg, says: “Impala Rustenburg’s commitment to the development of SMMEs in our mine communities is demonstrated through our investment in numerous impactful initiatives that form part of our socio-economic development plan, which assists minecommunity small, medium, and micro business owners to formalise their businesses.

Impala launches Economic Inclusion Centre for SMMEs

“We provide a five-day training programme and an intensive 12-month ESD training programme, which has benefitted 400 SMMEs since our ESD initiatives launched in 2021. We also launched an Economic Inclusion Centre that is open to SMMEs across all our mine communities and is designed to provide a place for mine community SMMEs to gain assistance with formalising their businesses, access short courses and use the various business facilities available at the centre,” Munroe adds.

“The Mine Host Community Business Forum Engagement Platform is aimed at fostering a spirit of collaboration and ensuring the socio-economic well-being of Impala mine-community SMMEs. Two-way communication is the cornerstone of good stakeholder relations and is essential to ensure that all parties derive the benefits of procurement opportunities, ESD programmes and other initiatives.

“We are excited to further open the channels of communication with the SMMEs in our mine communities – and to work together to improve the future of Rustenburg,” Munroe concludes. 

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Atlantis SEZ harnessing the green economy

The Atlantis Special Economic Zone for green technologies aims to harness the green economy for growth and increase job opportunities by driving sustainable development and job creation.

It is a key element in the Western Cape government’s Economic Recovery Plan and the scheduling of the company as a provincial business enterprise bodes very well for its role as a game changer in the renewable energy sectors of the Western Cape’s economy.

The eco-industrial park seeks to attract investors who embody the elements and ethos of green technology manufacturing. The Atlantis SEZ is run on the principles of reduction of carbon and promotion of resource effi cient business activities culminating into a socially inclusive economy. With the Atlantis Special Economic Company (ASEZCo) forming part of a mature and effective investment ecosystem in the Western Cape, your investment is sure to land in a credible administration in an effi cient and cost-effective manner.

Atlantis presents itself as the ideal location from which to compete in Africa and the world’s green technology markets by offering green infrastructure, a strong support base from government, as well as fruitful business relationships for investors, as you work closely with the locals and help uplift the community. Green skills development and growing technical capabilities within the Atlantis community are part of the ASEZCo’s strategic objectives, aligned to the legislative requirement of the Special Economic Zones Act to grow the regional economy and drive socio-economic impact.

Driving growth through green economy innovation and sustainable job opportunities remains at the heart of what the ASEZCo does. These principles will contribute towards growing the regional economy in a meaningful and impactful way and enabling the regeneration of Atlantis to become a leader in green economy manufacturing, within an eco-industrial park that puts sustainability, and social inclusion at the top of its agenda.