Buying from Local and Indigenous Suppliers
All our projects strive, where feasible, to buy goods and services from locally-based suppliers as a way of supporting the economic vitality of communities, while at the same time reducing the environmental impact of transporting materials and people from distant locations to our sites. Local suppliers must meet the same sustainability criteria as all potential suppliers in order to do business with our Company.
In Nunavut, Indigenous procurement is a key element of our Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreements (IIBAs) and is characterized as businesses registered with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI). In Ontario, Detour Lake, Macassa and the Upper Beaver project all incorporate Indigenous procurement as an element of their respective IBA’s.