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NATURE STEWARDSHIP – WHAT IT MEANS TO US Procedure
• Avoidance first: we aim to avoid all sensitive and critical Our Biodiversity procedure document outlines Sibanye-Stillwater’s
ecological resources, not only those that are protected or approach to responsible biodiversity management. The procedure
publicly recognised. We acknowledge that avoidance may not requires that we execute the mitigation hierarchy from feasibility
be achievable in totality and all steps of the mitigation hierarchy to post-closure project phases; avoiding impacts to critical
are embedded into our project planning and management ecosystems, like wetlands, along the way. Thereafter we employ
approaches mitigation, restoration and off-setting to arrive at a state of net zero
environmental deterioration and/or a net gain. Our approach
• Science-based assessments: biodiversity resources are complex
includes environmental, social, economic, health and safety
and require multiple science-based assessment criteria and
considerations.
extensive research. We implement and continuously improve
upon multi-parameter indices, assessments and monitoring
Alignment with external standards, guidelines
programmes
and reporting requirements
• Deforestation: As per our ‘avoidance first’ approach we aim to
The Biodiversity procedure considers a number of reporting
avoid impacts on all sensitive and critical ecosystems, including
requirements including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI),
forests. However, mine development and expansion cannot
the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), local
occur without some loss. After execution of limiting our impacts
guidelines and laws, and investment criteria such as those
through avoidance and mitigation we further investigate
promoted by the JSE. We recognise that biodiversity is a dynamic
rehabilitation and offset opportunities to achieve no net loss
field (trending toward stricter measures) and we note its relevance
• Public reporting, education and awareness: we aim to be open to UN SDGs 14 and 15, as well as to the UN’s 2030 agenda for
and transparent in our reporting. We have education initiatives Sustainable Development. Our aims further align with the UN’s goal
internally to ensure sustained management of our natural to reverse environmental degradation and natural habitat loss.
resources
Biodiversity assessment and management requirements
• Local and international partnerships: we believe that successful
As noted in the Biodiversity procedure, Sibanye-Stillwater employs
biodiversity management can only be achieved through the
a plethora of monitoring and assessment methods. These are
formation of successful partnerships, whether through on site
continuously reviewed and, as appropriate, replaced or improved
collaborations, shared learnings or common global goals
upon. Our assessment approach seeks alignment to global best
• Respect protected areas: This goes beyond our commitment to practice methods in environmental science. The outcomes of these
not mine in protected areas but ensure our area of influence assessments are consolidated into the Biological Diversity Protocol
does not impact upon it and that we inform our suppliers to also (BDP), which gives hectare equivalency accounts and defines key
respect these areas management performance standards.

Spatial datasets, specialist findings and management KPIs are


OUR APPROACH TO BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT embedded into management plans, monitoring programmes,
closure and rehabilitation assessments, as well as water use
Policy management practices, for each site.
Our Integrated ESG policy (¸ see www.sibanyestillwater.com/
sustainability/reports-policies) guides our approach to biodiversity This section summarises our approach to various assessments,
and the responsible management of nature. Our pro-active policies key findings for 2022, and future focus areas. It should be noted that
and environmental management are aimed at minimising the this approach moves away from the traditional approach of stand-
impact of our operations, promoting ecosystem resilience, avoiding alone bulky Biodiversity action plans. Instead we perform focused
critical and legally-protected areas, and enhancing circular routine specialist assessments, monitoring and development of
economies. associated action plans which are subsequently embedded into
our operational plans, environmental management plans, water use
Position statement and other management plans (e.g. air, land, and rehabilitation)
Our Biodiversity position statement outlines our commitments ensuring a holistic (integrated) approach.
to demonstrate leadership in biodiversity management and
Before we commence with a new project, we investigate the
promote resilience in post-mining ecosystems. Our Biodiversity
present state of biodiversity at the site: species, ecosystems,
position statement is available, ¸ www.sibanyestillwater.com/
and natural processes. Suitable monitoring and mitigation measures
sustainability/reports-policies/.
are implemented accordingly, as demonstrated in the sections
to follow.
Our progress towards achieving the objectives, as per the position
statement, is outlined in this fact sheet.

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QUANTIFICATION OF OUR BIODIVERSITY Results
FOOTPRINT: THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY The graph on the next page shows the current biodiversity footprints,
PROTOCOL expressed as a percentage based on the hectare equivalent
assessments. The total footprint for 2021 was 52 033 ha (2121.92 ha
The Biological Diversity Project (as managed by the National
more than 2021), made-up of a ‘positive’ footprint of 7811.7 ha
Biodiversity and Business Network) developed a globally applicable
(15% an increase of 2% from 2021) and a ‘negative’ footprint of
accounting framework for biodiversity called the Biological Diversity
44226.07 ha (85%, a decrease of 2%). The assessment includes 24
Protocol (BDP). The BDP aims to provide a quantitative, comparable
ecosystem types for our SA operations and 16 ecosystem types for
and unbiased measuring and reporting framework for biodiversity.
our US operations, with the 2022 expanded areas assessments
adding three new ecosystem types for the US PGM operations.
The BDP aligns with Sibanye-Stillwater’s Biodiversity Procedure in the
South African legislation (i.e. National Environmental Management
use of local science-based methods to produce condition scores
Act; National Biodiversity Act) provides for the categorisation of
and delineate habitat extent, these in turn are used to produce
ecosystems in need of protection. Accordingly, the Vaal-Vet Sandy
hectare equivalent scores. The protocol also supports ecosystem
Grasslands and Wetlands in the Free State (Beatrix Mine) are
and species metrics. Sibanye-Stillwater was the first mining company
Endangered. The Soweto Highveld Grasslands and Wetlands in
to undertake an assessment and we are excited to see many others
Gauteng and Mpumalanga (Rand Uranium (Cooke) and
undertaking this initiative. Recent draft guidelines from other
Burnstone), the Rand Highveld Grasslands in Gauteng (Kloof) and
international reporting requirements have shown the intent to use
the Marikana Thornveld and Wetlands in Rustenburg (Rustenburg,
similar ecosystem area and state indicators to measure the global
Kroondal and Marikana) are assessed to be vulnerable.
journey towards halting biodiversity loss.
Unlike South Africa, the US does not have national ecosystem status
In the 2022 assessments the following key aims
assessments. Sibanye-Stillwater has done its own study on ecosystem
were achieved:
types around the Stillwater mine that may host species of
• Updates of all inventories from 2021 based on any land-use 1
conservation concern. These include the grizzly bear (IUCN red list:
changes that have occurred as a result of projects and least concern), the Canada lynx (IUCN red list: least concern) and
rehabilitation initiatives the whitebark pine (IUCN red list: endangered), associated with the
• Inclusion of updated ecosystem extent and present state following ecosystem types: Rocky Mountain Lower Montane, Foothill
studies for the SA PGM operations and Valley Grassland, Rocky Mountain Montane Douglas-fir Forest
• Inclusion of extended areas associated with the US PGM and Woodland, Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest, Montane
operations Sagebrush Steppe, Aspen Forest and Woodland, Rocky Mountain
Montane-Foothill Deciduous Shrubland, Rocky Mountain Subalpine
• Refinement of the present ecological state assessments
Dry-Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland, Rocky Mountain Lower
at the US PGM operations
Montane-Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland, Rocky
• Pre-takeover baselines adjusted Mountain Foothill Limber Pine - Juniper Woodland, Big Sagebrush
Steppe and Alpine-Montane Wet Meadow. East Boulder is similar,
Exclusions however, whitebark pine was not identified as a species of
• Joint ventures and land not directly impacted by Sibanye- conservation concern.
Stillwater’s operations were not considered; nor were long-term
facilities for which there is no end of life plan, this includes the *Further species information can be found in our 2 2020 Biodiversity
Columbus Metallurgical Complex and the Brakpan based Fact Sheet, ¸ www.sibanyestillwater.com/news-investors/reports/
Precious Metal Refinery annual/2020/. We are also planning to release more information on
• Operations acquired after January 2021 our species during our 2023 annual biodiversity celebrations.

• Species assessments were excluded, although initial descriptions The SA region largely maintained the net percentage negative and
and consideration of species in the context of ecosystem positive footprint from the baseline after the re-assessments in 2022
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assessments were included against the adjusted pre-takeover baseline. To recap, a net change
of 0.2% from the date of takeover was noted in 2021. Following the
These exclusions will be assessed in future iterations. successful completion of the Middelvlei pits rehabilitation, a net
increase of 0.12% in the positive footprint for Rand Uranium (Cooke)
The following results compare hectare equivalents (present state was achieved, this translates to a net positive gain of 7ha. In total a
versus reference state) as follows: 10% increase in the positive biodiversity footprint was noted, most of
• Net gain: this target is for all operations that Sibanye-Stillwater which occurred due to the re-assessment of the wetland and
acquired (pre 2021). The aim is to improve the hectare terrestrial ecosystems and not as a result of rehabilitation activities
equivalents as against date of acquisition. This applies to all (Rand Uranium’s (Cooke’s) rehabilitation activities accounted for
SA operations that feature in the assessments 0.014% improvement for the SA region).
• No net loss: this applies to all acquisitions that we are developing.
Whereby we aim for no loss from the state at which we started
development. The US operations have committed to this target

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