Material issues
The concept of materiality goes beyond that of financial impact alone. It encompasses social, environmental and community issues that are important to stakeholders as well as risks and opportunities that matter to us.
We identify which issues are material to our business by:
- internal performance metrics
- engaging with stakeholders
- reviewing scientific developments
- assessing our performance
- monitoring media coverage
- assessing the issues reported by competitors
- following policy and regulatory trends
We determine the issues that are material to our Group through a structured annual ‘bottom-up’ process of review and aggregation at our sites and businesses.
As a global mining company, we face evolving material sustainability risks and opportunities. We evaluate these issues carefully and adjust our management approach and priorities accordingly. Material, Company-wide issues include:
- climate change and energy
- water use and scarcity
- human rights and community engagement
- safety
- assurance, transparency and reporting
- off-site dispersion of dusts and SO2
