Welcome to SLP4Good, where we offer comprehensive social and labour plan consulting services tailored to your mining operation’s unique needs. We are pleased to offer free Mining Charter scorecard calculations, making compliance that much easier. Our experience spans across smaller and niche mines, and we adjust our fees to suit their scale and specific challenges. Since the introduction of the MPRDA, we have successfully guided clients through the often-confusing world of Social and Labour Plans and Mining Charter regulations. Our team brings clarity and expertise to ensure full compliance while enhancing community development. We are dedicated to fostering strong, positive relationships with local communities, integrating their needs into sustainable development plans. By focusing on transparency, accountability, and efficiency, SLP4Good helps mining operations achieve regulatory compliance while maximizing social and economic impact.
Click here to read our approach to co-creating a practical Social Labour Plan (+read SLP Guidelines)
Compliance: The first step is to review all the compliance requirements pertaining to developing the SLP.
Consultation: Once we obtained a thorough understanding of all the compliance measures, we can begin with consulting affected stakeholders because we need to work toward establishing the material impacts. These impacts need to be mitigated or enhanced.
Impact Assessment: To a large extent, the compliance categories and aspects set out in the SLP Guidelines dictate the important focus-issues. Compliance issues and on-the-ground impacts mostly overlap because the well-known negative impacts are generally aspects that also need compliance. A SLP is by default a document that dictates how impacts and compliance measures will be mitigated or enhanced. The SLP is therefore the plan that indicates how this needs to be done. Once we identified the impacts and enhancement measures, and evaluated these against the compliance aspects, then priorities is set.
We then evaluate each priority in terms of its cost-effectiveness because practical plans are necessary for each.
Documentation: Once we have made a thorough assessment of the priorities of the the SLP, we document the plans in the format that the DMR has prescribed.
Approval: Once the SLP has been compiled, it is submitted to the regional DMR’s offices. Approval is then awaited.
Tracking: Once approved, we assist our clients track their commitments using our SLP Tracker.
Find below the social and labour plan guidelines that the DMRE uses to measure a mine’s performance. We can assist to ensure that you comply to these social and labour plan guidelines.
Our expertise lies in guiding clients through the complex process of developing, implementing, and monitoring SLPs, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and alignment with community development goals. We specialize in facilitating meaningful engagement with local communities, identifying their needs, and integrating them into SLPs to promote sustainable development and positive social impact. With a focus on transparency, efficiency, and accountability, We help clients navigate the regulatory landscape and maximize the social and economic benefits of their mining operations.
updated-slp_guidelines-donwload-date-2-may-17The PDF below show the old guidelines, combined with the new ones.
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