Environment, health and safety
We aim to:
- Develop, implement and maintain environment management systems aligned with our commitments and beliefs and consistent with world-class standards;
- Comply as a minimum with all applicable legislative and statutory requirements;
- Conserve natural resources, raw materials, water and energy by process improvements, recycling and reducing and re-using waste;
- Seek continual improvements through setting and reviewing targets, assessing and reporting environmental performance, applying best practices and providing all employees with relevant training;
- Encourage contractors and suppliers to adopt our principles and practices; and
Implement regular health surveillance and risk-based monitoring of employees.
People and Community
Our people and community policies, which are applied across all of our group companies, are to:
- Be a significant contributor to addressing social needs within the communities in which we operate;
- Create sustainable partnerships to support our local communities;
- Strive to actively enter into dialogue and engagement with our stakeholders;
- Follow a philosophy of meritocracy. We are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are free from all forms of discrimination or harassment relating to age, caste, sex, ethnic origin or religion;
- Manage our businesses in a fair and equitable manner, meeting all our social responsibilities as a direct and indirect employer and respect the human rights of all of our stakeholders;
- Have robust processes and systems in place to foster leadership development, learning and growth and to deliver value to the organisation and society;
- Provide employees with the opportunity to report matters which transgress or contravene our Code of Conduct;
- Ensure that our supplier and customer relationships are conducted in a fair, proper and transparent manner;
- Strive to achieve and drive forward industry best practice in our social stewardship;
- Uphold and honour all ongoing commitments, following acquisitions and mergers, ensuring a smooth integration of both organisations and sharing of best practices;
- Be a responsible and good neighbour; and
- Align our activities with the principles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations and Convention 138 of the International Labour Organisation.