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At Hecla, we’re not just concerned with tons and grade. We’re thinking about the community, the environment, and health and safety – and increasing that awareness among our more than 1,300 employees.
Our Integrated Corporate Responsibility Policy (ICR) begins, first and foremost, with the belief that a safe mine is a productive mine. Further, we strive to be responsible environmental stewards and to minimize environmental effects during exploration, development, and operations – and then reclaim our projects to productive post-mining land uses. Finally, we believe that by becoming responsive to community needs, we’ll build trust and relationships that foster our social license to operate.
We’re currently in the midst of systemizing both our environmental and health and safety programs, adopting the National Mining Association’s CORESafety© Management System Program – which is being implemented at all of our operations – and developing and executing an integrated environmental management system that links with health and safety. Each will also link to a more comprehensive system we’re developing for community engagement, which we expect to roll out in 2015.
Corporate Responsibility
Hecla’s strength was evident in 2014 when we completed our financial obligations under the Coeur d’Alene Basin litigation settlement, and ended the year with the same amount of cash with which we began. We obtained the release of financial assurance requirements for the successful conclusion of reclamation of the Grouse Creek tailings facility. Lucky Friday recently went from a year-long shutdown to full production with no lost-time incidents. And even in a less-than-favorable metals market, our Hecla Charitable Foundation continues to give, donating some $1.5 million since forming in 2008. Our employees are invested in the communities in which they live and work, volunteering in schools, serving on various boards, and participating in local government. Only by becoming responsive to community needs in a real way can we build the trust and relationships necessary to foster our social license to operate.
Health and safety, environmental stewardship, community engagement: each is key to our core business strategy and continued profitability, each is fully integrated into our business planning. It’s our corporate responsibility bottom line – the very foundation of
Hecla Mining Company.
strength through sustainability
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HECLA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
 $ 1.5 million in contributions since 2008
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