Independence Group Sustainability Report 2019

IGO CORPORATE GIVING Making a difference to our community is IGO’s reason for being – it is our purpose. We are proud of our Corporate Giving program and how our people have each made a difference to the organisations we support. These activities give our employees a sense of pride and demonstrate IGO’s genuine commitment to and engagement with the community. We have a publicly stated Board approved position on philanthropy as defined in the IGO Corporate Giving Standard, which defines our primary target beneficiaries, as charities and schools in our host communities. Our Corporate Giving comprises three elements: cash, in-kind donations and support of employee’s charitable activities. For FY19 we defined a budget allocation of 0.06 per cent of the previous year’s total IGO revenue, and we have increased the budget allocation for FY20 to 0.075 per cent of total revenue. In FY19, IGO’s Corporate Giving activities made a difference to over 46 organisations and programs, with total payments of $478,606. Many IGO employees took advantage of IGO’s Volunteer Leave Allowance that provides employees with up to two days paid leave per annum to assist with charitable causes. IGO employees are also able to make personal donations via IGO’s online workplace giving platform Good2Give where the Company will match the donation as per the Corporate Giving Standard. Some of the organisations and programs IGO has supported during FY19 are: TEACH LEARN GROW IGO has been supporting Teach Learn Grow (TLG) for over five years and continued its support with the 2018 Rural Tutoring Program. The program sees university students volunteer their time to tutor in remote schools. The program has had a hugely positive impact on the communities living in close proximity to our mine sites and we look forward to continuing to work with TLG in FY20 to improve educational outcomes for children in remote Western Australia. The schools visited during the program were Leonora District High School, Nulsen Primary School, East Kalgoorlie Primary School, Coolgardie Primary School and Norseman District High School. NORSEMAN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Scitech, a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to increase awareness, interest, capability and participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, delivered three all-staff professional learning workshops at Norseman District High School (DHS) during the year. This allowed teachers to develop an understanding of how to use the digital technologies and other similar resources provided to them. Critical to the facilitation of all the workshops at Norseman DHS and Scitech’s ongoing provision of professional learning around Western Australia, were IGO-funded iPads. DANDJOO DARBALUNG PROGRAM AT ST CATHERINE’S COLLEGE IGO proudly partnered with AngloGold Ashanti Australia, Barminco and Sandfire Resources to support 100 Aboriginal students to complete the Dandjoo Darbalung program at St Catherine’s College, an independent residential college within The University of Western Australia. Each company has made an investment in the program of $45,000 over three years, which collectively will make a huge difference to the program. Dandjoo Darbalung is a high-calibre wraparound residential program for Aboriginal students to help them graduate with a tertiary level qualification. It is accessible across all five universities in Western Australia. ESPERANCE GIRLS ACADEMY The Esperance Girls Academy is the leading provider of school-based engagement programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls in Australia. It aims to help enable more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls graduate from secondary school and transition successfully to their planned career pathway. IGO is proud to continue its support of this program at Esperance Senior High School during FY19. 60 — IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 SECTION 5 MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY