Background
The socio-economic aspects of our operations relate to how we manage our people, how we govern our business and how we contribute to the economies within which we operate. Our priority issues in this area therefore include:
- the human rights of our employees and contractors our relationships with our employees, development of our leaders, diversity including indigenous employment, training, remuneration and other benefits of our employees
- ethics and business conduct incorporating issues related to conducting business internationally and interacting with governments, communities and business partners, as well as workplace behaviour, adherence to values and policies, conflict of interest, financial inducements and bribery, insider trading and political contributions (see also HSEC governance)
- our economic contribution to society, which incorporates the payments we make to governments, including taxes and royalties, and the added value we provide as a result of our operations and their broader contributions through aspects such as payments to suppliers and employees.
The following sections discuss our Socio-economic performance and initiatives over the reporting period.