Background
Our approach to environmental management is incorporated in our Charter, which states that we have an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development. This is expressed further in our HSEC Policy, which states that we will:
- strive to achieve leading industry practice
- meet and, where appropriate, exceed applicable legal and other requirements
- set and achieve targets that include reducing and preventing pollution.
In addition, we adhere to the HSEC Management Standards that form the basis for our management systems at all levels. They cover the entire life cycle of operations, including decommissioning, closure and rehabilitation.
We own and operate a diverse range of businesses in different countries and ecosystems around the world. These businesses, by their nature, have the potential to affect the environment.
This can occur in a variety of ways, including:
- emissions of greenhouse and other gases, such as carbon dioxide and oxides of sulphur and nitrogen associated with combustion and smelting processes; fluorides from aluminium smelting; and particulates from ore handling
- reductions in water quality as a result of acid rock drainage due to the particular ore body characteristics at some of our sites or from the handling, use and production of hazardous materials
- impacts on land associated with land disturbance, land use changes and habitat removal
- alterations to biodiversity within terrestrial, fresh water and marine environments either directly or indirectly as a result of our operations
- indirect impacts encompassing any of the above as a result of the products and services we purchase, lease or provide.
The following sections discuss our Environmental performance and Environmental management initiatives over the reporting period.
For a breakdown of our environmental performance data refer to the Environmental data summary.
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