Sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility
Santacruz Silver is dedicated to sustainable silver mining across Latin America, with a focus on environmentally responsible mining in Bolivia. Through its commitment to sustainable mining practices, the company prioritizes the protection of natural resources while actively supporting the growth and well-being of local communities. Santacruz Silver’s Bolivia community mining projects drive long-term benefits in education, healthcare, and infrastructure development, creating a positive impact in the regions where it operates.
With an emphasis on Latin America mining sustainability, the company integrates responsible water management, greenhouse gas reduction, and safe byproduct handling into its core operations. Santacruz Silver is setting a benchmark in sustainable mining, building a legacy of environmental stewardship and community support.
Growing Life
It’s a permanent program, to promote values towards the care of nature, through reforestation. Students from different high schools are trained, to follow the growth from seedlings to small trees so they can then be relocated to a permanent home.
Community Health
In alliance with the State University of Hidalg’s program University Students in action, we bring a caravan of different medical services to communities with hard access to health facilities. Free medical consults are provided in odontology, nurse, nutrition and general medicine. Over 220 people have benefited from this campaigns, and there are more toschedule according to the communities needs.
Engagement
Our company seeks to reach out to the communities to enable engagement process, to have an active, free, previous and informed participation from their behalf, in harmony with their internal protocols as land owners, citizens and their representatives. We are committed to inform them of our different mechanisms to build a constructive and transparent link.
Supporting actions
We have open doors to our communities needs, and we also serve with philanthropy actions like crowdfunding, gathering of goods and other requests.
Investing in our People and Communities
Bolivia
79%
of employees are from local communities
79%
of purchases are made in country
Investing in Community
Development Program includes:
- Student Scholarships
- Infrastructure improvements
- Sponsoring local events
Mexico
95%
of employees are from local communities
96%
of purchases are made in country
Investing in Community
Development Program includes:
- Student Scholarships
- Infrastructure improvements
- Sponsoring local events