Stakeholder Engagement
Open Houses and Health Fairs
We conducted open houses and health fairs at every Fairmount Minerals location in 2009. These events give us an opportunity to invite community members into our facilities and provide them with information about our general operations and sustainability initiatives. At the same time, our neighbors have a chance to ask questions and share their feedback on issues of importance to them. School tours also comprise a major portion of our stakeholder engagement efforts. Students ranging from elementary to post-secondary visit our facilities to learn about safe mining practices and environmental education.
One meeting, one conversation — sometimes just listening makes all the difference in the world. Fairmount Minerals seeks opportunities to engage with our stakeholders to better understand their perspectives on important issues relating to our sustainability performance and goals. By listening to our stakeholders, we learn about the things we are doing well and the areas we have opportunities for improvement. Oftentimes, our stakeholder engagement practices uncover unique and effective ideas for enhancing our performance.
In 2009, our stakeholder engagement practices focused primarily on using technology to connect in efficient and environmentally responsible ways. Our online 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility report once again featured a reader survey, which helped us to understand the kinds of information most helpful and interesting to our stakeholders. We also launched an internal web and video conferencing system that enables all Fairmount Minerals locations to communicate with one another. This system allows our various sustainable development team members to meet more frequently without requiring travel.