Newcrest Mining Limited Sustainability Report 2013 GRI G3 Content index

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1 Newcrest Mining Limited Sustainabiity Report 2013 GRI G3 Content index

2 Fu Partia No Not Appicabe Profie Discosure Description Reported Reference or direct answer STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART I: Profie DISCLOSURES 1. Strategy and Anaysis 1.1 Statement from the most senior decision-maker A Letter from Newcrest s CEO of the organisation. 1.2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. A Letter from Newcrest s CEO 2. Organisationa Profie 2.1 Name of the organisation. About Newcrest Mining 2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services. About Newcrest Mining 2.3 Operationa structure of the organisation, incuding main About This Report divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. 2.4 Location of organisation s headquarters. About Newcrest Mining 2.5 Number of countries where the organisation operates, About This Report and names of countries with either major operations or that are specificay reevant to the sustainabiity issues covered in the report. 2.6 Nature of ownership and ega form. About This Report 2.7 Markets served (incuding geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). Our copper concentrate is shipped to Japan, Phiippines, Korea and China for smeting. Our god doré is refined in Austraia, Indonesia and Switzerand. 2.8 Scae of the reporting organisation. About Newcrest Mining 2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership. A Letter from Newcrest s CEO About Newcrest Mining Governance 2.10 Awards received in the reporting period. Recognition 3. Report Parameters 3.1 Reporting period (e.g. fisca/caendar year) for About This Report information provided. 3.2 Date of most recent previous report (if any). Financia year Reporting cyce (annua, biennia, etc.) About This Report 3.4 Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. About This Report Corporate Directory 3.5 Process for defining report content. Our Materiaity Approach 3.6 Boundary of the report (e.g. countries, divisions, subsidiaries, About This Report eased faciities, joint ventures, suppiers). See GRI Boundary Protoco for further guidance. 3.7 State any specific imitations on the scope or boundary of the About This Report report (see competeness principe for expanation of scope). 3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, eased About This Report faciities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significanty affect comparabiity from period to period and/or between organisations. 3.9 Data measurement techniques and the bases of cacuations, incuding assumptions and techniques underying estimations appied to the compiation of the Indicators and other information in the report. Expain any decisions not to appy, or to substantiay diverge from, the GRI Indicator Protocos Expanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g. mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods) Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods appied in the report. The emission factors outined by the Nationa Greenhouse and Energy Report (NGER) have been appied to Austraian operations. Emission factors for internationa sites are unabe to be determined. Newcrest tracks a injuries and time ost due to injuries using the metrics Tota Recordabe Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) and Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR). TRIFR and LTIFR record the rate of tota recordabe injuries and ost time injuries per miion man hours worked respectivey. The LTIFR enabes Newcrest s records to be benchmarked against industry performance. About This Report About This Report newcrest mining sustainabiity report

3 Profie Discosure Description Reported Reference or direct answer STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART I: Profie Discosures continued 3. Report Parameters continued 3.12 Tabe identifying the ocation of the Standard Discosures in the report Poicy and current practice with regard to seeking externa assurance for the report. 4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement 4.1 Governance structure of the organisation, incuding committees under the highest governance body responsibe for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organisationa oversight. 4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is aso an executive officer. 4.3 For organisations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members. 4.4 Mechanisms for sharehoders and empoyees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. 4.5 Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (incuding departure arrangements), and the organisation s performance (incuding socia and environmenta performance). 4.6 Processes in pace for the highest governance body to ensure conficts of interest are avoided. 4.7 Process for determining the quaifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organisation s strategy on economic, environmenta, and socia topics. 4.8 Internay deveoped statements of mission or vaues, codes of conduct, and principes reevant to economic, environmenta, and socia performance and the status of their impementation. 4.9 Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organisation s identification and management of economic, environmenta, and socia performance, incuding reevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compiance with internationay agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principes Processes for evauating the highest governance body s own performance, particuary with respect to economic, environmenta, and socia performance Expanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principe is addressed by the organisation Externay deveoped economic, environmenta, and socia charters, principes, or other initiatives to which the organisation subscribes or endorses. GRI Content Index About This Report Assurance Letter Governance Governance Governance Governance The Company has a Speak Out Poicy, which encourages empoyees and contractors to raise concerns or to report instances of misconduct, or suspected misconduct, on an anonymous basis. Compaints are referred to an independent third party service provider for initia consideration. Stakehoders, incuding sharehoders, can communicate with the Board by post and at our Annua Genera Meeting. For more information, pease refer to our Annua Report at page 32. About Newcrest Mining: Performing at Our Best 2013 Annua Report: Board Independence page 30. Governance Discosures on Management Approaches discosures-on-management-approaches/ Governance 2013 Annua Report: Corporate Governance Governance 2013 Annua Report: Corporate Governance Newcrest foows the Precautionary Principe through impementation of the Environment Poicy and Community Poicy and a standards. Internationa Counci for Mining and Metas (ICMM) Sustainabe Deveopment Principes Internationa Cyanide Management Code (ICMI) Medicines for Maaria Venture (MMV) The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) newcrest mining sustainabiity report

4 Profie Discosure Description Reported Reference or direct answer STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART I: Profie Discosures continued 4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement continued 4.13 Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) Our Stakehoder Engagement and/or nationa/internationa advocacy organisations in which the organisation: * Has positions in governance bodies; * Participates in projects or committees; * Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or * Views membership as strategic List of stakehoder groups engaged by the organisation. Our Stakehoder Engagement 4.15 Basis for identification and seection of stakehoders with whom to engage Approaches to stakehoder engagement, incuding frequency of engagement by type and by stakehoder group Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakehoder engagement, and how the organisation has responded to those key topics and concerns, incuding through its reporting. A stakehoder identification workshop is hed each year. Stakehoder identification is a dynamic process, primariy focused at the site eve. Key stakehoders are identified based on the site history and the experience of the peope invoved. The priority of stakehoders is determined based on risks dependant on site circumstance and materiaity. Our Stakehoder Engagement Our Materiaity Approach Our Materiaity Approach newcrest mining sustainabiity report

5 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Discosures on Management Approach (ECONOMIC) and STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (ECONOMIC) Economic DMA EC Discosures on Management Approach. Newcrest website: sustainabiity/discosures-on-management-approaches/ Economic performance EC1 Direct economic vaue generated and distributed, 2013 GRI Data Tabes incuding revenues, operating costs, empoyee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capita providers and governments. EC2 Financia impications and other risks and opportunities for the organisation s activities due to cimate change. During the reporting period, Newcrest continued to activey participate in the Energy and Cimate Committee of the Mineras Counci of Austraia to obby the government on cimate change egisation, incuding the Carbon Tax to provide industry perspectives. Risks associated with the potentia impact of cimate change on the sustainabiity of our operations were considered (e.g. potentia impacts of sea eve rise and tida storm surges on port sites, viabiity of ong-term objectives for post-cosure and uses). EC3 Coverage of the organisation s defined benefit pan obigations. A empoyees have access to retirement/pension/ superannuation pans on either an accumuation basis or by way of government funded schemes (no organisationa iabiity for funding benefits). At its Austraian operations, Newcrest contributes the statutory minimum contribution of 9% of Ordinary Times Earnings, not a defined benefits pan. Newcrest does not offer a defined benefits pan to empoyees. Due to superannuation egisation in Austraia, empoyees can have the Company contributions directed to the Company provided defaut superannuation fund or to any other compying fund they nominate. EC4 Significant financia assistance received from government GRI Data Tabes A of the tax and royaty discosures are made on a cash basis. In Austraia, Newcrest did not pay any cash tax due to the avaiabiity of carry forward osses from prior periods. Athough there were benefits received reated to research and deveopment in Austraia, the quantum of what was received did not make the difference between paying or not paying tax in FY2013, therefore these cannot be quantified using Newcrest s cash-based discosure methodoogy. The Cote d Ivoire government has a 10% ownership interest in LGL Mines CI SA, Newcrest s 89.89% owned subsidiary that owns and operates the Bonikro operation. Market presence EC5 Range of ratios of standard entry eve wage compared to 2013 GRI Data Tabes oca minimum wage at significant ocations of operation. EC6 Poicy, practices, and proportion of spending on ocay-based suppiers at significant ocations of operation. Our Socia Responsibiities EC7 Procedures for oca hiring and proportion of senior management and workforce hired from the oca community at significant ocations of operation. Indirect economic impacts EC8 Deveopment and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primariy for pubic benefit through commercia, in-kind, or pro bono engagement. EC9 Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, incuding the extent of impacts GRI Data Tabes Our Internationa Empoyees Poicy embraces our commitment to oca hiring. A nationaisation strategy focuses on the interna succession aspect of nationaisation, providing the process and toos to support sites in impementing nationaisation pans. The strategy is cosey inked to Taent and Succession Management and Review processes. We must aso compy with andhoder obigations at some sites and meet prescribed eves of empoyment for oca residents. Our Socia Responsibiities: Investing in Our Communities Indirect economic benefits that resut from direct expenditure are diverse and difficut to measure. A review of our systems that assist in monitoring these indirect impacts on our oca communities continued during the reporting period. Refer to Discosures on Management Approaches: Economic for further information. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

6 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Discosures on Management Approach (ENVIRONMENT) and STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (ENVIRONMENT) Environment DMA EN Discosures on Management Approach. Newcrest website: sustainabiity/discosures-on-management-approaches/ Materias EN1 Materias used by weight or voume GRI Data Tabes EN2 Percentage of materias used that are recyced input materias GRI Data Tabes Energy EN3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source GRI Data Tabes EN4 Indirect energy consumption by primary source GRI Data Tabes EN5 Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements GRI Data Tabes EN6 EN7 Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewabe energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a resut of these initiatives. Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved. This indicator is not appicabe to our products of god and copper concentrate. At CVO, a high pressure grinding ro (HPGR) is used which is up to 20% more energy efficient that traditiona SAG and ba mis. Water EN8 Tota water withdrawa by source GRI Data Tabes A sites extract water from surface water, ground water, rainwater and waste water as permitted by their permits. EN9 Water sources significanty affected by withdrawa of water GRI Data Tabes Londo River (at Lihir) was considered to be significanty effected by water withdrawa. This was due to pant operation and camp usage. This did not have a significant impact on biodiversity. EN10 Percentage and tota voume of water recyced and reused GRI Data Tabes Biodiversity EN11 Location and size of and owned, eased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity vaue outside protected areas. EN12 MM1 Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity vaue outside protected areas. Amount of and (owned or eased, and managed for production activities or extractive use) disturbed or rehabiitated. Lihir Operation has and with high biodiversity vaue ocated adjacent to the specia mining ease (SML). The area of the SML is 17.45km² and the affected area of the SML is 7.7km². The Megapodius eremita (Meanesian Megapode) is protected against non-customary andowners under the PNG Fauna Protection and Contro Act, which is isted under the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern. The Sovi Basin Management Protection Area adjacent to the Namosi Project is a nationay defined area of conservation significance and comprises two river vaeys the Sovi and the Wainavadu Rivers. The Specia Prospecting Lease 1420 overaps part of the proposed area and encompasses an area of km². There were no significant impacts on biodiversity at any of our sites GRI Data Tabes EN13 Habitats protected or restored GRI Data Tabes Discosures on Management Approaches: Environment EN14 Strategies, current actions, and future pans for managing Not reported impacts on biodiversity. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

7 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (ENVIRONMENT) continued Environment continued Biodiversity continued MM2 The number and percentage of tota sites identified as requiring biodiversity management pans according to stated criteria, and the number (percentage) of those sites with pans in pace. EN15 Number of IUCN Red List species and nationa conservation ist species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by eve of extinction risk. Emissions, effuents and waste EN16 Tota direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight GRI Data Tabes Lihir Operations and Hidden Vaey both have Biodiversity Management Pans (BMP) in pace. Lihir Operations has a BMP due to the presence of Megapodius eremita (Meanesian Megapode), which is isted under the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern. Cadia Vaey Operations requires a BMP to manage their biodiversity offsets, and as at the end of FY2013 was awaiting approva by the NSW Department of Panning. Not reported EN17 Other reevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight GRI Data Tabes EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved. Our Environmenta Responsibiities 2013 Energy Efficiency Opportunities Pubic Report environmenta/energy/ EN19 Emissions of ozone-depeting substances by weight GRI Data Tabes EN20 NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight GRI Data Tabes EN21 Tota water discharge by quaity and destination GRI Data Tabes EN22 Tota weight of waste by type and disposa method GRI Data Tabes The disposa method of our waste is determined by its type, ocation and nature of materia. A non-hazardous wastes, such as packaging and office waste, are disposed of as andfi on site. A hazardous wastes are safey removed by an approved hazardous waste contractor and disposed of in conjunction with oca egisative requirements reevant to each operation. MM3 Tota amounts of overburden, rock, taiings, and sudges 2013 GRI Data Tabes and their associated risks. Our Environmenta Responsibiities: Waste Management EN23 Tota number and voume of significant spis GRI Data Tabes One significant spi* (with an actua critica environmenta cassification) occurred during the reporting period where a service truck drove over a drain obscured by water and fractured the main fue fi pipe. Subsequenty, the area was ceaned up and rehabiitated, resuting in no significant impact to the environment. *Significant spis are defined as having critica or catastrophic impact to the environment. These cassifications are based on the type of iquid spied, the voume of the spi and the receiving environment. EN24 Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste 2013 GRI Data Tabes deemed hazardous under the terms of the Base Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationay. EN25 Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity vaue of Not reported water bodies and reated habitats significanty affected by the reporting organisation s discharges of water and runoff. Products and services EN26 Initiatives to mitigate environmenta impacts of products Our products are god and copper concentrate. God is inert and services, and extent of impact mitigation. and does not impact the environment. Copper concentrate is shipped in covered containers and abeed appropriatey. EN27 Percentage of products sod and their packaging materias Not reevant that are recaimed by category. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

8 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Discosures on Management Approach (LABOUR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK) and STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (ENVIRONMENT and LABOUR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK) continued Environment continued Compiance EN28 Monetary vaue of significant fines and tota number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compiance with environmenta aws and reguations. Transport EN29 Overa EN30 Significant environmenta impacts of transporting products and other goods and materias used for the organisation s operations, and transporting members of the workforce. Tota environmenta protection expenditures and investments by type. There were no significant fines during the reporting period, however three fines resuting from non-compiance were imposed on Cadia Vaey Operations. The tota of these fines was $8,000. Not reported Not reported Labour Practices and Decent Work DMA LA Discosures on Management Approach. Newcrest website: sustainabiity/discosures-on-management-approaches/ Empoyment LA1 Tota workforce by empoyment type, empoyment contract, 2013 GRI Data Tabes and region. LA2 Tota number and rate of empoyee turnover by age group, gender, and region GRI Data Tabes newcrest mining sustainabiity report

9 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (LABOUR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK) continued Labour Practices and Decent Work continued Empoyment continued LA3 Benefits provided to fu-time empoyees that are not provided to temporary or part-time empoyees, by major operations. Life insurance, heath care, disabiity/invaidity coverage, retirement provisions and stock ownership are not avaiabe to casua empoyees. Unpaid parenta eave is an entitement of casua empoyees. Standard benefits offered to fu-time, part-time and fixed term empoyees across the Company dependent on site incude: $1,000 Empoyee Share Acquisition Pan (tax exempt) Life, temporary and tota disabement insurance Workers compensation Saary continuance Empoyer superannuation guarantee contributions Paid parenta eave Compassionate/bereavement eave Long service eave Additiona shift payments Gainshare program Short- and ong-term incentive pans Annua eave Abiity to purchase up to four weeks additiona annua eave per annum Persona eave Leave without pay, incuding career breaks Time of in ieu for non-rostered days worked Community service eave Saary packaging, e.g. novated eases, remote fights, portabe eectronic devices, financia advice Professiona association membership Education assistance Service rewards for 5, 10, 15 and 20 years service Empoyee benefits via negotiated suppier discounts (car, banking, insurance, trave, software, etc) 25% casua empoyment oading Service Bonus Scheme (SBS) & Life Improvement Program (LIP) Project aowance Underground aowance Reigious observance Dependent chidren education funding Externa iving aowance Mea and transport aowance for non-site based personne Spectace aowance Fied break trave aowance Medica insurance to nationa empoyees and dependants Group heath insurance for expatriate empoyees Life, temporary and tota disabement insurance Specia eave marriage, birth and baptism Site aowance Responsibiity bonus for those with team management responsibiities Lodgings aowance Condoence/buria assistance Overtime payments Commitment to Improved (CIP) Program. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

10 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (LABOUR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK) continued Labour Practices and Decent Work continued Labour/management reations LA4 Percentage of empoyees covered by coective bargaining agreements GRI Data Tabes LA5 MM4 Minimum notice period(s) regarding significant operationa changes, incuding whether it is specified in coective agreements. Number of strikes and ock-outs exceeding one week s duration, by country. Newcrest does not nominate a timeframe. Notification is based on the type or nature of the change but the timeframe is neary aways as soon as reasonaby practicabe. There were no strikes or ock-outs during the reporting period. Occupationa heath and safety LA6 Percentage of tota workforce represented in forma joint management-worker heath and safety committees that hep monitor and advise on occupationa heath and safety programs. LA7 Rates of injury, occupationa diseases, ost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-reated fataities by region. LA8 LA9 Education, training, counseing, prevention, and risk-contro programs in pace to assist workforce members, their famiies, or community members regarding serious diseases. Heath and safety topics covered in forma agreements with trade unions. Training and education LA10 Average hours of training per year per empoyee by empoyee category GRI Data Tabes 2013 GRI Data Tabes Our Empoyee Responsibiities Education and training Workers: Maaria awareness and prevention; Hepatitis A & B vaccination program; HIV AIDS awareness. Workers famiies: Maaria awareness and prevention. Counseing Workers: HIV AIDS counseing. Prevention and risk contro Workers: Maaria: appied bioogica contro and appied insecticide contro; monitoring programs, incuding daiy rainfa, daiy air temperature readings, monthy arva monitoring contros and bi-monthy adut mosquito monitoring; ensure workpace and camp areas are in accordance with the maaria contro program; forma maaria management review undertaken on- and off-site; mosquito nets, fogging, arvaeciding, genera awareness programs; trave guides and trave doctor advice provided; trave kits provided. Hepatitis A & B: vaccinations provided; heath surveiance/ screening and testing conducted; genera awareness. Workers famiies: forma maaria management review undertaken on- and off-site; maaria prevaence studies. Community members: maaria prevaence studies. Treatment Workers: Hepatitis A & B vaccinations; TB treatments; maaria diagnosis and treatment and anti-maaria drugs. Workers famiies: maaria prevaence studies. Gosowong and Bonikro have forma agreements in pace with trade unions that cover heath and safety. PPE is covered within the agreement with Gosowong whie PPE, joint management-empoyee heath and safety committees, training and education, periodic inspections, and commitments regarding target performance standards or eve of practice, are covered within the Bonikro agreement GRI Data Tabes newcrest mining sustainabiity report

11 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (LABOUR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK) continued Labour Practices and Decent Work continued Training and education continued LA11 Programs for skis management and ifeong earning that support the continued empoyabiity of empoyees and assist them in managing career endings. Detais on empoyee assistance and training programs Interna training courses High-eve interna programs incude Mining for Non-miners, Project Management and Targeted Seection, and these appy across a Newcrest sites. Other interna training courses may incude (dependent on site): Inductions Frontine management Superintendent course Post trade and technica skis upgrade training OHS and first aid training Environmenta awareness/management training Rehabiitation awareness presentation Junge traversing Basic defensive driving and 4WD training Food safety training Contractors integration training. Funding support for externa training or education Funding is avaiabe for forma, accredited education courses that ead to a recognised quaification, which are offered by externa providers. This is provided via Newcrest s Education Assistance Standard and appies to Austraian-based empoyees ony. At Gosowong, there is a schoarship program in pace that is simiar to Newcrest Education Assistance. At various Newcrest sites, funding is provided for: Traineeships Apprenticeships Cadetships (degree and post graduate programs) Trainer/assessor and OHS quaification programs Certificate II/III courses and programs Attendance at seected professiona deveopment programs with AusIMM, AMMMA, MCA, SkisDMC, Institute of Project Engineers, Austraian Institute of Engineers). The provision of sabbatica periods with guaranteed return to empoyment Empoyees with at east two years continuous service with Newcrest may appy for an unpaid career break absence. Career breaks offered (maximum 12 months) with guaranteed return to empoyment, but not necessariy for the same roe. Appies across Newcrest sites. Programs to support retired or terminated empoyees Pre-retirement panning for intended retirees Sunsuper is Newcrest s superannuation partner. They occasionay offer superannuation panning sessions, which Newcrest empoyees may attend. Retraining for those intending to continue working Newcrest provides career transition services for empoyees who are made redundant. Severance pay Severance pay takes into account years of service. The notice period for a fixed term contracts for Leve 1 and 2 roes wi be four weeks, or five weeks where the empoyee is oder than 45 years with five years continuous service with Newcrest, uness otherwise stated in the contract of empoyment. Job pacement Newcrest provides career transition services for empoyees who are made redundant and this is provided through an externa outpacement service. Assistance Newcrest supports phased retirement pans and fexibiity for oder workers. This appies across a Newcrest sites. The Empoyee Assistance Program (EAP) is avaiabe for empoyees experiencing hardship or difficuties and who require counseing. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

12 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Discosures on Management Approach (HUMAN RIGHTS) and STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (LABOUR PRACTICES AND DECENT WORK and HUMAN RIGHTS) continued Labour Practices and Decent Work continued Training and education continued LA12 Percentage of empoyees receiving reguar performance and career deveopment reviews GRI Data Tabes Diversity and equa opportunity LA13 Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of 2013 GRI Data Tabes empoyees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity. LA14 Ratio of basic saary of men to women by empoyee category GRI Data Tabes Human Rights DMA HR Discosures on Management Approach. Newcrest website: sustainabiity/discosures-on-management-approaches/ Investment and procurement practices HR1 HR2 Percentage and tota number of significant investment agreements that incude human rights causes or that have undergone human rights screening. Percentage of significant suppiers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. HR3 Tota hours of empoyee training on poicies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are reevant to operations, incuding the percentage of empoyees trained. Non-discrimination To date, human rights have not systematicay been the subject of specific causes in, or screening of, investment agreements. However, Newcrest has recenty deveoped a Human Rights Poicy and a Security Poicy. The impementation of these poicies wi invove reviewing the Company s various interna processes and externa business reationships for human rights factors. Newcrest wi be abe to report more fuy on this indicator after these poicies have been fuy impemented. To date, human rights have not systematicay been the subject of specific criteria in, or screening of, suppier and contractor agreements. However, Newcrest has recenty deveoped a Human Rights Poicy and a Security Poicy. The impementation of these poicies wi invove reviewing the Company s various interna processes and externa business reationships for human rights factors. Newcrest wi be abe to report more fuy on this indicator after these poicies have been fuy impemented GRI Data Tabes HR4 Tota number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken. There were no incidents of discrimination during the reporting period. Freedom of association and coective bargaining HR5 Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and coective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights. Chid abour HR6 Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of chid abour, and measures taken to contribute to the eimination of chid abour. Forced and compusory abour HR7 Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compusory abour, and measures to contribute to the eimination of forced or compusory abour. Security practices HR8 Percentage of security personne trained in the organisation s poicies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are reevant to operations. During the reporting period, no operations were identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and coective bargaining may be at significant risk. During the reporting period, no operations were identified as having significant risk for incidents of chid abour. During the reporting period, no operations were identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compusory abour GRI Data Tabes Certain reevant aspects of human rights are integrated into some operationa training, e.g. site induction training covers topics such as non-discrimination, diversity, harassment and workpace safety, and at certain sites, security personne receive specific human rights training. However currenty, data provided for this indicator is under-reported. Newcrest is currenty reviewing our training systems at our operations to improve data coection. Newcrest has recenty deveoped a Human Rights Poicy and a Security Poicy. The impementation of these poicies wi invove reviewing the Company s various interna processes and externa business reationships for human rights factors. Newcrest wi be abe to report more fuy on this indicator after these poicies have been fuy impemented. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

13 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Discosures on Management Approach (SOCIETY) and STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (HUMAN RIGHTS and SOCIETY) continued Human Rights continued Indigenous rights MM5 Tota number of operations taking pace in or adjacent to Indigenous Peopes territories, and number and percentage of operations or sites where there are forma agreements with Indigenous Peopes communities. HR9 Tota number of incidents of vioations invoving rights of indigenous peope and actions taken. Society 2013 GRI Data Tabes There were no incidents of vioations invoving rights of indigenous peope during the reporting period. DMA SO Discosures on Management Approach. Newcrest website: sustainabiity/discosures-on-management-approaches/ Community SO1 Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, incuding entering, operating, and exiting. Prior to entering the community Where appicabe, sites carry out socio-economic and environmenta impact assessments and have stakehoder engagement pans. This invoves engaging with and consuting the reevant authorities and oca community stakehoders prior to entering the community. Newcrest respects the various cutures of their oca communities and as such, conducts cutura awareness training programs at the reevant sites to educate it empoyees, contractors and sub-contractors. Whie operating in the community Various programs are in pace at our sites to assist in identifying and addressing community impacts through the course of mining-reated activity. These incude: Socioeconomic studies/monitoring programs Environmenta impact monitoring Community baseine studies Community sentiment surveys Community compaints protoco Viage visits with stakehoder gatherings Grievance mechanisms and grievance resoution tracking systems Forma meetings with various eves of government Community pubic meetings Focus group and specia interest group meetings Individua stakehoder meetings. Whie making decisions to exit the community A operations have mine cosure pans in pace that take into consideration the potentia impact of mine cosure and the views of oca stakehoders. When we eave an an exporation site, the resoution of a pending grievances is ensured and the site is rehabiitated. Pubic information and consutation regarding the site cosure is conducted. Data coection and community member seection Newcrest is currenty reviewing this aspect in its community impact assessment programs with a view to update these studies every five years. Program effectiveness Newcrest wi be roing out its community standards in the next reporting period and undertaking a forma gap anaysis and review. Whie we are confident that our programs are working we, it is expected that we wi be abe to offer accurate comment on effectiveness, supported by data, in the next report. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

14 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (SOCIETY) continued Society continued Community continued SO1 Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, incuding entering, operating, and exiting. continued Community engagement improvements Exampes of how feedback and anaysis of data on community impacts has been appied to improve upon community engagement incude the foowing: CVO Feedback from consutation and particuary the 2010 Community Sentiment Survey prompted the aunch of the Cadia District Enhancement Project, which aims to work with the oca community to identify a number of projects which can be impemented to enhance the vaue of property in the Cadia district for agricuture, mining and ifestye choices. This Project was aunched in 2011 with two brainstorming sessions, foowed by a prioritisation session, a session on governance and funding and a timetabe to impement preferred projects in The initiative has attracted good participation from the Cadia district community. Lihir Operations Awareness of marginaised groups has ed to deveopment of a broad range of stakehoder engagement and communication programs. Socia impact reporting is provided through the muti-stakehoder socia and environmenta impact-monitoring committee. Gosowong Detaied demographic information on the communities and the other baseine data have provided the framework for the deveopment and ro-out of the Sustainabe Economic Deveopment (SED) Program under the CSR. Namosi Project A fu re-work of the community engagement strategy/pans aong with a new cutura awareness program has been deveoped as a resut of the oss of access to the project area in ate This has been based on data and cutura education provided from university, government, oca peope and professiona anthropoogica work. Our intention is to start again with our community engagement, formay reintroduce ourseves and seek to buid respectfu reationships with a stakehoders. Wafi Gopu Project Consutation has resuted in the significant needs of the community being met. These incude cassrooms, refurbishing aid posts and sawmis. Anaysis of the current ESIA data wi inform further refinements to the community and regiona deveopment program and wi aow the program to ook onger term as the project deveops. Socia incusion A sites have measures in pace to ensure the incusion of oca and/or minority groups. These incude: SIA engagement programs; stakehoder communication forums and informa information-sharing initiatives; oca community initiatives and funding of oca community projects; and empoyment of ocas and nationas, incuding management and eadership roes. These measures are adequate in engaging, communicating and invoving oca members. However, there are instances where measures can be improved. For exampe, at Lihir, invovement in the deveopment panning process, especiay at the eve of current negotiation around the major benefits package agreement for the Lihirian community, has not aways been fuy incusive and has been dominated by a sma group of mae andowners. Women and youth in particuar have itte poitica voice in this process. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

15 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (SOCIETY) continued Society continued Community continued MM6 Number and description of significant disputes reating to and use, customary rights of oca communities and Indigenous Peopes GRI Data Tabes There were seven significant disputes at Lihir (1 4), Gosowong (5), Namosi Project (6) and Wafi-Gopu Project (7). 1. The oca eve government and the andowners association are in dispute over the management of royaties, and it is being managed through a forma dispute resoution process chaired by the Minera Resource Authority (MRA). 2. LMALA raised a dispute over the eve of funding for the LMALA Administration budget, and the budget avaiabe for preparations for the Lihir Agreements Review. This ed to the cosure of the mine for two days in September The Putput community raised a dispute over issues reated to impacts from the mine, incompete community projects, and participation in the Lihir Agreements Review. This ed to the cosure of the mine for two days in January The Lihir operation is subject to a number of agreements with oca andowners, which agreements cover (among other things) compensation and other benefits. The Lihir agreements are subject to periodic review, with an ongoing review at the time of this report. In the context of the current review, the Company and andowners have outined matters that they woud ike addressed within the review, incuding the impementation of projects under the agreements, compensation payments (incuding distribution of benefits among andowners), the impacts of the mine and the impact of certain practices on the mine operations. These matters wi be advanced as part of the ongoing Lihir agreements review. 5. The dispute is reated to and of the NHM operation that was caimed to beong to the Pagu tribe. 6. As in FY2012, the andowners as represented by the TNLC raised a number of concerns associated with past and current exporation impacts and a number of reated issues. 7. Peacefu protest turned into a poice issue when many of the disputants ocked WGJV staff and contractors in the camp and refused to foow poice instructions to reease those hed captive. Traditiona reconciiation between Babuaf community eaders and WGJV personne has taken pace, but no reconciiation has taken pace between Babuaf and the poice as of yet as some court matters are sti ongoing. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

16 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (SOCIETY) continued Society continued Community continued MM7 The extent to which grievance mechanisms were In reation to MM6, above: used to resove disputes reating to and use, customary 1. Status: The forma dispute resoution process, ed rights of oca communities and Indigenous Peopes, by the MRA, is ongoing. The dispute is between the and the outcomes. parties to the LSDP Agreement (2007), in particuar the Lihir Mining Area Landowners Association and the Nimamar Loca Leve Government. Action taken: The forma dispute resoution process provided for in Cause 42 and 43 in the Revised MOA (2007) and Cause 44 and 45 in the LSDP (2007) was used for the MRA dispute resoution process. 2. Status: The issue was resoved through the Lihir Agreements Review process. Appropriate eves of funding were made avaiabe for LMALA for preparation for the Review. Action taken: Dispute resoved through negotiations between disputing parties and LGL Community Reations staff, Newcrest Management and the Independent Chairman for the Lihir Agreements Review. 3. Status: The issues were resoved through the Lihir Agreements Review process and there is an ongoing commitment to address and finaise these matters through the Review. Action taken: Dispute resoved through negotiations between disputing parties and LGL Community Reations staff, Newcrest Management and the Independent Chairman for the Lihir Agreements Review. 4. The Lihir Agreements review process is being conducted under a review framework agreed by a parties, incuding representatives of andowners, the State and the Company. 5. The dispute was addressed through communication with the Pagu tribe and government. 6. An acceerated rehabiitation action pan was deveoped and impemented. The Rehabiitation Action Pan was essentiay competed in May 2012 and norma activities were subsequenty recommenced. 7. Status: The dispute between the camp and the Babuaf community was resoved after three months. Action taken: Poice were initiay invoved and arrests made after community disputants confronted poice. Artisana and sma-scae mining MM8 Number (and percentage) or company operating sites 2013 GRI Data Tabes where artisana and sma-scae mining (ASM) takes Risks of ASM incude heath and safety risks (mercury pace on, or adjacent to, the site; the associated risks poisoning), empoyee security, immediate heath and the actions taken to manage and mitigate these risks. effects on persons using highy toxic chemicas, and environmenta impacts on streams and rivers. Actions taken to manage and mitigate these risks (by operation): Gosowong: ongoing community awareness; security patros; and, engagement with oca poice. Hidden Vaey: information and awareness on boundaries of the mining ease through CA and APD patros; sediment management pan; support training programs for ASM using more efficient and safer mining techniques; and, engagement with the Minera Resources Authority to conduct studies on the status of ASMs. Bonikro: iaising with artisana miners and working cosey with the oca government. Wafi Gopu: education; access contros and security; empoyment of oca community members; and, use of baseine data to identify compensation. Resettement MM9 Sites where resettements took pace, the number 2013 GRI Data Tabes of househods resetted in each, and how their iveihoods were affected in the process. Cosure panning MM10 Number and percentage of operations with cosure pans GRI Data Tabes The tota mine provision for Newcrest at 30 June 2013 was $317 miion. newcrest mining sustainabiity report

17 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART II: Discosures on Management Approach (PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY) and STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (SOCIETY and PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY) continued Society continued Corruption SO2 Percentage and tota number of business units anaysed for risks reated to corruption GRI Data Tabes SO3 Percentage of empoyees trained in organisation s anti-corruption poicies and procedures GRI Data Tabes Activities invoving bribery, corruption, payment of secret commissions and exercise of improper infuence are stricty prohibited under Newcrest s Code of Conduct, Corrupt Practices Poicy and reated standards. Foowing the reease of Newcrest s revised Code of Conduct, empoyees and some contractors undertook training in the Code of Conduct. Newcrest seeks to communicate these poicies and procedures as effectivey as possibe and has deveoped onine and e-earning patforms for such training. SO4 Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption GRI Data Tabes There were no incidents during the reporting year in which empoyees were dismissed or discipined for corruption, or contracts had not been renewed due to vioations reated to corruption. There were no ega cases regarding corrupt practices brought against the Company or its empoyees. Pubic poicy SO5 Pubic poicy positions and participation in pubic poicy Discosures on Management Approach: Society deveopment and obbying. Newcrest has appropriate reationships with reguatory and government officias in each of the jurisdictions in which it operates. Newcrest is a member of the mineras industry associations in each of these jurisdictions and contributes to the deveopment of their poicy positions to varying degrees depending upon the extent of the impact on Newcrest. Aso from time to time, Newcrest makes representations in its own right where the matter is of particuar significance or ikey to have a disproportionate impact on the Company. For exampe, when the Ivorian Government proposed reforming its mining aw, Newcrest was an active contributor via the industry association and made representations in its own right. Broady, the Company approaches poicy input from the perspective of maintaining the internationa competitiveness of the god sector in each jurisdiction in which it operates. SO6 Tota vaue of financia and in-kind contributions to poitica parties, poiticians, and reated institutions by country. Anti-competitive behaviour SO7 Tota number of ega actions for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoy practices and their outcomes. Compiance SO8 Monetary vaue of significant fines and tota number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compiance with aws and reguations. Product Responsibiity 2013 GRI Data Tabes Newcrest does not make cash or in-kind contributions to poitica parties or contribute to poitica fund-raising activities. There were no ega actions against the Company or its officers for anti-competitive behaviour, anti-trust, and monopoy practices during the reporting period. There were no internationa judicia sanctions or fines evied against Newcrest for faiure to compy with aws or reguations during the reporting period. During the reporting period, the New South Waes Department of Industry and Investment prosecuted Newcrest for breaches of the NSW Workpace Heath and Safety egisation in reation to a raise bore incident at Cadia East on 21 February There were no injuries as a resut of the incident and Newcrest peaded guity to the charges. In February 2013, the New South Waes District Court imposed a penaty of A$112,500. DMA PR Discosures on Management Approach. Newcrest website: sustainabiity/discosures-on-management-approaches/ Materias Stewardship MM11 Programs and progress reating to materias stewardship. Newcrest is a signatory to the Internationa Code for Cyanide Management. For further information, pease see the Newcrest website at sustainabiity/environmenta newcrest mining sustainabiity report

18 STANDARD DISCLOSURES PART III: Indicators (PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY) continued Product Responsibiity continued Customer heath and safety PR1 Life cyce stages in which heath and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures. PR2 Tota number of incidents of non-compiance with reguations and vountary codes concerning heath and safety impacts of products and services during their ife cyce, by type of outcomes. Product and service abeing PR3 Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements. PR4 PR5 Tota number of incidents of non-compiance with reguations and vountary codes concerning product and service information and abeing, by type of outcomes. Practices reated to customer satisfaction, incuding resuts of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. Newcrest s primary activities are in the extraction and production of god doré and copper concentrate. We recognise there is a responsibiity to manage the ife cyce of any by-products that we may produce. These responsibiities appy to a stages of the suppy chain, from product storage to transport, consumption, and disposa of our products and by-products. Our risk management framework, interna audit and assurance activities, and management systems are centra to our approach to product stewardship of god doré and copper concentrate. They aow environmenta risks and heath and safety risks regarding empoyees, contractors and communities, to be assessed, managed and mitigated. Our two products require the deveopment and appication of materia safety data sheets (MSDS). A MSDS outines the reevant heath, safety and environmenta aspects of these products and are provided to reevant customers and transporters. MSDS s are assessed for a copper concentrate and god doré shipments. No non-compiance with reguations and vountary codes concerning heath and safety impacts of products and services were identified for the reporting period. There are procedures in pace for information and abeing of Newcrest s copper concentrate and god doré products. A products are covered and assessed for compiance with regard to these procedures. The foowing information is required for Newcrest product information and abeing: The sourcing of components of the product Content, incuding content reated to substances that might produce an environmenta or socia impact Safe use of the product Disposa of the product and environmenta/socia impacts. Copper concentrate: Materia Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are provided for 100% of copper concentrate shipments. Packing decarations and TML certificates are aso created for 100% of concentrate shipments. Pacarding of 100% of concentrate road/rai transportation vehices is aso conducted. The pacards identify the product as a Cass 9 hazardous cargo and marine poutant. God doré: Materia Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are provided for 100% of doré shipments. There were no incidents of non-compiance with the heath and safety of products and services during the reporting year. There are currenty no Newcrest-wide practices in pace to assess and maintain customer satisfaction. Marketing communications PR6 Programs for adherence to aws, standards, and vountary codes reated to marketing communications, incuding advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. PR7 Tota number of incidents of non-compiance with reguations and vountary codes concerning marketing communications, incuding advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes. There are no codes or vountary standards reating to market communications appied across Newcrest. Newcrest does not se products which are banned in certain markets or is the subject of stakehoder questions or pubic debate. There were no incidents of non-compiance concerning marketing communications during the reporting period. newcrest mining sustainabiity report