Sustainable development

The Gem Diamonds Group is committed to the principles and practices of sustainable development. We believe an active and engaged approach to sustainability to be key to our ability to meet our responsibilities to all our stakeholders: our shareholders, employees, the communities within which we live and work, and the environment.

Gem Diamonds Limited is a global diamond mining company, focusing on the high quality diamond segment of the market. We aim to deliver superior returns to our shareholders and create career value for our employees, while conducting operations in such a way as to minimise their impact on the communities in which we work and the environment at large.

We believe that a sustainable business process is essential to create sustainable value for all parties impacted by our business. For both ethical and pragmatic business reasons, we are committed to the strict maintenance of internationally recognised standards of health and safety, environmental, social, economic and business management.

HSSE highlights for 2010 include:

• Group wide achieved 14 months Lost Time Injury (LTI) free, over 5.3 million  manhours worked.
• The Group remained fatality free for two years and 11 months.
• Group wide recorded zero major environmental and/or stakeholder incidents.