INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017

IGO CORPORATE GIVING To support the communities in which we operate, IGO has implemented a Corporate Giving program. The Group Community Standard 1 – Corporate Giving (refer to www.igo.com.au ) has been developed to guide the program. The nature of IGO’s Corporate Giving takes two general forms: cash and ‘in-kind’ donations. In general, IGO’s Corporate Giving is deliberately focused on targeting beneficiaries in, or connected to, our host communities, such as organisations that improve the quality of life of their beneficiaries. IGO’s Corporate Giving is deliberately focused on targeting beneficiaries in our host communities, such as organisations that: • support and improve the education of children; • support and improve health and well-being; and • enhance, protect or rehabilitate the environment. IGO’s host communities include those towns close to our operating mines and major exploration projects. In FY17 IGO proudly supported over 60 applicants. IGO has a Community Development and Assistance Program (CDAP) funded through IGO’s Corporate Giving fund. The Community Development and Assistance Program includes those charitable projects where IGO has made a multi-year support commitment. IGO’s current CDAP projects are described on page 67. IGO PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE GIRLS ACADEMY PROGRAM, WHICH HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF AT-RISK ABORIGINAL GIRLS OVERCOME SOME OF THE COMMON BARRIERS KEEPING THEM FROM ATTENDING SCHOOL. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 66 — IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017