Through our extensive engagement processes, we know our stakeholders are highly concerned about our role as corporate responsible citizens with respect to environmental stewardship and compliance.
Environmental compliance is of critical importance to the way we work. We comply with all environmental laws and regulations in Ghana and seek to augmenting these with appropriate international guidelines and best practice environmental management. The AGM achieved a 90%+ score on its 2019 annual independent environmental audit through the Ghanaian Minerals Commission (MinCom), reflecting our overarching effective environmental operations management.
We also follow the IFC Performance Standards, an international benchmark for identifying and managing environmental risks and a key component of our environmental risk management.
Our practices are also aligned with the World Bank Environment, Health, and Safety General and Mining Guidelines and the World Health Organization Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, as well as the International Cyanide Management Code.
The Galiano Gold Environmental Policy embodies our commitment to responsible environmental management and our Human Rights Policy further articulates that the Company will engage with host communities regarding potential environmental impacts of our business activities.
We are working towards external certification of Our Ghana operations to ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, ensuring that the systems and processes which we apply to our key operating asset are consistently maintained.