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17: Emergencies, Crises and Business Continuity

Intent

To ensure appropriate resources and effective emergency response, crisis management and business continuity plans are in place to manage site emergencies and business crises.

Performance Requirements

17.1

All foreseeable site emergencies shall be systematically identified and their HSEC impacts assessed, including those associated with activities adjacent to the site

17.2

A site emergency response plan shall be developed in consultation with external emergency agencies to mitigate the assessed HSEC impacts. This plan shall be:

• Documented with defined roles and responsibilities
• Communicated throughout the site
• Made accessible to everyone at site

17.3

All employees and non-employees shall be trained in the emergency response plan to understand:

• Their roles and responsibilities
• The use of emergency response resources

17.4

Resources required for the management of emergencies shall be allocated and their adequacy reviewed

17.5

Emergency response and crisis management plan exercises shall be conducted:

• At least annually and as scheduled
• With involvement from external emergency agencies, as appropriate

17.6

Lessons learnt from actual emergencies and emergency exercises shall be:

• Properly documented
• Used to review and amend existing plans and resources as required
• Shared amongst other Xstrata operations as appropriate

17.7

Site emergency response plans shall be aligned to a Commodity Business level Crisis Management Plan

17.8

A well defined process shall exist to escalate a site emergency to a Commodity Business Crisis, as required

17.9

Sites shall contribute to and have access to the Commodity Business Continuity Plan which is managed at the business level