Economic contributions Gross sales revenue (US$ million) 35,318 36,784 50,041 54,575 55,597 Net cash generated from operating activities (US$ million)(a) 8,465 9,383 14,286 15,078 9,430 Underlying earnings (US$ million) 5,100 4,540 9,305 10,217 9,269 Underlying earnings per share (US cents) 283.8 248.8 503.4 553.1 501.3 Profit/(loss) after tax for the year (US$ million) 4,776 (1,719) 6,499 1,079 (3,027) Net debt (US$ million) 9,587 13,783 12,496 18,055 19,192 Capital expenditure (US$ million)(b) 3,012 4,685 8,162 13,001 17,615 Employment costs (US$ million) 4,881 5,446 6,659 7,568 8,671 Payments to governments (US$ million)(c) 4,025 3,666 8,938 9,414 11,625 Total value add (US$ million) 19,515 18,888 29,178 31,818 26,195 Payments to suppliers (US$ million) 15,637 17,896 21,370 26,054 30,271 Community contributions (US$ million) 166 184 264 332 291 (a) Data includes dividends from equity accounted units, and is after payments of interest, taxes and dividends to non-controlling interests in subsidiaries.