Social Performance
Sustainability
SOCIAL PERFORMANCE
The Company’s relationship with its people and the communities where it does business, the different facets of the corporate culture that illustrates its support for their rights, and the standards and targets on performance metrics that it has set for itself are covered under this section on Social Performance.
In 2020, the Company recorded a total of 1,669 people in its employ. The employees come from both local communities and other regions, with bias towards local hires as part of its commitment to contribute to economic progress of local communities.
With an avowed policy to being an equal opportunity employer, the Company is a source of productive employment for the local communities and indigenous peoples within its area.
The Company prioritizes offering jobs to the local applicants and makes sure that the host community and neighboring communities are aware of the opportunities available.
And because of the nature of work, the mining industry is traditionally more attractive for male applicants. A non- discrimination policy in the recruitment process, however, ensures that everyone — regardless of their gender, race, religion, ethnicity, or educational attainment – will have an equal playing field in the recruitment process with roles open to all as long as they are qualified for the position.
For last year, the male to female ratio remained at about 7 males for every 1 female employee in the Company’s workforce. At the same time, hiring indigenous peoples within its scope is something PGMC perceives as an opportunity. The Company is able to identify various groups of indigenous peoples within its scope and offers them employment opportunities in its mine site as it hopes to increase the number of hires from the group in the future.