Our challenge  

Our social approach incorporates our duties and responsibilities towards our different rightsholders, including our communities, our employees, and the employees and contractors that work in our supply chains. 

Our approach 

People 

In addition, our business will only continue to be successful and sustainable if we can attract, develop and retain the best talent, and inspire the workforce of tomorrow. We have held a longstanding believe that “Our Strength is People.^TM” To that end, we know that attracting, building and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce brings important value both to our innovative working culture and to our employees’ wellbeing, and helps us attract from the widest talent pool. 

Our number one priority is to ensure the safety, health, and wellbeing of everyone on our site. We are committed to our No.1 Sustainable Development Outcome: Safe, healthy working lives for our people. It is about protecting and enhancing their physical and mental wellbeing so you they be their best every day, and so can the company. To protect their physical safety, we work together to identify and remove unsafe conditions, have comprehensive processes and health and safety (H&S) standards in place that everyone follows…every shift, every job, every task. To maximize mental and physical wellbeing, we provide support for mind and body through medical screenings, fitness opportunities, injury rehabilitation and mental health resources. For our collective and individual success, we work to build a workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, respected and heard. One where we can be ourselves – this is Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I).  

Community 

We have a significant presence, both in physical scale and as an employer in our regional economy. We want our community to have confidence that we will anticipate and address the impacts we have on the local community or environment, see us as partners in local socio-economic development, and trust us to have an open dialogue when challenges arise. Some stakeholders call this a ‘licence to operate’. 

Stakeholder Materiality and Sustainable Development Reporting and Disclosure 

In 2014, a comprehensive global survey of stakeholder opinions and business concerns informed a series of strategic conversations about steel and sustainable development across ArcelorMittal, resulting in the establishment of our 10 sustainable development outcomes. These cover the universe of SD topics that ArcelorMittal considers in a continuous materiality process. 

We are updating a comprehensive track of stakeholder opinions and business concerns through an annual Materiality exercise that will give us a strong understanding of the key social, environmental, technology and regulatory external trends, the key topics of concern to our stakeholders, and the implications of both for ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s business. 
 
Our Materiality Assessment methodology includes: Understanding the business context; identifying stakeholders, identifying material topics, assessing the significance of material topics, prioritizing material topics and disclosure of our performance against the material topics.

Community Grievances  

We want to hear from our neighbours when they have questions or concerns about our operations, especially those related to emissions, odours or noise. We encourage community members to notify us as quickly as possible with such concerns and provide as much information as possible (time of day, detailed description, wind direction, etc.) so that we can investigate properly. 

• To contact us by telephone call (905) 548-7200 and enter 0 - available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• To contact us by email write to [email protected] - response may be delayed until the next business day depending on time of outreach 
• Read our Community Grievance process

Community Investment for Social and Economic Wellbeing 

We recognize our responsibility not only to our people but also the communities in which we operate. We want to be an active and welcomed member of the community. Our contributions include granting, volunteering, leadership and resources. It is a mix of these abilities and energies that makes a difference. 

The ArcelorMittal Dofasco Corporate Community Investment Fund (CCIF) supports local organizations in three areas:

• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs
• Health, focused on supporting youth mental health
• Environment and Conservation with a particular focus on decarbonization and biodiversity

All granting from the CCIF is done proactively in partnership with the Hamilton Community Foundation. Grantees will be notified prior to the end of January each year if they have been selected.

For more information contact https://dofasco.arcelormittal.com/contact-us or [email protected]

Since WWII, our employees have voluntarily donated a portion of their paycheck to local causes through the Employee Donation Fund.  

The Dofasco Employee Donations Fund was launched as the “Charity Chest” in 1943 by a group of employees. The Charity Chest was launched to support the Red Cross during World War II and had an ambitious goal of 100% employee participation. True to the Dofasco Way, the committee achieved its objective.  

Since then, we have donated more than $40 million through the Employee Donations Fund. Managed by employees, every penny benefits organizations doing important work in the Hamilton-Burlington-Niagara regions. Our employees focus on supporting the areas of: 

• Health and Human Services 
• Food and Emergency Food Services 
• Children & Seniors 

Human Rights 

We also have a responsibility to respect the human rights of all those we do business with. This not only includes rightsholders that work within our sites and offices (SD outcome 1), but also those beyond our walls. Among these are local communities (SD outcome 8), with whom we share the use of natural resources; we must also be aware of the possible and perceived consequences that our operations and transactions may have throughout our supply chains, in the businesses of our suppliers and contractors (SD outcome 7). Doing this requires integrating a human rights mindset into all management practices.