In the rapidly changing world we live in, making a positive contribution to communities requires all of us to pull in the same direction and to be bold in ensuring that how we operate helps, rather than hinders, in addressing the big societal challenges we all face. Without question, climate change is chief amongst those global challenges.
We are of firm belief that reducing our GHG emissions is not only the right thing to do but it also makes business sense. Galiano is committed to manage, minimize and mitigate its environmental impacts, including operational aspects related to climate change adaptation.
Our direct GHG emissions (Scope 1) are predominantly generated from energy consumed by mobile sources (94%), with additional emissions generated by onsite generator use (3%) and processing materials (3%). Indirect GHG emissions (Scope 2) are associated with the energy purchased from the Ghana electric grid and are currently disproportionally high, reflecting our contractual obligation of the AGM to use electricity from carbon-based generation sources.
As part of our climate change adaptation planning, the Asanko Gold Mine commissioned a detailed study during the reporting period to investigate opportunities to reduce our contribution to GHGs. We are in the process of evaluating the alternatives proposed to transition a significant portion of our energy inputs to non-fossil fuel energy sources.
Climate related risk identification and management is increasingly integrated into decision-making and our existing working practices and our ambition is to further develop our climate-related goals in the future. We have plans to mitigate climate risks by ensuring that extreme weather conditions are considered in our emergency response plans; this includes our mine contingency plans and engineering parameters.