| GRI Indicator |
BHP Billiton HSEC Report Sections or Indicators |
Page Number |
Key References in Full Report |
| Social Performance Indicators - Labour Practices and Decent
Work |
| LA1 Workforce breakdown (where possible by region) Colour code Green |
BHP Billiton Profile |
11 |
- 1st paragraph: ‘The Company has some 34 800 employees,
working in more than 100 operations and offices in 26 countries.’
|
| Performance Summaries - Community |
33 |
- Section - ‘Employee relations’, sub-section ‘Employee
profile’: ‘During the year, the average number of
permanent employees across the Company . . . was
34 800, compared to 51 000 reported in the previous period’ . . . ‘About
98 per cent of employees at operated sites and corporate offices
work full-time.’ . . . ‘A
total of about 32 000 contractors were employed at operated
sites.’
|
| Performance Summaries - Community |
34 |
- Section - ‘Employee relations’ sub-section ‘Diversity’,
4th paragraph: ‘Of the Company’s most senior 670
managers, 35 are female. In the year ending 30 June 2003, about
8 per cent of full-time employees at operated sites and offices
were women.’
|
| LA2 Net employment creation and average turnover
Colour code Green |
BHP Billiton Profile |
11 |
- 1st paragraph: ‘The Company has some 34 800 employees,
working in more than 100 operations and offices in 26 countries.’
|
| Performance
Summaries - Community |
33 |
- Section - ‘Employee relations’, sub-section ‘Employee
profile’: ‘During the year, the average number of
permanent employees across the Company . . . was
34 800, compared to 51 000 reported in the previous period.’
- ‘The average turnover rate of employees at operated sites
and corporate offices was 5 per cent.’
- ‘A total of about 32 000 contractors were employed
at operated sites.’
|
| |
34 |
- Figure 35 - Regional Geographic Breakdown of Total Number of Employees
2002/03.
|
| LA3 Employees represented by trade union organisations by country or region Colour code Green |
Performance Summaries - Community |
34 |
- Section ‘Employee relations’ sub-section ‘Freedom
of association’: ‘While fully recognising the right
of our employees to freely associate and join trade unions, we have
a number of locations where we have a mix of collective and individual
arrangements.’
- Figure 36 - Reported Percentage of Employees Covered by Collective
Bargaining Agreements by Region 2002/03.
|
| Appendix G - Global Compact
Progress Assessment |
52 |
- Global Compact Principle 3.
|
| LA4 Policy and procedure relating to consultation with employees (including relating to changes to the organisation) Colour code Green |
Performance Summaries - Community |
33-34 |
- Section ‘Employee relations’ 1st paragraph: ‘Employee
relations at BHP Billiton are the responsibility of local and
business unit management. Each business is required to . . . ’
- Section ‘Employee Relations’ sub-section ‘Freedom
of association’: ‘The Company has a policy to consult
with employees on major organisational changes.’
|
| LA5 Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases Colour code Green |
HSEC Targets and Scorecard |
5 |
- ‘Three fatalities in controlled activities.’
- ‘20 per cent reduction in Classified Injury Frequency
Rate in FY03.’
- ‘97 per cent of required sites implemented baseline
surveys.’
|
| HSEC Governance |
12-14 |
- Section ‘Policy, Standards and Systems’: ‘All
sites are also required to have consultation and communication processes,
comprising management and worker representation, to address HSEC
issues.’
- Figure 3 - HSEC Management Standards (titles and intent statements):
‘Standard 6. Health and Hygiene.’
- Figure 3 - HSEC Management Standards (titles and intent statements):
‘Standard 13. Incident Reporting and Investigation.’
|
| Performance Summaries - Health |
22-23 |
- Section - ‘Health performance’ (entire section relates
to this GRI indicator).
- Figure 8 - Employees Who Completed Medical Examination 2002/03
(p.22).
- Figure 9 - Percentage of Employees in Potential Exposures 2002/03
(p.23).
- Figure 10 - PPE Compliance and Formal Audit Programs 2002/03
(p.23).
- Figure 11 - New Illnesses by Type 2002/03 (p.23).
|
| Performance Summaries - Safety |
24-26 |
- Section - ‘Safety performance’ (entire section relates
to this GRI indicator).
- Figure 12 - Fatalities (Controlled Operations) 2000/01 to
2002/03 (p.24).
- Figure 13 - Classified Injury Frequency Rate 2001/02 to 2002/03
(p.24).
- Section ‘Fatal Risk Control Protocols’ (entire section).
- Figure 15 - Significant Incidents by Cause 2002/03 (p.26).
|
| Audit and Self-Assessment |
39 |
- Figure 46 - ‘Conformance Score Against Each of the HSEC
Management Standards 2002/03’ - Standard 6.
|
| Appendix C - Fatal Incidents
(Controlled Operations) |
47 |
- Appendix C - Fatal Incidents (Controlled Operations).
|
| Case Studies - Health
|
56-60 |
- All Case Studies - Health (Nos. 1 to 5) relate to this GRI indicator.
|
| Case Studies - Safety |
61-65 |
- All Case Studies - Safety (Nos. 6 to 10) relate to this GRI indicator.
|
| LA6 Joint health and safety committees Colour code Green |
HSEC Governance |
12-14 |
- ‘Structure and responsibilities’, 2nd paragraph: ‘As
shown in Figure 2, the Company’s Peak HSE governance body
is the HSE Committee, which is a subcommittee of the Board.’
- ‘Structure and responsibilities’ 3rd paragraph: ‘HSEC
standards across the Company are coordinated and monitored through
the BHP Billiton Executive Committee, with HSEC issues included
in the agenda for each meeting.’
- Section ‘Policy, Standards and Systems’: ‘All
sites are also required to have consultation and communication processes,
comprising management and worker representation, to address HSEC
issues.’
|
| Appendix A - BHP Billiton
Health Safety and Environment Committee of the Board |
41-42 |
- This section of the Report highlights the experience of each Committee
member.
|
| LA7 Injury, lost day and absentee rates (including work-related fatalities) Colour code Green |
HSEC Targets and Scorecard |
5 |
- Sections - ‘Health’ and ‘Safety’.
|
| Performance Summaries - Safety |
24 |
- Section ‘Safety performance’, 2nd paragraph: ‘We
deeply regret that three people lost their lives in our controlled
operations during the year.’
- Section ‘Safety performance’ 5th paragraph: ‘The
Classified Injury Frequency Rate (CIFR) is the number of classified
injuries per million workhours. A 20 per cent reduction in our Classified
Injury Frequency Rate, from 6.51 in 2001/02 to 5.18 in 2002/03 . . . ’
- Figure 13 - Classified Injury Frequency Rate 2001/02 to 2002/03.
|
| LA8 Policies and programs on HIV/AIDS Colour code Green |
HSEC Governance |
13 |
- Figure 3 - HSEC Management Standards (titles and intent statements):
‘Standard 6. Health and Hygiene.’
|
| Performance Summaries - Health |
22 |
- Section - 'Background', 2nd paragraph: ‘Some of the potential
health risks present in the organisation include: (2nd bullet
point) - communicable diseases present in some of the countries
in which we operate, including HIV/AIDS and mosquito-borne diseases.’
|
| Case Study No. 2 - Health
|
57 |
- Health programs in southern Africa help provide care for HIV/AIDS
patients.
|
| LA9 Average hours of training per year Colour code Red |
- |
- |
- Not disclosed in the Report. BHP Billiton's employment policies
encourage all employees to receive training appropriate to their
roles and development needs. Collating and reporting average training
hours is currently impractical for BHP Billiton, as it does
not provide a meaningful measure of the quality of training and
associated competencies provided by the Company.
|
| LA10 Equal opportunity policies and programs Colour code Green |
Performance Summaries -
Community |
34 |
- Section - ‘Employee relations’, sub-section ‘Diversity’:
‘The Company is committed to developing a diverse workforce
and to providing a work environment in which everyone is treated
fairly and with respect and has the opportunity to contribute to
business success and realise their potential.’
- Section - ‘Employee relations’, sub-section ‘Diversity’:
‘Of the Company’s most senior 670 managers, 35 are female.
In the year ending 30 June 2003, about 8 per cent of full-time employees
at operated sites and offices were women.’
|
| LA11 Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including male/female ratios) Colour code Green |
HSEC Governance |
12 |
- Section ‘Structure and responsibilities’ 2nd paragraph:
‘As shown in Figure 2, the Company’s peak HSE governance
body is the HSE Committee, which is a subcommittee of the Board.’
- Figure 2 - HSEC Organisation Structure.
|
| Performance Summaries - Community |
34 |
- Section - ‘Employee relations’, sub-section ‘Diversity’:
‘Of the Company’s most senior 670 managers, 35 are female.’
|
| Appendix A - BHP Billiton
Health Safety and Environment Committee of the Board |
41-42 |
- This section of the Report highlights the experience of each
Committee member.
|
| Appendix B - BHP Billiton
Forum on Corporate Responsibility |
43-46 |
- This section of the Report highlights the experience of each
Forum member.
|
| Additional Social Performance Indicators (Labour Practices and Decent Work) Reported |
| NIL |
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