Our approach to Sustainability
The IPL sustainability strategy makes a commitment to `the creation of long term economic value whilst caring for our people, our communities and our environment'.
Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in IPL's Values and aligns with our Group strategy.
This year we published our third Sustainability Report and this report marks a step change in the level of our reporting, being the first to use the Global Reporting Initiative's Guidelines for sustainability reporting. You can download a copy of our report here, as well as view our previous reports and other public disclosures on our sustainability performance
Our sustainability agenda
To implement this strategy, we developed a three year agenda to focus our actions. This agenda consists of three key priorities:
We have structured our IPL 2011 Sustainability Report around this agenda as well as reporting on our commitments to safety (Zero Harm) and people (Value People).
Implementing our plan
In addition to business as usual sustainability activities, five projects have been chosen as the keystone items of the agenda. These projects have been selected from the risks and opportunities review conducted when developing the sustainability strategy. They are an important component of our strategy. The selected keystone projects will create long term value for the business, represent immediate opportunities, and align with our IPL group strategy.
These projects are:
- Use less energy and water and produce less waste within our operations;
- Develop and implement global community spend guidelines and reporting so that we can prioritise and measure our efforts in terms of investment in the communities in which we operate;
- Develop and implement a global indigenous employment program
- Research Enhanced Efficiency Fertilisers ('EEF'); and
- Develop and implement processes to reuse customer waste oil to replace virgin oils used to manufacture explosives.
Read more about these keystone projects and progress by clicking on the links above.