We aim to deliver a long-lasting, positive contribution, recognising that social performance is essential to our social licence to operate.
Partnering with communities
We engage with communities to deliver lasting value and maintain our social licence to operate. Social performance reflects how effectively we identify, assess and manage our direct and indirect impacts on people, including local communities and other stakeholders, across our activities and business relationships.
We contribute to local and regional socioeconomic development by:
- Employing local people providing stable and meaningful work opportunities.
- Upskilling local people in both direct and ancillary mining services.
- Paying taxes and royalties that support governments to deliver essential services.
- Procuring local goods and services to stimulate the local economy.
- Investing voluntarily in communities through in-kind contributions, donations, sponsorships and partnerships.
In FY26, our total socio-economic contribution exceeded $1.1B.
Human rights
We are committed to respecting internationally recognised human rights, as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
Our approach is guided by our Human Rights Policy, which sets out how we identify, assess and respond to human rights risks across our operations and supply chains.
Our Human Rights Statement outlines the actions we have taken to strengthen our processes, better understand modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour risks across our operations and supply chains, and continually improve how we mitigate them.
Indigenous Peoples
We respect and recognise the rights and interests of Indigenous Peoples and are committed to ensuring their meaningful participation in decisions that affect their communities, and the stewardship, and protection of culturally significant sites.
We seek to collaborate with Indigenous Peoples, communities, and other stakeholders, to implement practices that protect culture and cultural heritage. This includes striving to obtain the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples where significant adverse impacts are likely and capture the outcomes of engagement and consent processes in agreements.
We are committed to meaningful and lasting relationships with Indigenous Peoples wherever we operate and providing mutually beneficial outcomes through employment, procurement, social investment, and training.
Our approach to managing cultural heritage is guided by our Human Rights Policy and Human Rights and Social Performance Group Standard, which outline minimum requirements across our operations.
