Galiano Gold Releases Annual Sustainability Report

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Galiano Gold Releases Annual Sustainability Report\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n PR Newswire\n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n Oct. 21, 2021\n \n /PRNewswire/ -\n \n Galiano Gold Inc. (\"Galiano\" or \"the Company\")\n \n (TSX: GAU) (NYSE American: GAU) announces the release of its 2020 Sustainability Report (the \"Report\"), which marks its continuous progress on environmental, social and governance (\"ESG\") topics and outlines its vision for sustainability going forward.\n \n \n In 2020, Galiano expanded its sustainability efforts to include an assessment of internal governance processes and increased transparency on engagement with stakeholders on material sustainability issues over the medium and long-term. The Report has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (\"GRI\") Core Options and highlights the Company's sustainability achievements in 2020, which include:\n \n \n \n Environmental stewardship\n \n \n \n \n Identifying opportunities to reduce environmental impact, such as improving energy efficiency and diversifying energy mix with renewable sources\n \n \n Commencing mine site and community plastic waste recycling program\n \n \n Doubling the area of active rehabilitation\n \n \n \n \n Supporting employees and communities\n \n \n \n \n A 99.7% of workforce localization rate - one of the highest reported percentages of local employee statistics that we are aware of in the industry\n \n \n Implementing COVID-19 protective measures to provide support to employees and local communities\n \n \n A Total Reportable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) of 1.16 per million-man hours worked with two lost time injuries yielding a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) of 0.20\n \n \n Contributing\n \n $1.16 million\n \n to improving local living and health standards and provisioning our stakeholder communities with medical supplies to reduce the spread of COVID-19\n \n \n \n \n Governance\n \n \n \n \n Updating Galiano and Asanko Gold Mine corporate governance policies, procedures, and documents to en...

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