• 2007 At A Glance
• Our Approach To Sustainability
• Our Approach To Sustainability Reporting
  • Report Boundary
  • Materiality
  • Our Material Issues
  • Global Reporting Initiative Navigator
  • UN Global Compact Navigator
  • UN Millennium Development Goals Navigator
• Feedback On Our 2006 Report
• Our Stakeholders
• Sustainable Development Governance
• Stewardship
• Healthy People
• Safe Workplaces
• Environmental Commitment
• Social Responsibility
• Our People
• Socio-Economic
• Case Studies
• Reports
• HSEC News
• Contact Details

Our Approach To Sustainability Reporting

Our Sustainable Development Policy states that we are committed to 'regularly review our performance and publicly report our progress'. We do this as:

• A demonstration of accountability and transparency.
• A central element of effective stakeholder engagement.
• A management tool, providing a collation of performance data and statement of key issues and related management approaches.

Our Sustainability Report is presented in two forms: this detailed web-based Full Report and a printed Summary Report.

This Full Report is prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2006. Ernst & Young has conducted limited assurance over a selection of disclosures (performance statements and case studies).

To demonstrate the convergence between the Company’s risk management approach and our sustainability programs, this year the Sustainability Summary Report is also presented as a chapter within the Company’s Annual Report.

Given the size and nature of our organisation, we recognise that it is not possible for the Company's Sustainability Report to comprehensively meet the information needs of all our stakeholders, particularly at the local and regional level. Our operations produce their own annual public site HSEC or sustainability reports to provide a review of HSEC issues and performance specific to their site circumstances, regional context and stakeholder needs.

Our past Sustainability Reports are available on this website.

Refer to Report Packs for PDFs of this Report, or you can order a hard copy of our Summary Report from hsec@bhpbilliton.com.

Read more:

• GRI Index and Self Declaration
• Ernst & Young Assurance Statement contained with our 2007 Full Report. (PDF 4.6 MB)

Your comments on the content and usability of our Sustainability Report are appreciated, as they are useful in preparing future Reports. Please use our Feedback mechanism if you have any suggestions for our future Sustainability Reports.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us:

HSEC and Sustainability
BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton Centre
180 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
Phone: (61) 1300 554 757
Fax: (61 3) 9609 3015
Email: hsec@bhpbilliton.com