Our shared values Sustainability Report 2013 6 42 37 20 10 7 43 1 4 9 3 5 21 26 39 40 32 15 Petroleum and Potash Copper 27 Iron Ore 2 14 17 Coal 11 23 18 16 22 12 Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel 41 29 33 Offices 28 25 30 13 35 19 31 36 38 34 24 8 27 BHP Billiton Locations Petroleum and Potash Copper Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Ref Country Asset Description Ownership 1 US Onshore US Onshore shale liquids and gas fields <1–100% 10 US Base Metals Copper mine located in the State 100% in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas North America of Arizona (a) 2 Australia Australia Operated offshore oil and gas fields 40–90% 11 Australia Cannington Silver, lead and zinc mine located 100% Production Unit in Bass Strait and North West Shelf in northwest Queensland 3 US Gulf of Mexico Operated offshore oil and gas fields 35–44% 12 Chile Escondida The world’s largest copper producing 57.5% Production Unit in the Gulf of Mexico mine, located in northern Chile 4 Pakistan Pakistan Operated onshore oil and gas fields 38.5% 13 Australia Olympic Dam Australia’s biggest underground copper 100% Production Unit mine, also producing uranium and gold 5 Trinidad Trinidad Operated offshore oil and gas fields 45% 14 Chile Pampa Norte Consists of the Cerro Colorado and 100% and Tobago Production Unit Spence open-cut mines, producing 6 UK UK Production Operated offshore oil and gas fields 16–46.1% copper cathode in northern Chile Unit 15 Peru Antamina (b) Open-cut copper and zinc mine, 33.8% 7 Algeria Algeria Joint Joint interest onshore oil and gas unit 38% located in northern Peru Interest Unit 8 Australia Australia Joint Joint interest offshore oil and 8.3–50% Iron Ore Interest Unit gas fields in Bass Strait and North West Shelf Ref Country Asset Description Ownership 9 US Gulf of Mexico Joint interest offshore oil and 5–44% 16 Australia Western Australia Integrated iron ore mines, rail and 85% Joint Interest Unit gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico Iron Ore port operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (b) (a) Sale announced and expected to complete in FY2014. 17 Brazil Samarco Open-cut iron ore mine, concentrators 50% and pelletising facilities (b) Independent joint venture. (c) Third party operated. Locations are current at 12 September 2013. 6 42 37 20 10 7 43 1 4 9 3 5 21 26 39 40 32 15 Petroleum and Potash Copper 27 Iron Ore 2 14 17 Coal 11 23 18 16 22 12 Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel 41 29 33 Offices 28 25 30 13 35 19 31 36 38 34 24 8 27 Coal Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel continued Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Ref Country Asset Description Ownership 18 South Africa Energy Coal Open-cut and underground energy coal 50–100% 28 South Africa Manganese Integrated producer of manganese 44.4–60% South Africa mines and processing operations South Africa ore and alloy 19 Australia New South Wales Open-cut energy coal mine and coal 100% 29 Mozambique Mozal Aluminium smelter near Maputo 47.1% Energy Coal preparation plant in New South Wales 30 Australia Nickel West Integrated sulphide mining, 100% 20 US New Mexico Coal Two energy coal mines in New Mexico 100% concentrating, smelting and refining operation in Western Australia 21 Colombia Cerrejón (b) Open-cut energy coal mine with 33.3% integrated rail and port operations 31 Australia Worsley Integrated bauxite mine and alumina 86% refinery in Western Australia 22 Australia BHP Billiton Open-cut and underground metallurgical 50% Mitsubishi coal mines in the Queensland Bowen 32 Brazil Alumar (c) Aluminium refinery and smelter 36–40% Alliance Basin and Hay Point Coal terminal 23 Australia BHP Billiton Two open-cut metallurgical coal mines in 80% Mitsui Coal the Bowen Basin, Central Queensland BHP Billiton principal office locations 24 Australia Illawarra Coal Underground metallurgical coal mines in 100% Ref Country Location Office southern New South Wales, with access 33 Australia Brisbane Coal Head Office to rail and port facilities 34 Australia Melbourne Global Headquarters 35 Australia Perth Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel Head Office Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel Iron Ore Head Office Ref Country Asset Description Ownership 36 Australia Sydney Corporate Office 25 South Africa Aluminium Two aluminium smelters at Richards Bay 100% 37 Canada Saskatoon Potash Head Office South Africa 38 Chile Santiago Copper Head Office 26 Colombia Cerro Matoso Integrated laterite ferronickel mining and 99.9% smelting complex in northern Colombia 39 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Global Shared Services Centre 27 Australia Manganese Producer of manganese ore in the 60% 40 Singapore Singapore Marketing Head Office Australia Northern Territory and manganese alloys 41 South Africa Johannesburg Corporate Office in Tasmania 42 UK London Corporate Office 43 US Houston Petroleum Head Office About this Report BHP Billiton Limited, BHP Billiton Plc and their respective Materiality subsidiaries operate as BHP Billiton. Throughout this Report, Materiality, in the sustainability context, refers to the issues unless otherwise noted, ‘BHP Billiton’, the ‘Company’ and the and activities that are considered by our internal and external ‘Group’ refer to the combined group. stakeholders to be the most significant and relevant to our We regularly engage with our key stakeholders to understand industry, our Group and our operations. This is discussed their areas of interest and address their potential concerns about in more detail on page 6. our operations. While this Report does not aim to examine all Report boundary and scope stakeholder issues, the most significant issues and their potential This Report covers assets that have been wholly owned impacts are discussed. and operated by BHP Billiton or that have been operated The minimum mandatory health, safety, environment and by BHP Billiton in a joint venture operation (controlled assets) community (HSEC) performance requirements expected across from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 (FY2013). In April 2013, the Company are prescribed in our Group Level Documents we announced changes to the Company’s organisational (GLDs). Our HSEC GLDs can be found on our website at structure. Our previous Customer Sector Groups were w w w. bhpbilliton.com. consolidated into five Businesses: Petroleum and Potash; Copper; Iron Ore; Coal; and Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel. Reporting approach and the Global Reporting Initiative Where required, data in this Report has been consolidated in BHP Billiton is a registered Organisational Stakeholder of the accordance with the new organisational structure. Our assets Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Our reporting is prepared in include those under exploration, projects in development and accordance with the GRI G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, execution phase and closed operations. Our Group Functions including the Mining and Metals Sector Supplement. The GRI and Marketing are also included. Monetary amounts in this guidelines encourage companies to report on practices and document are reported in US dollars, unless otherwise stated. performance that relate to sustainability in a manner that is transparent and uses a globally shared framework of indicators. At controlled assets, BHP Billiton has the ability to set workplace We report to an A+ Application Level, and a copy of the GRI HSEC standards and enforce their application. At our non-operated statement is available in the Sustainability Reporting Navigator. assets, we provide our HSEC performance requirements and The Sustainability Reporting Navigator assists in locating seek to influence the asset to follow them. An overview of our information related to the GRI indicators, principles of the Businesses is available in section 2 of our Annual Report 2013. United Nations Global Compact and the International Case studies Council on Mining and Metals and is available online This Report is supported by case studies focusing on specific at w w w. bhpbilliton.com. activities that explore our approach to sustainable development. External assurance Where you see this symbol, it indicates a case study is KPMG conducted reasonable assurance over our greenhouse available online at w w w. bhpbilliton.com. gas emissions and voluntary community investments and limited assurance over a selection of other sustainability parameters. A copy of KPMG’s assurance report is on page 48. In this Report Chief Executive Officer’s review 1 Environment 23 Our Charter 2 Climate change and energy 24 About BHP Billiton 3 Biodiversity and land management 27 Our stakeholders 4 Water management 29 Our sustainability performance 5 Our material risks 6 Society 32 Focusing our efforts on the things that matter most 7 Supporting and engaging with our communities 33 Governance 8 Respecting human rights 36 Making a positive contribution to society 37 Operating with integrity 9 Conducting business transparently 11 Appendix Performance data 44 People 13 Independent assurance report to the Directors Keeping our people and operations safe 14 and management of BHP Billiton 48 Focusing on the health and wellbeing of our people 17 Developing our people 20 We have an enduring commitment to sustainability and ethical behaviour. Chief Executive Officer’s review I am privileged to present this Sustainability Report as As part of our commitment to making a positive contribution BHP Billiton’s Chief Executive Officer and to uphold the legacy to society, we voluntarily invest one per cent of our pre-tax profit, of Our BHP Billiton Charter, our most important document, calculated on the average of the previous three years’ pre-tax that tells the world who we are and commits our Company to profit, in community programs that aim to have a long-lasting, the core values of Sustainability, Integrity, Respect, Performance, positive impact on the quality of life for people in our host Simplicity and Accountability. communities. In FY2013, this totalled US$245.8 million, and included Our Charter value of Sustainability, putting health and safety a US$106 million contribution to the BHP Billiton Foundation.