anglo american group foundation - the role of a corporate foundation in a responsible business
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The role of a corporate foundation
in creating a responsible business
ANGLO AMERICAN GROUP FOUNDATIONCAF Corporate Foundations Event
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• Established 2005 as a registered UK charity
• 7 trustees, 1 of whom is external to the company
• Two part time staff members, Anglo American employees who work on the Foundation plus other
areas
• Budget set by company annually (transferred monthly and can roll over to next year)
• Grants made globally to areas of business interest (except South Africa)
• One of many funds and foundations around the Group
• AAGF budget between £1million and £2million per annum (Anglo American Total Social Investment
$154 million in 2012)
• Grants range from £15k one off to £500k over 3 years
• Wide variety of thematic areas with an emphasis upon education and health.
AAGF BEGINNINGS
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• Trustee engagement – senior execs, only meet 4 times per year
• Employee engagement
• Drawing the line between Company and Foundation (whilst also keeping relevant to Company
interests)
• Grant making systems
• Publicity
• Reporting
• Not the only vehicle for social investment in the company – how to differentiate and add value
• Do meaningful programmes require increased budgets?
• Dependency (of grantees)
CHALLENGES
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• £3,917,328 granted to around 49 projects (average £80k per project) over the past three years
• Structure and processes embedded – from application through approval to relationship management
and reporting
• ‘enablon’ system in place for social KPIs
• Multi-year agreements formed. Deeper understanding of beneficiary needs and achievement of
partnerships rather than just grant making
• Greater knowledge sharing with other funds across the Group towards a more coherent approach and
best practice dissemination
• Working with other functions, such as Business Development and Exploration. Building relationships
with Business Units for in-country support
• Good balance between funding tried and tested delivery models and more innovative projects
• Greater communications presence - press releases, web content, internal stories
AAGF IN REVIEW 2010-2012
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CATEGORIES OF SPEND 2010-2012
£3.9 million total
34%
23%
12%
10%
6%
6%
4%2%
2% 1% 1%Education and training:
Health and welfare:
Community development – other:
Community development – enterprise development and micro-credit :
Capacity Development:
Water and sanitation:
Community development – housing:
Employee matched funding:
Disaster and emergency relief :
Other social investment or charitable giving:
Operating Costs:
Community development – alternative livelihoods:
Environment:
Energy and climate change :
Sport, arts, culture and heritage:
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AAGF PROJECTS 2010-2012 LOCATED IN:
BrazilChile
China Colombia
DRCGuineaIndia
LesothoMozambique
PeruUK
Zimbabwe
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES
COLOMBIA
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
SOUTHERN AFRICA
BODY AND SOUL
LONDON
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• 29 partner organisations currently delivering AAGF funded projects
• Opportunity for programmatic rather than project funding (eg water, youth unemployment, gender,
capacity building)
• Systems – deeper analysis of output data from enablon and possible option to build funding and
reporting cycle into MS Project
• Communications – content generation for AA website, Guardian hub, social media and internal
channels plus pilot new events such as lunchtime talks
• Employee engagement in UK with an emphasis on skills development. Option to link into AAGF
partners and include De Beers colleagues
• Devolve London funding and CHT events to a staff committee.
• Beyond 2013…
AAGF IN 2013
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