29 Metals | Health and safety

29Metals is committed to:

providing a healthy and safe workplace for employees, contractors and business partners, minimising incidents and accidents, and eliminating serious injuries and illnesses
promoting a diverse workplace that better reflects the community in which we conduct our business, by:
- fostering a workplace which encourages and supports inclusivity and diversity, and does not tolerate bias or inappropriate behaviour
- promoting a workplace environment that provides the opportunity for all workplace participants to perform and succeed.

Continuing focus on eliminating serious injuries through updated critical control framework and verification
Establish workforce-led inclusion and diversity working group. First meeting of this working group held in March this year
Investigation of barriers to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce, and developing an action plan
Renewed focus on reducing incidence of minor injuries
Improve detailed demographic data collection and analysis
Continued workforce engagement and feedback loops, building on the successful 2021 workplace health survey

Gender diversity on the Board of Directors:

Improve female participation in 29Metals’ workforce:

Year-on-year increase in the percentage of female employees as a proportion of total employees

Increase transparency of gender diversity performance:

Commence Workplace Gender Equality Agency reporting, including completion of gender pay-gap analysis

Increase engagement with the 29Metals workforce regarding inclusion and diversity matters:

Establish a Diversity Working Group with representation from across the workforce, to provide advice and recommendations regarding workplace inclusion and diversity improvement opportunities and strategies

Identify barriers to inclusion and diversity in 29Metals workplaces:

Conduct a whole of workforce survey to identify issues and opportunities for inclusion and diversity improvement
Develop a gap analysis and action plan based on the results

Improve understanding of current diversity across 29Metals’ workforce:

Establish a clear baseline understanding of the Company’s workforce (employees and contractors) diversity to inform future actions and objectives

Improve cultural awareness:

Refresh and roll out cultural awareness training, in consultation with local First Nations stakeholders
Training to be successfully completed by all employees and contractors at superintendent level or above across 29Metals