14 OCTOBER 2025
South32 is piloting a prototype ‘Safety Companion’, a generative AI tool that highlights critical safety insights from our internal risk and event management system (Global360) and related internal standards and guidelines.
Accessible in multiple languages, the tool responds to simple text prompts, enabling our employees and contractors to quickly access safety insights, such as learnings from previous incidents, and identify the right controls before starting a task.
Importantly, the Safety Companion is not a replacement for established safety routines; rather, it serves as an on-demand resource to reinforce correct processes and controls.
In FY25, the pilot focused on fall from height risk, with participants trialling the tool, evaluating output quality and providing feedback to inform improvements.
Next steps include extending the pilot to other high-risk activities and, depending on outcomes, potentially expanding the pilot and deployment across additional operations.
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