CULTURE
CULTURE IS DEFINED BY THE MINIMUM STANDARD THAT IS ACCEPTED
We are second to none when it comes to technical due diligence, and we have the research papers to back it.
We devote time to planning and preparing.
We prioritise HSEQ from day one of exploration. We operate in some of the most remote locations on Earth where the environment demands superior safety culture.
culture trumps procedure
Risks are unavoidable, but it is our attitude to risk that keeps us safe. Our approach to safety culture is to encourage and empower the individual while streamlining the administrative paperwork that is often passed off as providing ‘safety’. We do this at a team level by selecting members who have diverse and complementary skills without excessive overlap - this way, each member is empowered to take the lead in their area of relative expertise. This approach creates a flatter management structure and helps cultivate mutual respect, and camaraderie in our small, specialised, but disproportionately impactful teams.
A CULTURE OF SHARING
Safety culture be an act of caring and sharing. That is why when we find knowledge gaps or topics dominated by folk wisdom, we take a deep dive to find the facts and then share them. Our publicly available whitepapers represent our findings, and help keep people who we may never meet, safe. Sometimes they are uncomfortable, and sometimes they concern controversial topics, but we believe that these qualities make them even more important for investigating and discussing. Sharing our findings also encourages feedback from which we can in turn improve our safety. A selection of our whitepapers are below:
Apparel whitepaper
Firearms whitepaper
HELPING THE TRIBE
We work in remote locations where groups other than Greenfields often work in isolation. We aim to engage and collaborate with these groups wherever possible. We have put food into emergency huts for the Sirius Patrol, provided heli support to groups of volunteers working in the region, moved materials for service providers, and helped researchers get to their sites of interest. We build goodwill in the ‘local’ community so that the overall tribe is more robust and healthier, as we never know when we may be the group that needs help.
LEAVING OUR SITES CLEANER THAN BEFORE
Many aspiring mining companies face skepticism when it comes to their plans about operating cleanly, and this can lead to costly delays. At Greenfields, we demonstrate our commitment to the environment from the moment we start exploring so that the when the time comes, we already have a track record. For example, during 2019 we located 29 drums of abandoned jet-fuel, including full drums in a local river. At our own considerable expense and effort, we relocated the old environmental legacy to a government installation for disposal. We didn’t have to, but we did because its the right thing to do. Similarly, the culture of safety overlaps with environmental stewardship - caring. How do we know that our culture is working? Well, in 2019 our team members were observed picking up tiny pieces of plastic left behind by others. Removing plastic from the top of a desert mountain makes no real difference, but it speaks volumes to the values and culture we create.
