Our Lead Team
Competing fairly
Our purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources, improving people's lives now and for generations to come. We are trusted by our owners and partners to realise the potential of their resources.
Illawarra Metallurgical Coal
Worsley Alumina
Hillside Aluminium
Mozal Aluminium
South Africa Manganese
Brazil Alumina
Cerro Matoso
Sierra Gorda
Brazil Aluminium
Exploration & projects
Eagle Downs Metallurgical Coal
Ambler Metals
Our commodities
We produce commodities including bauxite, alumina, aluminium, copper, silver, lead, zinc, nickel, metallurgical coal and manganese from our operations in Australia, Southern Africa and South America.
Community & society
Partnering with communities
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Cultural Heritage
ESTMA Reports
We're a business with a purpose and believe trust and transparency are essential to the way we operate. That means being in touch with the broader community – considering different perspectives and working together to create shared value.
Product stewardship
Waste and tailings
Non-greenhouse gas emissions
We work hard to be responsible stewards of the environment and treat natural resources with care so that they are available for future generations. Successful environmental management is essential to our business.
Investing in our people
Inclusive workplaces
Our people are the foundation of our success and the key to our sustainability and productivity. Together, we create an inclusive workplace where we hold ourselves and each other to account to demonstrate our values.
Exchange releases
Financial & operational results
Annual Reporting Suite
Shareholder & dividend information
Presentations, reports & speeches
Keep up to date with our latest news and announcements.
Working sustainably is embedded throughout how we work. We work with the communities we are a part of, and our stakeholders to set clear sustainable actions and goals, that will contribute to a better shared future for all.
Read our Sustainable Development Report on how our business-wide processes support our sustainability objectives, how we manage our most important sustainability issues and the progress we are making. Read more in our 2022 Sustainable Development Report.
2021 Sustainability Briefing (recording)
Through our initiatives and activities, we contribute to the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015 that seek to address the world's greatest challenges. The key to achieving the SDGs is working together with other stakeholders to develop and implement actions that contribute to the SDGs universal social, environmental and economic aspirations.
The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt around the world: weather patterns, regulations and laws and people's expectations are all changing. We're working to avoid and manage climate change risks, and we're committed to the effort to reduce carbon emissions to avoid our shared earth warming, as agreed to by nations participating in the Paris Agreement of 2015.
We are members of a range of commodity, business and industry associations.
The following organisations assist us to futher improve our sustainability performance, as well as enabling our contribution to wider industry initiatives.
'Freedom from slavery' is one of the most fundamental freedoms that applies to all people.
Modern slavery refers to situations where one person takes away another person's freedom so that they can be exploited. "Modern slavery" is an umbrella term, encompassing the offences of slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, forced marriage and human trafficking.
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Our stance against slavery
South32 Modern Slavery Statement
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