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GFI - Gold Fields Limited - Media release
Gold Fields Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number 1968/004880/06
Share code: GFI
Issuer code: GOGOF
ISIN - ZAE000018123
MEDIA RELEASE
GOLD FIELDS RANKS TOP IN CARBON RATINGS
Johannesburg, 12 November 2010: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE,
NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) is pleased to announce that it was ranked joint first in
the JSE Top 100 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), which rates
companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa on their
disclosure of carbon emissions.
In 2009 Gold Fields was fifth in the CDLI, but this year it improved to joint
first (with FirstRand) with a disclosure rating of 93 percent. The awards were
handed over at a function in Johannesburg last night by South Africa`s new
Water & Environmental Affairs Minister, Mrs Edna Molewa.
The CDLI is carried out annually by the global Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
organisation amongst 5,000 companies in 60 countries. In SA the project is
supported by the National Business Initiative.
The CDP also evaluates companies based on their strategies and projects to
mitigate the impact of climate change. In this ranking, the Carbon Performance
Ratings, Gold Fields was also one of only four JSE Top 100 companies placed in
the top band for their climate mitigation and adaptation actions.
Gold Fields Chief Executive Officer, Nick Holland, commented on the awards:
"We are committed to sustainable gold mining and our actions on energy
efficiency and carbon emissions are integral to the way we do business.
"Mitigating the impact of carbon emissions starts with a detailed inventory of
our footprint which then leads to emission reducing projects. That is why we
are so pleased that we performed well both in the CDLI and the Carbon
Performance Ratings," he adds.
Earlier this year Gold Fields become the world`s first gold mining company to
sell Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs), the financial securities used to
trade carbon emissions. The CERs were derived from the capture of methane gas
at its Beatrix Gold Mine in South Africa`s Free State province.
More details on Gold Fields` carbon policies and projects are available on the
company`s website at: http://www.goldfields.co.za/sus_cs_executive.php.
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Notes to editors
About Gold Fields
Gold Fields is one of the world`s largest unhedged producers of gold with
attributable production of 3.5 million gold equivalent ounces per annum from
nine operating mines in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. Gold Fields
also has an extensive growth pipeline with both greenfields and nearmine
exploration projects at various stages of development. Gold Fields has total
attributable gold equivalent Mineral Reserves of 78 million ounces and Mineral
Resources of 281 million ounces. Gold Fields is listed on JSE Limited (primary
listing), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the NASDAQ Dubai Limited, the
Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and the Swiss Exchange (SIX).
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited
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