In regards to sustainability governance for AWAC, Alumina Limited’s principal interest is the integration of sound environmental, social and governance practices alongside sustainable financial performance.
This is achieved through:
The Sustainability Committee Charter sets out the roles and responsibilities of the committee. It meets at least quarterly to assist and provide recommendations to the Board in relation to ESG matters including setting and reviewing relevant strategies, policies and position statements.
The committee also monitors performance, including reviewing reports of noncompliance on human rights, environmental, labour or anti-corruption grounds.
In late 2020, Alumina Limited conducted its most recent materiality assessment to identify sustainability topics that reflect an organisation’s most significant environmental, social and economic impacts and that are most important to its stakeholders.
The approach was guided principally by the Global Reporting Initiative Standards 2021 (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Metals and Mining Standard and considered:
The resulting material topics aligned to four major themes. The topics determined to be most material to Alumina Limited are highlighted in bold:
Refer to Alumina Limited’s most recent Sustainability Report for more information.