Barrick Publishes Its 2025 Sustainability Report and Performance Data
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Barrick Mining has published its 2025 Sustainability Report and accompanying performance data, outlining the company’s sustainability performance over the past year.
“As we enter an exciting new phase of growth and delivery, sustainability remains fundamental to how we operate. The principles that have guided us for years remain unchanged: keeping our people safe, mining responsibly, building strong partnerships, and delivering long-term value that is shared by all our stakeholders,” said Barrick’s President and CEO Mark Hill.
“During the year, we maintained an ‘A’ rating on our industry-first sustainability scorecard, demonstrating our ability to deliver consistently across the diverse jurisdictions in which we operate,” added Hill.
Their commitment to ensuring a safe culture was reflected in a strong performance across key safety metrics, with a 60 percent reduction in total recordable injury frequency rate since 2020, and a 28 percent year-on-year reduction in lost time injuries. The company remains dedicated to continuous safety improvement and strengthening its focus on fatality prevention.
The company continued to strengthen its approach across key sustainability priorities including human rights, water stewardship, biodiversity management, and climate resilience. In 2025, 96 percent of Barrick’s employees and 76 percent of its suppliers were drawn from host countries, with more than $7.1 billion in spending with local and host country suppliers.
The company also invested more than $62 million in community-led development initiatives, and in April 2026, published its Human Rights Report, reinforcing its commitment to transparency and accountability in how they identify, manage, and oversee human rights risks and impacts across operations and supply chains.
During the year, Barrick strengthened the incorporation of environmental and biodiversity considerations into its operational planning and project development. They continued to advance the application of Barrick’s biodiversity risk and impact assessment tool to improve how biodiversity risks are identified, assessed, and managed across operations and projects. They also continued to optimize water use via enhanced water reuse and recycling rates, exceeding their target of 80 percent, and advanced its scope 3 emissions supplier engagement.
Barrick is a leading global mining, exploration, and development company. With one of the largest portfolios of world-class and long-life gold and copper assets in the industry, Barrick’s operations and projects span 17 countries and five continents. Barrick is also the largest gold producer in the United States. They create real, long-term value for all stakeholders through responsible mining, strong partnerships, and a disciplined approach to growth.
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