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Anglo American

Anglo American is a multinational mining company based in London, United Kingdom. It is the largest producer of platinum in the world, generating 4% of global output. It is also a major producer of diamonds, copper, iron ore, steelmaking coal, polyhalite, nickel and manganese. In 2022, Anglo American employed 105,000 people globally and earned USD 35 billion in revenue.

Summary

Anglo American ranks 9th overall and 5th in the Extractives sector. It performs well on governance and policy commitments and human rights practices. The company has an opportunity to improve its disclosure on embedding respect and human rights due diligence.

Anglo American is one of 12 companies that creates incentives for good human rights management by linking board and senior level performance criteria to its human rights commitments. It is one of 10 companies that engage with users of their grievance mechanism to inform the design and performance of the mechanism, and one of 8 companies that describe how rightsholders are involved in decisions about actions to be taken in response to its salient human rights risks.

Anglo American could be more transparent around the process and outcomes of its grievance mechanism, including the timeframe and process for handling complaints, the types of remediation available, and the process for dealing with delayed remedy.

Ranking position: #9 /110
Total score: 41.4 /100

Measurement theme	Score	Rank (0-110)
Governance and policy commitments	#1 5.0 /10	#8
Embedding respect and human rights due diligence	#1 11.4 /25	#20
Remedies and grievance mechanisms	#1 7.5 /20	#15
Performance: Practices	#1 12.5 /25	#6
Performance: Responses	#1 5.0 /20	#24

Sector
Extractives	#6

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