Independence Group Sustainability Report 2019

At IGO, we hold ourselves accountable for operating in a responsible and sustainable way. We safely and ethically explore and develop new resource opportunities, mine and process specialist products, deliver our product to market, close assets and rehabilitate land in ways that respect the regions in which we operate and minimise our impact on the environment. Underpinned by good governance, together with a positive connection to our business, our people are the power that helps us achieve our goals. OUR PEOPLE IGO remains a proud Western Australian employer. During FY19, we employed 307 direct employees and 465 contractors across our business. Our workforce is based at the Nova Operation, which operates predominantly as fly-in fly-out, or at our Perth office. We also have an expanding team working on our regional exploration projects in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. We work hard to be a partner and employer of choice to all our stakeholders, believing that this can only be achieved with a collaborative approach. Our efforts and continued focus on employee engagement, learning and development, together with empowerment and ownership are making a difference to the connection that our employees have to our business and achievement of our strategic objectives. Our approach is key to making IGO a great place to work. Engagement In FY19, we conducted our third company- wide annual employee engagement survey with a response rate of 83 per cent. This is a strong result and one that demonstrates that our continued focus on connecting our people has created a workforce that wants to be actively involved in shaping both our culture and business as we continue to evolve. Our overall engagement score this year was 70 per cent, which represents a significant year-on-year improvement from FY18 and puts IGO at the upper end of scores achieved by other companies surveyed by this year’s provider, Blue Provident. This result, along with the specific feedback received from our people about business wide programs currently in progress, tells us that: • Pride in IGO – 86 per cent of our people our proud to work for IGO, an 11 per cent improvement; • Motivation – 71 per cent of our people are motivated to go the ‘extra mile’, a 19 per cent improvement; and • Career intentions – 82 per cent of our people plan to stay with IGO, a 12 per cent improvement. RESPONSIBLE OPERATIONS Our people Safety, health and wellbeing Environmental management Mine closure IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 — 29