Page 10 - AHAFO DIGEST trial

2018 AHAFO DIGEST

Inclusion & Diversity catch-up

Newmont is committed to pro-
moting women’s rights and gender
diversity within the workforce, as
well as in the communities where
we operate.

Across the company, Newmont
continues building Business
Resource Groups (BRGs) tailored
to women, veterans, multicultural,
locals and millennial generation
employees, among others, in
order to foster the exchange of A section of members touring the Process Plant
ideas and create a more diverse
and inclusive culture.

To learn more about Newmont’s
efforts on Inclusion and
Diversity, visit our sustainability
report, Beyond the Mine.
Below are some highlights of
Ahafo Women and Allies, a
Business Resource Group set up
to promote women and gender
activities.
Tom Palmer, President and COO presenting the cheque to the
• February - Chocolate Day Queenmother of Kenyasi No.1 to support WCC’s Revolving Fund
Celebrated on 14th February na-
tionwide. W&A shared chocolates • May – Insight into mining Wamahinso Roman Catholic
at the departmental level to create Careers @ OLA Girls Basic School; a project instituted
more awareness about the Busi- Some Science and Geography to inculcate reading habit among
ness Resource Group
students at OLA Girls Senior pupils of Basic Schools within
High School, Kenyasi were Newmont host
• March - International Women’s counselled on possible careers communities.
Day Celebration in mining to help them make
Newmont joined the Women informed decisions when pursing • October - Breast Cancer
Consultative Committee (WCC)
to mark the day at the Town Hall higher education. Awareness Programme
Facility. A Cheque of $12,867.00 • June - Allies Day Members and employees were
given a talk on Breast Cancer and
from the Denver W&A group was A day set aside to celebrate all its prevention
presented to WCC to support their Allies
Revolving Fund that gives soft
loans to women within the com- • November – ‘Movember’ Grow
munities to grow their businesses. • July - Process Plant Tour your moustache contest &
Members toured the Process Men’s health awareness
Plant to learn more about the Men were encouraged to grow
• April - Visit to Mine contribution of the team and their their moustache to create aware-
Maintenance
Members visited the Mine Main- contractors to the mine ness about men’s health and
tenance area to learn more about • September - Read to Inspire a talk on Prostate Cancer was
delivered by an ISOS Doctor –
the contribution of the team and Members volunteered to read Dr. Poku
their contractors to the mine.
books with pupils/students of

10