Orica - Sustainability

Overview

As our SH&E Policy states, we:

Are committed to 'valuing people and the environment'; and we will
'strive to ensure our facilities operate to the highest standards to protect our employees, contractors, neighbours and the environment'.

We aim to ensure no unintended consequences to the environment and the community. Our commitments to carbon, waste and water neutrality will also have a positive, indirect effect on our local and global communities. Our commitment to Community is an integral part of our Sustainability Strategy. We recognize and value our employees for their ability to meet the needs of our customers and the community in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Our Performance in 2008

Overall performance against target:

o Target exceeded or ahead of schedule

o Target achieved or on track

o Target behind schedule

Community Safety
No distribution incident fatalities	Distribution incident fatalities: 0 (contractor drivers or members of public)	Seven distribution incident fatalities in 2008, compared to 29 last year.
Reduce the number of serious site losses of containment	Number of site losses of containment (Category 2 or higher): <4	Five site losses of containment in 2008, compared to six last year.
Reduce the number of serious distribution incidents involving our products	Number of distribution incidents (Category 2 or higher): <12	24 distribution incidents in 2008, compared to 28 last year.
No environmental licence non-compliances	Number of environmental licence non-compliances: 0	17 environmental licence non-compliances in 2008, compared to 29 last year.

We are saddened to report that there were seven fatalities to members of the public during the distribution of our products in 2008. While no fault was attributed to Orica drivers (employees or contracted-drivers) in the events, we will continue to review our approach and seek to avoid these incidents in the future.
An Explosives Expert Transport group has been formed in response to a serious distribution incident in Mexico last year.

This year we received 14 justified community complaints, a strong decrease compared to previous reporting periods. We believe this reduction reflects our vigilance in the ongoing conduct of our operations and the success of improvement projects and procedures at some sites.

Our Emergency Response Service (ERS) responded to 335 calls in the Australasian region relating to our products and facilities in 2008. The ERS was announced as the State and National Gold Award winner in the 2007 Australian Quality Awards provided by the Australian Organisation for Quality (AOQ). Three back-to-back wins for the National Gold Award (2005, 2006 and 2007) granted the ERS entry to the Hall of Fame.

We will continue to develop our approach to community engagement in 2009.