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Sustainability is at the heart of our purpose and underpins everything we do. Our approach to sustainability comprises five interconnected pillars which focus on areas that are material to our business and stakeholders.
Our Sustainability Policy is guided by international standards and initiatives, including the ICMM Mining Principles, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Ten Principles, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Our FY22 Underlying EBITDA was US$4,755M
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Our approach aligns with the ICMM Mining Principles and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
1 ‘Goal’ is defined as an ambition to seek an outcome for which there is no current pathway(s), but for which efforts will be pursued towards addressing that challenge, subject to certain assumptions or conditions.
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To improve the representation of women in operational and leadership roles, our Cerro Matoso operation in Colombia has invested in several training, recruitment, and leadership initiatives. One program is providing mine truck operator training to women from 25 local communities.
Our Hillside Aluminium operation marked the beginning of the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based violence by handing over seven newly built ‘park home’ units to LifeLine Zululand in the King Cetshwayo, uMhkanyakude and Zululand districts.
I’m Karen Wood, Chair of South32
Delivering on our climate change commitments is fundamental to our purpose – to make a difference by developing natural resources, improving people’s lives now and for generations to come, where we are trusted by our owners and partners to realise the potential of their resources."
Footnotes
1 ‘Goal’ is defined as an ambition to seek an outcome for which there is no current pathway(s), but for which efforts will be pursued towards addressing that challenge, subject to certain assumptions or conditions.
2 ‘Target’ is defined as an intended outcome in relation to which we have identified one or more pathways for delivery of that outcome, subject to certain assumptions or conditions.
This page contains forward looking statements including statements in relation to climate change and other environmental and energy transition scenarios. These forward-looking statements reflect South32’s expectations at the date of the Climate Change Action Plan included in the Sustainable Development Report (including with respect to its strategies and plans regarding climate change) and they are not guarantees or predictions of future performance or outcomes or statements of fact. They involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual outcomes and developments to differ materially from those expressed in such statements. South32 makes no representation, assurance or guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness or likelihood of fulfilment of any forward-looking statement, any outcomes expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement or any assumptions on which a forward-looking statement is based.