Responsible Mining

Social Responsibility

Driven by our Company values and commitment to operate with fairness, respect, transparency, and accountability, B2Gold seeks to build a trust-based relationship with local stakeholders. We strongly believe that it is our responsibility to share benefits and to leave a positive legacy with communities that will last beyond the life of our mines, while respecting the cultures, traditions, and human rights of our host communities.

As a company that operates in areas where there is significant risk of human rights impacts related to the presence of extractive companies, we recognize our responsibility to identify our human rights risks and impacts and actively work to manage them. We respect human rights as defined in the International Bill of Human Rights. We align our practices with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and we implement the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights at all of our sites.

“The communities in which we work are crucial to our success, consequently our decisions incorporate careful consideration of people’s health and safety, environmental protection and community well-being.”

Ken Jones, Director of Sustainability, B2Gold Corp.

2022 Performance Highlights

  • Completed third-party audits of the Social Performance Standards at the Masbate Gold Project  
  • Established the cross-departmental Fekola Social Performance Committee 
  • FEMA Project partnership to improve conditions for women and children living in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities 
  • Developing a customized VPSHR e-learning program for Fekola workers 

Human Rights

“B2Gold has a responsibility to extract responsibly and achieves this by implementing high social, environmental, and safety standards; respecting human rights and cultural heritage; and engaging openly and respectfully with our stakeholders.”

Ken Jones, Director of Sustainability, B2Gold Corp.

Our Social Responsibility and Human Rights Policy outlines our commitment to engage openly and respectfully with stakeholders, including engagement with vulnerable groups. We respect community rights, interests, and culture, and where Indigenous Peoples are identified we work to obtain their free, prior, and informed consent. We recognize human rights as defined in the International Bill of Human Rights, and we align our approach to human rights risk management with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.

B2Gold has taken a pro-active approach to human rights management by completing human rights risk assessments supported by robust training programs at all operations. In meeting our responsibility to respect human rights we are embedding human rights awareness throughout our organization.
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Community Investment

“In Mali, we entered into a partnership with Global Affairs Canada and Cowater International to support the FEMA Project (Femmes et Enfants des Communautés Minières Artisanales), which aims to improve conditions for women and children living in artisanal mining communities.”

Clive Johnson, President & CEO, B2Gold Corp.

Mining projects provide a unique opportunity for engaging with, and contributing to, the development of host communities. As part of our socio-economic impact and legacy, one of our goals is to help build sustainable communities, with B2Gold acting as a catalyst and community members playing a lead role in their own development. We believe that working in an inclusive manner with local stakeholders, governments, and NGO partners to identify, select, and implement projects is an important factor in the success of our community development projects.
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Stakeholder Engagement

“Effectively engaging with stakeholders is critical to business performance as it allows a company to proactively identify and address issues, thereby lowering operational and reputational risk. Engagement is equally important to contribute to positive social and economic development where stakeholders are involved in identifying, developing, and implementing programs to address community needs.”

Clive Johnson, President & CEO, B2Gold Corp.

B2Gold engages openly and respectfully with stakeholders to better understand actual or perceived impacts of our activities, ensure stakeholder views are considered in our operational decision-making, and build constructive and responsive relationships. Effectively engaging with stakeholders is critical to business performance as it allows a company to proactively identify and address issues, thereby lowering operational and reputational risk. Engagement is equally important to contribute to positive social and economic development when stakeholders are involved in identifying, developing and implementing programs to address community needs.
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