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- Community Investments
- Being Good Neighbours
Our Approach To Community
Incitec Pivot Limted (IPL) employs almost 5,000 people in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Many of our manufacturing operations are in remote locations in Australia and the United States.
One of our Company Values is 'Care for the Community and our Environment', which is reflected in our efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of our operations and products as well as our efforts to ensure we listen and work with the communities in which we operate.
Our health, safety and environment standards are designed to ensure that the operation of our facilities causes 'Zero Harm to Everyone, Everywhere' and 'Cares for the Community and our Environment'.
Our approach to community relationships
At the highest level in the Company, the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee of the Board of Directors assists the Board in discharging its overall responsibilities in relation to health, safety, environment and community matters arising out of the Company's activities as they may affect employees, contractors and the local communities in which we operate. The Charter of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee can be downloaded here.
Our sustainability strategy includes a focus area of 'Get close: We will proactively engage with our communities'. To support this, a Sustainable Communities Policy was developed. It includes a commitment to:
While we engage with and contribute to communities via a diverse range of initiatives and programs around the world, we recognised that our global community contribution program has been reactive and ad hoc. IPL sites around the world are left to determine the most appropriate investments to make in the communities in which they live and work. Whilst this approach has largely worked, we believe we can do more for our communities. To address this and establish a proactive approach to community investment that supports our business strategy and Company Values, a Sustainability Keystone Project was established to develop guidelines for community investment.
