IPL GRI INDEX AND DATA SUPPLEMENT 2022
ABOUT THIS GRI INDEX AND DATA SUPPLEMENT
This IPL Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index and Data Supplement is an appendix to our 2022 Sustainability Report, which has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Universal Standards 2021. The GRI Index indicates the sections of our 2022 Sustainability Report, 2022 Annual Report, 2022 Corporate Governance Statement and other public disclosures that specifically address our disclosure against the GRI Standards.
An SASB indicators table is also included on page 20.
Data relevant to these disclosures is also included in this document.
GRI INDEX
IPL's 2022 Sustainability Report was prepared in alignment with the Global Reporting Initiative Universal Standards 2021. To view IPL's 2022 Sustainability Report, [click here].
DISCLOSURE | DISCLOSURE TITLE | LOCATION OF DISCLOSURE/DISCLOSURE |
GRI 2: GENERAL DISCLOSURES 2021 | ||
THE ORGANISATION AND ITS REPORTING PRACTICES | ||
GRI 2-1 | Legal name of the organisation | Incitec Pivot Limited. |
Nature of ownership and legal form | Incitec Pivot is an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed company. | |
See the2022 IPL Annual Report, page 130. | ||
Location of headquarters | Incitec Pivot Limited's head office is located at Level 8, 28 Freshwater Place, Southbank, | |
Victoria, Australia. See also the Contact Ussection of our website. | ||
Countries of operation | 2022 IPL Annual Report, pages 6-7. | |
GRI 2-2 | Entities included in sustainability reporting | The entities included in our sustainability reporting are those wholly owned and operated |
by Incitec Pivot Limited during the reporting period. See the 2022 IPL Annual Report, | ||
page 107. | ||
GRI 2-3 | Reporting period, frequency and contact point | See About This Report, on the inside cover of the 2022 IPL Sustainability Report. |
GRI 2-4 | Restatements of information | See'About the data'on page 25 of this document. |
GRI 2-5 | External assurance | See 'About the data' on page 25 of this document. |
ACTIVITIES AND WORKERS | ||
GRI 2-6 | Activities, products, services, markets served | See the About Incitec Pivotsection on our website. |
Supply chain | See the2022 Modern Slavery Statement, page 10. | |
For risk management strategies associated with gas supply and price risk | ||
see the 2022 IPL Annual Report, page 34 under 'Manufacturing'. | ||
Downstream entities | The entities downstream of IPL include mining, quarry and construction, and farming | |
customers to whom we provide explosives products and services | ||
and fertilisers. See 'Our Revenues by Business and Sector' on page 2 of the | ||
2022 IPL Climate Change Report. | ||
Significant changes since previous report | See 'About the Data' on page 25 of this document. | |
GRI 2-7 | Employees | See 'Relevant Data' on page 13of this document. |
GRI 2-8 | Workers who are not employees | The most common type of IPL worker who is not an employee is a contractor. While IPL |
tracks contractor hours worked and contractor incidents and injuries, our data systems do | ||
not presently allow for the reporting of other information on contractors, such as accurate | ||
breakdowns of contractors by contractor type or contractors by region. | ||
Workers who are legally recognised as 'self-employed' do not perform a substantial | ||
proportion of IPL's work. Individuals other than employees or supervised workers, including | ||
employees and supervised workers of contractors, do not perform a substantial proportion | ||
of IPL's work. | ||
GOVERNANCE | ||
GRI 2-9 | Governance structure and composition | See the2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statementpages 5-9. |
GRI 2-10 | Nomination and selection of the highest | See the IPL 'Charter for the Nominations Committee'. |
governance body | ||
GRI 2-11 | Chair of the highest governance body | See the2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statement, page 7. |
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GRI INDEX | RELEVANT DATA | OUR COMMITMENT TO ZERO HARM | OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES | SASB INDEX | ABOUT THE DATA
DISCLOSURE | DISCLOSURE TITLE |
GRI 2-12 | Describe the role of the highest governance |
body and of senior executives in developing, | |
approving and updating the organisation's | |
purpose, value or mission statements, | |
strategies, policies, and goals related to | |
sustainable development |
LOCATION OF DISCLOSURE/DISCLOSURE
See the IPL 2022 Sustainability Report, pages 6-7.
See the2022 IPL Climate Change Report, pages 9-11.
See the2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statement, pages 6 and 10-11.
Describe the role of the highest governance body in overseeing the organisation's due diligence and other processes to identify and manage the organisation's impacts on the economy, environment, and people.
See 2022 Sustainability Report, pages 6-7.
See the2022 IPL Climate Change Report, pages 8-11.
See the2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statement, pages 4, 9-14and 18.
The Board met regularly during the year to review the effectiveness of the organisation's strategy, business plans and processes with respect to its impacts on the economy, environment and people, including holding its annual strategic business review. The Board regularly considers and provides opportunities for investor feedback through its investor relations program, which includes both regular investor roadshows in Australia, Asia, North America and Europe, and ad hoc investor meetings and conference calls with institutional investors, private investors and sell-side analysts. Feedback from investors is regularly considered at Board meetings. In addition, the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Board received briefings during 2022 on IPL's identified ESG risks and provided direction and feedback to management regarding the management of these
ESG risks.
GRI 2-13 | Delegation of responsibility for managing |
impacts: Senior executives |
The Board has delegated the day-to-day management of IPL, and the implementation of approved business plans and corporate strategies, including those to manage impacts, to the Managing Director and CEO, who in turn may further delegate to senior management. Relevant senior executives include the Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, the Chief Technology Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, Chief HSE and Operations Excellence Officer and Chief People Officer. See the 2022 IPL Annual Report, page 52.
See also the2022 IPL Climate Change Report, pages 9-11.
Delegation of responsibility for managing impacts: Other employees
See IPL 2022 Sustainability Report, pages 6-7.
See also the2022 IPL Climate Change Report, pages 10-11.
Process and frequency for senior executives or | See the 2022 Sustainability Report, pages 6-7. | |
other employees to report back to the highest | See also the2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statement, pages 14-15. | |
governance body | ||
GRI 2-14 | Role of the highest governance body | See 2022 Sustainability Report, pages 6-7. |
in sustainability reporting, including | The Board, supported by each of its Committees, including its Health, Safety, Environment | |
identification of material topics | ||
and Communities (HSEC) Committee and Audit and Risk Management Committee, has an | ||
annual work plan which includes the review of material topics and oversight of sustainability | ||
related matters. | ||
GRI 2-15 | Conflicts of interest, including processes | As referenced in the IPL Code of Conducton pages 18-19, we have a Global Conflicts of |
for prevention and mitigation and whether | Interest Policy which applies to all Incitec Pivot Group employees and full-time contractors | |
conflicts of interest are disclosed to | engaged for a term of at least six months. Directors of Incitec Pivot Limited must comply | |
stakeholders, including, those relating to | with the IPL Code of Conduct and the terms of their letter of appointment which includes | |
cross-board membership, cross-shareholding | obligations in relation to conflicts and ongoing disclosure of interests. Directors are also | |
with suppliers and other stakeholders, | bound by Corporations Act requirements in relation to conflicts of interest and duty. Once | |
the existence of controlling shareholders | identified, the conflict and relevant controls must be recorded in the IPL Conflicts of Interest | |
and related parties, their relationships, | Register. Controls may include segregation of duties, separation of supervision, control of | |
transactions, and outstanding balances. | information, refusal of gifts and entertainment, or refusal of business dealing. |
Conflicts of interest relating to the following are disclosed to shareholders: i. other board membership;
ii. interest or shareholding in suppliers and other stakeholder organisations; iii. the existence of controlling shareholders; and
iv. related parties, the nature of their relationships, the kind of transactions, and whether the arrangement is ongoing.
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DISCLOSURE | DISCLOSURE TITLE |
GRI 2-16 | Describe how critical concerns are |
communicated to the highest governance | |
body. Critical concerns include concerns | |
about the organisation's potential and | |
actual negative impacts on stakeholders | |
raised through grievance mechanisms and | |
other processes. They also include concerns | |
identified through other mechanisms about | |
the organisation's business conduct in its | |
operations and its business relationships. |
LOCATION OF DISCLOSURE/DISCLOSURE
Critical concerns as defined by the GRI include concerns about the organisation's potential and actual negative impacts on stakeholders raised through grievance mechanisms and other processes. They also include concerns identified through other mechanisms about the organisation's business conduct in its operations and its business relationships.
The IPL Group General Counsel provides an update on such issues to the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Board, which meets five times per year, at each of its meetings. The Audit and Risk Management Committee reports on the conduct of its proceedings at the following Board meeting to the Board.
Report the total number and the nature of | During the year, IPL received 35 notifications through our third-party Whistleblower system, | |
critical concerns that were communicated | with allegations of inappropriate behaviour being received from a number of the jurisdictions | |
to the highest governance body during the | in which we operate. | |
reporting period. | This was a 5% decrease on the number of notifications received in FY21. | |
In total, 25% of these reports were substantiated in 2022. | ||
Reports received included allegations relating to unsafe work practices; discrimination; | ||
potential fraud; conflicts of interest; theft; employee relations issues; bullying; and policy | ||
issues. Where allegations were substantiated, targeted and specific actions were taken to | ||
address the issues highlighted, including formal written warnings and terminations. | ||
GRI 2-17 | Measures taken to advance the collective | See the 2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statementpage 8 under 'Director induction, |
knowledge, skills and experience of the | training and continuing education' and page 6 under 'Board skills and experience'. The Board | |
highest governance body on sustainable | received a number of external presentations through the year and held its annual strategic | |
development. | review which was externally facilitated and examined existing and emerging sustainability | |
megatrends. | ||
See also the 2022 IPL Climate Change Report, page 9, where it is reported that the IPL Board | ||
has taken a number of measures to ensure that its decisions are informed by climate change | ||
science and by expert advisors. | ||
GRI 2-18 | Evaluation of the performance of the highest | See the2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statementpage 8. |
governance body. | ||
GRI 2-19 | Remuneration Policies including fixed pay and | See the2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statementpage 8. |
variable pay; sign-on bonuses or recruitment | See also IPL's 2022 Remuneration Report located in the 2022 IPL Annual Report, page 63-82. | |
incentive payments; termination payments; | ||
clawbacks; and retirement benefits. | ||
How the remuneration policies for members | See IPL's 2022 Remuneration Report located in the 2022 IPL Annual Report, pages 63-82. | |
of the highest governance body and senior | ||
executives relate to their objectives and | ||
performance in relation to the management | ||
of the organisation's impacts on the economy, | ||
environment and people. | ||
GRI 2-20 | The process for designing its remuneration | See the 2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statementpage 8 under 'Remuneration of directors |
policies and for determining remuneration, | and senior executives' and page 9 under 'Remuneration Committee' | |
including: | ||
i. whether independent highest governance | ||
body members or an independent | ||
remuneration committee oversees the | ||
process for determining remuneration; | ||
ii. how the views of stakeholders (including | The IPL Annual General Meeting includes resolutions put to a shareholder vote regarding | |
shareholders) regarding remuneration are | adoption of the annual Remuneration Report and the granting of performance rights to | |
sought and taken into consideration; | the Managing Director and CEO.The outcomes of these resolutions are notified to the | |
Australian Stock Exchange. | ||
iii. whether remuneration consultants are | See the Remuneration Report located in the IPL 2022 IPL Annual Report, on page 72 under | |
involved in determining remuneration and, | 3.3 Executive remuneration governance where it is stated that 'The remuneration of the | |
if so, whether they are independent of the | Executives is set by the Board, having regard to recommendations from the Remuneration | |
organisation, its highest governance body and | Committee. Where appropriate, the Remuneration Committee of the Board engages external | |
senior executives. | advisors to provide input into the process of reviewing Executive and Non-executive Director | |
remuneration. For the 2022 financial year, the Remuneration Committee received market | ||
and benchmarking data from various sources, but this information did not constitute a | ||
remuneration recommendation for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).' | ||
Further information in relation to the Board and the Remuneration Committee can be | ||
found in the 2022 IPL Corporate Governance Statementon page 8 under 'Remuneration of | ||
directors and senior executives' and page 9 under 'Remuneration Committee'. | ||
The results of votes of stakeholders (including | The IPL Annual General Meeting includes resolutions put to a shareholder vote regarding | |
shareholders) on remuneration policies and | adoption of the annual Remuneration Report and the granting of performance rights to | |
proposals, if applicable. | the Managing Director and CEO.The outcomes of these resolutions are notified to the | |
Australian Stock Exchange. | ||
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