AGM Inc., Guyana’s largest Gold Mining Company, is now ISO14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 certified.
Global Compliance Service (GCS) Guyana Inc., the ISO Certification Body in Guyana, announced the certification of AGM Inc. to the ISO 14001: 2015 & the ISO 45001:2018 standards. GCS, in a release, said the Certificate was handed over by its CEO, Ms. Candelle Bostwick, to Mr. Orette Thomas, HSE Coordinator, AGM Inc. on January 19, 2023.
AGM Inc.’s parent company Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd. is a large multinational mining group engaged in the global exploration and development of copper, gold, zinc, and lithium, as well as engineering and technological research. AGM Inc. received its GCS certification on December 12, 2022.
The scope for the Integrated Management System Certification is the Gold Mining Operations of AGM Inc.
Liaison Manager of AGM Inc. Mr. Ragunauth Ramsaroop said that the acquisition of this ISO Certification signifies the company’s commitment to the well-being of its employees and to ensuring a clean and sustained environment.
“At AGM Inc. we take pride in ensuring that our employees are comfortable and safe in the working environment, that is why we opted to get ISO 45001:2018 certified which speaks to occupational health and safety. ISO 45001:2018 specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organisations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance.”
“Additionally, being a mining company, we understand that our work impacts the environment directly and that is why we wanted to get ISO 14001:2015 certified to show our dedication to keeping the environment in which we live and operate safe.”
ISO 14001 covers the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS), placing focus on an organisation’s impact on the external environment. This standard aims to reduce an organisation’s waste, pollution, and energy consumption. As such, the company’s decision to acquire this certification signals its commitment to the environment.
GCS Guyana Inc. said the organisation continues to encourage local businesses to demonstrate their commitment to the quality, safety, and reliability of their products and services through the attainment of ISO Certification status. The Certificate issued signifies the commitment of top management to continually improve their internal systems using the ISO Standards, and the overall performance of the business. GCS monitors Certified companies annually to ensure that they maintain compliance with International Standards and continually improve their operations.
