Independence Group Sustainability Report 2019

MEASURING OUR SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE Internal assessment We assess our sustainability performance across a range of indicators that are important to both IGO and our stakeholders. We monitor the success of incremental and continuous work improvements, and against a range of quantitative and qualitative performance metrics. These indicators and their FY19 outcomes are summarised below. Our actions to maintain or improve performance in these areas are described throughout this report. IGO SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR OUTCOMES IN FY19 SAFETY Safety of our workforce We made significant improvement in our safety performance during FY19. Safety of our host communities During FY19 our activities resulted in no significant safety issues in the communities in which we operate. COMMUNITY Diversity of our workforce We made improvement in workforce diversity and female representation during FY19. Local and Aboriginal employment We continued to apply ourselves to increase the number of people employed in our business from our host communities. However, we have had limited success to date. We expect an improved result in FY20. Community engagement We made significant improvements in our engagement activities during FY19. Direct community feedback indicates we still have work to do. Land access We experienced several issues accessing the land we sought for exploration purposes. Local sourcing of goods and services While IGO sources some goods and services locally, we still have room for improvement. Corporate Giving contributions Proudly, we continued to support our Corporate Giving priorities in local health, education and environmental management. In FY19 we again increased the budget allocated to these activities. Education and training IGO continues to engage in a range of initiatives to support education and training in our host communities and support of the industry generally. ETHICS AND INTEGRITY Compliance In FY19, IGO was neither prosecuted nor subject to legal action by regulators. Tax IGO continues to make significant tax contributions. Transparency IGO is open and transparent, and where we are unable to make disclosures for commercial reasons, we are forthright in stating our position. LAND MANAGEMENT Reducing our exploration impacts Given current technologies and the locations of exploration interests to IGO, land clearing remains an unavoidable component of our activities. Our focus remains on effective and timely rehabilitation. Reducing our operational impacts The impacts associated with the Nova Operation are minimal. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Water use The impacts associated with IGO’s water consumption are minimal. Resource recovery IGO continues to achieve strong resource recovery. EMISSIONS AND WASTE Energy consumption and renewables Energy consumption during FY19 remained proportionate to our activities. We are proud to have commenced construction of the solar power farm at the Nova Operation. Contained waste IGO’s key waste streams were contained to design during FY19. Discharges to land and water In FY19, IGO had no material discharges to land, water bodies, water courses or groundwater. Discharges to the atmosphere reflect a change in the scale of our operating activities. Tracking our performance Acceptable performance Adequate performance We need to do better IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 — 13