Roxgold Inc.: Best Mining CSR Strategy West Africa 2020

Since its inception in 2011, Roxgold has run operations with the awareness that corporate social responsibility is linked to business success. The Canadian gold mining company owns and operates assets in West Africa, including the Yaramoko Gold Mine in Burkina Faso and the Séguéla Gold Project under development in Côte d’Ivoire. Roxgold has exceeded production forecasts in recent years, and that boom in business has its roots in a sure-fire CSR strategy. Roxgold understands that the only way to deliver sustainable returns to shareholders is by supporting social development, offsetting ecological impacts and prioritising safety. Over the past three years, the company has completed nearly 140 community projects: it builds schools and libraries, and sponsors an occupational training centre to provide technical skills development for regional youth. Since 2014, Roxgold’s reforestation campaign has mobilised employees and community stakeholders to plant more than 100,000 trees, and its mine sites are benefitting from increased biodiversity. The company achieved another year of exemplary safety performance in 2019: more than 2.5 million work hours logged and zero lost-time injuries. Since starting production three years ago, Roxgold spent some $3m investing in infrastructure and community projects. The CFI.co judging panel is pleased to present Roxgold with the 2020 award for Best Mining CSR Strategy West Africa 2020.