OZ Minerals Sustainability Commitments for 2009 include targets and initiatives that represent or will result in a significant improvement in sustainability performance.

We will measure our performance against the following commitments in future reports:

Corporate governance and management systems

• Each operation audited against the OZ Minerals Sustainability Standards
• Incident classification and reporting processes aligned across OZ Minerals
• Safety, Health, Environment and Community (SHEC) requirements in project development process strengthened
• Specific SHEC plans in place at each operation, including lead indicators
• Closure plans in place at all sites

Socio-economic contributions

• A community investment strategy developed

Social

Our people

• Strategic plan to increase levels of employee engagement and satisfaction developed
• Performance Management System and Leadership Development Training developed and implemented
• Actions to increase the percentage of women at all levels of our workforce implemented
• Actions to increase the percentage of Indigenous employees in our workforce implemented

Safety and health

• No fatalities or serious permanently-disabling injuries
• 25 per cent improvement in Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) at each operation and major projects (from 7.3 in 2008 to 5.5 by end of 2009)
• Five Key Safety Actions Plan implemented
• Improvements arising from 2008 serious incidents fully implemented
• Aviation Standard fully implemented

Community relations

• No incidents with major impact on local communities
• Community engagement plans in place at all operations and major projects

Environment

• Management plans in place for acid rock drainage (ARD), water management, energy / greenhouse gases
• No incidents with major environmental impact
• No non-compliances with licence conditions
• Energy efficiency improvement projects implemented