Independence Group Sustainability Report 2019

FAI First aid injury An injury that can be managed by first-aid treatment only. First aid is defined as treatment that falls within the scope of recognised first-aid protocols, regardless of who administers the treatment. FBI CRC Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre FY financial year or fiscal year (1 July to 30 June) GHG Greenhouse gas Under the Australian Government National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER), greenhouse gases are the six groups of gases a reporting organisation report against, including: –– Carbon dioxide –– Methane –– Nitrous oxide –– Sulphur hexafluoride –– A hydrofluorocarbon of a kind specified in the NGER regulations –– A perfluorocarbon of a kind specified in the NGER regulations GRI Global Reporting Initiative GRI’s vision is that reporting on economic, environmental, and social performance by all organisations is as routine and comparable as financial reporting. GRI accomplishes this vision by developing, continuously improving and building capacity around the use of the GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Framework. All reporting framework components are developed using a global, multi-stakeholder consensus seeking approach. GWW Great Western Woodlands ha Hectares HPI High potential incidents These incidents are classified as: –– All incidents for which the worst credible potential consequence is assessed as being a serious injury (with a lost time injury of greater than two weeks), or a permanent partial disabling injury; and –– Those incidents automatically defined as HPIs as per IGO’s reporting standard. These include incidents involving mobile plant and equipment, fires and explosions, falls and falling objects near people, geotechnical failures and inrush, electrical shocks, and pressure vessel failures. ICMM International Council on Mining and Metals IGO Independence Group NL IPA Indigenous Protected Area An IPA is an area of land or sea that is voluntarily declared to be a protected area by the Traditional Owners. IPAs are managed in accordance with international guidelines developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The Australian program was established 1997 by the Australian Government. JV Joint Venture kg Kilogram KWh/t Kilowatt hour per tonne Land clearing Clearing means (a) the killing or destruction of; (b) the removal of; (c) the severing or ringbarking of trunks or stems of; or (d) the doing of any other substantial damage to, some or all of the native vegetation in an area; and includes the draining or flooding of land, the burning of vegetation, the grazing of stock, or any other act or activity that causes (e) the killing or destruction of; (f) the severing of trunks or stems of; or (g) any other substantial damage to, some or all of the native vegetation in the area. Local community Refers to communities that will be impacted directly and indirectly by the organisation’s activities, including exploration, mine operations and those that will be most affected by closure. LTI Loss time injury An injury or illness that results in the employee or contractor being unable to attend work on the next calendar day after the day of the injury, or any day subsequent to that. If a suitably qualified medical professional advises that the injured person is unable to attend work on the next calendar day after the injury, regardless of the injured person’s next rostered shift, a lost time injury is deemed to have occurred. IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 — 97