Leadership, culture and behaviours
We believe that there is no compromise between safety and business success. In fact, we believe that the operations with the best safety performance are also our most innovative and successful and that safety performance is an important indicator of the quality of operational management. To ensure we operate our business in the safest possible way, we instil a strong safety culture at every level amongst our employees and contractors.
A culture of safety starts at the top of our organisation. For successful safety performance, senior leaders must visibly demonstrate their commitment through, for example, spending significant time in the field discussing safety and personally endorsing safety initiatives. Other fundamentals include:
- Continuous safety improvement relies on a widespread learning culture across all operations and all management levels - the ability to track and review the right leading indicators, spot early warning signs, and ensure lessons are truly learned and integrated into the day-to-day management processes so that repeat incidents are avoided
- Employees and contractors must see safety as their individual responsibility: we encourage a no-blame culture where those working for us feel empowered to challenge unsafe behaviours and report incidents, and to share insights, concerns and improved practices
- Providing employees and contractors with the necessary tools and training to recognise and mitigate the inherent hazards and risks that exist in a mining environment
