BHP Billiton Health, Safety, Environment & Community Report 2004

GRI Indicator		BHP Billiton 2004 HSEC Report Section	BHP Billiton 2004 HSEC Report Sub-section	Reference in Full Report
Social Performance Indicators
LA1	Workforce breakdown (where possible by region)	About Us		1st paragraph: ‘We have around 35 000 employees working in more than 100 operations and offices in 26 countries.’
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Employee profile	1st paragraph: ‘During the year, the average number of permanent employees across the Company (including our owned and operated facilities, as well as our share of unincorporated joint ventures) was 35 070, compared to 34 800 reported in the previous period.’ 2nd paragraph: ‘Around 5 per cent of employees were engaged on a part-time or casual basis’
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Diversity	3rd paragraph: ‘Approximately 7 per cent of our Company’s management are women . . . There were significant regional differences, with women representing about 33 per cent, 18 per cent and 12 per cent of full-time employees in Europe, North America and Australia respectively.’
LA2	Net employment creation and average turnover	About Us		1st paragraph: ‘We have around 35 000 employees working in more than 100 operations and offices in 26 countries.’
LA2	Net employment creation and average turnover	Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Employee profile	Graph – ‘Regional geographic breakdown of total number of employees 2003/04’. 3rd paragraph: ‘The average turnover rate of employees at operated sites and corporate offices was 6 per cent.’ Graph – ‘Regional geographic breakdown of total number of employees 2003/04’.
LA3	Employees represented by trade union organisations by country or region	Part of the global community	Building global links – Global Compact progress assessment	Global Compact Principle 3 – ‘Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining’.
LA3		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Freedom of association	This entire section of the Report addresses this GRI Indicator. Graph – ‘Reported percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements by region 2003/04’.
LA4	Policy and procedure relating to consultation with employees (including relating to changes to the organisation)	Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Employee relations	2nd bullet point: ‘build open and productive relationships with employees and provide processes to assist in equitably addressing workplace issues.’ 2nd paragraph: ‘Employee relations arrangements at individual workplaces are required to respect local legislative requirements and other local standards and circumstances.’
LA5	Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases	Message from the Chief Executive Officer		3rd paragraph: ‘Seventeen of our colleagues have lost their lives during this fiscal year.’
		Performance at a Glance	HSEC targets scorecard – Safety	Seventeen fatalities in controlled activities. During the year our Classified Injury Frequency Rate reduced, resulting in an overall reduction to date of 26 per cent against the baseline.
		Performance at a Glance	HSEC targets scorecard – Health	98 per cent of required sites implemented baseline surveys Potential occupational exposure to noise increased by 4 per cent if not for the use of personal protective equipment. The 2004 financial year was the baseline year in determining other exposures (excluding noise) above occupational exposure limits. 15 per cent reduction against the baseline in the incidence of occupational disease per 10 000 employees.
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC Governance – Policy, standards and systems – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 6 – ‘Health and Hygiene’ – Intent: Employees and contractors are assessed for their fitness for work and protected from health hazards associated with their work. Standard 13 – ‘Incident Reporting and Investigation Investigation’ – Intent: Incidents are reported, investigated and analysed. Corrective and preventative actions are taken and lessons shared.
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC Governance – Policy, standards and systems – Risk management	BHP Billiton HSEC Consequence Severity Table – Injury and disease
		Performance Summaries	Health	Includes text and graphs on the monitoring, measuring and reporting of occupational illnesses, personal protective equipment compliance, employee health and community health.
		Performance Summaries	Safety	Includes text and graphs on the monitoring, measuring and reporting of fatalities, First Priority information system, Classified Injury Frequency Rate, Fatal Risk Control Protocols, safety management and contractor management.
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Health	All case studies in this section of the Report.
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Safety	All case studies in this section of the Report.
LA6	Joint health and safety committees	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance	Diagram – ‘HSEC Organisation Structure’. 2nd paragraph: ‘As shown in the diagram adjacent, the Company’s peak HSE governance body is the HSE Committee, which is a subcommittee of the Board.’ 3rd paragraph: ‘HSEC Standards across the Company are coordinated and monitored through the BHP Billiton Executive Committee . . .’ Section ‘HSE Committee of the Board Membership’.
			Governance – HSEC governance – Policy, standards and systems	3rd paragraph: ‘Wherever we operate, HSEC aspects are addressed in our decision-making processes, alongside other business considerations.’
			Part of the global community – Dialogue – Employees and contractors	4th paragraph: ‘At the site level, in line with HSEC Management Standard 7, sites are required to ensure processes are in place to enable stakeholders, including employees and contractors, to participate in and commit to HSEC performance improvement initiatives.’
LA7	Injury, lost day and absentee rates (including work related fatalities)	Performance at a Glance	HSEC targets scorecard – Safety	Seventeen fatalities in controlled activities. During the year our Classified Injury Frequency Rate reduced, resulting in an overall reduction of 26 per cent against the baseline.
		Performance at a Glance	HSEC targets scorecard – Health	98 per cent of required sites implemented baseline surveys. Potential occupational exposure to noise, if not for the use of personal protective equipment, increased by 4 per cent. The 2004 financial year was the baseline year in determining other exposures (excluding noise) above occupational exposure limits. During the year the incidence of occupational illness reduced, resulting in an overall reduction to date of 15 per cent against the baseline.
		Performance Summaries	Health – Health performance – Occupational illnesses	Graph – ‘New illnesses by type’.
		Performance Summaries	Safety	‘Fatalities’ section, including graph – ‘Fatalities at our controlled operations 2001/02 to 2003/04’. ‘Classified Injury Frequency Rate’ section, including graph – ‘Classified Injury Frequency Rate 2001/02 to 2003/04’. ‘Safety Incidents’ section, including graph – ‘Significant safety incidents by fatal risk control protocol and incident type 2001/02 to 2003/04’ and ‘Basic cause categories – surface mobile equipment significant incidents 2001/02 to 2003/04’.
LA8	Policies and programs on HIV/AIDS	Performance at a Glance	Executive summary	14th paragraph: ‘We received an award recognising Business Excellence for Innovation from the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, the pre-eminent organisation leading the business fight against the AIDS pandemic.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Sustainability challenges – Occupational and community health	Our approach – Community health, 2nd paragraph: ‘Health is a key focus of our community programs. Many of our operations are in regions where the three most significant global infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis) have significant impact.’
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Health	Case Study No. 1 – ‘Seeking ways to help manage the impact of HIV/AIDS on a broader scale’.
LA9	Average hours of training per year	–	–	NO DISCLOSURE: BHP Billiton Comment: 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	Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Diversity	This entire section provides information on the Company’s equal opportunity policies and programs currently in place.
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Diversity – Employment equity in South Africa	1st paragraph: ‘To address historical issues of South Africa, which resulted in the majority of South Africans being excluded from participating in the mainstream economy, BHP Billiton South Africa adopted an empowerment strategy of change.’
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Socio-economic	Case Study No. 30 – ‘EKATI agreements aim to provide sustainable employment, training and business opportunities for indigenous communities’. Case Study No. 31 – ‘Black Economic Empowerment Supply Unit established to promote BEE supply initiatives in the southern African Region’.
LA11	Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including male/female ratios)	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance	Diagram – ‘HSEC Organisation Structure’. HSE Committee of the Board membership. Global Ethics Panel – ‘The Global Ethics Panel comprises business representatives and corporate representatives from relevant functional areas . . . and two external representatives.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Forum on Corporate Responsibility	Entire section.
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Diversity	3rd paragraph: ‘. . . about 9 per cent of full-time employees at operated sites and offices were women.’
HR1	Policies and guidelines dealing with human rights	Performance at a Glance	HSEC targets scorecard – Community	No identified transgressions within the Group’s activities of the principles embodied within the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
		Performance at a Glance	Executive summary	10th paragraph: ‘No transgressions of the principles embodied within the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights were reported to have occurred within the Group during the year.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 8 – Business Conduct, Human Rights and Indigenous Affairs.
			Part of the global community – Our stakeholders – BHP Billiton’s stakeholder relationships (PDF 48KB)	9th row – Non-government organisations: Non- government organisations with which we typically engage include environmental, social and human rights organisations. They range from the local to the international level.
			Part of the global community – Building global links	3rd paragraph: ‘The major externally developed voluntary initiatives that we are involved in. . . UN Global Compact (2002); United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2001).’ Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
		Performance Summaries	Community – Human rights	Entire ‘Human rights’ section.
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Employee relations	Discusses approach to employee relations.
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Community	Case Study No. 25 – ‘Dialogue Table meetings provide a forum for resolving community issues at Tintaya’. Case Study No. 28 – ‘Process of resolving Tabaco land acquisition issues continues’.
HR2	Consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment andprocurement decisions	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 8 – ‘Business Conduct, Human Rights and Indigenous Affairs’. 10th paragraph: ‘To ensure that our HSEC (including human rights) management requirements are embedded into significant investment decisions, we have established an investment process that covers a range of investment types of establishes the policy by which all investments are to be reviewed and authorised.’
HR3	Policies and procedures to evaluate human rights (within the supply chain and contractors, including monitoring systems)	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 8 – ‘Business Conduct, Human Rights and Indigenous Affairs’. Standard 11 – ‘Suppliers, Contractors and Partners’.
		Performance Summaries	Community – Community performance – Human rights	1st paragraph: ‘During 2003, a Human Rights Self- Assessment Toolkit was developed and distributed to all Company sites to assist them in appraising their potential exposure to human rights issues.’ 3rd paragraph: ‘Human Rights Guides for managers and employees and a presentation for employees have also been developed and are available to our sites to assist them in educating our people about their roles and responsibilities.’
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Community	Case Study No. 25 – ‘Dialogue Table meetings provide a forum for resolving community issues at Tintaya’. Case Study No. 28 – ‘Process of resolving Tabaco land acquisition issues continues’. PARTIAL DISCLOSURE: BHP Billiton Comment: While the Human Rights Self-Assessment toolkit has been ‘rolled-out’ to BHP Billiton operations, partial disclosure against this indicator has been determined, as data from the process are not yet centrally collated.
HR4	Global policy preventing discrimination, including monitoring systems	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 8 – ‘Business Conduct, Human Rights and Indigenous Affairs’.
			Part of the global community – Building global links	Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
			Governance – HSEC governance – Business conduct	2nd paragraph: ‘The Guide to Business Conduct applies to all our workforce regardless of their specific job or location. It provides employees and contractors with direction and advice on carrying out business and interacting with governments, communities and business partners.’
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Diversity	1st paragraph: ‘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. In real terms, this means harnessing the unique skills, experience and perspectives that each individual brings and recognising that these differences are important to our success.’
HR5	Freedom of association policies and procedures	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Building global links	Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Building global links – UN Global Compact	2nd paragraph: ‘With regard to the Global Compact’s core values in the area of labour standards, while we fully recognise the right of our employees to freely associate and join trade unions, at a number of locations we have a mix of collective and individual arrangements.’
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Freedom of association	Entire section – text. Graph – ‘Reported percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements by region 2003/04’.
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations	3rd paragraph: ‘Further details on our approach to employment and our policies with regard to equality, recruitment, remuneration, performance management and employee development can be found in our Employment Principles (see http://www.bhpbilliton.com/ bb/peopleAndEmployment/employmentPrinciples.jsp).’
HR6	Policy excluding child labour	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – Policy, standards and systems	3rd paragraph: ‘As such, the Policy recognises that where governments implement international conventions, such as those of the International Labour Organisation, we will comply.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Building global links	Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
		Performance Summaries	Community – Community performance – Human rights	2nd paragraph: ‘The toolkit enables sites to assess their level of impact on or exposure to human rights (encompassing child labour and forced labour) . . .’
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Child and forced labour	Entire section.
HR7	Policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – Policy, standards and systems	3rd paragraph: ‘As such, the Policy recognises that where governments implement international conventions, such as those of the International Labour Organisation, we will comply.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Building global links – UN Global Compact	Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
		Performance Summaries	Community – Community performance – Human rights	2nd paragraph: ‘The toolkit enables sites to assess their level of impact on or exposure to human rights (encompassing child labour and forced labour) . . .’
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Child and forced labour	Entire section.
HR12	Policies and guidelines for needs of indigenous people	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 8 – ‘Business Conduct, Human Rights and Indigenous Affairs’.
			Part of the global community – Our stakeholders – BHP Billiton’s stakeholder relationships (PDF 48KB)	Table – 2nd row ‘Local and indigenous Communities’; 7th row ‘Community Organisations’.
			Part of the global community – Building global links – UN Global Compact	Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
		Performance Summaries	Community – Community performance – Community management – Indigenous culture and heritage	1st paragraph: ‘The Company recognises and respects the importance of indigenous people’s culture, heritage and traditional rights and supports the identification, recording, management and protection of indigenous cultural heritage sites.‘
		Performance Summaries	Socio-economic – Socio-economic performance – Employee relations – Diversity – Indigenous employment and training	The entire section provides details on the Company’s policies and programs with respect to the needs of indigenous peoples.
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Community	Case Studies No. 23, 25, 28 and 29 relate to addressing the needs of indigenous peoples.
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Socio-economic	Case Studies No. 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 relate to addressing the needs of indigenous peoples.
HR14	Share of operating revenues redistributed to local communities	Performance at a Glance	Executive summary	10th paragraph: ‘Our community contributions of 1.3 per cent of our pre-tax profit, based on a rolling three-year average, once again exceeded the target of 1 per cent.’
HR14		Performance Summaries	Community – Community performance – Community contributions	1st paragraph: ‘The Company supports community initiatives in the locations where it operates. During 2004, our voluntary contributions to community programs totalled US$46.5 million, comprising cash, in-kind support and management time. This amount equates to 1.3 per cent of pre-tax profit (three-year rolling average), which exceeds our target of 1 per cent.’ Graph – ‘Community contributions by program category 2003/04’. Graph – ‘Community contributions by geographic region 2003/04’.
SO1	Policies to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by activities	Performance at a Glance	HSEC targets scorecard	Community – All sites to have and maintain a community relations plan. Community – Aggregate contribution to community programs, including in-kind support, of a target of 1 per cent of pre-tax profits, calculated on a three-year rolling average.
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – Policy, standards and systems – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 7 – ‘Communication, Consultation and Participation’.
			Sustainability challenges – Sustainable community development and closure	Entire section provides information of the Company’s approach, policies and procedures on minimising the impact of closing an operation on the local community.
			Sustainability challenges – Occupational and community health	This section includes information on how the Company is adequately addressing community health issues.
			Part of the global community – Our stakeholders	Table – ‘BHP Billiton’s stakeholder relationships’ – Local and Indigenous Communities, right-hand column.
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Community	All Community case studies (Nos. 22–29).
		Policy in Action – Case Studies	Socio-economic	Case Studies Nos. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34.
SO2	Policies to address bribery and corruption	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – Policy, standards and systems – Business conduct	2nd paragraph: ‘This includes clear guidelines on general workplace behaviour as well as our policies, standards and guidelines on a wide range of ethical issues including conflict of interest, financial inducements and bribery, insider trading and political contributions.’ 6th paragraph: ‘For issues related to fraud or bribery, the fraud hotline is contacted. Employees can escalate issues to the Global Ethics Panel.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Building global links – UN Global Compact	Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
		Performance Summaries	Community – Background	3rd paragraph, last bullet point: ‘conducting all international business ethically, including interactions with governments, communities and business partners, as well as issues of workplace behaviour, equal employment opportunity, conflict of interest, financial inducements and bribery, insider trading and political contributions.’
SO3	Policies to address political lobbying and contributions	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – Policy, standards and systems – Business conduct	2nd paragraph: ‘This includes clear guidelines on general workplace behaviour as well as our policies, standards and guidelines on a wide range of ethical issues including conflict of interest, financial inducements and bribery, insider trading and political contributions.’ 6th paragraph: ‘For issues related to fraud or bribery, the fraud hotline is contacted. Employees can escalate issues to the Global Ethics Panel.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Building global links – UN Global Compact	Table – ‘Global Compact progress assessment’.
		Performance Summaries	Community – Background	3rd paragraph, last bullet point: ‘conducting all international business ethically, including interactions with governments, communities and business partners, as well as issues of workplace behaviour, equal employment opportunity, conflict of interest, financial inducements and bribery, insider trading and political contributions.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Dialogue – Public policy	1st paragraph: ‘The Company maintains a position of impartiality with respect to party politics.’
SO4	Awards received relevant to social, ethical and environmental performance	Performance at a Glance	Executive summary	13th paragraph: ‘Over the year we received recognition for our performance in a number of areas. We received an award . . .’
		Recognition	Employee HSEC Awards	Entire section.
		Recognition	External recognition	Entire section.
PR1	Policy for preserving customer health and safety	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – Policy, standards and systems – HSEC Management Standards	Standard 11 – ‘Suppliers, Contractors and Partners’. Standard 12 – ‘Product Stewardship’. 8th paragraph: ‘Through Management Standard 12 on Product Stewardship, we also cover the consumption end of our material life cycle. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are available for our products, identifying potential health, safety and environmental aspects associated with their use.’
		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Our stakeholders	Table – ‘BHP Billiton’s stakeholder relationships’ – Customers – right-hand column, 2nd point: ‘Product information brochures, including material safety data sheets.’
		Performance Summaries	Management systems – Product stewardship	Entire section.
PR2	Policy and procedures relating to product information and labelling	Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Governance – HSEC governance – HSEC Management Standards	8th paragraph: ‘Through Management Standard 12 on Product Stewardship, we also cover the consumption end of our material life cycle. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are available for our products, identifying potential health, safety and environmental aspects associated with their use.’ Standard 12 – ‘Product Stewardship’.
PR2		Sustainability at BHP Billiton	Part of the global community – Our stakeholders	Table – ‘BHP Billiton’s stakeholder relationships’ – Customers – right-hand column, 2nd point: ‘Product information brochures, including material safety data sheets.’
PR3	Policy and procedures relating to consumer privacy	–	–	NO DISCLOSURE: BHP Billiton Comment: This indicator is not considered relevant to BHP Billiton as its ‘consumers’ are other large organisations.

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