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URS Corporate Sustainable Solutions independently assessed BHP Billiton’s Health Safety Environment and Community Report 2003 against the current Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2002 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. This GRI Content Index represents our assessment of where each requirement of Part C of these Guidelines is addressed in the Report. Further information on the Guidelines can be found at www.globalreporting.org
The far right column of this index provides example extracts from within the Report that illustrate where a GRI indicator has been addressed. Where specific, itemised references are not available for a particular GRI indicator, a brief discussion has been provided as to where and how the indicator is addressed. Not all references to an indicator are included in this index, as it is impractical to list every applicable reference to an indicator. This index provides, in our judgement, a fair and reasonable discussion of how and where BHP Billiton has addressed the indicators within the Report.
The colour codes in the left-hand margin of the table are an indication of the level of coverage of each GRI indicator in the Report. Green indicates adequate disclosure, yellow indicates partial disclosure, while red indicates no disclosure. Where there is no or partial disclosure, reasoning for this decision has been provided by BHP Billiton and is presented as red text in the right-hand column of the index.
In compiling this index, URS has taken into consideration a number of issues associated with the compilation and production of BHP Billiton’s Health Safety Environment and Community Report 2003. Issues considered include the complexity of the Company and the materiality of the indicators in relation to its operations, and the general intent and purpose of the Global Reporting Initiative.
Cameron
Jones
Environmental Consultant
Geoff Byrne
Senior Principal
