Our sustainability approach
We strive to generate stakeholder value and maintain our social licence to operate by supporting the wellbeing of our people, protecting the environment and making a positive contribution to the communities in which we operate.
Our key sustainability topics
The following governance, social and environmental topics were identified as our most critical sustainability issues influencing our ability to create and maintain value in the short, medium and long term.
Sustainability standards
We are guided by several voluntary sustainability initiatives, memberships, standards and goals, which inform how we manage the issues that are material to our business and to our stakeholders.
In 2015, the United Nations endorsed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, defining 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. We report in alignment with the SDGs and have identified 21 targets within our sphere of influence.
Refer to our 2023 Sustainability Performance Data Tables for our SGD Index.
For more information about the goals, visit https://sdgs.un.org/goals
The UN Global Compact is a voluntary, non-binding initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles regarding human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
We became a signatory to the UN Global Compact in 2021. As a signatory, we integrate the Ten Principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations.
Our annual Sustainability Report serves as our Communication on Progress against the Ten Principles.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent international organisation that has pioneered sustainability reporting, with the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards as the first and most widely accepted framework for reporting on sustainability risks, performance, impacts and targets.
We report in accordance with the GRI Standards 2021, and with the G4 Mining and Metals Sector Disclosures.
Refer to our 2023 Sustainability Performance Data Tables for our GRI Index.
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is a non-profit organisation that develops standards to improve accounting on financial sustainability impacts. The SASB developed a set of 77 industry-specific sustainability accounting standards.
We report in accordance with the SASB Metals and Mining Sustainability Accounting Standard.
Refer to our 2023 Sustainability Performance Data Tables for our SASB Index.
Established by the Financial Stability Board, the industry-led TCFD, developed a set of recommendations, the TCFD Recommendations, to guide improved disclosure of climate-related information.
Companies that align their climate change disclosures with the TCFD Recommendations provide investors and other stakeholders with the metrics and information needed to undertake more robust and consistent analyses of the potential financial impacts of climate change.
Refer to our 2023 Sustainability Performance Data Tables for our TCFD Index.
2023 Sustainability Report
Read more in our Sustainability Report.