BROADENING OUR HORIZONS - Arrium

SustainabilityCommunity investment and engagementOneSteel recognises the importance of local communities and thevalue that they contribute to our business operations. Engaging insustainable long-term relationships with local communities is vitalto the ongoing success of OneSteel as an organisation. OneSteel’smanagement have focused on demonstrating social responsibility bypromoting values and initiatives that show respect for the peopleand communities in which we operate.OneSteel’s approach to community support is largely based on theneeds of local communities in which OneSteel operates. In addition,OneSteel and its employees pride themselves on physically andmonetarily supporting regional and local activities — from providingeducation and training, donations and sponsorships through tocharity fundraising events, all of which require personal commitmentand dedication.35Employees by countryNumberOneSteel’s OneCommunity workplace giving program supports 12charities. OneSteel matches employee contributions up to $250,000per annum.Over the past financial year, OneSteel and its employees have assistedthese charities by donating approximately $215,000. OneSteel iscurrently engaging employees in order to better understand howwe can increase employee participation and ultimately impactcommunities more positively.Australia 9,436Canada 552Chile 232China 2Fiji 13Hong Kong 46Indonesia 53Malaysia 27Mexico 88New Zealand* 12Philippines 65Peru 96South Africa 2Thailand 64UK 4USA 236Vietnam 1Total 10,929Overseas 1,49213.7%*Excludes approximately 700 employees of Steel & Tube HoldingsLimited, of which OneSteel holds a 50.3% shareholding.Since the OneCommunity program was established in December2003, OneSteel and its employees have donated over $1.5 millionthrough the program, and the company wishes to thank all employeeswho have contributed.Since 2001, community investments outside the program haveexceeded $2.9 million.In response to the Queensland floods that occurred early in 2011,OneSteel embarked on two major programs to support affectedcommunities. The first of these was a company wide fund raisingappeal. OneSteel employees generously donated over $85,000 tothis appeal. OneSteel matched this amount, with funds directedtowards the appeal and specific community-based support in theregions where our employees live and work. In addition to thisfinancial assistance, OneSteel also supported the “Get the kidsback to school” program. As the floods occurred just before thebeginning of a new school year, many families and schools did nothave the school essentials for their children. OneSteel worked withthe Queensland Department of Education and Training to coordinateand collect donations of new and used equipment for school agedchildren. The program was a great success, supplying approximately50 schools with urgently needed school equipment, includingstationery items, backpacks, school clothing and undergarments,shoes and sporting equipment, teacher’s aids and resource materialsas well as CD-ROMs, DVDs, memory sticks and $900,000 worth ofsoftware to be installed in donated computers. OneSteel would like tothank all the employees that generously donated to these programs.OneSteel’s Comsteel in Indonesia is based in a tropical environmentand unfortunately people living in these regions have a higherexposure to diseases like Dengue Fever and Typhus. Working closelywith Krakatau Hospital as a training partner, the business conductedan information session during the year which consisted of anintensive seminar on Dengue Fever and the various types, symptomsand warning signs for all of its employees and continues to conductroutine annual medical examinations for all employees. This renewedawareness and health education will benefit not only employees buttheir families as well.OneSteel continues its long standing relationship with the Whyallinaindigenous group in the Middleback Ranges in South Australia,through supporting cultural and sporting activities and throughinviting tenders from Walga Mining.The Walga Indigenous Mining Business operates a crushing andscreening plant at Iron Knight for OneSteel, employing approximately25 people.