Sustainability Report 2022

Energising
today

Advancingtomorrow

Strategic overview
Contents

Material topics
At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Energising today:
As the world moves towards a
low-carbon economy, we arefocused on supporting theenergy needs of today whilst
investing in our transition
metals portfolio.
Welcome to Glencore’s 2022
Sustainability Report. This reportsets out our performance andprogress across our material
sustainability-related topics forthe year ending December 2022.
It also includes our ESG Data
Book and GRI Index 2022.

Additional information
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Material topics

Explore our Sustainability Report online at:
glencore.com/publications

Catastrophic hazards management
Health and safety
Water
Land stewardship
Human rights
Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing and supply

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Advancing tomorrow:
The world of tomorrow will
look very different, with newsources of energy and evergreater levels of connectivity.
The metals we produce, source
and market will support the
global ambition to decarbonise.

Strategic overview
At a glance
Performance dashboard
Meeting our targets
Chair’s introduction
Chief Executive Officer’s review
Our business model
Sustainability governanceMateriality assessment and topics
Stakeholder engagement

Our business
model

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Commodity departments’ overviews
ESG Data Book and GRI Index
Glossary
About this report
Assurance statement
Important notice about this report
Contact details

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This document has not been prepared as
financial or investment advice or to provide
any guidance in relation to our future
performance. It should be read as a whole,and in conjunction with our periodic
reporting and other announcements. Referto the Important notice concerning thisreport, including in relation to forwardlooking statements, on page 136.

◊ Alternative performance measures
Adjusted measures referred to as alternative
performance measures (APMs) which are notdefined or specified under the requirements ofInternational Financial Reporting Standards;
refer to the 2022 Annual Report APMs section on
page 260 for definitions, explanation of use andreconciliations and note 2 of the financial
statements for reconciliation of Adjusted EBIT/
EBITDA.
Δ Selected ESG information
Selected Environmental, Social and Governance(ESG) metrics (Selected Information) in thisreport have been subject to independent limited
assurance under ISAE 3000 (Revised) by Deloitte
LLP. The Selected Information is identified by the
Δ symbol. The scope and limitations of Deloitte
LLP’s assurance are set out in their report on
pages 133 to 135. See also the 2022 Basis ofReporting online at glencore.com/publications.
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At a glanceContents

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

At a glance
Financial highlights

Adjusted EBITDA◊

Net income/(loss) attributable toequity holders (US$ billion)(US$ billion)
40

25

25

21.3
5.0

5
11.6
2022

342Δ
2021: 365 (restated)

Lost time injury frequency rate

0

2022

per million hours worked
2020

Funds from operations (FFO)◊

Net debt◊(US$ billion)(US$ billion)

28.9

35
30
25

2021

2021: 0.82

0.1

20

2021: 17.1

15

0.84

Δ

2022

2021: 6.0

15.8

Chief Executive Officer

2021

Total recordable injury frequency rate
per million hours worked

2.2Δ
2021: 2.4

20
15

Community investment

10

17.1

Gary Nagle

2020

2021: 27.4 (restated)(Million tonnes)

5

28.9

“The unprecedented
developments in global
commodity markets in 2022
confirmed the strength of ourdiversified business modelacross Industrial and Marketing,delivering another year ofrecord earnings.”

-5

28.0

Δ

CO2e Scope 3

10
(1.9)

5
2021

2021: 34.6

15

0

2020

35

20

15

0

28.8

40

30

10

20

10

2021: 5.0

(Million tonnes)

28.8

30

15

17.3

CO2e Scope 1 and 2 market-based(US$ billion)

34.6

2021: 21.3

20

Total borrowings

37.5

34.1

17.3

34.1

35

Sustainability highlights

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8.3

90

6.0

10

US$ (million)

5
0.1

0

2020

2021

2022

0

2020

2021

2021: 67

2022

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Head Ofﬁce

Industrial assets

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governance…delivered through twobusiness segments…supported by our Values

Industrial activities

SafetyOur Industrial business spansthe metals and energy markets,
producing multiple commodities
from over 60 industrial assets

Adjusted EBITDA◊
Industrial 2022
Metal

32%

Energy68%$27.3bn
2021: $17.1bn

For more detailed information please go to
our website www.glencore.com

Head office
OfficeWe take responsibility for ouractions. We talk and listen to others
to understand what they expectfrom us. We work to improve ourcommercial, social andenvironmental performance

Simplicity
We work efficiently and focus
on what’s important. We avoid
unnecessary complexity and look
for simple, pragmatic solutions

We move commodities from
where they are plentiful to where
they are needed

We have the courage to do what’s
right, even when it’s hard. We dowhat we say and treat each otherfairly and with respect

Openness

35 c.140k >40
employees and contractors

Responsibility

Industrial asset

One of the world’s largest natural resource companies

countries

We never compromise on safety.
We look out for one another andstop work if it’s not safe

Integrity

Marketing activities

continents

Stakeholder
engagement

Marketing ofﬁce/other

Our global operations

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Materiality
assessment

Adjusted EBIT◊
Marketing 2022
Metal

19%

Energy81%

offices$6.4bn2021: $3.7bn

We’re honest and straightforward
when we communicate. We pushourselves to improve by sharing
information and encouraging
dialogue and feedback

Entrepreneurialism
We encourage new ideas andquickly adapt to change. We’realways looking for new opportunities
to create value and find better andsafer ways of working
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Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

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engagement

At a glance continued…which we deliver throughour business model…while engaging with our
stakeholders and creating
value

Responsible and ethicalproduction and supply
Our core Values are embeddedin everything we do. We arecommitted to operating ethically,
responsibly, and to contributing
to socio-economic developmentin the countries where we operate.

Responsible portfolio
management

Industrial
business

Communities

Our people

Governments
and regulators

Suppliers andcustomers

UnionsNGOs

Recycling

We will prioritise investment inmetals that support the
decarbonisation of energy usage
as well as help meet demand formetals needed in everyday life.
We will also reduce our coalproduction in line with our various
climate action commitments.

Investors,
financialanalysts andthe media

solutiorbon
ns

Responsibly
sourcing thecommodities
that advanceeveryday life

…influences our strategic
prioritiesCa

Our purpose

Marketingbusiness

Responsible product use
A low-carbon future requires
responsibly produced low-carbon
metals. We will seek opportunities
to increase the proportion of
low-carbon metals we can supply
to customers from our own
operations and through our
extensive Marketing activities.

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Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Performance dashboard
We take our responsibilities to our people, to society and to the environment
seriously, and align our activities with the relevant international standards.

Our business activities support thedelivery of relevant United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals.

FatalitiesΔ

New occupational disease cases(number)(number)

Lost time injury frequency rate
(LTIFR)Δ (per million hours worked)

Total recordable injury frequency
rate (TRIFR)Δ (per million hours worked)

20

130

1.1

3.5

15

120

1.0

3.0

10

110

0.9

2.5

5

100

0.8

2.0

2019

2020

2021

2022

2019

2020

2021

2022

2019

2020

2021

2022

2019

2020

2021

2022

We are saddened to report the loss offourΔ lives at our operations during 2022,
compared to four during 2021. All loss oflife is unacceptable and we aredetermined to eliminate fatalities acrossour business.

We recorded a decrease in the number of
new cases of occupational disease, 97
cases (2021: 109).

During the year, our LTIFR was slightly
higher than the previous year at 0.84Δ(2021: 0.82).

During the year, our TRIFR was lower thanthe previous year at 2.2Δ (2021: 2.4).

Water withdrawn1Δ

Total energyΔ

Our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions

Community investment spend(million m3)(petajoules)(mt Co2e)(US$ million)

1,100

250

600

100

1,075

225

525

90

1,050

200

450

80

1,025

175

375

70

2019

2020

2021

2022

In 2022, we withdrew 1,078 million m3
of water (2021 : 1,026 million m3 (restated)).

2019

2020

2021

2022

Our total energy use was 193PJΔ(2021: 186PJ (restated)). Renewable energy
sources delivered 12.3% of our total energy
needs (2021: 13.7%).

2019

2020

2021

2022

Our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions were
370 million tonnes CO2e during 2022
(2021: 392 mt CO2e, (restated)).

2019

2020

2021

2022

In 2022, we spent $90 million oncommunity investment programmes(2021: $67 million).

1. Water withdrawn includes precipitation directly or indirectly captured in our water dams and ponds, as well as precipitation that requires treatment ahead of discharge to meet applicable discharge limits.
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assessment

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engagement

Meeting our targets
The development in 2021 of a new policy
architecture, which included revised andnew policies and standards, strengthened
our governance for overseeing theachievement of our Group targets. During2022, we continued to roll out theseenhanced policies and standards Groupwide through a series of workshops andtraining programmes. Substantial
implementation of the revised health, safety,
environment, social performance andhuman rights (HSEC&HR) Standards by ourindustrial assets is expected to be completed
by the end of 2023.
Both Group HSEC&HR and our commodity
departments review progress on a monthlyor quarterly basis, depending on the internal
target.

Group target

2022 progress

Risk management and governance
Implement a proactive risk-based approach to prevent HSEC&HR
incidents.

We continued to implement our Enterprise Risk Management
Standard that was launched in 2021. It includes our approach tocatastrophic risks and the need to identify and monitor criticalcontrols. Our commodity departments annually present their risk
registers and key controls to eliminate or minimise the risks.

Compliance with the Global Industry Standard for
Tailings Management (GISTM) for ‘very high’ and ‘extreme’
consequence TSFs by 5 August 2023 (all others by 5 August 2025).

We continued to implement the requirements of the GISTM.

HealthYear-on-year reduction in the number of new occupational disease
cases (excluding new cases from legacy exposures).

In 2022, we recorded 97 new occupational disease cases (2021: 109
cases).

SafetyNo work-related (occupational) fatalities.

It is with deep sadness that we recorded the loss of fourΔ lives
through work-related accidents at our industrial assets during 2022.

Environment
15% reduction in our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by the end of 2026
against a restated 2019 baseline.
50% reduction in our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by the end of 2035
against a restated 2019 baseline.
Our ambition of achieving net zero emissions for our Scope 1, 2 and 3
emissions by the end of 2050.

We continue to make progress on our climate commitments andremain on track to meet our targets. During 2022, we recorded
27.0 MtΔ of Scope 1 and 2 location-based emissions (2021 restated:
26.3 Mt) and 28.0Δ Mt Scope 1 and 2 market-based emissions (2021restated: 27.4 Mt). This increase is largely attributable to increased
production from our Koniambo nickel and ferroalloys smelters.

By 2023, all industrial assets located in water-stressed regions1 to
finalise the assessment of their material water-related risks, setting
local targets and implementing actions to reduce impacts andimprove performance.

We are in the process of finalising the assessment of material
water-related risks for our industrial assets located in water-stressedregions, setting local targets, and implementing actions to reduce
impacts and improve performance by the end of 2023.

No major or catastrophic2 environmental incidents.

We recorded no major or catastrophic environmental incidentsΔ.

Social performance and human rights
Do not cause or contribute to incidents resulting in severe3 humanrights impacts.

We do not have any recorded incidents, caused or contributed to,that resulted in severe human rights impacts.

1. Water-stressed regions are defined as having a medium to extremely high or arid and low water-use baseline, as per the World Resources
Institute definitions.
2. For environment, major environmental incidents are defined as ‘Widespread, but reversible, environmental impact to ecosystems, habitat or species (two to
ten years to remediate)’ while catastrophic environmental incidents are defined as ‘Widespread environmental impact to ecosystems, habitat or species(irreversible, or >ten years to remediate)’.
3. Severe is the equivalent of catastrophic and major on Glencore’s incident classification scale. For human rights, a catastrophic incident is one with a grosshuman rights violation or grave systemic human rights impacts and a major incident involves an isolated grave or serious systemic abuse of human rights.

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Additional information
Performancedashboard

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Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Chairman’s introduction

Committed to a safe
workplace
It is with great sadness that I report that four
people lost their lives in work-related
accidents at our operations during 2022.
Each fatal incident is investigated, and thefindings reported to the Board HSEC
Committee, on which I sit, and the lessons
learnt shared across the Group to prevent
recurrence.

Governance

Kalidas Madhavpeddi
Chairman

I am pleased to introduce Glencore’s 2022
Sustainability Report. This year’s reportfollows a similar approach to previous years,
detailing our performance and activities
during 2022. I am proud of the actions weare taking to progress our sustainabilityrelated material topics.

Committed to a safe workplace
Safety is one of our Values and we prioritise
protecting the health and wellbeing of all ofour people. Our goal is continuous
improvement in the prevention ofoccupational disease and injuries and thecreation of a workplace free from fatalities.

Governance is one of the key drivers for the
Board. Following the appointments ofCynthia Carroll and David Wormsley in 2021,
last year we also appointed Liz Hewitt to theBoard. Liz brings considerable UK nonexecutive director experience and, inparticular, strong experience of chairing
audit committees. She will this month takeover as Chair of our Audit Committee from
Gill Marcus, who was recently appointed
Senior Independent Director.

Reviewing our material topics
During 2022, we undertook a sustainabilityrelated materiality assessment thatconsidered input from within our businessand from other stakeholders. Our materiality
assessments are formal exercises thatinvolve engaging with stakeholders to findout the relative importance of the various
ESG-related topics to them.
Our third-party-led materiality assessment
reviewed our existing material topics forcontinued relevance and identified emerging
issues. Going forward, the revised set ofmaterial topics will inform our 2023 reportingand strategic approach to HSEC&HR.

Engaging with stakeholders
Following the 2022 AGM, at whichshareholders voted on the progress against
our three-yearly Climate Action Transition
Plan, we undertook an active engagement
programme to understand better their views
on our climate strategy.
There was broad support among ourshareholders for our climate strategy, with
76.28% voting in favour of our 2021 Climate
Progress Report, recognising the importanceof maintaining a strategy that remains
resilient to the risks and opportunities of theevolving energy transition, andencouragement to continue our focus onprogressing towards our ambition ofachieving net zero emissions by the end of2050.
We have reflected carefully on the feedback
received and will continue to engage withshareholders and other stakeholders, as well
as monitor external market developments.
Insights from this engagement have been
and will continue to be factored into ourinternal deliberations.

Resolving the investigations
In 2022, we reached resolutions with the US,
UK, DRC and Brazilian authorities and thediffering resolutions and timing with each of
the authorities (and in the case of the US
covering both bribery and market conduct
offences). These were considered carefully,
the Board’s Investigation Committee, which
has spent the prior four years overseeing the
response to the relevant investigations. It
and the Board also carefully considered thecommunication of the resolutions in order toensure that the relevant details of these weretransparently set out so as to be clearly
understood by all stakeholders.

investigations by the Swiss and Dutch
authorities.
Further information on our approach to
ethics and compliance is available in ourannual Ethics and Compliance Report.

Looking forward
We are continuing to monitor developments
relating to the Taskforce for Nature-related
Financial Disclosures’ requirements, as wellas those being produced by the European
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
and the work by the International
Sustainability Standards Board. We intend toenhance our reporting in response to therelevant requirements as they evolve.
Climate continues to be an important topic
for our stakeholders and one on which I lookforward to continued engagement.
We have recently updated the information
relating to all of our tailings storage facilities(TSFs) and remain committed to conformingwith the Global Industry Standard for TailingManagement (GISTM). We will be reportingon our conformance for our ‘extreme’ and‘very high’ consequence TSFs later this year
and for other lower consequence facilities byAugust 2025.
I would like to thank all of those at Glencore
who are reflecting our Purpose and Values intheir working activities and remaincommitted in delivering our ambition toprevent all fatalities, occupational diseases
and injuries at work.

Kalidas Madhavpeddi,
Chairman

22 May 2023

The work of the Board’s Investigations
Committee continues with the ongoing
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governanceMateriality
assessment

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engagement

Chief Executive Officer’s review

Continuing the SafeWork
implementation plan
energy price moves, most notably in coal andgas. For coal, the legacy of general sector
under investment, along with high rates ofmine disruption in Australia, Indonesia andColombia, left supply unable to easily respondto the stronger demand brought on by the
rapid changes in Europe’s energy mix.
Weather and logistics constraints, high energy
costs, project delays and community protest
campaigns, meant that 2022 was a year of
supply challenges. This underpinned agenerally high and volatile commodity priceenvironment, which enabled the Group to
generate record profitability for the year.

Delivering safe workplaces
Gary Nagle

Chief Executive Officer
It gives me pleasure to share our 2022
Sustainability Report providing details on
our sustainability-related activities andperformance.
We recognise our ongoing responsibility to not
only deliver financial performance but also
make a positive contribution to society andcreate lasting benefits for stakeholders in amanner that is responsible, transparent andrespects the rights of all. We establish andprogress good and consistent businesspractices and standards through oursustainability strategy, policies and procedures.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had adevastating human impact. As the year
progressed, the shock waves of this conflictalso generated one of the largest dislocationsin global energy markets in recent history.
Most relevant to Glencore were the large

We are saddened to report that during 2022,
four people lost their lives in work-related
accidents at our industrial assets, compared
to four people during 2021. We believe allloss of life is unacceptable and we aredetermined to eliminate fatalities across ourbusiness.
The successful implementation of ourrelaunched SafeWork framework in mid-2021
has been a key focus for our industrial assets
and commodity departments. During 2022, we
continued the SafeWork 2.0 implementation
plan, with good progress being made Groupwide. Our industrial assets reported having
closed-out over 70% of the necessary
improvement actions identified by the
SafeWork 2.0 implementation plan.

Meeting our climate commitments

We believe that the current rate of developing
mining projects worldwide is unlikely to meetthe demand that the transition will create. We
believe that we are well placed to participate inbridging this gap in supply through theflexibility that exists in our business to respondto global needs.
In response to the growing demand forcommodities, we are directing the majorityof our capital expenditure, in large part
funded through the earnings of our energy
business, to fund the development of ourtransition metals portfolio.
We continue to responsibly manage down ourenergy production portfolio over time in linewith our 2026 and 2035 emissions reduction
targets and our 2050 net zero ambition. Owing
to the nature of the assets we operate, we do
not anticipate our annual emissions reductions
will necessarily progress in a linear fashion.
Whilst our emissions decreased overall in 2022,
our Scope 1 and 2 emissions increased. Since
2019, we have closed three coal mines, andplan to close three more in the near term andat least six additional mines by the end of 2035
as they come to the end of their economic lives
or lease expiry dates, reducing overall coalproduction and their associated emissions.

Contributing to communities

We recognise that our socio-economic
contribution goes beyond local employment
and procurement and the payment of taxes
and royalties. We identify opportunities topartner with and contribute to thecommunities living near to our industrial
assets. During 2022, we spent $90 million oncommunity development programmes. This
was a 33% increase on 2021, as community
activities resumed following the easing of
Covid-related restrictions, the inclusion of the
Cerrejón coal industrial asset in Colombia, anda contribution to support humanitarian relief
for the people of Ukraine.

An integral part of our responsible sourcing
approach is a risk-based supply chain due
diligence across our metals and minerals
supply chain. Our approach seeks toincorporate social, ethical and environmental
considerations in our relationships with
suppliers. We are committed to understanding
and addressing human rights risks and otherconcerns in our supply chains.

Tailings storage facilities (TSF)
management

We recognise that the failure of a TSF is amaterial risk with potentially devastating
impacts to the surrounding communities
and environment. We continue to progress
upgrading our TSFs to address failure risks
associated with extreme flood events orearthquakes. Since 2019, we have spent over$130 million on these upgrade projects,
which have included constructing newdams, emergency spillways and buttresses.

Going forward

Recent government policies, such as the US
Inflation Reduction Act and the EU’s proposed
Green Deal Industrial Plan, demonstrate thegrowing need for critical raw materials throughto the end of the decade and beyond,necessitating fresh investment into bothprimary supply and recycling.
The strength of our diversified business modelwith its focus on metals and energy, has
proved itself adept in a range of market
conditions, giving us a solid foundation to
successfully navigate shorter-term challenges
that may arise, as well as meet the resource
needs of the future.

Commitment to responsible sourcing

There is growing interest in our approach toresponsible sourcing. As understanding growsof the volume of metals and minerals required
for the transition to a low-carbon economy, thesourcing and supply of our products isincreasingly being scrutinised.

Gary Nagle,

Chief Executive Officer
22 May 2023
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Material topics
At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Our business
model

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Our business model
Inputs and resources into ourbusiness model:

Outputs and impact on key
stakeholders:

Assets and natural resources

Investors•• Value over volume approach• Embedded network and knowledge
Many long-life and high-quality
industrial assets

Financial discipline• Capital deployed in disciplined manner• Marketing hedges a significant majorityof its price risk
• Marketing profitability driven by volume-

solutiorbon
ns

contractors globally

Recycling• Established long-term relationships
with customers and suppliers• c.140,000 employees andCa

Our people and partners

2022 Adjusted EBITDA◊

Industrial
business

in Marketing activities

Marketingbusiness

17%

Female representation in the workforce

Payments to governments

Unique market knowledge$12.0bnΔ• Finding value at many stages in thecommodity chain

Our Industrial business spansthe metals and energy markets,
producing multiple
commodities from over
60 industrial assets

Equity free cash flow (FFO◊ less net
purchases of property, plant andequipment and dividends to minorities)

Our people

based economies of scale, value-added
services and arbitrage opportunities

Industrial business$34.1bn$24.0bn

Industrial business activities
Exploration, acquisition and development
We focus mainly on brownfield
opportunities, cost control and synergies.
Extraction and production
We diversify our product offering andhave wide geographical presence.
Processing and refining
We optimise end products to suita wider customer base.

Marketing businessWe move commodities from
where they are plentiful
to where they are needed

Marketing business activities
Logistics and delivery
We fulfil customer orders and take advantage
of demand and supply imbalances, aided
by the scale of our network.
Blending and optimisation
We offer a wide range of productspecifications, seeking to meet customerspecific requirements and provide a highquality service.
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Material topics
At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Sustainability governance
Sustainability framework
Our strategy for a sustainable futureand ethical
1. Responsible
production and supply

portfolio
2. Responsible
management

3. Responsible
product use

ValuesSafetyIntegrity

Responsibility

Openness

Simplicity

Entrepreneurialism

Code of Conduct
Four core pillars of our sustainability framework
HealthSafetyEnvironment

Become a leader in protecting
and improving the wellness of
our people and communities

Become a leader in safety andcreate a workplace free fromfatalities and injuries

Become a leader inenvironmental performanceGroup HSEC&HR governance
Policies, standards, procedures, guidelines

Social performance andhuman rights
Foster socio-economic resilient
communities and respecthuman rights where we operate

Board HSEC Committee
has governance of our sustainability framework. It receives
regular updates and has oversight of how our business isperforming across all our internally defined, sustainabilityrelated material risk areas.

Metrics, reporting and assurance

Material topics
Internal and external materiality assessment process to identify material topics.

•• Material topics are the focus of our sustainability strategy review and reporting.
• Operational activities focus on addressing and progressing the material topics.

Our Group sustainability framework has four
core pillars (health, safety, environment, andsocial performance and human rights– HSEC&HR) and supports the delivery of theGroup’s three strategic priorities. Each pillar
has clearly defined policies and strategic
ambitions, objectives, priority areas andtargets. We review our approach annually toassess whether it continues to fulfil theneeds of our industrial business and our
stakeholders.
Governance of our sustainability framework
rests with the Board’s HSEC Committee,
which meets at least four times a year, andsets the strategic direction for oursustainability activities and oversees thedevelopment and implementation of our
HSEC&HR programmes1.
Responsibility for implementing andmonitoring our sustainability frameworkacross the Group rests with our senior
management, including the Chief Executive
Officer, Head of Industrial Assets and headsof our corporate functions and commodity
departments. They identify the material
topics and take a hands-on approach tomonitoring and managing sustainability
activities around the Group.
Through our HSEC&HR governance,
policies, standards, procedures andguidelines, we invest resources to establish
and implement ethical and consistentbusiness practices and standards. These
support our commitment to be a
responsible and ethical operator and ouraspiration for always doing things the rightway.

1. For additional details on the governance ofclimate-related issues, see the 2022 Annual
Report, page 26.
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At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Sustainability
governanceOur business
model

Materiality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Sustainability governance continued
Our Group policies support the delivery of
our Values and Code of Conduct, which
together detail the behaviour andperformance expectations for all employees
working at our offices and industrial assets
where we have operational control. Our
industrial assets tailor the implementation ofGroup policies to reflect local cultures,
regional challenges and to leverage
opportunities while meeting the
expectations established by the policies.
Our HSEC&HR policies, such as ourEnvironmental, Health and Safety, Social
Performance or Human Rights Policies, canbe accessed, in different languages, via our
website.

Addressing ICMM’s Performance
Expectations
We have been a member of theInternational Council on Mining and Metals(ICMM) since 2014.
In 2003, ICMM published its 10 Principles for
Sustainable Development to set a standardof ethical performance for their members.
The 10 Principles were supported by eight
Position Statements. In 2018, ICMM began todevelop comprehensive ‘performance
expectations’ that outline how members
should manage a broad range ofsustainability issues at both corporate andindustrial asset levels, to enhance theoriginal ten Principles.
ICMM’s Performance Expectations have 38
requirements, which apply at a corporate
level and to all our industrial assets1.

ICMM’s Performance Expectations include
safety, social, environmental, diversity, legal
and compliance requirements on issues
such as labour rights, resettlement, gender,access to grievance mechanisms, mineclosure, pollution and waste. Implementation
is supported by industrial asset-levelvalidation, assurance and transparent
disclosure.
In 2019, we commenced a comprehensive
review of our Group policy framework, which
included developing and/or updating
supporting internal standards. Our Group
policies and standards align with therequirements of the ICMM’s Performance
Expectations.
At least every three years, we require ourindustrial assets to complete selfassessments against the Performance
Expectations and our own internal

Consolidated results of ourindustrial assets2
Meets

78.5%

Partially Meets

14.7%

Does Not Meet
N/A

0%
6.8%

standards, which are more prescriptive andcover more requirements. The findings ofthese self-assessments feed into ourindustrial assets plans to improve theirperformance. The self-assessments are also
subject to third-party assurance, pursuant toa schedule determined based on certain
Prioritisation Criteria.
The consolidated results of our industrial
assets’ self-assessments against ICMM’s
Performance Expectations are shown below.
Where our industrial assets have assessed
requirements as partially met, improvement
actions have been identified and are being
progressively implemented. Further
information, including the results of ourcorporate self-assessment, is available in theextended ESG Data Book, available here.
An external consultant has supported thedevelopment of our Prioritisation Criteria,
which we used to identify which of ourindustrial assets will undergo third-party
validation each year over a three-year cycle(2023-2025). As part of this process, during2022, we brought forward the assessment of
three industrial assets from different regions(South Africa, Canada and Australia) andcommodities (ferroalloys, coal and nickel) topilot third-party validation.
Further information on the Prioritisation
Criteria validation schedule and the thirdparty validations’ results is available in theextended ESG Data Book.

1. In early 2023, ICMM’s Performance Expectations
were updated; the current version contains 39
requirements. We will transition to this version in
2024, following the three-yearly review cycle of
our internal standards.
2. Further detail on these results and the ICMM
rating scale is available at the ICMM Cover Notetab in the extended ESG Data Book.
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Contents

Material topics
At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

2022 materiality assessment and material topics
Our reporting on oursustainability performance andprogress focuses on thesustainability-related topics we
identify as material to Glencore’s
performance and progress, andto our future prospects.
The Board HSEC Committee receives
updates on our progress on the
management of the identified
material topics.

Materiality assessment
We regularly undertake sustainabilityrelated materiality assessments thatconsider input from within our business andother stakeholders. Materiality assessments
are formal exercises which involve engaging
with stakeholders to find out the relative
importance of ESG-related topics to them.
We use these assessments to inform our
HSEC&HR strategic overview and oursustainability-related disclosures andpublications. This assessment identifies
topics that are material to our development,
performance and current position as well as
for our future opportunities.
During 2022, we undertook a third-party-led
materiality assessment with internal andexternal stakeholders to validate whether
our current material topics continue to beappropriate and to identify emerging issues.

The findings of the assessment showed thatfor our external stakeholders, climate-relatedrisks and opportunities, and ethics andcompliance and transparency were thehighest source of risk and concern.
Responsible sourcing is a growing area ofinterest, particularly in relation to ourmarketing activities, including supply chain
due diligence and compliance withsanctions.
Our internal stakeholders identified
catastrophic hazards, ethics and complianceand transparency, and health and safety as
key areas of concern. Additionally, thematerial topic of our people, with its
associated topics of diversity, talentattraction and retention, were identified byinternal stakeholders as material.

2022 process
Desktop researchConsidered our original ten
material topics andassessed the inclusion of
new topics and/or subtopics through looking atstakeholders’ areas ofinterest and the materiality
assessments undertaken
by our peers.

Stakeholder
engagement

Final scoring

35 external and 25 internal
engagements. External
stakeholders included
government, investors,
banks, insurancecompanies, media,
customers, industry
associations, union
organisations and NGOs.

The Board HSEC Committee
reviewed the findings.
Where interest was
expressed, we shared thefinal list of topics withparticipating stakeholders.
Work is underway to alignour HSEC&HR strategy andcommunications with theupdated identified topics.

As a result, our material topics are updated as follows:
2021 and 2022 material topic

2023 and 2024 material topic

Climate change

Climate change

Water

Water

Land stewardshipLand management
Biodiversity

Our people

Diversity, equity & inclusion

Responsible citizenshipSocial performance

Catastrophic hazards
management

Catastrophic hazards management (including TSF
management)

Health and safety

Workforce safety
Occupational health

Ethics and compliance

Ethics and complianceTransparency

Responsible sourcing

Responsible sourcing

Human rights

Human rights
Indigenous Peoples
New topic: Just Transition (emerging topic)

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At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Material topics for 2022 reporting period

Catastrophic hazards
management
Catastrophic events in the natural resource
sector can have disastrous impacts on
workers, communities, the environment,
and corporate reputation, as well as a
substantial financial cost. We are actively
identifying, monitoring and mitigating
catastrophic hazards within our industrial
activities.

Health and safety

Climate change

Water

We prioritise the safety and health of ouremployees and contractors and recognisethat the success of our business isdependent on a safe and healthy
workforce; it is both our top priority and a
Glencore Value. We take a preventative
approach towards health and safety toestablish a proactive safety culture.

As one of the world’s largest diversified
resource companies, we have a role to playin the transition to a low-carbon economy.
We seek to lower the carbon footprint ofour portfolio of industrial assets, and tosupport national government Just
Transition programmes in the countries inwhich we operate to achieve the goals of
the Paris Agreement.

Water is an essential resource for many of
our industrial activities. Some of ourindustrial assets are located in waterstressed regions and share access to waterwith other local water users. Our industrial
assets undertake annual assessments of
their water-related impacts, risks andopportunities to develop water
management strategies that maximise theefficient and sustainable use of thisimportant natural resource.

Further information is available in our 2022
Climate Report

Land stewardship

Human rights

Responsible citizenship

Our industrial assets around the world havedirect and indirect impacts on the land.
From project design to operational closure,
we focus on reducing our physical footprint
on the land, identifying, managing andaddressing our potential impacts byapplying the principles of the mitigation
hierarchy (avoid, minimise, restore/mitigate
and offset). We look for ways to improve
our land stewardship, reduce our impact
on landscapes and enable sustainable land
use following the closure of our industrial
assets.

We recognise we have the potential toimpact human rights directly through ouroperations, and indirectly through ourrelationships with joint ventures,contractors and suppliers. We arecommitted to respecting human rights
and actively support our workforce andsuppliers to understand and meet thiscommitment.

Mining activities can make a significant
contribution to the national, regional andlocal economies in which they operate,
through employment, tax and royalty
payments, local procurement and social
development. Our aim is to minimise
adverse impacts from our industrial
activities and to build partnerships to
support sustainable development andgrowth and to foster positive engagementwith communities and Indigenous Peoples.

Our people

Ethics and compliance

Attracting and retaining entrepreneurial,
focused and dedicated people isfundamental to our future success. We
thrive by having a workforce from different
backgrounds, cultures and beliefs, which
we promote through our Diversity andInclusion framework, IDEAL (Inclusion,
Diversity, Equity, Advancement, Local).

We are committed to upholding a cultureof ethics and compliance across ourbusiness. We believe that a strong ethics
and compliance programme grounded inour Values, particularly integrity andopenness, is critical to ensuring we are a
responsible and ethical company.

Further information is available in our 2022
Annual Report

Responsible sourcing andsupplyWe seek to incorporate social, ethical andenvironmental considerations in our
relationships with suppliers. In particular,
we are committed to understanding andaddressing human rights risks in our
supply chains.

Further information is available in our2022 Ethics and Compliance Report

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At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Materiality continued
Further information on our material topics
Updated topic

2021-22 material topic

Public disclosures
AnnualReportSustainability
ReportRead more on these topics here:
ModernSlaveryStatement

Payments toGovernments
ReportClimateReportEthics andCompliance
Report*Catastrophic hazards
management
Health and safety
Climate change
Water
Land stewardship
Human rights
Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing
Our people
Ethics and compliance
Detailed information available

High-level information available* See also www.glencore.com/who-we-are/transparency

No information available

Voluntary
Principles
ReportWater
microsite

TSF
microsite• Catastrophic hazards

management, see page 19 and our
TSF microsite• Health and safety, see page 23• Climate change, see our 2022
Climate Report• Water, see page 29 and our water
microsite• Land stewardship, see page 33• Human rights, see page 39• Responsible citizenship,
see page 47• Our people, see our 2022 Annual
Report• Responsible sourcing, see page 55• Ethics and compliance, see our2022 Ethics and Compliance
Report, and our Transparency
web page

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At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Stakeholder engagement​
We support transparent and constructive stakeholder engagement
and consultation. Stakeholder scrutiny supports the maintenanceof high standards of business conduct that is vital to our corporate
culture and the long-term success of the Group.

We recognise that robust and respectful engagement with our stakeholders is essential for
our industrial assets to maintain their licence to operate. Through building constructive andtransparent relationships with our stakeholders, we can strengthen our approach locally andglobally and improve our operating processes and performance.
Our stakeholders include our workforce, shareholders, suppliers, joint venture partners,
customers, governments and regulators, local communities, traditional authorities, NGOs,
union organisations, civil society, media, and industry peers.

Stakeholder

Reason to engage​

Our workforce andlabour unions

Through developing and building a cohesive workplace culture that encourages our people tofocus on the same goals, we can deliver our strategic priorities. Our Group-wide internal
communications programme delivers information on our SafeWork approach and our
HSEC&HR policy framework. Our Raising Concerns platform is available to our employees andcontractors, and other stakeholders. We uphold the right to freedom of association, tounionise and to collective representation, regardless of location or duties. We take an honest
and open approach to working with labour unions and undertake negotiations in good faith.

Governments

We develop and maintain constructive relationships with national, regional, and local
governments in the countries where we operate and maintain regular dialogue on all relevant
issues. We do this through a variety of means that best reflect local context. Engagement
activities may be individually, collectively with other companies or organisations, or as part ofan industry association. When dealing with governments, we are guided by our Code of
Conduct and our Political Engagement Policy, which does not permit the use of our funds orresources as contributions to any political campaign, political party, political candidate or any
such affiliated organisation.

Communities

Our industrial assets build relationships with local communities and decision-making
authorities. They meet and engage with the communities living around our industrial assets toshare information about our activities that may affect them, key risks, and control measures,and to help us understand their views and address any concerns raised. We adapt ourapproach to reflect the operational and cultural environment and engagement can include
open-house sessions, formal engagements, face-to-face discussions, and local grievancemechanisms.

Areas of interest during 2022​• Health, safety, and wellbeing• Training, compensation and career opportunities• Company culture and reputation• Negotiations of workplace agreements• Industrial relations and potential site closures• Tax and royalty payments• Ethics and compliance• Local employment and procurement• Operational environmental management,
including tailings storage• Climate change• Socio-economic development• Social transitioning• Transparency and human rights• Public health• Security• Socio-economic development• Social transitioning• Human rights• Indigenous Peoples• Environmental management• Operational impacts• Potential industrial site closure• Tailings storage facilities• Security and its engagement with civil society• Artisanal and small-scale mining in the DRC
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At a glance

Additional information
Performancedashboard

Chair’s
introduction

Chief Executive
Officer’s review

Our businessmodel

Sustainability
governanceMateriality
assessment

Stakeholder
engagement

Stakeholder engagement continued
Stakeholder

Reason to engage​

Non-governmentalorganisations (NGOs)
and civil society

We engage with NGOs, think tanks and business associations interested in our activities.
Topics of discussion include broad policy issues with a global or national reach, as well as local
matters that affect the communities close to our industrial assets. We welcome constructive
feedback on our activities, and seek to engage with all our critics or, at the very least, respondto their concerns to increase our understanding.

Financial community
and media

We actively engage with our investors and financial institutions through regularcommunication, one-on-one meetings, roadshows, and Q&A sessions. We engage with themedia at global, national and local levels on topics of public interest. Our approach is one oftransparency and timely communications to support fair disclosure.

Suppliers andcustomers

We maintain good relationships with our suppliers and customers, engaging regularly withthem to understand their views, expectations and perspectives. We undertake risk-based due
diligence on our supply chain, both for the goods and services we procure and the third-party
commodities we purchase. We are active in many industry initiatives, where we work topromote the safe use and handling of our products. We share the specifications of our
products and any associated risks with our customers.

Peer companies

At both global and national levels, we engage with other mining, trading and extractive
companies through various platforms. These include ICMM and the Voluntary Principles on
Security and Human Rights. These initiatives provide an opportunity to learn from bestpractice and to find industry-wide solutions to common challenges. At an operational level, we
often work with other multinational and domestic mining companies through nationally run
chambers of commerce to deliver an industry-consistent voice during engagement on
industry topics.

Areas of interest during 2022​• Human rights• Tailings storage facilities• Social incidents• Public health• Operational and environmental management• Closure of industrial sites• Socio-economic development• Transparency in payments to governments• Security and engagement with civil society• Compliance with laws and regulations• Financial and operational performance• Climate change• Compliance with laws and regulations• Presence in developing countries• Tailings storage management• Transparency payments to government• Human rights• Industrial relations• Responsible sourcing and supply• Development of industry standards• Transparency in the supply chain• Procurement spend• Human rights• Compliance with laws and regulations• Product carbon footprint• Occupational health and safety• Public health• Climate change• Tailings storage management• Transparency in payments to government
management and nature, industrial site closure• Landand water• Security and engagement with civil society• Development of industry standards
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Catastrophic hazards
management

Safety and health

Additional information
Water

Land stewardship

Human rights

Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing
and supply

Material
topicsCatastrophic hazards management
Health and safety
Water
Land stewardship
Human rights
Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing and supply

19
23
29
33
39
47
55

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Additional information
Water

Land stewardship

Human rights

Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing
and supply

Material topics

Catastrophic hazards
management

2022 performance
Major or catastrophic
environmental incidentsΔ02021: 0Catastrophic or natural disasterevents at the Group’s industrial
assets can have disastrous
impacts on workers,
communities and theenvironment, while also
impacting production andresulting in substantial financial
costs and harm to our
reputation.

2022 highlights• Held a workshop for 80 internal TSF

specialists to further our knowledge baseof the social, environmental and local
economic context for our TSFs and to
improve stakeholder engagement plansfor emergency preparedness andresponse.

• Assessed the maturity and effectiveness of
the implementation of our Road
Transportation Safety Standard; good
progress was noted.

SDG

By recognising and mitigating the risk of adisastrous event, we can better protect ourpeople, communities and the environment.

Further information
Additional data is available inAppendix One: ESG Data Book and
GRI Index 2022 and our extended
Excel ESG Data Book, available here
Further information on ourmanagement of catastrophic hazards
is available here
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Additional information
Water

Land stewardship

Human rights

Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing
and supply

Catastrophic hazards management continued
Our strategic ambition
We are committed to eliminating major or
catastrophic incidents at our industrial
assets.

Our approach
Recognising the exceptional nature ofcatastrophic incidents, our approach is toprevent them through catastrophic hazard
management plans and critical controls
management, supported by rigorous
monitoring and reporting.
Catastrophic incidents may arise due tonatural causes (flood, earthquake, drought)
or due to infrastructure or equipment failure(tailing storage facility failure), or both. Climatechange will increase physical risks to ourassets and related infrastructure, largely driven
by extreme weather events and waterrelated risks such as flooding or water scarcity.
Our HSEC&HR policies and standards
address the catastrophic hazards that
present a material risk to our operations,setting out the requirements for theprevention of potentially catastrophic
events.
We have implemented a comprehensive
tailings management framework, with clear
governance, accountabilities, systems,
training, auditing and reporting on
performance.
A strong governance structure supports ourtailings storage facilities (TSFs)
management, including the appointmentsof an Accountable Executive within eachindustrial commodity department(excluding oil, which does not have TSFs), as
well as the appointments of Responsible
Persons and Engineer of Record at our
industrial assets. For all ‘very high’ and‘extreme’ consequence TSFs, anIndependent Tailings Review Board isrequired. Third-party assurance of our TSFs isundertaken by internationally recognised
leading dam consultants, typically on a 12- to
18-month basis.
The planning, design, construction,
operation, maintenance and monitoring of
our surface and underground mines, waterand TSFs, smelters, refineries and otherinfrastructure and equipment is carried out
in a manner consistent with leadinginternational guidelines and standards, suchas the Canadian Dam Association and Global
Industry Standard for Tailings Management(GISTM), and designed to prevent incidents
and protect our people, assets, communities,
the environment and other stakeholders.
A comprehensive process is in place for thethird-party-led assurance of HSEC
catastrophic hazards across all operatingsites.
Our Fatal Hazard Protocols (FHPs) provide
mandatory requirements to manage
common fatal hazards in all industrial assets
across our business. The Safety Standards
provide mandatory requirements to manage
fatal and/or catastrophic hazards that exist in
selected industrial assets.
The FHPs are a response to common causesof historical fatalities and High Potential Risk
Incidents (HPRIs) at Glencore and their main
objective is to prevent repeat incidents.
We require all our industrial assets tomaintain a register of potential catastrophic
hazards and to conduct regular verificationof the implementation of critical controls,
which the commodity department andGroup HSEC&HR review through quarterly
reporting.

Our commodity departments implement
assurance programmes, which usually takeplace on a three-year cycle and include
internal and third-party assurance. Thisaligns with the requirements set out in the
ICMM’s Health and Safety Critical Control
Management: Good Practice Guide.
Our commodity departments monitor
through to closure the outstanding actions
relating to controlling catastrophic hazards
identified by the HSEC audit team during
audits. The HSEC audit team also returns toindustrial assets generally 12 to 18 months
later to verify that the industrial asset has
substantively addressed the findings andclosed any identified corrective actions. Our
Board HSEC Committee reviews the status
and results of these reports.
Our approach supports consistency acrossthe business for the identification andmanagement of catastrophic hazards,
according to leading practice and theInternational Council on Mining & Metals’(ICMM) guidance.

2022 performance
We define catastrophic events as thosehaving severe consequences that could
cause widespread loss of life or significant
environmental harm or result in major
reputational or ﬁnancial damage, even if
they have low probability.
In 2022, we achieved our target of zero major
or catastrophic environmental incidentsΔ(see ‘incident classification’ in the glossary
for classification details).

2022 activities
During 2022, we continued buttressing
activities at Kazzinc’s Talovsky, Chashinsky
and Altay TSFs in Kazakhstan. The
construction of the New Narrows Dam at
Strathcona Mill in Canada was completed ata cost of over $15 million, mitigating thepotential to impact the downstream
population at Levack.

Strengthening internal knowledge
In 2022, we held a three-day workshop
focusing on the environmental, social andlocal economic knowledge for internal TSF
practitioners and social performance andenvironmental specialists. The workshop was
opened by our Chief Executive Officer andattended by 80 participants. It provided an
opportunity to share learnings and built
further understanding on environmental,social and local economic topics related totailings management and reiterated ourcommitments to the GISTM.

Meeting global expectations
During 2022, we progressed our reporting
and auditing platforms which will further
support implementation and conformanceto the requirements of the GISTM. In linewith the timeline agreed by ICMM members,
we will report on the progress of all our TSFs
with an ‘extreme’ or ‘very high’consequences classification by 5 August2023. We remain committed to reporting on
progress with the GISTM for all low,
significant and high consequence classified
TSFs and will report on these by the required
ICMM 5 August 2025 deadline.

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Material topics
Safety and health

Additional information
Water

Land stewardship

Human rights

Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing
and supply

Catastrophic hazards management continued
Satellite monitoring

Tailings Manager Academy

In partnership with a leading INSAR(Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar)provider we undertake high-resolution
satellite monitoring on more than 90% of our‘very high’ and ‘extreme’ consequence
facilities, prioritising on the basis of theirpotential consequence classification.

We have established and made available an
online Tailings Manager Academy (TMA) todevelop the knowledge of our TSF engineers(Level 3), managers and leaders (Level 2) andoperators and technicians (Level 1). It wasdeveloped with the assistance of external
subject matter experts. The TMA is alignedwith leading industry guidelines andstandards, such as the Canadian Dam
Association and GISTM, and covers all
aspects of tailings management, fromgeotechnical and hydrotechnicalengineering, environmental and closure to
emergency response planning and social
performance. The TMA includes competency
tests and, to support our diverse portfolio, isalso available in Russian, Spanish andFrench.

Satellite monitoring measures our TSFs’
surface movements every 11 days, currently
the maximum available frequency for thistype of data collection. While the focus of thesatellite-monitoring programme is our TSFs,
during the year, some of our industrial assets
use the data to supplement other terrestrial
monitoring techniques for their operational
activities, such as open pits, waste piles andareas prone to subsidence.
With the precision to detect groundmovement in the order of less than a mm/
day over areas of less than 100m2 themonitoring supplements other groundbased monitoring. The satellite monitoring
enables us to verify that our dams are
performing within design expectations anddetect anomalous ground deformationmuch earlier than may be detected by moreconventional terrestrial-based monitoring
methods. Where anomalous movements aredetected, additional investigations andassessments are undertaken to guide any
additional mitigation or remediation that
may be required.

In 2023, we will continue to focus onreleasing all language versions of the TMA
across all of our industrial assets to make itavailable to all relevant employees.

Oxygen-related risks
We use oxygen in our industrial assets. Its
misuse can lead to explosions and fires. In
addition, there are other risks relating tooxygen handling and low/high oxygen
atmospheres. Our oxygen safety programme
describes the hazards associated withoxygen-enriched atmospheres and liquid
oxygen spills and sets out minimum
requirements to manage them.
Our Oxygen Management Academy (OMA)
builds awareness for our workers on thefundamental principles and practices
relating to the use and production of oxygen.

During 2022, our Level 1 OMA for operatorsand technicians became available in French,
Spanish, Russian, German and Norwegian,alongside its original English version.
More than 400 people across Glencore havecompleted the OMA course applicable totheir jobs, driving safe practices to manage
oxygen-related hazards in our metallurgicalplants.

Next steps• Release all language versions of the TMA.
• Continue to progress towards the GISTM
disclosure deadlines.

Road transportation safety
Our approach to road transportation safety
applies control measures to our ‘outside thefence’ activities. We are improving how wemanage this risk through building ourunderstanding from internal and industry
learnings.
The approach aims to eliminate or minimise
the potential for fatalities, injuries,
environmental, social impacts, or
reputational damages arising from thebusing of people and the transportation of
goods or materials to, from or for, or on
behalf of, Glencore on public or other offsite
roads.
In 2022, we progressed our Road
Transportation Safety Standard with ourInternal Audit team assessing the maturity
and effectiveness of its implementation. The
assessment found good progress in theimplementation in some industrial assets,
but an inconsistent approach to
implementation in others. Action plans havebeen established to address the identified
gaps between existing practices and therequirements set out in the Standard.
By the end of 2022, over 90% of the
improvement actions agreed with Internal
Audit were closed.
During the year, we had five high potential
risk incidents relating to road transportation(2021: four incidents).
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Material topics
Safety and health

Additional information
Water

Land stewardship

Human rights

Responsible citizenshipResponsible sourcing
and supply

Catastrophic hazards management continued
Case study: Addressing ageing facilities
The Strathcona/Onaping tailings facility is
adjacent to and east of the settlements ofOnaping/Levack, to the northwest ofGreater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The site
consists of one operating mine and a nickel/
copper concentrator.
The facility includes a series of tailings
storage and water management areas
designed to collect and convey flow towards
the main treatment and effluent discharge
areas. Contact water from the site iscaptured in a series of containment facilities
and treated prior to being released fromsite. The treated drainage from the site
enters the Onaping River that connects tothe Vermilion River. Wastewater from theVale Levack-area mines and Levack tailings
area is also pumped to the Strathcona
Tailings Treatment System for treatment
prior to release.
There are two historic tailings disposal areasat the site: the Strathcona Tailings Area andthe Fecunis Tailings Area.
Tailings deposition in the area first started
with the Fecunis Mill and dates back to 1959.
Strathcona tailings deposition started in1968 to the Longvack Mine site and then in1970 to the current general area. Both arebeing progressively rehabilitated as part ofthe site closure plan. Tailings deposition
from current operations is occurring
sub-aqueously in the Oxidation Pond.

Given the age of the facility, many of thestructures were designed and constructedprior to the development of leadingindustry guidelines and standards such as
the Canadian Dam Association and GISTM
and prior to Glencore’s ownership.
Subsequent dam safety reviews assessedthat the facility may not pass the inflow
design flood and that liquefaction of someof the dam foundations could occur during
a one in a 1,000-year earthquake event.
Foundation improvement works were
undertaken on some of the dams to
improve stability.
As part of our catastrophic risk
management programme undertaken by
an external consultant, the foundation
improvements were assessed to beineffective at adequately strengthening thefoundation materials. Recognising thepotential consequences associated with amajor earthquake, we decided to construct
a new dam downstream of the facility.
The new Narrows Dam was constructed toleading standards, including extreme
loading criteria and has reduced theconsequence classification of the facility by
being able to contain potential outflow inthe event of a breach and addresses thedam safety risk. The new dam wasconstructed at a cost of over $15 million.

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Health and safety2022 performance
LTIFRΔ(per million hours worked)

In line with our Values, our firstpriority in the workplace is toprotect the health and wellbeingof all of our people. Our goal iscontinuous improvement in theprevention of occupational
disease and injuries and thecreation of a workplace freefrom fatalities.

We apply our performance expectations at
all our industrial assets, while recognisingthat each region, commodity, industrial
asset and workplace is unique, and ourindustrial assets implement ourmanagement approach via local health andsafety practices and management systems.

2022 highlights• Good progress has been made by allindustrial assets in the SafeWork 2.0
implementation plan.

0.84• Fatal Hazard Protocols audits completed
at over 90% of our industrial assets.
• Glencore exposure action levels (GEALs)

TRIFRΔ

SDGs

2021: 0.82

for prioritised health hazards were set.

(per million hours worked)

2.2
2021: 2.4

HPRIs

464
2021: 385

New occupational diseases

972021: 109

Further information
Additional data is available in Appendix
One: ESG Data Book and GRI Index 2022,
and our extended Excel ESG Data Book,
available here
Further information on our approach tohealth and safety is available here
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Health and safety continued
Our strategic ambition
To create a workplace free from fatalities
and serious injuries, while protecting
and improving the wellbeing of our people
and communities.

Our approach
We require an effective health and safety
management system at each industrial asset
for the management of health and safety
risks, to ensure the integrity of plant andequipment, structures, processes andprotective systems, as well as the monitoring
and review of critical controls.
Core to our approach is our risk
management system, through which we
systematically identify, assess and manage
health and safety hazards and credible risk
scenarios associated with our industrial
assets. We let our people know that we
expect every individual, all employees andcontractors, to take responsibility for theirown safety, and for the safety of theircolleagues and the communities in which
they work.
SafeWork is Glencore’s approach toeliminating fatalities. SafeWork is built on aset of minimum expectations andmandatory Fatal Hazard Protocols, LifeSaving Behaviours and safety tools. These
must be implemented by our industrial
assets. We believe consistent application of
SafeWork through strong, visible leadershipdrives a culture of safe operating discipline
and will get our people home safe.

We promote, educate and support our
workforce in making healthy lifestyle choices
and recognising the importance of goodmental health. We expect everyone entering
our industrial sites to be fit for work, free of
fatigue and not under the influence ofalcohol or drugs that may impair their ability
to work safely.
The scorecard for our Chief Executive
Officer’s annual variable compensation
includes 30% for KPIs relating to HSEC&HR
matters, of which half is for safety
performance and half for progress towards
our short- and medium-term absolute CO2eemission reduction targets.

2022 performance
We are saddened to report that during 2022,
there were four work-related fatalities at our
industrial assets, compared to the loss offour lives during 2021. We believe all loss oflife is unacceptable and we are determinedto eliminate fatalities across our business.
During the year, our lost time injury
frequency rateΔ (LTIFR) was slightly higher
than the previous year at 0.84 (2021: 0.82).
Our total recordable injury frequency rateΔ(TRIFR) decreased slightly to 2.2 (2021: 2.4).
In 2022, we recorded 464 high potential risk
incidents (HPRIs) at our industrial assets(2021: 385). The reporting of HPRIs represents
a supportive part of our strategy to reduce
repeat incidents and fatalities and, as such,
we do not target a reduction in this metric.
They allow the identification of activities thatneed prioritising to advance further ourlearning and safety performance. The

majority of HPRIs related to mobile
equipment and working at height andnearly 90% resulted in no injuries.

Our industrial assets are required tocomplete a new assessment against the
SafeWork performance expectations in 2023.

We recorded a decrease in the number of
new cases of occupational disease at 97(2021: 109).

Almost all of our industrial assets have beenfatality free for a number of years, having
successfully implemented SafeWork anddemonstrate strong safety performances,although our HPRIs show that even fatalityfree sites need to continue to manage safety
risks.

2022 activities
Implementing SafeWork 2.0
Since the launch of SafeWork 2.0 in mid2021, its successful implementation has beena key focus for our industrial assets andcommodity departments.
During 2022, our commodity departments
continued to implement SafeWork 2.0 attheir industrial assets. Our industrial assets
reported having closed over 70% of thenecessary improvement actions identified by
the SafeWork implementation plan. The
SafeWork 2.0 implementation phase is
expected to continue to the end of 2023, inalignment with agreed internal targets.
Implementation plans include the necessary
actions to strengthen compliance with ourFatal Hazard Protocols, Life Saving
Behaviours, and a number of mandatory
requirements around safety leadership, risk
management, operational safety, incident
management and assurance.

Strong safety leadership is key to the successof our SafeWork approach. Our leadersacross our industrial assets drive theoperational discipline required by SafeWork
and ensure it is part of our day-to-day way ofworking. As part of SafeWork 2.0, a revised
SafeWork Leadership programme waspublished for industrial assets to adapt totheir local context. During 2022, the work
mostly focused on updating or developing
leadership programmes that are expected to
be fully implemented in 2023.

Fatal hazard Protocols (FHPs)
assurance – progress in 2022
As part of the internal targets set in
SafeWork 2.0 for 2021 and 2022, all industrial
assets conducted assurance over the FHPs,
with more than 90% of audits completed by
the end of 2022; the remaining audits arescheduled for the first half of 2023. The
scheduling of audits post 2022 is the result ofa planning process tailored to the safety
priorities and context of each industrial
asset. Group HSEC&HR have actively
followed up on the progress of the audits
and closure of corrective actions.

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Health and safety continued
The learnings from these assurance activities
are being integrated into our review of ourFatal Hazard Protocols and related risk
management activities. This work will takeplace during 2023 and 2024.

Preventing repeat incidents
We continued our work to improve ourprocesses for assessing health and safetyincidents to strengthen our understandingof how incidents occur, to identify andmanage incident trends and to share thelessons learnt throughout our industrial
assets. This supports the identification andimplementation of preventative andcorrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Reflecting these trends in our performance,
during 2022, we placed additional focus on
our management practices for risks
associated with working at heights, liftingand cranage. All our commodity
departments developed and implemented
improvement plans with inputs from aGroup analysis of incidents, as well as the
new Group guideline on good practices forforklifts operation.

Utilising technology
We continue to advance the use oftechnology to enhance controls that aredesigned to prevent fatalities from vehicle
interactions.
In Australia, our coal industrial assets’
Operator Awareness Monitoring Centre(OAMC), based in Newcastle in the Hunter
Valley, NSW, expanded its 24/7 fatigue
monitoring services into new regions during2022. Three of our coal assets in South Africa
are now supported by the centre.
The OAMC is now providing centralised,
real-time fatigue monitoring and support
to operators of over 800 heavy mobile
equipment across 16 of our surface

operations globally. This is a significant
achievement given that the OAMC has been
operating for less than three years. The
OAMC and its expansion demonstrates
Glencore’s commitment to excellence andinnovation in the mining industry by using
the latest technology and leading practices
to achieve a safe and efficient workplace.
In 2015, our Australian coal business initiatedan approach to reduce unwanted vehicle
interactions. From an exposure perspective,
our coal industrial assets account for around
75% of the surface haul trucks in our fleet
and are an area of focus and action.
In late 2022, it commissioned an industryleading collision awareness system (CAS),
the result of three years of developing andtesting the technology in partnership withan equipment provider.
These technology systems provide a warning
to the operator when another vehicle iswithin its proximity. To be effective, thebusiness requires all other vehicles in theactive mining area to have the technology
installed. We currently have more than 5,500
units of collision awareness technology
installed at our coal industrial assets.
Improvement projects to install an evenmore advanced form of collision awarenesstechnology are being implemented in ourAustralian, Colombian and South Africancoal assets.
By the end of 2025, around 3,000 vehicles at
11 of our Australian coal surface operations
will be fitted with the new CAS technology.
We are continuing to play a leading role in
the Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round
Table (EMESRT) vehicle interaction
improvement programme and the ICMM’s
initiative for cleaner, safer vehicles, of which,its vehicle interaction programmecommenced in 2017. These initiatives are

driving vehicle interaction improvements
across the industry.
Within Glencore, we established a multicommodity vehicle interaction working
group in 2017, which provides a platform toshare leading practices and learnings. The
working group aligns its work programmewith those of EMESRT and ICMM and its
members are active in various industry
workshops.

Addressing occupational health hazards
In 2022, we continued the implementationof our updated Health Standard andstrengthened our identification andprioritisation of hazardous contaminants,
which underpin our definition of Group-wide
Glencore exposure action levels (GEALs). The
GEALs set internal references to trigger
actions to reduce exposures to key healthhazards. In 2022, our industrial assets
implemented the agreed GEALs forrespirable crystalline silica, lead and diesel
particulate matter, along with strengthened
health risk assessments and relevant
performance indicators.
The implementation of the GEALs is
supported by a hygiene monitoring
programme that includes a process toinvestigate exceedances.
Building on learnings from analysing data
relating to occupational diseases, which arelagging in nature, we have developed
technical guidance for Occupational Health
Risk Assessments (OHRA). The OHRA
supports the development of an industrialsite-specific occupational healthmanagement plan and a workplace
exposure monitoring programme. It also
identifies skills and resourcing
competencies, as well as verifying theeffectiveness of the controls in place.

During 2022, most of our industrial assets’health and hygiene professionals received
training in OHRA methodology, with training
provided in three languages to over 70
participants. Our industrial assets started to
implement this approach, which will be
driven through our internal targets forhealth hazards with GEALs. We completed
the OHRA training in early 2023 with our
Kazzinc health and hygiene team.

Supporting good mental health
We are strengthening our approach tomental health and psychosocial wellbeing.
Our industrial assets are required to identify
related needs, hazards and impacts as partof their OHRA and Health Needs
Assessments process, and to put in placeappropriate controls, health promotion andeducation initiatives and mental health andwell-being programmes. This includes
implementing an employee assistanceprogramme for confidential, short-termcounselling for employees.

Contractor management
We recognise that we have work to do in ourcontractors’ safety performance. Our workon implementing SafeWork 2.0 includes ourcontractors working at our industrial assets.
During 2022, we completed work to identify
improvement opportunities for contractor
management, including identifying
learnings from analysing incidents. We
require our industrial assets to assess theircontractor management practices, based on
their prior and existing performance, andimplement required improvement actions.

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Health and safety continued
In 2022, our copper department developed
an assurance protocol with a focus on safety
to assess its contractor management at its
industrial assets. Our nickel department
supported its contractors’ compliance with
Glencore’s polices, standards andprocedures, through a contractor
management system, which sets out
Glencore’s requirements and expectations.
We expect to issue updated mandatory
requirements for industrial assets’ contractor
and supplier HSEC&HR management in
2023.
In 2022, we rolled out our Supplier Code of
Conduct, a revision to our SupplierStandards, which sets out our expectations
for our suppliers’ performance, including on
their workers’ health and safety.

Next steps• Continue to embed SafeWork 2.0 across allindustrial assets.
• Update our FHPs based on learnings fromthe 2021-2022 assurance activities andfatalities.

•• Continue with the implementation of ourComplete the implementation of the
updated Health Standard.

Group-wide GEALs including thecompletion of qualitative risk assessment.

• Implement a new central data

management system for HPRIs thatenables easy and quick access to data andthe identification of trends.

• Renew and implement contractor andsupplier HSEC&HR management
requirements based on learnings fromincidents.

Case study: Developing our approach to Process Safety Essentials
In April 2022, we launched the Frontline
Safety Essentials, which outline thenecessary measures – those items crucial inpreventing a serious injury or worse – to be
put in place to safely manage the risk
posed by a hazard.
To complement the Frontline Safety
Essentials, our nickel commodity
department established 10 Process Safety
Essentials. While occupational safety
focuses on having effective safety barriers
around our people, process safety focuseson efficient safety barriers around thehazard.
The Process Safety Essentials emphasise
good daily operational practices to prevent
events, such as fires, explosions, andreleases of hazardous materials andenergies, which could have catastrophic
health and safety, environmental, social,financial, legal, and reputational,
consequences.
The prevention of these events requires ourpeople to have a deep understanding of
their roles at our operations. The Process
Safety Essentials assist our people tocontribute to the continuous monitoring of
the effectiveness of barriers, which are inplace to prevent such incidents, by being
our eyes and ears out in the field, while
executing their tasks, and directlyinteracting with the barriers. The Process
Safety Essentials are:1. We apply procedures
2. We operate safe processes
3. We maintain equipment integrity
4. We sustain safety critical equipment
5. We walk the line – requires thecompletion of a field assessment of asystem before changing its operational
state, for example, starting it up
6. We control ignition sources
7. We recognise and manage change
8. We closely attend to open drains andcritical transfers
9. We conduct thorough shift handovers
10. We report process safety hazards andincidents

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Health and safety continued
Case study: Understanding psychosocial hazards
in the workplace
Psychosocial hazards are factors in thedesign or management of work that
increase the risk of work-related stress andcan lead to psychological or physical harm.
Examples include violence or aggression
in the workplace and high job demands.

Phase one: established the organisational
context through a desktop review ofpolicy, standards, procedures, training andone-to-one interviews with workforce
representatives, front line leaders andsenior leaders.

Our coal industrial assets in Australia haveestablished COREHealth, a health strategy
to drive improvements and consistency inhealth management across their sites. The
strategy is based on Glencore’s threehealth pillars: Controlled Work
Environment, Fit for Work and Fit for Life.
Underpinning these pillars are foundation
elements that support and facilitateprocesses and initiatives to improve
workers’ health outcomes.

Phase two: mapping of organisational
context against ISO 45003: 2021
Occupational Health and Safety
Management – Psychological Health and
Safety at work: Guidelines for managing
psychosocial risks.

Central to the strategy is a focus on acomprehensive risk-based approach to
our management of health hazards.
Health hazards in the workplace can bedivided into four types: physical, chemical,
biological and psychosocial. While the first
three are relatively well known andaddressed, psychosocial hazards are not sowell understood. In recent years,
workplace health and safety obligations
have extended to include protection frompsychological ill health throughpsychosocial risk management.
The Australian coal team commenced a
psychosocial hazard baseline assessmentwith five phases:

Phase three: a workforce survey intobullying, sexual harassment anddiscrimination, followed by focus group
workshops to explore causes andsolutions.
Phase four: a gap analysis around current
policies, processes, practices andprovisions in relation to the international
standard and a psychological healthsummary, identifying strengths anddevelopment areas at an individual, group,
leader and organisational level.

Managing the impact of
the health of our people
within the workplace

Controlling the impact of workon the health of our people

Controlled Work
Environment

Fit forWork

Fit for
Life

Controlling the impact
of work on the healthof our people

Managing the impact of
the health of our people
within the workplace

Influencing the healthand wellbeing of our people
and our community

CONTROLMANAGEINFLUENCE

Leadership

Policy andsystemRisk based
approach

Educationand training

Partnershipand engagement

Phase five: identify, agree and takeownership of key actions to improve
psychosocial health. Action will target all
aspects of psychosocial health including
primary prevention as well as secondary
and tertiary interventions, aligning with
our COREHealth strategy.

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Health and safety continued
Case study: Addressing
identified risks
Forklifts are amongst the most used
pieces of equipment on the worksite.
While they are extremely useful workplacevehicles, they can present a serious safety
hazard for operators and employees
working around these operations,
including collisions and tip-overs.
According to the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA), forklift
incidents cause several serious injuries andfatalities every year. Over the past years,
we have recorded several HPRIs andinjuries related to forklift operations and in
July 2022, we sadly had a fatality related toforklift maintenance and contractor
management.
By learning from such incidents, andaddressing the specific risks identified, we
believe we can improve our performanceand eliminate serious incidents andfatalities related to forklifts. To do so, andto help drive a consistent approach, wedeveloped a Forklift Operation Good
Practice Guideline.
The Guideline was rolled out in November
2022, supported by our Group HSEC&HR
and our commodity department teams.
We have already seen the identification of
improvement actions at our industrial
assets, based on this Guideline.

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Water

2022 performance
Water withdrawn1Δ(million m )
3

1,078

2021: 1,026 (restated2)

We recognise that water is anincreasingly precious resource
and that it is essential for manyof our industrial activities. Someof our industrial assets are inwater-stressed regions andshare access to water with otherlocal water users.

2022 highlights• Completed a comprehensive gap analysis
against our Environment Standard’s
requirements.

• Progressing the Environment Standard’s
implementation through addressing
identified gaps.

• Over 70% of our industrial assets havecompleted the development of water
management plans and set catchment
context based local water targets.

SDGs

Some of our other industrial assets manage
surplus water that may involve dewatering
activities and flood protection measures.
Regardless of their location, our industrial
assets are required to undertake detailed
assessments of their local environmental
conditions during the operational changes
in their life cycle, to develop water
management strategies that maximise theefficient and sustainable use of thisimportant natural resource.

1. Our total water withdrawal includes about
40 million m3 of medium to low quality waterthat is moved from one industrial site toanother through dedicated sharing networks
that were installed to increase our overallwater efficiency.
2. See Appendix One: ESG Data Book and GRI
Index 2022.

Further information
Additional data is available in Appendix
One: ESG Data Book and GRI Index 2022,
and our extended Excel ESG Data Book
2022, available here
Further information on our approach towater is available here
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Water continued
Our strategic ambition
We seek to fully understand and minimise
our operational water footprint and manage
our activities in a way that protects ourshared water resources.

Water input*
Surface waterSea water
Groundwater
Third-party water

1,092,734
497,955
165,998353,318
75,463

Our approach
We are committed to the principles of water
stewardship across our industrial assets,through the application of strong andtransparent water governance, effective
management of water, and collaboration
with stakeholders to improve our
performance and achieve responsible andsustainable water use.
Stakeholder concerns around the ongoingavailability of water, security of access andthe potential for water contamination haveincreased over the past decade in response
to extreme climatic events.
We recognise that access to safe and cleanwater and sanitation is vital. We
acknowledge that access to water is integral
to wellbeing and livelihoods and the spiritualand cultural practices of many communities.
It is also essential to the healthy functioningof ecosystems and the services they provide.
We seek to fully understand and minimise
our operational water footprint and manage
our activities in a way that protects ourshared water resources and the ecosystems
in which we are present. We are committed
to ensuring good water management is inplace at our industrial assets and undertake
detailed assessments, internal and external
target setting, monitoring, andimplementation of corrective actions.
Our industrial assets consult their hostcommunities and other relevant local water
users to understand local priorities and tocollaborate on sustainable solutions within
our water catchments.

Operational water use
Change in water in storage

Reused/recycled

Other managed water – withdrawn
Key

Water input

Water use

607,144-35,343

495,485

12,156

Water discharged
Surface waterSea water/ocean
Groundwater
Supply to third parties

679,609466,140
169,027
3,483
40,959Consumption

449,134

Other managed water – discharged

Water output

Other managed water (OMW)

11,490

Water consumption* Water input includes the water entrained in ores. Our externally assured 'water withdrawal' metric, which totalled to 1,078 million MLΔ in 2022, does not include
water that is entrained in ore and raw material – this is reported in our extended ESG Data Book.

Water-related operational risks are present
at a number of our industrial assets andinclude the supply of water to operations,increasing regulatory permitting andrestrictions to water withdrawal quotas.
Water management supports meetingproduction needs while continuing tominimise our environmental impact andprotect water access for other users.
We strive to apply good water-related
management practices at our industrial
assets and take a risk-based approach
towards implementing water management
plans. Our industrial assets monitor waterbalances and quality, maintain water data
and undertake relevant water studies.

2022 performance
In 2022, we withdrew 1,078 million m3Δ(2021: 1,026 million m3 (restated)). The
increase in withdrawn water is primarily
related to the inclusion of Cerrejón in
Colombia, as well as a number of industrial
assets reporting a higher amount ofprecipitation.

We aim to have no serious environmental
incidents involving water at our industrial
assets, and to prevent unplanned water
discharges. Under our environmental
licensing conditions, our industrial assets are
permitted to discharge surplus water,
subject to varying conditions.

We investigate significant environmental
incidents and, where appropriate, work withlocal authorities to address any operational
impacts on water sources.

In 2022, we recorded three ‘moderate’water-related environmental incidents (2021:
one moderate incident – see ‘incident
classification’ in the glossary for classification
details). These related to:

In 2022, we received 61 water-related fines
totalling approximately $3.0 million (2021: 28
fines received totalling $4.0 million). The
most significant fines relate to incidents of
non-compliance with regard to theenvironmental permits at some of our
Peruvian industrial assets, partly dating backto 2014.

pipeline at our Astron oil refinery in South
Africa, which had not been used for an
extended period of time. The leaks were
repaired and the contaminated soil
removed. Monitoring for residual impacts
to the water table was established; andWe apply the World Resources Institute’sAqueduct Water Risk Atlas’ baseline water
stress levels of high to extremely high or arid
and low water use to define water stressedregions and consider freshwater withdrawal
quantities to identify operations withpotential high water-related risks.

• two crude oil leaks to ground from a• a truck operated by a contractor wastransporting product from a Volcan mine
to Lima when it lost control and rolled
over, spilling Zinc concentrate into theChillon River. The spilt material wasimmediately cleaned up and monitoring is
ongoing to ensure there are no long-term
impacts.

In addition to identifying high-risk industrialsites, we also assess and monitor waterrelated risks through an annual internalsurvey of all our industrial assets. This
process is designed to identify potential
substantive water-related risks and impacts
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Water continued(e.g., physical, environmental and social)associated with our industrial assets.
We consider climate-related risks andopportunities when assessing water-relatedrisks in line with our Energy & Climate
Change Standard, assessing current andfuture projected climatic variability within
the catchment area and the impact onshared water resources, water quality andsupply, and operational requirements.
We also establish appropriate preventive
and mitigating controls for all potential risks,
irrespective of their classification. We apply
our Risk Management Framework, whichcontains defined thresholds to assess the
combined impact of potential consequences
and probability to analyse and classify
material business risks.
As at the end of December 2022, 35% of ourindustrial sites were in baseline waterstressed regions (2021: 33%).
We identify and implement various watersharing and saving opportunities toconserve water, reduce operational water
dependency, and mitigate potential
environmental and local community
impacts. Our 2022 initiatives are available
on our water microsite.

2022 activities
During the year, we continued to implement
the water component of our new
Environment Standard, which significantly
improves the articulation of our businessperformance requirements for water
management. The Standard, which supports
the Group Environmental Policy, requires allindustrial assets to develop industrial
asset-level targets for performance
improvement, including for water. Our
Water Management Guideline drives aconsistent approach to setting, monitoring
and tracking of our water management
performance.
Our industrial assets have completed acomprehensive gap analysis against therequirements of our Environment Standard
and they are progressing theimplementation of the Standard by taking
actions to address the identified gaps.
Through using a risk-based approach, over
70% of our industrial assets have completed
the development of water management
plans and set catchment context based local
water targets. This reflects the requirementsof our Environmental Standard, which aligns
with ICMM’s Water Stewardship Position
Statement. We are finalising our assessmentof material water-related risks for ourindustrial assets located in water-stressedregions, setting local targets, andimplementing actions to reduce impacts
and improve performance.
We anticipate completing this work by theend of 2023 to enable tracking of performanceagainst these revised plans and targets.
We participate in ICMM’s water working
group, through which we collaborate with
our peers on water management. In 2022,
we continued to progress our work to alignour reporting with ICMM’s updated water
reporting requirements. Our disclosure isavailable here.

Next steps• Finalising our assessment of material

water-related risks for industrial assets inwater-stressed regions, setting local
targets, and implementing actions to
reduce impacts and improve performance.

Case study: Bruno Creek restoration projectIn 2015, Cerrejón, our coal industrial asset
in Colombia, carried out a partial
modification of Bruno Creek, to protect
the waterway from mining activities. The
modification involved moving a 3.6 km
section of the waterway 700m to the northand replicating the natural physical andbiotic conditions in the stream’s lower
basin. The sector in which the diversion
was carried out was an old cattle farm,with no presence of communities. Since
the new channel started operations,monitoring has verified that the water flow
is higher for a longer period of time incomparison to the levels recorded in theold channel.
“After six years of monitoring, I believe thatthe creek is acquiring an image that thecommunity did not think was possible. We
have managed to observe, with thesupport of experts who provide us withinformation such as the Omacha
Foundation and Cerrejón, how the stream
has been recovering. Currently, the stream
is undergoing a stabilisation process inboth flora and fauna. Some fauna
associated with the forests is arriving andsome trees are growing naturally,” said
Carmen Jiménez, a member of the Wayuu
ethnic group who works as environmental
observer of the Bruno Creek.
In 2016, Carmen was selected by her
community, Campo Herrera, to become
the environmental overseer of the Bruno
Creek partial modification project.
The Campo Herrera community is one offour communities consulted by the

Ministry of the Interior on the developmentof the project.
Since the completion of the diversion, floraand fauna monitoring has been carriedout every three months to study in detailthe creek restoration’s environmental
performance. Scientists collect data, which
is publicly available. Findings show thatthe stream has become an ecosystem
contributing to a biological corridor of
more than 25,000 hectares that connects
the Sierra Nevada and the Serranía delPerijá (part of the Andes Mountain range).
Today, the diverted waterway is a robust
and stable ecosystem, home to more than390 species of fauna, with sightings ofjaguars, deer and ocelots. Over 12,000 treesof nearly 70 native species have beenplanted, and more than 3,000 haveadditionally grown naturally, dispersed by
the local fauna. The stream maintains awater flow, even in dry seasons,demonstrating its level of stability, flood
management capacity and the goodcondition of its water supply.
“Cerrejón is proud to see the results of
responsible work, taking into accountevery detail, which allows us the provisionof ecosystem services and the restoration
works have enabled the ecologicalconnectivity which facilitates the
movement of fauna between diversity hot
spots from the Andes Mountain range andthe Ranchería river valley,” said Luis
Madrinan, manager of Environmental
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Case study: Supporting the delivery of clean water

Case study: Constructing
a wetland
In South Africa, Goedgevonden Colliery(GGV), an opencast coal mine, has
several water-use licences for current
and future mining activities. One ofthese requires GGV to undertake
wetland offset and rehabilitation work tocompensate for wetland lost from its
mining activities.
To comply with these requirements,
GGV initiated a wetland offset within the
Greater Lakenvlei Protected Area. These
wetland systems are grouped into eightclusters for a phased approach to therehabilitation work over a ten-year period.
The work involved developing a wetland
rehabilitation strategy, including
financial planning; establishing an
Environmental Monitoring Committee;
and implementing ongoing monitoring.
The wetland rehabilitation work iscomplete for three wetland clusters, inline with the strategic implementation
plan, with completion reports compiledby the consulting engineers. The
wetland monitoring reports
demonstrate significant improvementsin the wetland functionality.

There is significant pressure on water
resources in the Espinar Province in Peru,
and many residents only have access towater for a limited period every day, due tothe lack of public infrastructure or a water
treatment facility. Rural areas also have alack of infrastructure to draw, treat andstore water. The growing local population,
expanding farming activities and thelimited infrastructure in the region are also
creating stress on water availability. In
addition, the natural occurring highmineralisation in the region impacts thewater quality.
Our Antapaccay copper industrial asset is
located between the Salado and Cañipía
rivers. The mine only uses water fromunderground wells that are part of themine dewatering process in its operational
activities.
The water used by Antapaccay is mostly
recycled, with only a small amount of theused water being treated and discharged
into the Cañipía and Salado Rivers, in linewith permits provided by ANA (National
Water Authority). Water discharge, both
quality and quantity, is monitored in realtime and reported to the authorities.
Water monitoring is a focus area for
Antapaccay. As part of its approved water
monitoring plan, it undertakes
environmental monitoring of the water in
the Cañipía River and Salado River
upstream and downstream of its
operations. The monitoring plan sets out
the water quality stations with specificfrequency, physical and chemicalparameters. A state-accredited laboratory
analyses the water samples, which have achain of custody. The water monitoring
results are submitted for review on amonthly and quarterly basis to government
authorities. OEFA (Agency for Assessment
and Environmental Control) regularly
informs local communities of these results.
All monitoring activities show that
Antapaccay operates in line with Peruvian
law and the conditions of our permit.
Ensuring residents of Espinar province
have access to potable water is a priority for
Antapaccay and an area of focus for
projects carried out as part of its social
investment strategy.
Antapaccay has supported the building ofwater and sanitation systems for thecommunity of Tintaya Marquiri, which
benefits the community’s population ofaround 2,000 people. Similar projects areunderway in the San José and Huancané
Bajo communities that are expected toprovide infrastructure to all San José
residents (approximately 500 people) andto four of the eight residential sectors at
Huancané Bajo. The San José project isnearing completion and is expected to bedelivered to the community in May 2023.
The Huancané Bajo project is expected tocomplete in December 2023.

Peruvian government as part of its Workfor Taxes mechanism, are underway.
The Work for Taxes mechanism wascreated by the Peruvian government in2008 to enable companies to ‘pay’ a part oftheir income taxes in advance through theexecution of public works projects. By
accepting infrastructure projects in lieu of
future taxes, national, regional and local
governments can forgo the mobilisation of
public funds and reduce the burden on
government budgets, as the private sector
assumes the upfront costs andmanagement of new infrastructure
projects.
We anticipate that construction will start in
mid-2024 and that the project willcomplete in 2026. All of Espinar’s residents,
currently approximately 44,000 people, areexpected to benefit from the project.
Antapaccay is also carrying out studies on
the effectiveness of the water systems in
the ten communities in the mine’s area ofinfluence. The purpose is to evaluate thewater supply, existing infrastructure andbeneficiaries. The studies’ findings will be
an input into identifying future water
infrastructure projects.

The largest water infrastructure projectthat Antapaccay is undertaking is theinstallation of a water and sanitation
system to provide potable water for 24hours a day to Espinar’s urban city. Studies
for the project, which was agreed with the

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2022 performance
Land rehabilitated(hectares)

2022 highlights• Over 70% of our industrial assets

completed biodiversity risk assessments
and 45% were identified as requiringbiodiversity management plans.

1,863• Implementing our revised Closure

Land disturbed

SDGs

Planning Standard.

2021: 1,459

Mining activities directly impact
the surrounding ecosystemthroughout the mine lifecycle.
From project design tooperational closure, we focus on
reducing our physical footprint
on the land, identifying,
managing and addressing ourpotential impacts by applying
the principles of the mitigation
hierarchy (avoid, minimise,
restore/mitigate and offset).
We seek opportunities to restore andrehabilitate areas that have ceased industrial
activities and, at a minimum, comply with allapplicable relevant regulations. We require
our industrial assets to implement closureplanning requirements that align with ourcommitments to international good practiceand meet the respective ICMM Performance
Expectations. We look for ways to improve
our land stewardship activities to enable
sustainable conditions within theecosystems in which we work, and for thecommunities and species that depend onthem.

(hectares)

1,772

2021: 2,287

Further information
Additional data is available in Appendix
One: ESG Data Book and GRI Index 2022,
and our extended Excel ESG Data Book,
available here
Further information on our approach toland stewardship is available here
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Our strategic ambition
To be a leader in environmental
performance, and to minimise harm to theenvironment, through environmental
stewardship and responsible resource
management across our industrial assets.

Our approach
We recognise the increasing focus in thearea of biological diversity and the main
outcomes of the 2022 UN Biodiversity
Conference, known as COP15, that took placein December 2022. We are continuing todevelop our thinking in this area by tracking
emerging consideration and implications forbusiness emanating from the KunmingMontreal Global Biodiversity Framework,where nations adopted four goals and 23
targets for 2030.
We are actively participating in reviews that
support the development of the Taskforce
on Nature-related Financial Disclosures(TNFD) recommendations. We haveincorporated various draft elements into ourenvironmental governance framework, suchas the TNFD’s Locate, Evaluate, Assess,
Prepare (LEAP) risk process.
Through the ICMM, we are working with ourpeers to support the testing, iteration andrefinement of the TNFD through pilot
testing ICMM’s nature-related risk
management and disclosure framework.
An example of how we support species’
preservation and biodiversity conservation isthrough integrated land use planning andmanagement practices, partnerships, andresearch, where appropriate. This supports
the long-term sustainability of our industrial
assets and the environment in which we
operate, by seeking opportunities to reduce
our operational footprint, wherever possible,

and addressing biodiversity impacts. We
require our industrial assets to establish arobust environmental and socio-economic
knowledge base and develop risk-based
biodiversity action plans and site-levelbiodiversity targets, to drive progress in thiscritical area.
We are committed to managing our land ina productive and sustainable manner
ensuring proactive stewardship of ourlandholdings, including those that have notundergone industrial activity. We are also
committed to identifying, recording, andprotecting, in alignment with local
regulatory requirements and best practice,cultural heritage and archaeologicallysensitive locations on our landholdings. We
conduct our work with respect for legallydesignated areas, such as International
Union for Conservation of Nature category
I-IV protected areas and commit to neither
mine nor explore in World Heritage Sites.
We require our industrial assets toimplement robust land stewardshipmanagement systems, including progressive
land rehabilitation targets tied to life of asset
planning. These include standard elements
such as an environmental policy, datacollection and monitoring, adaptive
management and continuous improvement.

Biodiversity
We are responsible for managing areas ofland we own, lease or manage which areprotected by legislation or othermechanisms.

We own, lease, or manage around 125,000
hectares adjacent to protected areas. All but
one of the relevant industrial assets havebiodiversity management plans in place. The
remaining industrial asset, which is locatedadjacent to a protected area, is developing
its plan during 2023. Around 181,000 hectares
is adjacent to high biodiversity areas; all the
relevant industrial assets have biodiversity
management plans in place. Industrial
assets are required to define physical andoperational boundaries for biodiversity
conservation and ecosystem services andundertake biodiversity and ecosystemservices baseline studies for use in thecompletion of risk assessments. These form
the basis for the management of
biodiversity-related risks and opportunities,
including natural capital (ecosystemservices) and nature-based solutions,
together with consideration of relevant
emerging requirements.
Nature-based solutions that have been
identified and applied include regulation ofwater flows and quality, provision of foodand shelter, control of pests and disease, andregulation and purification of atmosphericgases, to name a few. A number of ourindustrial assets have existing strategic
partnerships in place to protect or restore
habitat areas, including partnerships with
communities.
Our approach aligns with ICMM Principles
and Performance Expectations.
We monitor and report our performance, todrive improvement and investigate
environmental incidents to prevent repeats.
Our assurance processes are designed tosupport the principles of adaptive
management and align with the ICMM
Performance Expectations.

Rehabilitation and closure
management
We recognise that we are temporary
custodians of the land on which we operate
and are committed to responsible landownership and meeting community
expectations. Mining is, by definition, a
temporary land use and, at the end of its
operational life cycle, the land completes its
transition to post-mining land use.
Closure planning ensures the safe andresponsible closure of assets that havereached the end of operational life. Our
Closure Planning Standard requires ourindustrial assets to undertake a selfassessment against the ICMM Closure
Maturity Framework to determine their levelof closure planning maturity against adesired level of maturity to a level ofinternational good practice.
Our industrial assets develop closure plans,
including progressive rehabilitation
programmes, to incrementally restore theland over the life of an industrial asset. We
require our industrial assets to consult withlocal communities on the development of
their closure plans and monitor the societal
risks and opportunities associated withclosure. Financial estimates to complete thispost-mining restoration are developed
before the end of operations, with financial
assurance typically provided to government
agencies prior to development or expansion.
Rehabilitation of previously impacted areas
improves the visual appeal of the landscapeand reduces dust emissions, erosion andsedimentation, as well as helping tominimise the impact of wind-blown dust
from other areas. Where feasible, we
conduct progressive rehabilitation on
previously disturbed areas once active
operations have completed.
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2022 performance
We are a large landowner and, as at the endof December 2022, owned, leased or
managed around 2.1 million hectares. During2022, we disturbed 1,772 hectares andrehabilitated 1,863 hectares (2021: 2,287
hectares disturbed, and 1,459 hectares
rehabilitated).
Of the total land our industrial activities havedisturbed, we have rehabilitated 26% (36,000
hectares), with about 103,000 hectares
requiring rehabilitation, representing about
5% of our total land owned, leased or
managed. We tailor our rehabilitation efforts
to reflect the local landscape andcommunity needs. Where possible,
rehabilitation takes place as mining activities
cease in an area.

2022 activities
During the year, we progressed theimplementation of the new Environmental
and Closure Planning Standards andassociated guidelines and procedures.
We established geospatial software to view,
edit, manage and analyse geographic datafrom the environmental, social and local
economic knowledge base of our industrial
assets. This software is being implemented
by our industrial assets with TSFs in a phased
approach where industrial assets with ‘veryhigh’ and ‘extreme’ consequence TSFs arebeing prioritised.

Biodiversity
We are exploring how we can achieve ourambition of no net loss of biodiversity andare working to identify and address potential
impacts of our industrial assets on
ecosystem services through the applicationof the mitigation hierarchy. We are taking asystematic approach to setting biodiversity
targets by doing biodiversity risk

assessments to inform the development andimplementation of biodiversity
management plans. Based on the dataobtained through this process, we aim tothen set biodiversity targets.
By the end of 2022, over 70% of our industrial
assets had completed biodiversity risk
assessments. Around 45% of our industrial
assets were identified as requiringbiodiversity management plans.
Preliminary results of these risk assessments
identify key themes such as pollution
prevention and control, the protection andregeneration of biodiversity and ecosystems,
the sustainable use of resources and indirect
impacts such as droughts, floods and forest
fires. We are considering the application ofcontrols involving ecological management
actions to control invasive species, erosion
and sedimentation, as well as regeneration
and revegetation strategies including seedcollection and propagation and monitoring
programmes.
During 2023, where required, our industrial
assets are expected to develop biodiversity
management plans or update existing plans
based on the outcomes of the biodiversity
risk assessments.
We have partnered with the Endangered
Wildlife Trust to develop training in setting
biodiversity targets in order to continuebuilding capacity throughout our industrial
assets to support the target setting process.
Our industrial assets continued to
implement regionally appropriate work
plans that reflect the needs of their local
flora and fauna. For example, in Australia, weare continuing our long standing (14 years)
partnership with the Queensland
Department of Environment and Science tocontribute to the establishment of a second

relocation refuge for the criticallyendangered northern hairy-nosed wombat.
Our Australian coal business is investing
AU$2.1 million during 2022 and 2023 in therecovery programme of the species, which
includes the translocation of wombats from
Epping Forest National Park to a new colony
near St George in south-west Queensland.
Northern hairy-nosed wombats are one ofAustralia’s rarest land mammals, with anestimated 315 remaining in the wild at
Epping Forest National Park and the Richard
Underwood Nature Refuge, a significant
increase from the 35 in the early 1980s.

Rehabilitation
In accordance with our Closure PlanningStandard, our industrial assets are required
to develop and implement closure and socialtransition planning processes and assess
and mitigate the impact of closure on our
workforce, local suppliers and communities.
Cerrejón, in Colombia, planted over 585,000
native trees of the tropical dry forest in La
Guajira during 2022. The planting was
carried out in around 700 hectares that arepart of the land rehabilitation activities
where mining activities were previously
carried out and in another 505 hectares
adjacent to the mine where environmental
compensation actions are being carried out.
In 2022, our Australian coal industrial assets
completed 1,548 hectares (ha) of
rehabilitation and invested AU$102 million inrehabilitation work (2021: 1,149 ha,
AU$43 million). The increase in cost was dueto the movement of significant material
volumes at Newlands. This is the seventh
successive year that our Australian coalindustrial assets have exceeded their annual
target of rehabilitating 1,000 ha of mined
land.

During 2022, two areas of completed
rehabilitation were signed off by the
Queensland government, after reaching key
completion criteria that covers areas such as
landform and drainage, vegetation
establishment and sustainability.
Also in Australia, during 2018 to 2022, our
McArthur River Mine has planted over
500,000 trees and shrubs and grasses along
the McArthur River diversion. The
programme uses native flora with around
95% of the seeds being collected locally andpropagated at the mine’s on-site nursery.

Closure management
During 2021 and 2022, we assessed thematurity of our closure planning activities
against the ICMM’s Closure Maturity
Framework. The results identified a gap
between the current and desired maturity
levels. Through the implementation of ourrevised Closure Planning Standard, thesegaps are being systematically addressedusing a risk-based approach. In addition,
almost all of the findings identified by theassessment have been closed out, with theremaining in the final stages of completion.
In 2022, due to market conditions, we placed
the Portovesme zinc smelter in Italy and theNordenham zinc and lead smelter inGermany on care and maintenance. We alsoceased operations at Matagami in Canada
and the Prodeco coal complex in Colombia.
Our approach to the care and maintenanceof our industrial assets includes, safely andresponsibly winding down operations andtaking the opportunity to conduct important
maintenance and improvement activities
while providing support for the people
impacted by the suspension of operations.

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Since 2019, we have closed three coal mines,
La Jagua and Calenturitas in Colombia, andHlagisa in South Africa, an independently
managed joint venture in which we have a
23.12% equity interest, as well as Matagami, azinc mine in Canada. We plan to close three
more coal mines in the near term and at
least six additional coal mines by the end of2035. These mines comprise Cerrejón in
Colombia, Liddell, Newlands, Integra,
Clermont, Oaky North and Mangoola inAustralia, and, in South Africa, iMpunzi, as
well as Wonderfontein, an independently
managed joint venture in which we hold a
24.3% equity interest.

Next steps• Continue to explore how to achieve ourambition of no net loss of biodiversity.
• Finalise biodiversity risk assessments at allof our industrial assets.
• Develop and update biodiversity

management plans reflecting the findingsof biodiversity risk assessments.

• Roll out biodiversity target setting training
to strengthen capacity.
• Complete the review of closure plans for
those industrial assets nearing end of lifeand hold a closure workshop to progress
closure planning maturity.

• Initial planning for TNFD-aligned
disclosures.

Case study: Utilising the Biological Diversity Protocol (BD Protocol) in partnership with theEndangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa
A Biodiversity Footprint is the total impact(both positive and negative) that an activity
has on ecosystems and species. The
Endangered Wildlife Trust established the
National Biodiversity and Business Network(NBBN) in South Africa to guide corporates
towards sustainability and the conservationof nature. The NBBN developed the
Biological Diversity Protocol (BD Protocol),which is the first and only to date,standardised accounting framework basedon double-entry bookkeeping anddesigned to help any organisation
consolidate its impacts on biodiversity.
Our ferroalloys industrial assets are utilising
the BD Protocol to produce statements ofboth performance (periodic changes) andposition (accumulated changes over time)through tracking changes at theirecosystems as part of an audit process, aswell as to track the progress of theirbiodiversity targets.

Using the BD Protocol and Glencore’s
Biodiversity Target Setting and Tracking
Guideline, our ferroalloys industrial assets
developed targets organised around five
overarching activities:• refining the ecosystem asset register;• developing a material species asset
register;• developing site-specific ecosystem
condition and monitoring protocols;• improving positive biodiversity footprint
while regularly updating biodiversity
footprint accounts; andThrough the footprint assessment, ourferroalloys business can:• better identify its biodiversity risks andopportunities;• build an ecosystem asset register;• assess the surface area of its positive andnegative impacts;• produce a biodiversity footprint baseline
for target setting; and• disclose impacts using international bestpractice.

• establishing regional partnerships forbiodiversity stewardship opportunities.

Our ferroalloys industrial assets
constructed ecosystem accounts using
existing site-based data and satellite
imagery, to assess the extents andconditions of ecosystems directly impacted
by our activities. Fourteen ecosystem types
were assessed, which included threatened
ecosystems. No species inventories weredeveloped due to lack of available sufficient
information at the time of the assessment;
our ferroalloys industrial assets have set
procedural targets to develop species
inventories, where appropriate.

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Case study: Nursery project set to restore forest ecosystem
In the DRC, as part of KCC’s Closure andRehabilitation Plan, a recent biodiversity
assessment identified areas forrehabilitation and restoration.
The flora biodiversity of the area isdominated by Central Zambezian Miombo
Woodland, an ecosystem that provides
communities with edible fruits andmushrooms, insects, medicinal plants andbuilding materials. The biodiversity has
been impacted by deforestation andclimate change.
KCC initiated a nursery project to stabilise
impacted areas, limit dust dispersion andto contribute to carbon sequestration, byproducing seedlings of various native
miombo species.
The project draws on the expertise andparticipation of a range of stakeholders,
including seedling producers within thecommunity, and the Faculty of Agronomic
Sciences at a regional university. The

university provides technical support for
selecting, sourcing and establishing aplanting plan for the seedlings.
Representatives from the university, KCC’s
environment department and community
liaison team, and a local church partnered
to deliver a pilot interactive outreachsession to members of the Tshamundenda
community to explain the nursery project.
A further session was held with acontractor operated by former artisanalminers, who will maintain the nursery andmanage, grow and monitor the seedlings.
The nursery project was inaugurated in
December 2022 on Arbor Day. Goingforward, KCC intends to sponsor
communities to plant thousands of trees
in guided planting campaigns.

Case study: Building a network of nurseries for the tropicaldry forest
In Colombia, Cerrejón’s approach includes
working with farmers and Indigenous
communities on mitigating climatechange impacts, food and water security,and sustainable employment creation. Its
work was recognised when it won the
BIBO 2022 award. This is an importantenvironmental recognition in Colombia,
organised by the El Espectador
newspaper, and supported by the WWF
and the European Union. Cerrejón wasrecognised for building a network ofnurseries for the tropical dry forest, which
it developed with four community
organisations.

During 2022, the nursery network
produced and planted more than 400,000
trees of 40 native species and created 350
jobs for community members. The project
has created a biological corridor of over
25,000 hectares, which joins the Serraníadel Perijá and the Sierra Nevada.
This initiative generates income for theparticipating communities, based onnature-based solutions, while
simultaneously stopping and reversing theloss of biodiversity and promoting
sustainable economic development.

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Case study: Biodiversity monitoring
Mount Isa Mines (MIM) in Queensland,
Australia is located within a highbiodiversity area with approximately 32,000
hectares of its lease falling within the
North-West Highlands Bioregion, of which
6,500 hectares is within an area of highbiodiversity value. The unique environmentof Mount Isa is home to numerous speciesof flora and fauna. The lease contains 21
regional ecosystems (vegetation
communities with particular combinationsof geology, landforms and soil) and over 490
plant species and 389 animal species are
known to occur within the lease. Some ofthese species are in abundance like thesnappy gums and red kangaroo, whileothers are either rare, vulnerable orendangered like the red river gum and thecurlew sandpiper.
MIM’s Biodiversity and Land Management
Plan forms part of a comprehensive set ofstandards, procedures and processes that
support its assessment, control, management
and monitoring of its potential or actual
impacts from its activities.

Biodiversity management includes
assessing the condition of the area throughwater quality monitoring and flora andfauna surveys. The birds and gecko faunasurvey is carried out every two years andforms part of MIM’s Environmental Impact
Monitoring Program (EIMP), which also
involves bi-annual flora and fauna surveys.
The flora survey involves collecting data ontree health, which is collated into a report toassess any potential long-term
environmental effects from emissions on
soil, flora and fauna within the prescribed
receiving environment. Pest and weed
management is undertaken, along with
implementation of a fire regime (backburning), to reduce fuel loads surrounding
the MIM operation and Mount Isa
community, which helps minimise theimpacts of wildfires to our operations, thecommunity and the natural environment.
All new projects and major changes to MIM
operations must take biodiversity
management into consideration and ourenvironmental advisors are responsible for
ensuring that new activities areappropriately assessed, and that there areno potential adverse impacts to areas ofhigh biodiversity.

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2022 performance
Severe human rights incidents

02021: 0Community complaints

We recognise that we have thepotential to impact humanrights directly through ouroperations, and indirectly
through our relationships withjoint ventures, contractors andsuppliers. We are committed torespecting human rights andactively support our workforce,business partners and suppliers
to understand and meet thiscommitment.

(number received)

1,077

2022 highlights• Continued implementation of our Human
Rights Standard.
• Human Rights Workshop attended byover 120 industrial asset practitioners.
• Reviewed our approach to social

performance and human rights (including
security) incident management.

SDGs

2021: 1,147

Further information
Additional data is available in Appendix
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and our extended Excel ESG Data Book,
available here
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Our strategic ambition
To uphold and promote respect for humanrights within the Group, and throughout ourvalue chain to enable peoples’ basic rights
and freedoms. We aim to:• avoid causing, or contributing to, adverse
human rights impacts;• prevent or mitigate adverse human rights•

impacts linked to our operations, products,
or services, through our business
relationships; andmake a positive contribution to theadvancement of human rights of all
people, including vulnerable groups.

In the event we cause or contribute to an
adverse impact on human rights, we provide
for, or cooperate in, processes to enable anappropriate remedy.

Our approach
We demonstrate respect for human rights
and seek to manage human rights risks ateach stage of our business and, for industrial
assets, at every stage of the project life cyclefrom exploration through to closure.
The United Nations Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) set out
expectations for all businesses to respecthuman rights above and beyond compliancewith national laws and regulations.
Our Human Rights Policy, which wasdeveloped in consultation with communities
and external experts, articulates thefundamental elements of Glencore’s
approach, and how we fulfil ourcommitment to respect human rights.

The Policy aligns with the ICMM Principles
and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Through our policies, standards, andprocesses, we are committed to respecting
human rights in accordance with the United
Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, the International Labour
Organization (ILO) Declaration on
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work,the UNGPs and the UN Global Compact.
Our Human Rights Policy requires that if ourindustrial assets cause or contribute to an
adverse human rights impact, they
investigate at a local level, report theincident internally and provide or participate
in effective remediation, giving particularattention to vulnerable and disadvantaged
groups.
Our industrial assets are required to operategrievance processes designed to meet the
UNGP effectiveness criteria, a source ofcontinuous learning and based on
engagement and dialogue. Where people
have complaints or grievances, we aim,
where possible, to investigate and resolve
them at the local level.

2022 performance
There were no severe1 human rights
incidents during the year.
In 2022, our local grievance mechanisms
received 1,077 complaints (2021: 1,147
complaints) made by communities living
around our industrial assets. The main
reason for the decrease in the number ofcomplaints was the divestment of our Chadoil assets, which in previous years accounted
for almost 50% of the complaints received,
partly offset by the inclusion of complaints

relating to the Cerrejón coal mine in
Colombia. The majority of complaints
received related to air emissions, mostnotably odour/fumes and noise, which
accounted for 18% and 9%, respectively, of
our total complaints. The remainder of thecomplaints were across a range of topics.
In 2022, we were not aware of any incidents
involving interactions between local
communities and our security providers
resulting in severe1 human rights impacts.
During 2022, our Cerrejón mine in Colombia
continued to work with the five resettledcommunities Patilla, Roche, Tamaquito II,
Las Casitas and Chancleta, to implement
programmes established as part of theresettlement process. At Prodeco, also in
Colombia, work continued with the ongoing
resettlement of the Plan Bonito and Hatillo
communities and the commencement ofprojects allocated to Prodeco as a part of theapproved Boqueron Socioeconomic
Development Plan.

2022 activities
Strengthening our governanceIn 2021, we rolled out our revised Human
Rights and Security Standards. During 2022,
our industrial assets continued to implement
our Human Rights Standard including,where required, completion of human rights
impact assessments and due diligence, andincorporation of human rights management
into operational management plans andsystems.
To support the implementation of theStandards, we have developed a series of
guidance notes and bespoke training. These

have been shared with our industrial assets
and training provided via webinars. Group
HSEC&HR is monitoring the gap
assessments and action plans and assessing
compliance. This process is ongoing to theend of 2023.
In July 2022, we held a three-day humanrights workshop attended by over 120
operational practitioners from across ourindustrial assets. Opened by our Chief
Executive Officer, the workshop was
externally facilitated by a leading subject
matter expert and included keynote externalpresentations on modern slavery, justtransition, and emerging issues in security
sector governance. The presentations werecomplemented with internal dialogue andcapacity building on Glencore’s humanrights context and responsibilities on a rangeof topics including responsible sourcing,environment and water, community health,labour and workforce, and security.
Participants were cross-functional andincluded social performance, human rights,
security, procurement, legal, environment,
human resources, and health and safety
practitioners.
One of the outcomes from the workshop
was a commitment to undertake regionally
tailored workshops on Voluntary Principles
on Security and Human Rights (Voluntary
Principles), to be rolled out in 2023.
Our Human Rights Risk Rating tool utilises acustomised methodology to enableconsistent human rights risk profiling acrossour industrial asset portfolio with definedminimum management pathways. During2022, we continued to work towards

1. Severe is the equivalent of ‘catastrophic’ and ‘major’ on Glencore’s incident classification scale. For human rights, a ‘catastrophic’ incident is one with a gross human rights violation or grave systemic human rights
impacts and a ‘major’ incident involves an isolated grave or serious systemic abuse of human rights.
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conformance with our Human Rights
Standard and human rights management
pathways commensurate with risk ratings.
The Human Rights Risk Rating tool isupdated bi-annually, with the next review ofindustrial assets scheduled for 2023.
We reviewed our approach to social
performance and human rights (including
security) incident management as part of abroader review and update of our HSEC&HR
Incident Management Procedure. The
Procedure was launched with a series ofglobal workshops with HSEC&HR
practitioners.

Grievance mechanisms
All our industrial assets are required to havein place local complaints and grievanceprocesses that are legitimate, accessible,
predictable, equitable, transparent, andrights-compatible, in line with the United
Nations’ Guiding Principles (UNGP)
effectiveness criteria. These processes
encourage people to raise concerns with us
without fear of recrimination. We commit toinvestigating all concerns in a manner that
respects the rights of the complainant.
We provide guidance and support to ourindustrial assets to ensure consistent goodpractice in complaints and grievanceprocesses. In 2022, industrial assets wererequired to undertake gap assessments andreview of local complaints and grievanceprocesses for conformance with our Social
Performance Standard; the approachcomplemented a 2021 grievance processreview against the UNGP effectivenesscriteria. Further, our audit programme
assures conformance and efficacy of local
complaints and grievance systems as part ofour annual review of the Voluntary Principles
on Security and Human Rights.

OECD complaints
Chad
In 2020, three human rights organisations
lodged a complaint with the UK’s National
Contact Point (NCP) for the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD), in relation to alleged breaches of theOECD Guidelines for Multinational
Enterprises by Glencore UK Ltd., (GUK), in
connection with release of water at the
Badila oilfield in the Republic of Chad (theComplaint). GUK participated in the UK
NCP’s initial assessment of the Complaint,
and, on 8 February 2021, GUK notified the UK
NCP of its decision to accept the NCP’s offer
to facilitate a mediation process with thethree organisations.
In June 2021, the UK NCP agreed to suspend
the NCP proceedings (including themediation process) until parallel legal
proceedings were completed. In October
2021, the claimants under the parallel legal
proceedings agreed not to proceed with
their claim on GUK. However, due to the riskof potential other claims covering the same
subject matter, GUK chose not to continue
in the mediation process with the threeorganisations. GUK expects the UK NCP to
produce its Final Statement later in 2023.
Colombia
In early 2021, a group of NGOs filed acomplaint before the NCPs of Australia,
Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, against
Cerrejón’s sales agent and its thenshareholders, Anglo American, BHP and
Glencore. The complaint included
allegations in respect of the impact ofmining on local communities through dust,
water abstraction and pollution, thedisplacement of local and Indigenous
populations, and inadequate due diligenceand information disclosure by shareholders.

Glencore does not believe that these
allegations have merit.

Cobalt artisanal and small-scale
miningAt the time of the complaint’s submission,
Cerrejón was an independently managed
and operated joint venture, and the threecompanies were equal shareholders. In
January 2022, Glencore acquired fullownership of Cerrejón.

We recognise that artisanal and small-scale
mining (ASM) is a source of employment andincome generation in many countries, andwe support helping legitimate ASM be as
responsible as possible, see page 42 for ourwork with the Fair Cobalt Alliance.

The complaint was accepted by the Swiss
NCP in January 2022, with the Swiss NCP
offering to provide its good offices tofacilitate a mediation between the parties.
The Cerrejón shareholders engaged in thedevelopment of terms of reference by the
Swiss NCP and indicated their willingness toengage in a mediation subject to the termsof reference being acceptable to all parties. A
first mediation discussion focused on theterms of reference was scheduled, fromwhich the complainants withdrew at short
notice, following which in August 2022, thecomplainants withdrew from the process
prior to any direct discussion with the former
Cerrejón shareholders and Glencore.

Cobalt ASM is particularly prevalent near our
KCC and MUMI industrial, large-scale,mining operations. However, neither KCC or
MUMI use ASM material in their operations.
ASM continues to coexist in the region, andour focus is on managing the possible
challenges that arise from this coexistence.

The Swiss NCP issued a final statement in
December 2022. It did not conduct any
investigation in relation to the allegations
made by the complainants but
recommended that Glencore should
maintain a dialogue with stakeholders andensure that its due diligence policies andmeasures foster responsible businessconduct at Cerrejón. Glencore accepts theserecommendations, which are in line with ourestablished business practices.

As a major producer and marketer of cobalt,
we support efforts to establish greatertransparency in the value chain andundertake third-party assurance of our
responsible sourcing approach under the
Responsible Minerals Initiative’ Responsible
Minerals Assurance Process – see page 57.
Our recent human rights impact assessment(HRIA) at KCC has identified around 110,000
to 150,000 artisanal miners in the region.
Our engagement with those involved inaddressing ASM, such as government,international development organisations,industry associations and civil society
representatives, focuses on how ASM andlarge-scale mining can sustainably co-exist
as distinct sectors of a successful mining
industry in the DRC.

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Responding to security challenges
In response to safety incidents relating to
the unauthorised access of its site by illegal
intruders and artisanal miners, KCC
implemented and strengthened a layered
security approach to mitigate and discourage
unauthorised access onto its operating
concession. During 2022, KCC completed
the building of a 44 km wall around its active
operations. KCC continues to monitor andmanage intrusion incidents in line with its
security procedures, which align with theVoluntary Principles on Security and
Human Rights.
Addressing ASM with our communities
Child labour is commonly found in ASM.
We take a zero-tolerance approach towards
child labour. KCC supports a number ofcommunity projects to address local context
factors that underpin issues in the ASM
sector. Its projects include supportingchildren’s education through:• summer camps that aim to keep children
out of mining activities during school
holidays, by providing them with meals
and activities. During the camps, KCC
highlights the dangers of ASM;

• constructing and renovating schools andproviding educational equipment; and• building a home for orphans andabandoned children to deter them fromASM activities.

We also provide equipment and finance toencourage alternative livelihoods throughvarious organisations, including:• creating cooperatives to provide goods
and services to mining companies in
Kolwezi, including Glencore and its
contractors;• training and developing skills such as
carpentry, mechanics, building andwelding; andWorking with security providers
Group HSEC&HR support, implement, andpromote the Voluntary Principles. We train
our security employees and private security
contractors on the Voluntary Principles. Withpublic security, we make clear ourcommitments and expectations to respecthuman rights and, where feasible, we
document these expectations in a mannerconsistent with the Voluntary Principles.

audit programme assesses the• providing equipment, seeds, fertilisers, and Our
adequacy and effectiveness of our industrial
training to farming cooperatives.

Participating in the global conversation on
ASM
We also continue to support international
initiatives and forums aimed at developinga responsible ASM cobalt sector in the DRC.
We are a founding member and an active
participant in the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA),
which brings together supply chain actors
and stakeholders to drive the developmentof fair cobalt by supporting theprofessionalisation of ASM site management:
making mines safer, minimising
environmental impact, and creating
dignified working conditions for men andwomen working at the mines. For more
information, see the FCA website.

assets’ security management plans. During2022-23, we are evaluating these plans’
compliance with the Voluntary Principles at
Koniambo in New Caledonia, Antapaccay in
Peru, and our coal and ferroalloys industrial
assets in South Africa.

Next steps• Our bi-annual review of our global

industrial assets’ human rights risks via our
Human Rights Risk Rating tool andupdate minimum management pathways
where required.

• Review our Human Rights Risk Rating toolfor continued improvement.
• Rollout of regional workshops on security
and the Voluntary Principles to support
industrial assets’ implementation of our
Security Standard with content tailored toregional security priorities and external
factors.

• Progress capacity building throughcreating human rights and security
communities of practice.

During 2022, we supported the governmentof the DRC to become a member of the
Voluntary Principles Initiative.

Further information on how we responsibly
source and supply our products is available
in our Responsible Sourcing and Supply
chapter.

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Case study: Strengthening our approach to human rights in the DRC
Our industrial assets in the DRC haveundertaken a third-party human rights
impact assessment (HRIA) process. The
process responds to a requirement of our
Human Rights Standard and supports our
KCC and MUMI industrial assets to identify
the salient human rights issues affecting
their sites, build internal awareness ofhuman rights opportunities andchallenges, and demonstrate tostakeholders their commitment to humanrights.

The team involved in the process haveundertaken desktop research, as well assite visits to both KCC and MUMI, runworkshops with internal stakeholders andengaged with external stakeholders in the
DRC. These included ‘rights holders’, suchas workers and communities, as well as
representatives of vulnerable groups and‘duty bearers’, including site management,
contractor management, community
leaders, and local government
representatives.

The HRIA is informing our human rights
management plans moving forward in
2023.

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Case study: Recognition for Antapaccay’s humanrights programme
Antapaccay’s programme ‘Working
together to respect human rights’ is one of
13 winners of Peru’s National Society of
Mining, Petroleum and Energy 2022
Sustainable Development Awards. The
programme also received first place in thecompetition’s Due Diligence category.
The programme enabled Antapaccay toimplement a due diligence process with afocus on human rights in the risk
assessments of its processes and toevaluate human rights risks in their supply
chain, including with their contractors. The
programme’s main actions include:• internal and external training on

Antapaccay’s human rights policy, whichaligns with Glencore’s Human Rights
Policy;• a complaints and grievances

mechanism that is accessible by all of
Antapaccay’s stakeholders;• embedding the Voluntary Principles;• developing a communication plan on
human rights; and• a strategy to promote diversity, equity
and inclusion.

Rights and Voluntary Principles. “Ourprogramme responds in an efficient andtimely manner and includes engagementwith communities, the company’s workers
and contractors.”
These efforts have contributed to an
improvement in the number of female
applicants from communities
neighbouring the mine. In addition,
70% of Antapaccay’s employees comefrom neighbouring communities.
Over 45 of Antapaccay’s contractors have
implemented human rights programmesthat align with Antapaccay’s policies
within their companies.
Antapaccay’s programme has also
supported community members throughurban and rural school students receiving
training on the prevention of genderbased violence.
Antapaccay has successfully placed
human rights at the core of its business
and will continue to contribute towards
strengthening its respect for human rights
both in the workplace, neighbouringcommunities and suppliers.

“This award reaffirms our commitment toalways respect the human rights ofeveryone in our work, while also
contributing to reducing existing gender
gaps in the area,” commented Paola Vera,
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Case study: Identifying
human rights risks andimpacts
In 2005, Cerrejón published its first Human
Rights Policy, which reflected Colombian
regulations and the Universal Declarationof Human Rights. In 2011, it revised thepolicy to align it with the United Nations
Guiding Principles on Business andHuman Rights (UNGPs).
To help prevent human rights violations
amongst its workers and neighbouringcommunities, Cerrejón has implemented aprocess of human rights due diligencethat primarily seeks to prevent, mitigate
and compensate for operational impacts,
maintain respectful engagement with allgroups (especially ethnic and vulnerable
groups), and promote respect for humanrights.
In 2021, Cerrejón initiated its third humanrights risk and impact assessment (HRIA),
which was carried out by an external
consultant. The HRIA process engages
with Cerrejón employees, neighbouringcommunities, national and stateauthorities, civil society representatives
and international stakeholders such as the
Swiss Embassy and Inter Agency Groupfor Mixed Migratory Flows.
During 2022, the analysis was finalised andcommunication to stakeholders initiated,through meetings held with local
communities to present results and obtain
feedback. In 2023, Cerrejón will finalise
these socialisations with otherstakeholders and define improvements
plans.

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Case study: Addressing threats to human rights defenders
in Colombia
Cerrejón has a zero-tolerance policy
towards threats to and attacks on humanrights defenders (HRDs) and has publicly
condemned these acts.

• publishing in 2018, along with the otherlarge coal producers in Colombia, civilsociety organisations and state
institutions, a joint declaration on cases
where HRDs were threatened or
attacked, as well as participating inlaunching a protocol for companies toaddress these situations;

Whenever these situations occur, Cerrejón
alerts the appropriate authorities andrequests immediate action to protect thelife and dignity of those affected, as well as
an investigation of the incident.

• partnering with CREER to support a

Cerrejón partnered with the Colombian
branch of the Institute of Human Rights
and Business (CREER) to enhance trust
between stakeholders and among key
actors in the La Guajira Province, and tostrengthen local capacities to prevent andinvestigate these cases. The steps agreed
by Cerrejón included:• promoting a meeting called by the• pPublicly expressing its deep concern

and condemnation of these deplorableacts;• responding to threats to HRDs
associated with Cerrejón by:– contacting the affected individual/sand offering support in filing a casewith the relevant authorities, andproviding information on Cerrejón’s
protocol to alert authorities;– notifying local and national authorities
and insisting they investigate threats
and/or attacks and act quickly toprotect the life, dignity and safety of
those affected; and– issuing a press release to publicly
condemn the act and to call on
prompt investigation and protection
from the authorities.

programme to strengthen thecapabilities of local authorities and thecommunity. The programme provides
training on roles and responsibilities,
and promotes spaces for dialogue tocreate more trust between the parties;
andMinistry of the Interior in 2019 to present
its Prompt Attention Plan to social andcommunity leaders. The Plan isdesigned to prevent threats and attacks
on HRDs. Approximately 80 people from
La Guajira attended the meeting,including over 30 leaders from Tabaco,
the Victims Roundtable and NGOs
(Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu, Nación
Wayuu, the Indigenous Consensus
Roundtable), plus representatives fromlocal political bodies, government
institutions, the armed forces and police
departments. A virtual meeting, held
during the global pandemic with La
Guajira leaders and led by the Ministry ofInterior, reinforced the availability of an
institutional route to respond to threatsagainst HRDs.

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Responsible citizenship2022 performanceTax and royalty paymentsΔ(US$ billion)

12.0
Mining activities can make asignificant contribution to thenational, regional and local
economies in which they
operate through the provisionof employment and training,tax, local procurement, social
development, environmental
stewardship and payments
to governments.

2022 highlights• $12 billion paid to governments in tax androyalty payments.
• $90 million spent on supporting local
community development, including
enterprise development and economic
diversification of local entrepreneurs.

2021: 7.6

• Over 230,000 people benefited from our

Community investments• Around 2.5 million people living near to(US$ million)

90

enterprise development and economic
diversification investments.

our industrial assets benefited from ourcommunity investment activities.

SDGs

2021: 67

Our presence requires ongoing
management to avoid adverse social andenvironmental impacts. Our aim is tominimise adverse impacts from our activities
and to build partnerships to support
sustainable development and growth.

Further information
Additional data is available in Appendix
One: ESG Data Book and GRI Index 2022,
and our extended Excel ESG Data Book,
available here
Further information on our approach
towards responsible citizenship isavailable here
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Our strategic ambition

2022 performance

To be an active and valued participant in all
the communities that host us, to understandand manage our negative impacts andidentify where we can make the mosteffective positive contribution.

During 2022, we spent $90 million oncommunity development programmes(2021: $67 million). The increase reflects theresumption of activities following suspension
during Covid-related lockdowns, theinclusion of Cerrejón’s social investment
spend and for humanitarian assistance in
response to the conflict in Ukraine.

Our approach
We aim to avoid harm to people from ouractivities, respect human rights, contributeto social and economic development ofaffected people and society more widely,and establish and maintain trusting
relationships with stakeholders, throughethical and responsible business practices.
We strive to make a valued contribution tosocial progress through the production andmarketing of commodities that provide thebasic building blocks for development;
through the provision of employment andbusiness partner opportunities; throughpayments to governments such as taxes androyalties; and through social development insocieties where we operate.
As a member of the societies where we
operate, we work in partnership withgovernment, civil society and development
agencies to share knowledge, build capacity
and contribute to enduring social andeconomic outcomes.

During the year, our payments togovernments totalled $12.0 billionΔ (2021:$7.6 billion), reflecting the value wecontribute through the taxes and royalties
we pay in our operating countries. Corporate
income tax contributed most to the year-onyear increase, while royalties paid alsomaterially increased, reflecting mainly
higher commodity prices. Approximately,
93% of total royalties, duties and taxes were
paid in Australia, Canada, Colombia, theDRC, Kazkahstan, Peru and South Africa.
Additionally our Australian and South Africanindustrial assets provided humanitarianrelief and assistance to communities
affected by the devastating floods in thosecountries.

We support economic development by
providing local employment, procurement
and contracting opportunities to local
enterprises and by incorporating socialtransition strategies into our planning
process to mitigate closure impacts.

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2022 activities
Socio-economic contribution
One way of measuring our social impact is through our socio-economic contribution
scorecard. The scorecard demonstrates our efforts to meet both societal and businessobjectives. The scorecard examines the key value flows that our assets create for four
principal stakeholder groups
Stakeholder group

Value flows

Employees

Wages and benefits

2022 results• 96% of our workforce is local to thecountry where we operate

Suppliers,
contractors andsmall businesses

Procuring goods andservices
Skills and enterprisedevelopment• 78% of our global procurement spend iswith suppliers and contractors local tothe countries where we operate• More than 230,000 people benefited

from our enterprise development andeconomic diversification investments

Local communities

Community development
Use of shared public-use
infrastructure
Education and skills
development• $90 million spent on programmes•

supporting local community
development, including about$9 million on enterprise development
and economic diversification of local
entrepreneurs
Around 2.5 million people living near to
our industrial assets have benefited
from our community investment
activities, including environmental
initiatives, healthcare facilities,
education programmes and enterprisedevelopment• $800,000 spent building or maintaining
about 70 kilometres of roads• $80,000 invested in public
infrastructure for the processing of
11 megalitres of water per day

Local and national
governments

Taxes and royalties• $12.0 billion paid to host governments
Δin taxes and royalties

Indigenous Peoples and cultural
heritage

Key activities relating to Indigenous People
present in our areas of influence include:

Our business interacts with many diverse
communities around the world. We respect
the rights, interests and aspirations of
Indigenous Peoples and acknowledge theirright to maintain their culture, identity,
traditions and customs.

Australia
In Australia, we engage and consult with the
Traditional Owners and Custodians, local andAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
workforce and cross-cultural consultants inthe development of cultural respect strategy
initiatives.

We seek to ensure that Indigenous Peoples
are consulted and have given their free,prior, and informed consent in relation to
new projects and changes to existing
projects where significant adverse impacts
are likely to occur, including as a result of
relocation, disturbance of lands andterritories or of critical cultural heritage. We
seek, through good faith negotiation, toreach agreements with Indigenous Peoples
who maintain an interest in, or connection
to, the land on which we operate, formalisingengagement processes and sustainable
benefits.
Some of our industrial assets are located onor near the traditional lands of Indigenous
Peoples. We engage in open and continuous
dialogue with local and Indigenous
communities affected by our activities tobetter understand their culture, views,
and aspirations, and work with them tominimise adverse impacts and create
enduring benefits.
At all industrial assets, our activities focus onpractical and meaningful measures that canenhance the socio-economic capacity andwellbeing of our local and Indigenous
communities. Our approach aligns with theICMM Position Statement on Indigenous
Peoples and Mining, demonstrating respect
for Indigenous People’s rights, interests,
special connections to lands and waters,
and perspectives.

Our Australian industrial assets operatingnear Indigenous Peoples strive to enable
and promote Indigenous employment
opportunities at our operations, andmeaningful and transferrable skills
development. Our coal industrial assets
continue to implement their Indigenous
Employment Pathways Programmes (IEPP)in Queensland and New South Wales toprovide real employment connections for
Indigenous Australians, skills and lifestyletraining and work experience. Our McArthur
River Mine (MRM) industrial asset enjoys oneof the highest rates of Aboriginal
employment of any mining company in the
Northern Territory, with close to 25% of
MRM’s employees being members of
Indigenous Peoples' communities.
Our Aurukun Bauxite Project Joint Venture
in Queensland continues its engagement
and benefit agreement discussions with the
Wik and Wik Waya People who hold native
title rights and Aboriginal freehold rights
over much of the project area of the
Aurukun Bauxite Project. Since 2019, ourproject team has progressed engagementwith Traditional Owners through various
mechanisms including working groups (themodel of which was developed andendorsed with Traditional Owners and theNgan Aak Kunch Aboriginal Corporation(NAK)), on-country camps, and Traditional
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discussions. These processes will continue in
2023.

CanadaOur Raglan Mine in Nunavik, Quebec,
negotiated the first Impact Benefit
Agreement (IBA) in Canada in 1995. The IBA
has established social and community
engagement initiatives, developed andimplemented preventative and proactive
health and safety approaches, supported
Inuit employment and training and madeenvironmental improvements. The IBA has
been, and continues to be, used as areference for other agreements between
Indigenous groups and the mining industry
and other industrial sectors in Canada.
The Raglan Committee, which consists ofrepresentatives of the signatory parties, wasestablished to support the implementationof the IBA. In 2022, the Committee
responded to community concerns about
dust and engaged on the dust monitoringprocess.
Through discussions with Inuit partners,
Raglan Mine identified that some of thecommunities’ key concerns were aroundmine closure practices, including tailings
management. Although Raglan Mine is
expected to remain operational for at least
another 15 years, the Raglan Mine Closure
Plan Subcommittee was launched in 2018 toestablish and maintain a dialogue with the
Mine’s Inuit partners about mine closure andto integrate traditional knowledge into
Raglan Mine’s Closure Plan. During 2022, aspart of finalising the Closure Plan Review,
the sub-committee developed a list ofconcerns, comments, questions anddirections to submit to the contractor who
will be developing the next Closure Plan.

In 2022, to support the Closure Plan Review,
the sub-committee held a workshop to findappropriate terms and descriptions in
Inuktitut for key terms used in the closureplanning process. Workshops withneighbouring communities resulted in 24
Inuktitut phrases and descriptions formining and closure terms.
In 2008, the Raglan Mine established its
Tamatumani (second start in Inuktitut)
programme. The programme encourages
and supports local Inuit community
members to work at Raglan Mine.

Colombia
A court ruling in December 2016 required
Cerrejón to consult with the Indigenous
communities within its area of influence on
potential compensation for possible
environmental, social and cultural impacts
that have occurred during more than 30
years of operation.
Cerrejón established a dedicated team tocarry out this consultation exercise, which isof unprecedented magnitude in Colombia.
By the end of 2022, Cerrejón had reachedagreements with 301 Indigenous
communities. Consultations with theremaining Indigenous communities aretaking place during 2023.
Agreements with communities haveincluded compensation measures to addresssocial and cultural impacts such as income
generation projects related to livestock
activities; cultural strengthening initiatives
including harmonisation rituals and newengagement protocols; and infrastructure
for the general benefit of the community.
The projects reflect proposals made by thecommunity representatives.

South Africa

Community health

In South Africa, our ferroalloys industrial
assets engage with Traditional Authorities
and communities living close to its
operations, undertaking annual
engagements with these communities.

We are committed to understanding andminimising community health risks at our
industrial assets, and we responsibly
manage any health hazards for our workers
and the communities in which we operate.
Health risks and impacts vary depending ona range of operational and contextual
factors, such as environmental conditions,socio-economic wellbeing, jurisdiction anddelivery of health services. We tailor ourcommunity health risk assessments to local
contexts and seek to maximise opportunities
to promote and support our workers tomake healthy lifestyle choices, and partnerwith public health services to advance
positive community health outcomes.

For some years, Glencore and other mining
peers operating in South Africa haveexperienced violent community protests in
response to rising poverty levels. In somecases, industrial assets were stormed andvandalised resulting in extensive production
losses.
Our ferroalloys industrial assets worked withan external consultant to develop an
approach to address local stakeholder
discontent. The work began with our Eastern
Limb operations with the identification andmapping of villages and their boundaries of
19 rural communities. Demarcation
workshops were held at Traditional Council
Offices in the stakeholder community
villages. Village maps were printed for
Traditional Authorities, supporting theirperspective of their village, its section
boundaries and key locations.
The village demarcation project is the firstproactive attempt to identify and map the
Indigenous knowledge of village and village
section boundaries in the Steelpoort area.
The findings contribute to our improved
understanding of the geopolitical landscapeof our stakeholder communities and is
expected to substantially improve social
investment project planning andimplementation in the area.

Our industrial assets are required tocomplete and maintain health risk
assessments, including community health,and integrate controls into businessplanning with the overarching aim ofprotection of the health of workers andcommunities.
We work closely with our industrial assets to
support implementation of our HealthStandard through skills and capacity
building for our local teams in community
health assessment, hazard identification andmitigation. We also seek opportunities toalign our industrial assets’ social investment
programmes with community well-being
and health promotion.

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Payments to governments
We pay all relevant taxes, royalties and levies
required by local and national regulations in
our host countries. The payments we maketo the governments of the countries inwhich we operate include local, national,
sales and employment taxes, government
royalties, and licence and permitting fees.
In addition, we contribute to local economies
through our use of local suppliers, wages
and employee benefits, voluntary support ofsocio-economic initiatives such as healthand education projects and infrastructuredevelopment.
We understand the detrimental impact of
corruption on the capacity for regions andnations to fully realise rights and benefits
due to them from resource development.
We support efforts to combat corruption
including through transparency initiatives
and our own compliance initiatives, as we
discuss further in our 2022 Ethics andCompliance Report. We welcome fiscal
transparency, as it encourages the
responsible management of revenues fromextractive activities. We commit to disclosetaxes, fees and royalties related to mineral
extraction to governments in accordancewith the principles set forth under the
Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative(EITI).
We have been an active supporter of the EITI
since 2011 and its principles of transparency
and accountability. We participate inin-country forums supporting the EITI, and,at a corporate level, in the EITI Commodity
Trading Transparency working group.
Our annual Payments to Governments
Report is prepared as required by theTransparency Directive Amending Directive(2013/50/EU), with the disclosure ofpayments to governments, in line with

Chapter 10 of the EU Accounting Directive(2013/34/EU). It details payments by country,
project and recipient. We also include
information, for those countries compliant
with the EITI, on commodity trading
payments to state-owned (50% or more)enterprises for oil, metals and minerals, inline with the EITI’s reporting guidelines forcompanies buying oil, gas and minerals fromgovernments.

Next steps• Global review of our approach to social

investment including development of a
Social Investment Framework to support
optimisation of governance, performance,and reporting of Glencore’s social
investment activities.

• Continued capacity building ofpractitioners through social performance
communities of practice.

• Review our operational approaches tocultural heritage and engagement withFirst Nations and Indigenous Peoples forconsistency with industry leading practice.

Case study: Improving the detection of hearing loss inyoung children
The remote location in Queensland
Australia of our Mount Isa Mines (MIM)
industrial asset means that its
neighbouring community’s access to
specialist medical services can be limited.
MIM works with the local health authority
to identify where it can support meetingthese gaps. During 2022, MIM helped to fillsuch a gap in audiology health services.
MIM and the Children Hospital Foundation
partnered to provide new diagnostic
teleaudiology equipment for communities
across the region, to increase the capacity
to detect hearing loss in newborns andinfants. The equipment is delivered
through the North West Hospital and
Health Service, which is based in Mount Isa
city and provides a range of health services
across North Queensland.

hearing impairments and provide timely
and appropriate treatment andintervention.
Access to services locally for regional andremote communities is critical, as delays in
identification and treatment of childhood
hearing impairment can profoundly affectquality of life, and communication, socialand emotional development.
Use of the equipment began in early 2022,
and is expected to benefit between 100 to
200 newborns and infants each year.
Glencore is dedicated to supporting
essential health services and making a realdifference to the lives of people incommunities and regions where we
operate.

The technology allows specialists to carryout hearing assessments remotely on
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Case study: Implementing the cahier des charges in the DRC
In 2018, as part of the revised DRC Mining
Code, the government introduced
regulations that require mines to develop
through consultation with local
stakeholders a financially provisioned,
five-year plan for local community
development – a cahier des charges (social
term sheet). The cahier des charges waslaunched in 2022 and is designed tosupport improvements in the quality of lifeof communities impacted by mining
activities.
Representatives from the community, local
authorities and the mining company makeup a local development committee (Comité
Local de Développement – CLD), which isoverseen by the provincial Ministry of Mines.
Both of our DRC industrial assets, KCC and
MUMI, are legally required to develop acahier des charges, which requires:• negotiating and agreeing the proposed
projects by the mining company,
community representatives and local
authorities. The CLD and the mining
company sign a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) that sets out theagreed community projects; and• Verification to ensure the cahier descharges aligns with the provincial social
plan. Once concluded, the verified cahierdes charges is approved by the provincial
governor and shared with the national
Cadastre Minier (Mining Cadastre).

The projects identified by CLD as part of
KCC and MUMI’s cahiers des charges cover
infrastructure, education, electrification,
agriculture, and health. KCC and MUMI are
responsible for the implementation ofthese projects, which need to be delivered
within the agreed timeframes. There areopportunities for local contractors toparticipate in the tendering process, which
will provide indirect economic benefits.
Through the cahier des charges we expect
our social investment in the DRC to

increase to KCC spending around$40 million over the next five years and
MUMI approximately $13 million. KCC andMUMI will also continue to support
voluntary social investment initiatives.
The final approval of KCC’s cahier descharges projects is in process and is
expected to be finalised in 2023, when thetendering process will begin. The tendering
process for the community projects relating
to MUMI’s cahier des charge is underway.

Once approved, the cahier des charges ismonitored by a local monitoring committee(Comité Local de Surveillance – CLS), as well
as by the Congolese Environment Agency(ACE), the Mining Environment Protection
Directorate (DPEM), and the National Fundfor the Promotion of Social Services(FNPSS).

• a definition of the area of coverage, which Representatives from local authorities andreflects the mine’s area of influence – thisinvolves 13 communities for KCC and ninecommunities for MUMI;• identifying the communities’ priority

needs, which are approved throughpublic meetings organised by the CLD.
For the development of KCC and MUMI’s
cahier des charges, the CLD worked withan independent consultant;communities make up the CLS, whichmonitors the execution of projects against
the cahier des charges’ plan, budget andtimeframe. The ACE, DPEM and FNPSS
check for non-compliance, which can leadto a warning, or ultimately, loss of themining licence.

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Case study: Monitoring largetooth sawfish
In the Northern Territory, Australia, theMcArthur River is culturally significant for
the Traditional Owners of the region
where our industrial asset, McArthur River
Mine (MRM) operates, with the riverforming an integral part of theirconnection to country. MRM is committed
to protecting the McArthur River to ensure
the local community’s cultural values andbeneficial uses continue to be protected.

Case study: Supporting delivery of power infrastructure
Energy and power infrastructure is anenabler of development and poverty
reduction. It is instrumental to the deliveryof many community services such as
education and health and well-being, as
well as encouraging the growth of small
enterprise development. The absence of
reliable energy is a major inhibitor ofcommunity development and limits theability of communities to build resilienceand capitalise on the opportunities thatarise from the presence of our industrial
assets.
We recognise that in some contexts, theinstallation of energy infrastructure withpublic funds can be challenging. Where
appropriate, we look for opportunities topartner with local municipalities and state
enterprises to support the delivery ofcritical power infrastructure that benefits
communities.

In the Kutullo community in Ga-Malekane,
Limpopo Province in South Africa, there isan area on which homes have beenpresent for many years, but without
electricity. In 2022, our ferroalloys Eastern
Chrome Mines, through their stakeholder
engagement processes with the local
communities, identified this criticalinfrastructure gap and its implications forthe residents of Kutullo. Working with thelocal municipality, our Eastern Chrome
Mines supplied the materials, equipment,
and personnel to deliver electricity to 900
households, with an additional 900 to becompleted in 2023.
On completion of installation, theelectricity infrastructure was transferred tothe state service provider for incorporation
into the power grid.

As part of its approval to operate, MRM’s
industrial activities must not impede themigration of sawfish along the McArthur
River. MRM is required to monitor andreport on this annually to the AustralianFederal Government.
MRM has partnered with an external
agency to carry out an acoustic tracking
programme to monitor the populations of
the vulnerable largetooth (or freshwater)
sawfish, a key migratory species within the
McArthur River ecosystem, and monitor
fish passage success through the
McArthur River diversion channel byimplementing a tagging programme of
key fish species, primarily barramundi.
In 2007, following the diversion, MRM
began tracking using conventional
tagging, which relied on the capture andrecapture of individual fish. With a low
recapture rate, the movement
characteristics of the largetooth sawfish
was difficult to demonstrate.
In 2016, the tracking programme moved tousing acoustic tracking technology, which
improves the monitoring’s effectivenessand provides a better understanding of
the fishes’ movements. An implanted
acoustic tag ‘pings’ a series of receivers
placed along the McArthur River, including
upstream, downstream and within the
McArthur River diversion.
To date, 33 largetooth sawfish and 33
barramundi have been implanted withacoustic tags, with nearly 90% of themhaving been detected acoustically.
MRM currently undertakes the acoustic
monitoring programme annually. IndoPacific Environmental (IPE) collects thedata on behalf of MRM. The findings in themost recent annual report are endorsed
by IPE’s Principal Scientist and Director, Dr
Thorburn, a specialist in the study oflargetooth sawfish who has tracked thefish’s movement and behaviour in the
McArthur River region for over ten years.
The results of the 2022 monitoring
programme suggested:• the capture rate of largetooth sawfish

were above the expected range andremain consistent with previous years;• MRM’s activities are not having ameasurable adverse impact on thelargetooth sawfish population within the
McArthur River; and• rehabilitation works within the river

channel are proving effective in creating
habitat for resident aquatic faunacommunities.

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Case study: Empowering women and girls for equalityof opportunity
Access to education and freedom fromgender-based violence contributes toempowering women and girls to reach
their potential. Our ferroalloys Eastern
Chrome Mines in South Africa recognise
the consequences of systemic inequality,
and actively support the advancement of
women in the workforce, in education, andin the communities neighbouring them.
In 2022, we partnered with government
agencies to support women seeking relief
from gender-based violence bycontributing to the construction of a
Thuthuzela Care Centre1 at the Dilokong
Hospital in Gowe, near our Steelpoortindustrial assets.
Thuthuzela Care Centres are an initiativeof the Department of Justice and form
part of the government’s integrated
strategy for prevention, response andsupport for rape victims through respect,
comfort, and the restoration of dignity. The
Centres care for victims of gender-based
violence, and work to prevent violence
towards and the killing of women andgirls.
Dilokong Hospital covers 160 villages andover 300,000 people, making it an ideal
location for a new centre as it provides
easy access to those in the community
needing help and support. Women who
visit the Centre receive medical
examinations, counselling, treatment andmedication. They can also accessinvestigators, legal specialists and a victim
assistance officer.

In addition to the Steelpoort Centre, ourferroalloys Eastern Chrome Mines
renovated Thuthuzela Care Centres in theeMalahleni, Brits and Rustenburg
communities.
In 2021 and 2022, our ferroalloys industrial
assets also partnered with the Imbumba
Foundation to donate half a million
sanitary products each year to over 10,000
girls at 57 schools in Limpopo and thenorth-west of South Africa. Lack of accessto sanitary products has been found to bea major cause of absenteeism, resulting inmany girls falling behind and eventually
dropping out of education. Provision ofthese simple products, along with a
Glencore-funded school nurse, helps girls
to stay in school and complete theireducation.
1. Thuthuzela Care Centres (justice.gov.za)

Case study: Supporting agricultural livelihoods
Since 2014, MUMI in the DRC has
supported its neighbouring communities
to strengthen their agricultural activities.
The initial aim of this programme was toencourage economic diversification and todevelop income-generating activities not
related to mining.
Through the programme, MUMI works
with agricultural associations to provide
fertiliser, seeds and equipment. In order toparticipate in the programme, theagricultural associations need to berecognised by the local authorities, which
results in inclusion in a register ofassociations.
Each year, the associations agree withMUMI on the type of support they requireand MUMI procures and distributes theidentified items.
In 2014, the programme worked withassociations farming five hectares of land.
In 2022, the programme supported around65 associations, each with 12-16 members,
working on 580 hectares.
The implementation of the cahier descharges, see case study on page 52, willchange how MUMI works with theagricultural associations. The new
approach will create a community-levelstructure to manage the support thatMUMI provides to agricultural associations.
This entity will give greater autonomy tothose involved in the agricultural
programme but will require thedevelopment of management skills within
the participating community members.
MUMI is working with the community
structure to ensure transparency, equity,and fair access going forward.
In addition to encouraging livelihoods
outside of mining, MUMI’s agricultural
programme has helped strengthencommunity resilience.

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2022 performance
New suppliers(number of suppliers)

6,663
2021: 8,607

In addition to operating
responsibly, we seek toincorporate social, ethical andenvironmental considerations in
our relationships with suppliers.
We are committed tounderstanding and addressing
the risk of human rights violations,environmental impacts and otherconcerns in our supply chains.

Screening on environmental
criteria(number of new suppliers)

4,0242022 highlights• Launch of updated Supplier Code of
Conduct.
• Publication of our new Responsible

Sourcing Policy and rolling out of its
supporting Responsible Sourcing and
Product Management Standards.

• Development and implementation of
responsible sourcing toolkits.
• Met the LME’s deadline for re-registering

brands that must meet its new responsible
sourcing requirement.

SDGs

2021: 5,811

Screening on social criteria(number of new suppliers)

4,038
2021: 5,767

Further information
Additional data is available in Appendix
One: ESG Data Book and GRI Index 2022,
and our extended Excel ESG Data Book,
available here
Further information on our approach
towards responsible sourcing and supply
is available here
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Our strategic ambition

2022 activities

To understand and address social, ethical,
environmental and human rights risks in our
supply chains in line with our Values.

Strengthening our governanceframework

Our approach
As a vertically integrated commodity
supplier with a diverse commodity mix, wehave a unique perspective on supply chainsand can make a valuable contribution acrossa range of responsible sourcing initiatives.
Our responsible sourcing strategy takes arisk-based approach to considering the
production and sourcing of metals andminerals and procurement of goods
and services.
An integral part of our responsible sourcing
approach is supply chain due diligence forour metals and minerals supply chain. For
our suppliers of metals and minerals, we
conduct risk-based due diligence inaccordance with the five-step approach
framework defined in Annex I of the OECD
Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible
Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict
Affected and High-Risk Areas, 3rd Edition(OECD DDG).
Our risk assessment and management
strategy identifies and assesses risks,
including those relating to Conflict Affected
and High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs). We take acollaborative risk management andmitigation approach to the identified risks
within our supply chain.

In recent years, multiple countries andjurisdictions have introduced legislation
relating to responsible sourcing, such as thattargeting modern slavery and child labour,
resulting in due diligence requirements forthese types of supply chain risks.
Furthermore, market platforms for metals
have introduced responsible sourcing
requirements that producers of branded
products must meet to retain their brandstatus. Finally, there are increasing customer
expectations around assurance on the
responsible sourcing of supplied metals andminerals.
In response to these regulations, market
platform requirements and our customers’
expectations, we reviewed our existing
responsible sourcing programme andduring 2022, we launched a Group
Responsible Sourcing Policy, underpinned
by Responsible Sourcing and ProductManagement Standards, which are designed
to meet relevant regulations.
The Responsible Sourcing Standard
operationalises the commitments set out in
our Responsible Sourcing Policy andSupplier Code of Conduct and externalrequirements (including ICMM, LME andrelevant regulations). It is applicable to both
our marketing and industrial activities andincludes due diligence for the suppliers of
our goods and services and metals andminerals. It reflects a risk-based approachbased on country and supplier activity risk.
During 2022, we trained over 800 employees
as part of our implementation of the
Responsible Sourcing Standard.

The Product Management Standard
supports a consistent approach to productmanagement throughout the Group, andcompliance with applicable regulatory
requirements for products and materials
and their transport. The Standard supports
meeting our customers’ expectations andmaintaining market access. The EU’s Green
Deal and its Chemical Sustainable Strategy
have impacted Europe’s chemical
management regulations, which we closely
monitor and, when appropriate, engage withto maintain our market access.
We also reviewed, revised and rebranded ourexisting Supplier Standards, which werelaunched as Glencore’s Supplier Code of
Conduct in mid-2022. Our Supplier Code of
Conduct is mapped to Glencore’s Code of
Conduct and has been expanded from its
original version to be clearer on ourrequirements and expectations from our
suppliers. It has stronger clarity on childlabour and our suppliers’ treatment of theirworkforce and neighbouring communities,
as well as introducing requirements on
climate and carbon footprint disclosures.
Reflecting our commitment to transparency,
the Supplier Code of Conduct encourages
our suppliers to consider publicly disclosing
the beneficial owners.
Our responsible sourcing governanceprovides a framework to address new andemerging global regulatory requirements
around responsible sourcing and supply
chain due diligence, while our productmanagement governance addresses newand emerging product regulatory
requirements. For example, we participatedin the public consultation on theprioritisation for Authorisation of Lead Metal.
Lead is an important enabler within acircular economy and in the production ofseveral critical raw materials. Through our

submission, we noted that the continued
responsible use of lead was needed for thedelivery of the EU’s Green Deal ambitions.

Responsible sourcing programme
Our Responsible Sourcing Policy and related
standards support the delivery of our
responsible sourcing programme. The
programme is designed to provide
assurance to regulators, customers, investors
and other external stakeholders that our
products have been responsibly sourced. It
includes risk-based due diligence of
suppliers, training of high-risk suppliers andassurance of suppliers.
In 2022, we continued our existing due
diligence work for goods and services andprepared for a comprehensive global roll outof our refreshed goods and services’
responsible sourcing due diligence activity,
which launched on 1 January 2023.
We have established risk-based humanrights due diligence processes on our metals
and minerals suppliers, which is linked to ourinternal compliance-led ‘know-your-client’(KYC) process. We are establishingcentralised, regional hubs for supply chain
due diligence which reflects the elevatedrisk profile of our responsible sourcing
obligations.
During 2022, following a risk-based
approach, more than 800 suppliers of metals
and minerals were assessed for risks using
our internal criteria, which includes theOECD DDG red flags. We identified thataround 30% of those suppliers required
enhanced due diligence. More than half ofthese were triggered by OECD DDG red
flags, the remaining were triggered byadverse media and missing information.

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We continue to progress our work to
determine and put in place corrective
action plans in respect of these suppliers.
If these corrective actions are not successful,we will review our relationships with these
suppliers. We will report further on our
progress next year.

On 1 January 2021, Regulation (EU) 2017/821,
also known as the EU Conflict Minerals
Regulation, came into force across the EU.
The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation requires
EU importers of tantalum, tin, tungsten andgold to source from responsible andconflict-free sources.

Meeting market requirements

For 2022, we reviewed our imports into the
EU affected by the EU Conflict Minerals
Regulation and identified that we only
imported tin relevant to the Regulation. A
third-party assessment assessed our level ofconformance with the EU Conflict Minerals
Regulation and concluded that our due
diligence management system complies inall material aspects with the requirements ofthe EU Conflict Minerals Regulation and theOECD DDG.

We track evolving regulatory requirements
in relation to responsible sourcing and ourcustomers’ expectations.
During 2022, we met the LME’s deadline forre-registering brands that meet its new
responsible sourcing requirements.
Refineries processing LME brands are
required to comply with the LME's
requirements, which include a responsible
sourcing standard approved by the LME andobtaining third-party certifications forrelevant industrial sites that include ISO
14001: 2015 (environmental management
systems) and ISO 45001: 2018 (occupational
health and safety management systems).
Glencore has 18 LME-registered brands
across 12 of our refineries. We are on track toachieve the required site ISO certifications
for all brand-producing industrial assets by
the end of 2023.
We have four refineries which are currently
on LBMA’s Good Delivery List for gold andsilver. In 2022, to maintain their Good
Delivery status, all four refineries undertook
third-party audits against LBMA’s
Responsible Gold and Silver Guidance andpassed.

Responsibly sourcing and supplying
cobalt and nickel
We are a major producer of cobalt in the
DRC, and we are committed to the
responsible production of cobalt. Our
industrial assets in the DRC do not source orprocess any artisanal small-scale mining(ASM) material in the DRC, but we support
the development of responsible ASM,
working in partnership with others. Further
information on our approach to ASM isavailable on pages 41 to 42.

We recognise that ASM is a reality, an
important livelihood opportunity and part of
the DRC. As such, Glencore has a role to playin helping legitimate ASM be as responsible
as possible. In support of this, we joined the
Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA), and became
actively engaged in international cobalt ASM
forums, such as the Global Battery Alliance’s
Cobalt Action Partnership (CAP), and the
Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), and wecontinue to engage on ASM in the DRC.
We utilise several tools to address the risk of
ASM-produced product entering our supply
chain:
1. Due diligence: In 2020, we worked with
the RMI to pilot its Responsible Minerals
Assurance Process (RMAP). The RMAP
uses independent third-party
assessments of smelter and refinery
management systems and sourcing
practices to validate conformance with
the Joint Due Diligence Standard for
Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Nickel andZinc and with the Cobalt Refiner Supply
Chain Due Diligence Standard. Bothstandards are aligned with the OECD
DDG. Our Murrin Murrin industrial asset inWestern Australia, and KCC asset in the
DRC participate in RMAP for cobalt (KCC,
and Murrin Murrin) and nickel (Murrin
Murrin). Murrin Murrin has been RMAP
conformant since 2020, and KCC since2021, with RMAP conformance
subsequently confirmed annually. In 2023,
KCC is planning to extend its RMAP
conformance to cover both cobalt andcopper.

2. Traceability: The Global Battery Alliance(GBA) is a partnership of 130+ businesses,
governments, academics, industry actors,
international and non-governmentalorganisations, which the GBA mobilises toprovide a framework for collecting andreporting on certain ESG data forbatteries. During 2022, we continued tocontribute to the GBA’s Battery Passport– see case study on page 58. We also
actively engage in the GBA’s Cobalt
Action Partnership (CAP), which hasdeveloped an ASM standard accepted byboth the DRC and the supply chain (theASM Cobalt Framework). The Framework
was handed over to RMI in 2022, who willoversee its implementation, which will
support the responsible sourcing ofartisanal-mined cobalt from the DRC; and3. Technology: We participate in a
blockchain initiative, Re|Source1, tosupport the use of technology as a means
to greater transparency, by introducing
traceability in the cobalt supply chain.
We worked with other major metals andmining companies, a battery material
supplier and a global electric vehicle
pioneer to pilot Re|Source. Re|Source isworking with the Battery Passport of the
GBA.

1. If the Re|Source project is formally constituted, it
will be a joint venture between multiple parties;
its constitution is subject to global anti-trust
approvals being granted. Until it is constituted,
Re|Source’s consortium partners act individually
only in relation to Re|Source.
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External engagement
Our engagement activities involve
stakeholders at the various stages of ourvalue chain.
We support our industrial assets in theirefforts to receive external validation. During2022, various industrial assets underwent
validation provided by BetterCoal, TSM,
ICMM and RMAP.
Through the industry organisations in which
we hold membership, we have contributedby participating in pilot studies andcontributing data, to the development ofcommodity- and product-specificresponsible sourcing standards, such as the
Copper Mark and Responsible Steel.
We have participated in the piloting oftechnological solutions to increasetransparency in the supply chain, such as the
GBA Passport and Re|Source blockchain
technology.

Next steps• Supplier training including local enterprisetraining.
• Establish regional responsible sourcing
hubs.
• Undertake regional Responsible Sourcing
Standard workshops.
• Continue internal training.
• Continue supply chain due diligence.
• Continue to undertake third-party audits
as required by industry initiatives and our
Responsible Sourcing Standard.

Case study: Participating in the first battery passport
We are an active member of the Global
Battery Alliance (GBA) and participate invarious working groups as well as holding
a board position. During the year, we
continued to contribute to the GBA’s
Battery Passport, which provides aframework for collecting and reporting on
certain ESG data for batteries.
As part of this we contributed to thedevelopment of the GBA’s ‘rulebook’ for
the GHG footprint of batteries and to thedevelopment of a human rights and achild labour index. This GHG rulebook aims
to provide a consistent method forcollecting GHG data for each step in the
supply chain and aggregating it so thatthe carbon footprint of different batteries
can be communicated transparently andin a comparable way.

The human rights and child labour indices
are frameworks to measure and score theefforts of companies in the battery value
chain towards supporting the eliminationof child labour and respecting human rights.
We also supported the testing of the GHG
rulebook and indices through a battery
passport pilot. This involved participating
supply chain companies – including our
Kamoto Copper Company industrial asset
in the DRC and an electric vehicle
manufacturer – inputting data relating to
GHG emissions, human rights and childlabour, in accordance with the GBA’s
methodology. The data was linked to thephysical flow of material and consolidated
into a ‘passport’ through the traceability
platform developed by the Re|Source
Consortium, an end-to-end collaboration
between major battery supply chain players.1

1. If the Re|Source project is formally constituted, it will be a joint venture between multiple parties;
its constitution is subject to global anti-trust approvals being granted. Until it is constituted,
Re|Source’s consortium partners act individually only in relation to Re|Source.

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Coal
We are a leading producer ofhigh-quality seaborne thermal
coal and an important producerof both premium hard andpremium semi-soft coking coal.
We supply customers from a wide range ofindustries and locations, including major
utilities. We have interests in various
operating coal mines in Australia,
South Africa and Colombia.

Operating highlights

Coal production of 110.0 million tonnes was
6.7 million tonnes (6%) higher than 2021,
reflecting higher attributable production
from Cerrejón in Colombia, following theacquisition in January 2022 of the remaining
two-thirds interest that Glencore did notalready own, less declines elsewhere in theportfolio. On a like-for-like basis, overall
Group production declined by almost
9 million tonnes (7%), primarily due toabnormally wet weather.

8
9
10
11
1

12

2

14
15
16

3
4

6
7

17

13

18
19

5

20
21
22

ESG data

Work-related (occupational) fatalities at our industrial
assetsLost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(per million hours worked)
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(per million hours worked)
New cases of occupational diseases

2022

2021

2020

1

0

0

0.69

1.16

0.95

1.66

2.57

2.31

72

82

62

5.8

5.9

6.1

CO2e Scope 2 – location-based (million tonnes)

1.1

1.2

1.2

CO2e Scope 2 – market-based (million tonnes)

1.1

1.2

1.2

Total energy use (petajoules)

44

44

41

Water withdrawn (million m3)

229

140

112

Number of employees and contractors
Proportion of female employees (%)

11.8

4.9

6.6

26,91017,32819,146

16

18

16

Key
1. Cerrejón1

12. Rolleston

2. Prodeco

13. Clermont3

3. Goedgevonden (GGV)

14. Ulan

4. Tweefontein

15. Mangoola

5. iMpunzi
6. Zonnebloem

16. Hunter Valley Coal
Operations (JV)4

7. Umcebo/Wonderfontein(JV)2

17. Liddell
18. Mount Owen

8. Collinsville

19. Ravensworth

9. Newlands

20. Integra

10. Hail Creek

21. Bulga(mt)

11. Oaky Creek

22. United Wambo

2021: 72.3

1. Remaining 66.6% interest acquired in January 2022.
2. Glencore has a 24.3% effective interest in
Wonderfontein, which is independently managed.
3. Glencore equity accounts its 37.1% interest, hasoperational control and markets 100% of the volumes
sold.
4. Independently managed joint venture, Glencore holds
a 49% stake.

(mt)

CO2e Scope 1 (million tonnes)

Community investment spend (US$ million)

Own sourced coal production

110.0
2021: 103.3

Thermal and metallurgical coalmarketing volumes sold

80.9
Further information on production volumes
is available in the 2022 Production Report.

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CopperWe mine and process copperore and have sizeable smelting
and refining capacity. We haveindustrial assets in major
copper-producing regions.
We are one of the world’s largest copper
suppliers and producers of mined copper.
We are one of the largest producers ofcobalt, primarily a by-product from ourindustrial assets in the DRC.

Operating highlights

Own sourced copper production of 1,058,100
tonnes was 137,600 tonnes (12%) lower than2021, due to the basis change arising fromthe sale of Ernest Henry in Australia in
January 2022 (44,800 tonnes), the ongoing
geotechnical constraints at KCC in the DRC(44,300 tonnes), Collahuasi in Chile planned
mining sequence changes (26,100 tonnes)
and a lower contribution from Mount Isa
Mines in Australia (21,000 tonnes).

ESG data

Work-related (occupational) fatalities at our industrial
assetsLost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(per million hours worked)
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(per million hours worked)

5

3
4

13
6
7
8

11

12

9

2022

2021

2020

Own sourced copper production
(kt)

1
0.35

3
0.30

1
0.48

1.71

2.10

New cases of occupational diseases

4

4

44

CO2e Scope 1 (million tonnes)

1.2

1.1

1.0

CO2e Scope 2 – location-based (million tonnes)

0.8

0.9

0.9

CO2e Scope 2 – market-based (million tonnes)

0.6

0.7

1.0

Total energy use (petajoules)

29

28

27

Water withdrawn (million m3)

296

326

351

Community investment spend (US$ million)

14.6

13.6

30.6

29,952

29,41837,6027

7

9

Proportion of female employees (%)

2

14

10

1.35

Number of employees and contractors

1

1,058.1
2021: 1,195.7

Key
1. Horne

9. Lomas Bayas

2. Recycling San José

10. Altonorte

3. CCR

11. Kamoto Copper
Company (KCC)

4. Recycling Rhode Island
5. Recycling Osceola
6. Antamina (JV)1
7. Antapaccay

12. Mutanda Mining (MUMI)
13. Pasar
14. Cobar

8. Collahuasi (JV)1

Copper metal and concentrates
marketing volumes sold
(mt)

3.6
2021: 3.1

Further information on production volumes
is available in the 2022 Production Report.

1. Independently managed joint venture.

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Ferroalloys
We deal in bulk and noble
ferroalloys. We are one of
the world’s largest integrated
producers of ferrochrome
and primary vanadium.

Operating highlights

Attributable ferrochrome production of
1,488,000 tonnes was in line with 2021.

1
2

4

5

3

ESG data

Work-related (occupational) fatalities at our industrial
assetsLost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(per million hours worked)
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(per million hours worked)

2022

2021

2020

(kt)
0

0

1

1.22

1.37

1.76

2.55

2.71

3.90

3

3

2

CO2e Scope 1 (million tonnes)

4.1

4.1

3.0

CO2e Scope 2 – location-based (million tonnes)

6.2

5.9

4.3

CO2e Scope 2 – market-based (million tonnes)

6.9

6.7

4.9

Total energy use (petajoules)

29

29

22

Water withdrawn (million m3)

11

11

10

8.0

5.5

4.4

15,41615,196

14,20519

19

18

New cases of occupational diseases

Community investment spend (US$ million)
Number of employees and contractors
Proportion of female employees (%)

Own sourced ferrochrome

1,488.02021: 1,468.0

Key
1. Vanadium PSV
2. Alloys PGM
3. Carbon Group
4. Chrome PSV
5. Mokala Manganese(independently managed joint
venture)Ferroalloys marketing volumes sold
(mt)

8.4
2021: 9.3

Further information on production volumes
is available in the 2022 Production Report.
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NickelWe are a leading global nickel
producer and trader. We deal inmetal, concentrates,intermediates and ferronickel,
as well as producing associatedby-products such as copper,
cobalt, precious metals andplatinum metals.

Operating highlights

Own sourced nickel production of 107,500
tonnes was 5,200 tonnes (5%) higher than2021, reflecting the scheduled major
maintenance shut in the prior year at Murrin
Murrin in Australia and Koniambo in New
Caledonia running two production lines forthe majority of 2022, partially offset by lower
production at our Integrated Nickel
Operations due to strike action in Canada
and Norway.

2

3
1

5
4

ESG data

Work-related (occupational) fatalities at our industrial
assetsLost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(per million hours worked)
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(per million hours worked)

2022

2021

2020

(kt)
0

0

0

1.08

0.69

1.15

3.78

3.18

3.52

3

1

0

CO2e Scope 1 (million tonnes)

3.0

2.4

2.5

CO2e Scope 2 – location-based (million tonnes)

0.05

0.05

0.03

CO2e Scope 2 – market-based (million tonnes)

0.24

0.27

0.25

New cases of occupational diseases

Total energy use (petajoules)

36

30

31

Water withdrawn (million m3)

112

116

133

Community investment spend (US$ million)

2.0

2.0

1.9

7,879

7,457

7,882

18

18

17

Number of employees and contractors
Proportion of female employees (%)

Own sourced nickel production

107.5

Key
1. Sudbury
2. Raglan
3. Nikkelverk
4. Murrin Murrin
5. Koniambo

2021: 102.3

Nickel marketing volumes sold
(mt)

263
2021: 202

Further information on production volumes
is available in the 2022 Production Report.
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Oil
We source and trade oil and gas
and have interests in nonoperated oil and gas production
sharing contracts.

Operating highlights

Entitlement interest oil production of
6.1 million barrels of oil equivalent was
0.9 million barrels (16%) higher than 2021,
due to a full year of production from the Alengas project in Equatorial Guinea, following
its commencement in March 2021.

2

1

We also operate and have joint ventureinterests in storage, transportation and fuels
distribution infrastructure as well as
operating an oil refinery and lubricantsmanufacturing plant.

4
3

5

6
7

ESG data

2022

2021

2020

0

0

2

0.13

0.24

0.67

0.74

0.80

1.28

0

0

0

CO2e Scope 1 (million tonnes)

0.123

0.039

0.147

CO2e Scope 2 – location-based (million tonnes)

0.02

0.02

0.03

CO2e Scope 2 – market-based (million tonnes)

0.02

0.02

0.04

Work-related (occupational) fatalities at our industrial
assetsLost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(per million hours worked)
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(per million hours worked)
New cases of occupational diseases

Total energy use (petajoules)

2

1

2

Water withdrawn (million m3)

0.2

0.2

1.0

Community investment spend (US$ million)

0.4

0.3

1.0

5,745

5,413

5,056

31

29

29

Number of employees and contractors
Proportion of female employees (%)

Own sourced oil production (nonoperated)(kboe)

6,131
2021: 5,274

Oil marketing volumes soldKey
1. Chemoil Energy
2. Aquarius Energy1 (headquarteredin the UK with assets in Argentina,
Belgium, Ghana, Mexico,
Mozambique, Sweden, the UAE andZimbabwe)
3. Alesat
4. Bolongo (Cameroon)2
5. Equatorial Guinea (Block I + O)2
6. Astron Energy South Africa
7. Astron Energy Botswana(mbbl)

1,079

2021: 1,410

Further information on production volumes
is available in the 2022 Production Report.

1
2

Independently managed joint venture.
Non-operated unincorporated joint venture.

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Zinc
We are one of the world’s largest
zinc miners and producers.
Our industrial assets include
underground and surface
mines, smelters, refineries,
concentrators and hydroelectricfacilities.

Operating highlights

Own sourced zinc production of 938,500
tonnes was 179,300 tonnes (16%) lower than2021, reflecting the disposal / cessation ofSouth America operations (83,400 tonnes),
closure of Matagami (30,100 tonnes) andlower volumes from Mount Isa (39,600
tonnes), as Lady Loretta approaches endof mine life.

4
1

2

3

8

5
6
7

9
11

10

We trade in zinc and lead concentrates andvaluable by-products such as sulphuric acid.
We also deal in gold and silver as byproducts of zinc mining and copper.

ESG data

Work-related (occupational) fatalities at our industrial
assetsLost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)(per million hours worked)
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)(per million hours worked)

12

2022

2021

2020

(kt)
2

1

4

1.18

0.95

1.18

2.94

2.69

3.20

New cases of occupational diseases

15

19

16

CO2e Scope 1 (million tonnes)

2.4

2.5

2.4

CO2e Scope 2 – location-based (million tonnes)

2.3

2.3

2.4

CO2e Scope 2 – market-based (million tonnes)

2.5

2.6

2.7

Total energy use (petajoules)

53

55

54

Water withdrawn (million m3)

430

432

424

Community investment spend (US$ million)

44.2

41.0

50.1

52,291

55,32255,86318

17

16

Number of employees and contractors
Proportion of female employees (%)

Own sourced zinc production

938.5
2021: 1,117.8

Key
1. General smelting
2. Kidd
3. CEZinc
4. Nordenham Zinc/Lead
5. BRM
6. Asturiana de Zinc
7. Portovesme
8. Kazzinc

Zinc metal and concentrates
marketing volumes sold
(mt)

2.4

9. Perubar
10. Volcan
11. McArthur River mine (MRM)
12. Queensland Metals

2021: 2.7

Further information on production volumes
is available in the 2022 Production Report.
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Key used in Glencore ESG Data Book and GRI Index 2022
For the definitions of the terms used in this ESG Data Book, refer to the glossaries in our 2022
Climate Report and 2022 Sustainability Report. These reports and our Basis of reporting on
selected ESG KPIs 2022, which provides information about the definitions and underlying
processes applied for the collection and verification of specific Environmental, Social andGovernance (ESG) metrics (Basis of Reporting 2022), are available at glencore.com/
publications.
Δ Selected Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics (Selected Information) in
this ESG Data Book have been subject to independent limited assurance under ISAE 3000
(Revised) by Deloitte LLP. The Selected Information is identified by the Δ symbol. Refer to theBasis of Reporting 2022 for how our ESG metrics that are subject to assurance are defined.
The scope and limitations of Deloitte LLP’s assurance are set out in their reports on page 281of the 2022 Annual Report and on page 133 of the 2022 Sustainability Report.
Glencore AR = Glencore Annual Report 2022
Glencore SR = Glencore Sustainability Report 2022
Glencore CR = Glencore Climate Report 2022
Glencore E&CR = Glencore Ethics & Compliance Report 2022
ESG A-Z = Topic specific information presented on our website at: glencore.com/
sustainability/esg-a-z
For all references to the AR, CR, SR, E&CR and ESG Data Book, go to glencore.com/
publications

Important notice
Refer to the section ‘Important notice concerning this report including forward-looking
statements’ on page 136 in our Sustainability Report 2022.

For all references to the AR, CR, SR and extended ESG Data Book, go to
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GRI content index
Statement of use

Glencore plc has reported the information cited in this GRI content
index for the period 1 January to 31 December 2022 with reference to
the GRI Standards.

GRI 1 used

GRI 1: Foundation 2021
We further continue to include information with reference to the GRI‘Mining and Metals Sector Disclosures’ 2013 document (referenceMM) which previously was to be used by organisations in the mining
and metals sector in combination with GRI G4 Guidelines now
replaced by the GRI Standards.

GRI Standard
Disclosure #Disclosure

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

General disclosures
GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-1

Organisational
details

Glencore plc, registered in
Jersey, headquartered in
Switzerland and its Group has
operations around the world.
Glencore plc has a primarylisting on the London Stock
Exchange (LSE) and a secondary
listing on the Johannesburg
Stock Exchange (JSE).
Baarermattstrasse 36340 Baar
Switzerland
Glencore SR:
At a glance (pp. 3-5)
Glencore AR:
Our business – At a glance(pp. 2-3),
Principal operating, financeand industrial subsidiaries andinvestments (pp. 257-259),
Shareholder information (pp.
283)
Glencore website:
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Disclosure #Disclosure

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-2

Entities included in
the organisation’ssustainability
reporting

Glencore SR:
About this report (pp. 131-132),
Glencore AR:
Principal operating, financeand industrial subsidiaries andinvestments (pp. 257-259)
Glencore CR:
About this report (pp. 71-77)
Other disclosures:
2022 Basis of Reporting

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-3

Reporting period,
frequency andcontact point

Reporting period of AR, CR, SR,
E&CR:
1 January to 31 December 2022
(annual frequency)
Publication date of AR:
23.03.2023
Publication date of CR:
23.03.2023
Publication date of SR:
22.05.2023
Publication date of E&CR:
28.04.2023
Contact point:
info@glencore.com

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GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-4

Restatements of
information

Glencore SR:
About this report (pp. 131-132)
Glencore CR:
About this report (pp. 71-77)
Other disclosures:
2022 Basis of Reporting

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-5

External assurance

Glencore AR:
Audit Committee report(pp. 114-115),
Assurance statement(pp. 281-282)
Glencore SR:
Assurance statement(pp. 133-135)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

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GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-6

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-7

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-8

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments
Glencore reports production data in its
2022 Glencore full year production report– see glencore.com/publications.

Activities, value
chain and otherbusinessrelationships

Glencore website:
Who we are / At a glance
Glencore SR:
At a glance (pp. 3-5)
About this report (pp. 131-132),
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58)
Glencore AR:
Our business – At a glance(pp. 2-3),
Our business model (p. 14)

EM-MM-000.A

Employees

Glencore SR:
About this report (pp. 131-132),
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Other:
2022 Extended ESG Data (seesheet 'Our People')

EM-MM-000.B

Workers who are
not employees

Glencore SR:
About this report (pp. 131-132),
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Other:
2022 Extended ESG Data (seesheet 'Our People')

Production of(1) metal oresand (2) finishedmetal products

Total numberof employees,
percentage
contractors

We base workforce numbers on their endof year status. As a result, we do notinclude workforce data from industrial
assets that were disposed of during theyear.
Fluctuations regarding our workforce
resulted from the divestments of Ernest
Henry, Los Quenuales, Sinchi Wayra andAccess World, which resulted in a
reduction of our workforce by around
6,700, and the acquisition of the previously
held partners’ interests in Cerrejón which
resulted in an addition of a workforce ofaround 12,000 people.
Employee numbers are reported as headcount data while the contractor numbers
are reported as full-time equivalent.
The contractors we include in our
workforce numbers are engaged to workin an office or industrial asset underGlencore’s direct supervision and are, in
essence, replacement persons. Examples
include trade (or craft) personnel such asmechanics, welders and electricians, officebased maternity covers or temporary staff
due to seasonal workloads for a predefined period or on a casual basis.
Refer to tab 'Our People' in our ESG Data
Book 2022 for further information.

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GRI 2:
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2021

2-9

Governancestructure andcomposition

ESG A-Z:
GovernanceGlencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140)
Glencore CR:
Governance (pp. 15-19)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-10

Nomination andselection of thehighestgovernance body

Glencore AR:
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-11

Chair of thehighestgovernance body

Glencore AR:
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-12

Role of the highest
governance bodyin overseeing themanagement of
impacts

ESG A-Z:
GovernanceGlencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
TCFD Governance of climaterelated risks and opportunities(pp. 26-29),
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140),
Section 172 Statement andstakeholder engagement(pp. 61-65),
Risk management (pp. 89-103)
Glencore CR:
Governance (pp. 15-19)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

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Disclosure #Disclosure

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-13

Delegation of
responsibility for
managing impacts

ESG A-Z:
Governance,
Board OversightGlencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
Sustainability (pp. 43-50),
TCFD Governance of climaterelated risks and opportunities(pp. 26-29),
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140)
Glencore CR:
Governance (pp. 15-19)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-14

Role of the highest
governance bodyin sustainability
reporting

ESG A-Z:
Governance,
Board OversightGlencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
Sustainability (pp. 43-50),
TCFD Governance of climaterelated risks and opportunities(pp. 26-29),
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140),
Health, Safety, Environment &Communities (HSEC)
Committee report (p. 117)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-15

Conflicts of interest

ESG A-Z:
GovernanceGlencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
Corporate Governance Report /Management of conflicts ofinterest (pp. 108-113)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

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ESG Data Book​

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-16

Communication ofcritical concerns

ESG A-Z:
GovernanceGlencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140),
Section 172 Statement andstakeholder engagement(pp. 61-65),
Glencore E&CR:
Whistleblowing framework(pp. 49-52)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-17

Collective
knowledge of thehighestgovernance body

Glencore AR:
Corporate governance(pp. 104-140),
Corporate Governance Report(pp. 108-113)
Glencore CR:
Governance (pp. 15-19)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-18

Evaluation of theperformance of thehighestgovernance body

Glencore AR:
Corporate Governance Report(pp. 108-113)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-19

Remuneration
policies

Glencore AR:
Directors’ Remuneration
Report (pp. 119-136)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-20

Process todetermine
remuneration

Glencore AR:
Directors’ Remuneration
Report (pp. 119-136)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-21

Annual totalcompensation
ratio

Glencore AR:
Directors’ Remuneration
Report (pp. 119-136)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments
Glencore reports under GRI 2-16 on the
total number and nature of concerns
which are reported quarterly to the Raising
Concerns Programme, which in turnreports to the Board.

Glencore reports on the ratio of the annual
total compensation for the Chief Executive
Officer to the median annual totalcompensation for all employees(excluding the Chief Executive Officer)
together with contextual information.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-22

Statement onsustainable
development
strategy

Glencore SR:
Chief Executive Officer’s
review (p. 9)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-23

Policycommitments

Glencore website:
Who we are / Our Policies
Glencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12),
Human Rights (pp. 39-46)
Glencore AR:
Ethics and compliance(pp. 57-60),
Glencore E&CR:
The Glencore Ethics andCompliance Programme(p. 30),Training and awareness(pp. 37-44),
Advice (pp. 45-46)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-24

Embedding policy
commitments

Glencore website:
Who we are / Our Policies
Glencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
Ethics and compliance (pp. 5760), Corporate Governance(pp. 104-140)
Glencore E&CR:
Policies, Standards, Procedures
and Guidelines, Training andAwareness, Advice, Monitoring,
Whistleblowing Framework,
Discipline and Incentives (pp.
33-54)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

EM-MM-510a.1
Description ofthemanagement
system forprevention ofcorruption andbribery
throughout
the value chain

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-25

Processes toremediate
negative impacts

Glencore website:
Who we are / Our Policies /Human Rights Policy
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement(pp. 16-17),
Refer to each material topic
chapter (pp. 18-58),
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)
Glencore AR:
Sustainability / Enabling
complaints and grievanceprocesses (p. 49)
Glencore E&CR:
Risk Assessments: Assessmentof Mitigating Controls /Whistleblowing Framework(pp. 32 and 50)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-26

Mechanisms forseeking advice andraising concerns

Glencore website:
Our Policies
Glencore SR:
Meeting our targets (p. 7),
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12)
Glencore AR:
Ethics and compliance(pp. 57-60)
Glencore E&CR:
Advice (pp. 45-46),
Whistleblowing (pp. 49-52)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments
We are looking to improve on our
disclosures in this area in the coming
years.

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Disclosure #GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

Disclosure

2-27Compliance withlaws andregulations

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Glencore AR:
Financial and operational
review, Significant items (p. 68),
Glencore website:
glencore.com/investigations
ESG A-Z:
Environment,
Environmental incidents
Glencore SR:
Sustainability governance(pp. 11-12),
Water (pp. 29-32)
Glencore E&CR:
Compliance ProgrammeManagement (p. 27 onwards)
Instances of environmental fines

We currently seek to identify and disclose
all fines paid and non-monetary sanctions
incurred by our industrial assets for
non-compliance with environmental
laws and/or environmental regulations.

28

55

104

7

6

EM-MM-140a.2
Number ofincidents ofnoncomplianceassociatedwith water
qualitypermits,
standards, andregulations

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-28

Membershipassociations

Comments

Monetary value forenvironmental fines ($)

277,129

4,829,583

3,814,326

7

6

Number of non-monetary
sanctions for non-compliancewith environmental laws andenvironmental regulations

282

277

425

7

6

The fines related to various incidents
of non-compliances, such as breaches
of general environmental conditions,exceedances of air emission limits,discharges to water sources etc. Manyof these are related to legacy issues.
SASB EM-MM-140a.2:
This includes 61 fines regarding water
related incidents totalling approximately
US$3m (refer also to the Water sectionof this report for further information).

This indicator presents the number of
non-monetary sanctions for non-compliancewith environmental laws and regulations
including general environmental conditions,exceedances of air emission limits,discharges to water sources etc. Manyof these are related to legacy issues.

ESG A-Z:
Member organisations
Lobbying
Glencore CR:
2022 Review of industry
organisations (pp. 50-55),
Appendix Three: Industry
organisations (pp. 66-67)
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Disclosure #Disclosure

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-29

Approach to
stakeholder
engagement

ESG A-Z:
Stakeholder engagement
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement (pp.
16-17)
Glencore AR:
Section 172 statement andstakeholder engagement(pp. 61-65)

GRI 2:
GeneralDisclosures
2021

2-30

Collective
bargaining
agreements

Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)

Report thepercentage of total
employees coveredby collective
bargaining
agreements

Percentage of employees
covered by collective
bargaining agreement

3-1

Process todetermine material
topicsGlencore SR:
Materiality Assessment (pp. 13-15)
Glencore AR:
Materiality Assessment (p. 45)

3-2

List of material
topicsGlencore SR:
Materiality Assessment (pp. 13-15)
Glencore AR:
Materiality Assessment (p. 45)

3-3

3-3 Managementof material topics

See introduction to eachmaterial topic in the Glencore
SR (pp. 18-58)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

Glencore reports the percentage of total
employees covered by collective bargaining
agreements under GRI2-30a. We are looking
to improve on our disclosures in this area inthe coming years.

73%

71%

71%

3

3

EM-MM-310a.1
Percentage ofactiveworkforcecovered undercollective
bargaining
agreements

Material topics
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

Economic
GRI 201 Economic performance 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Communities
Glencore SR:
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)

GRI 201

201-1

Direct economic
value generated anddistributed,
including revenues,
operating costs,
employeecompensation,
donations and othercommunity
investments,
retained earnings
and payments tocapital providers andto governments

ESG A-Z:
Communities
Glencore SR:
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)
Glencore AR:
Payments to Governments(p.14)
Community Investment (p. 22
and p.50)
Responsible citizenship (p. 47)
Consolidated Financial
Statements (pp. 157-259)
Other:
2022 Payments toGovernments Report (to be
published)

9

10

9

We report on community investments
and payments to host governments intaxes and royalties (pp. 47-54).

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Disclosure #GRI 201201-2

Disclosure

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Financial
implications, otherrisks andopportunities forthe organisation’s
activities due toclimate change

Glencore AR:
Supporting the transition to a
low-carbon economy (pp. 24-42),
Risk management (pp. 89-103)
Glencore CR:
Risks and Opportunities(pp. 20-24)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

94, 9EM-MM-110a.1

Climate change-related financial
implications and other risks andopportunities that may affect our businessare disclosed in our standalone Climate
Report 2022 at glencore.com/publications.

Gross global
Scope 1emissions,percentage
covered underemissionslimiting
regulation;

For percentage of Scope 1 emissions
covered under emissions-limiting
regulations refer to GRI 305, 3-3.

EM-MM-110a.2
Discussion of
long-term andshort-term
strategy orplan tomanage Scope
1 emissions,emissions
reduction
targets, and ananalysis ofperformanceagainst thosetargets

GRI 201

201-3

Coverage of theorganisation’s
defined benefit
plan obligations

Glencore AR:
Defined benefit pension plans(pp. 227-231)

9

4, 9

GRI 202 Market presence 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Communities,
Our people
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)

9

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Disclosure #GRI 202

Disclosure202-2 Proportion of senior
management andworkforce hiredfrom the local
community at
significant locationsof operation

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Glencore SR:
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)
Other:
Social Performance Policy (p. 3)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

9

SASB

Comments
In 2022, 96% of our employees were local
to the countries in which we operate, as
were 85% of our managers. No additional
senior manager information is available.
Local refers to residents which have thelocal nationality.
Managers include the following categories:
Middle management: Team-leads reporting
into senior management members.
Senior management: Office heads,
regional heads and mine site VP’s as well
as functions and team-leads reporting into
an executive/business head.
Executive management: Heads ofbusinesses/division.

GRI 203 Indirect economic impacts 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Communities
Glencore SR:
Material topics (pp. 18-58),
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)

9

GRI 203203-1

Development andimpact of
infrastructure
investments andservices provided
primarily for publicbenefit throughcommercial,
in-kind or pro-bono
engagement

Glencore SR:
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)

9

Our socio-economic contribution
scorecard focuses on understanding thetangible results of our investments. Overtime, the data collected will show how ourdevelopment activities affectlocal economies.

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Disclosure #GRI 203

Disclosure203-2 Significant indirect
economic impacts,
including theextent of the
impacts

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

Glencore SR:
Responsible citizenship(pp.47-54)

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

9

GRI 204 Procurement practices 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Communities
Glencore SR:
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54),
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58),
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)

GRI 204

204-1

Proportion of
spending on local
suppliers at
significant locationsof operation

Percentage of total spend withlocal suppliers (%)

2

75%

81%

78%

2

This indicator only covers procurement at
industrial assets. Our geographicaldefinition of “local” is the country in which
the procuring industrial asset operates.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 205 Anti-corruption 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
EthicsGlencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Ethics and compliance(pp. 57-60)
Other:
Global Anti-Corruption Policy,
Glencore E&CR:
Our Approach (pp. 30-53)
Anti-corruption and bribery(pp. 57-62)
Measuring the effectiveness of
our anti-bribery and corruption
programme (p. 95)

10EM-MM-510a.1
Descriptionof themanagement
system forprevention ofcorruption andbribery
throughout thevalue chain;
EM-MM-510a.2.
Production incountries thathave the20 lowest
rankings inTransparency
International’s
Corruption
Perception
Index

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Disclosure #GRI 205

205-1

Disclosure

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Total number andpercentage of
operations
assessed for risks
related tocorruption and thesignificant risks
identified

ESG A-Z:
EthicsGlencore AR:
Ethics and compliance (pp. 57-60)
Other:
Global Anti-Corruption Policy,
Glencore E&CR:
Local Risk Assessments (p. 32)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

10

1

SASB

Comments
The Corporate Compliance Risk
Assessment team conducts an annual
Group Compliance risk assessment which
reviews current compliance risks in a
number of risk areas, but focuses inparticular on anti-corruption and bribery,
given the nature of our business and thegeographies in which we operate.
Compliance risk assessments are
conducted at both Group and local level ineach industrial asset and office where we
implement our Compliance Programme
to evaluate the inherent risks that exist,
assess the overall design effectiveness ofthe controls in place to mitigate thoserisks, evaluate residual risks, andimplement planned controls in caseexisting controls require improvements.
For further information refer to the Ethics
and Compliance Report 2022 at glencore.
com/publications.
EM-MM-510a.2: Three of our industrial
metals assets are located in countries thatare amongst the 20 lowest rankings in theTransparency International’s Corruption
Perception Index. Since multiple countries
share many ranks, the 20 lowest rankingsin 2022 comprised 65 countries. Relevant
countries for Glencore were thePhilippines (PASAR) and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (Kamoto Copper
Company S.A. and Mutanda Mining Sàrl).
In the Philippines we produced 180.6 kt ofcopper metal and in the DRC 253.4 kt ofcopper metal and 40.2 kt of cobalt in 2022.

GRI 205

205-2 Communicationand training on
anti-corruption
policies andprocedures

ESG A-Z:
EthicsGlencore AR:
Ethics and compliance (pp. 57-60)
Other:
Global Anti-Corruption Policy,
Glencore E&CR:
Training and Awareness(pp. 37-44)
Third party due diligence andmanagement (pp. 79 - 86)

10

1

For training statistics please refer to theseparately issued Glencore Ethics andCompliance Report 2022 at glencore.com/
publications. We are looking to improveon our disclosures in this area in the
coming years.

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Disclosure205-3 Confirmed
incidents ofcorruption andactions taken

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

ESG A-Z:
EthicsGlencore AR:
Ethics and compliance (pp. 57-60)
Glencore E&CR:
Investigations, Resolutions andMonitorships (pp. 18-19)
Other:
Global Anti-Corruption Policy

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

10

1

SASB

Comments
Refer to sections 'Chief Executive Officer's
review' and 'Risk management – 6. Law
and Enforcement' of the Annual Report
2022 as well as our Ethics and compliance
Report 2022 at glencore.com/publications.

GRI 207 Tax 2019
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Glencore’s Group Tax Policy:
glencore.com/group-tax-policy;
Other:
2022 Payments toGovernments report (to be
published)
Glencore E&CR:
Anti-money laundering andanti-tax evasion (p 70)

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Disclosure #GRI 207

Disclosure

207-1

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Approach to tax

Glencore's Group Tax Policy:
glencore.com/group-tax-policy
Other:
2022 Payments toGovernments report(to be published)

207-2 Tax governance,
control, and risk
management

Glencore's Group Tax Policy:
glencore.com/group-tax-policy
Glencore AR:
Ethics and compliance (pp. 57-60)
Other:
Glencore E&CR:
Anti-money Laundering andCompliance Report 2022,
Anti-Tax Evasion (pp. 70-71)
2022 Payments toGovernments report(to be published)

207-3 Stakeholder
engagement andmanagement ofconcerns related
to taxGlencore's Group Tax Policy:
glencore.com/group-tax-policy;
Other:
2022 Payments toGovernments report(to be published)

207-4 Country-bycountry reporting

2022 Payments toGovernments report(to be published)

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

9

SASB

Comments

Glencore prepares a country-by-country
report that aggregates tax information per
country relating to the global allocation ofincome, taxes paid and other indicators.
Data is reported by project and by region
as shown. Glencore also lodges an OECD
BEPS Action 13 report with the Swiss
Tax Authorities.

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2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

7, 8

6

SASB

Comments

Environmental
GRI 301 Materials 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Environment

GRI 301

301-1

Materials used byweight or volume

Materials used by weight(million tonnes)

292

295

310

8

6, 8

301-2

Percentage ofmaterials used thatare recycled input
materials

Secondary materials andrecyclable wastes, i.e. scrap (%)

0.3%

0.2%

0.3%

8, 9

6, 8

7, 8

6

Data reflects the total quantity of input,
raw and process materials. Other data
are tracked internally but are not reported
externally.

GRI 302 Energy 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Climate Change
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Glencore AR:
Our strategy for a sustainable
future (pp. 18-21),
Supporting the transition to a
low-carbon economy (pp. 24-42)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
Glencore CR:
Risks and Opportunities(pp. 20-26),
About this Report (pp. 71-77)
2022 Extended ESG Data

We have restated our energy data in linewith our GHG emissions baseline toaccount for acquisitions and divestmentscompleted since 2019 as set out in the
About this report section in our Climate
Report 2022 and our Basis of Reporting
2022 at glencore.com/publications.
Refer to the Basis of Reporting 2022 for
how our sustainability KPIs that are
subject to assurance are defined at
glencore.com/publications.

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Disclosure #GRI 302

Disclosure

302-1

Energyconsumption
within theorganisation

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

Direct Energy (PJ)

105

108

ICMM
principles

SASB

117 Δ

6

EM-MM-130a.1

16%

19%

6

11%

11%

6

62%

60%

6

10%

9%

6

(1) Total energy
consumed, (2)percentage
grid electricity,(3) percentage
renewable

1%

1%

6

105

108

117

6

0

0

–

6

36

38

39

6

12

13

15

6

5

6

5

6

26

25

31

6

2

1

2

6

24

25

25

6

105

108

117

6

14

12

12

6

15

15

15

6

52

52

59

6

2

2

2

6

7

7

7

6

16

20

22

6

72

78

77

6

85%

81%

82%

6

15%

19%

18%

6

72

78

77

6

18%
• Coal (%)• Natural gas & Coal seam gas (%) 13%
58%• Mineral oil (%)• Renewable (hydropower etc) (%) 10%
1%• Other sources (%)
Direct energy by commodity (PJ)•
• Coal• Copper• Ferroalloys• Nickel• Oil• ZincAluminium

Direct energy by region (PJ)

• Africa• Asia• Australia• Europe• North America• South / Latin America

Purchased electricity (PJ)

• Non-renewable (%)• Renewable energy (%)
Purchased energy bycommodity (PJ)

UNGC
principles

Comments

This is based upon our purchased low
carbon electricity (with a market-based
emission factor of 25 gr CO2 per kWh or
less).

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission• Aluminium• Coal• Copper• Ferroalloys• Nickel• Oil• ZincGRI 302

Purchased energy by region(PJ)• Africa• Asia• Australia• Europe• North America• South / Latin America

302-2 Energy consumption
outside of theorganisation

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

2020

2021

2022

–

–

–

6

6

6

6

6

15

15

14

6

17

23

24

6

5

5

5

6

0.1

0.1

0.1

6

30

30

28

6

72

78

77

6

22

28

29

6

7

6

7

6

10

10

9

6

14

14

12

6

10

11

10

6

SASB

Comments

9

9

9

6

Renewable energy share of
total energy usage (%)

12%

14%

12%

6

This is based upon Glencore’s own
renewable energy generation andpurchased low carbon electricity (with amarket-based emission factor emission
factor of 25 gr CO2 per kWh or less).

Renewable electricity share of
total electricity usage (%)

15%

19%

18%

6

This is based upon our purchased low
carbon electricity (with a market-based
emission factor of 25 gr CO2 per kWh or
less), minus renewable electricity sold,divided by total electricity consumed.
We do not report this information at the
moment but information on our Scope 3
emissions disclosure is provided at
disclosure 305-3.

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Disclosure302-3 Energy intensity

302-4 Reduction ofenergyconsumption

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

Energy intensity of metals
mining (GJ/t Cu-equiv)

42

44

49

Energy intensity of metals
smelting (GJ/t Cu-equiv)

32

35

35

Energy intensity of coal mining(GJ/kt Cu-equiv)

29

30

32

Energy intensity of AstronEnergy (GJ/billion Btu)

70

0

0

Glencore CR:
Important notice (p. 1)
Action 1 – Managing ouroperational footprint

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments
We show the energy intensity as totalenergy consumption within our industrial
assets by reference to their production.
We have shown metals mining, coalmining, metals smelting and oil refining
separately. Energy data is collected on asite-by-site rather than activity-by-activity
basis. Integrated sites with mining andsmelting capability have therefore been
allocated to the most appropriate category.
We report on energy data with respect tothe activities of our industrial assets where
we have operational control.

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2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

7, 8

6

EM-MM-140a.1

Comments

GRI 303 Water and effluents 2018
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3

GRI 303

303-1

Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Water
Glencore SR:
Water (pp. 29-32)
Glencore AR:
Sustainability (pp. 43-50)
Other
Refer to tab 'Water' in our ESG
Data Book

Interactions withwater as a sharedresource
Water stress andwater risk exposure– Proportion ofsites situated inwater-stressed
areas

32%

33%

35%

7, 8

6

7, 8

6

(1) Total fresh
water
withdrawn, (2)total fresh water
consumed,
percentage ofeach in regionswith High orExtremely HighBaseline Water
StressWater-stressed areas are regions of 'high'or 'extremely high' water stress or that areclassified as 'arid & low water use' according
to the WRI's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.
A breakdown of our water withdrawals,
discharges and consumption on a country
level and river basin level can be found on
our water microsite at glencore.com/
sustainability/esg-a-z/water-management.

GRI 303303-2 Management ofwater dischargerelated impacts

ESG A-Z:
Water
Glencore SR:
Water (pp. 29-32)

GRI 303303-3 Total water
withdrawal

Total water withdrawal (GL)

7, 8

1,031

1,026

1,078 Δ6

We treat water prior to the discharge
based on the standards defined in theapplicable regulatory approvals, permits
and licences of our industrial assets.

6

EM-MM-140a.1(1) Total fresh
water
withdrawn, (2)total fresh
water
consumed,
percentage ofeach in regionswith High orExtremelyHigh Baseline
Water Stress

Surface water (GL)

195

176

162

6

Sea water (GL)

170

177

166

6

Groundwater (GL)

347

345

339

6

Rainwater (GL)

205

206

293

6

Potable water (GL)

18

15

14

6

Other water from third parties
(GL)

96

69

61

6

Water imported from internal
water sharing networks (GL)notavailable

37

43

Water entrained in ore (GL)

14

15

15

6

The year-on-year increase is primarily
related to the incorporation of Cerrejón aswell as a number of industrial assets
reporting a higher amount ofprecipitation.
Water entrained in ore is currently notincluded in our total water withdrawal.
The 2021 water withdrawal has been
restated to reflect improved wateraccounting practices at KCC.
For further water withdrawal data
following GRI and ICMM's Water
Reporting: Good practice guide, 2nd
Edition, broken down by quality and fromareas with water stress refer also to tab'Water' in our ESG Data Book 2022.

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GRI 303

Disclosure303-4 Water discharge

303-5 Water
consumption

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

Total discharged water (GL)

669

662

680 Δ

6

Water discharges to surface
water (GL)

435

401

423

6

Water discharges to sea/ocean
(GL)

172

181

169

6

Water discharges togroundwater (GL)

5

5

3

6

We treat water prior to discharge incompliance with regulatory approvals,
permits and licences.

Water discharges to offsite
treatment (GL)

11

11

11

6

Water exported to a third party
(GL)

47

23

30

6

Water exported from internal
water sharing networks (GL)notavailable

41

43

For further water discharge data following
GRI and ICMM's Water Reporting: Good
practice guide, 2nd Edition, broken downby quality and from areas with water
stress refer also to tab 'Water' in our ESG
Data Book 2022.

Evaporation and other losses (GL)

334

317

404

6

Entrainment (GL)

46

47

44

6

Total water consumption (GL)

380

364

449

6

SASB

Comments
Priority substance of potential concern forwhich discharges are treated primarily
involve heavy metals, mineral oils andchemicals that are used for metal
processing (e.g. sulfuric acid) regarding
our metals and minerals operations andmineral oils regarding our oil operations.

In consideration of ICMM definitions,consumption is the sum of water removedby evaporation, entrainment (in productand waste) and other losses. To maximisetransparency, consumption does not include
any change in storage (delta storage),which is reported as a separate value.
For further water consumption data
following GRI and ICMM's Water Reporting:Good practice guide, 2nd Edition, in areas
with water stress refer also to tab 'Water'in our ESG Data Book 2022.

Change in water in storage
(GL)

-4

14

-35

6

In consideration of ICMM
recommendations, the change in storage
volume is reported to allow complete
transparency of the overall water balance;and does not indicate an associatedwater-related impact.

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2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

7, 8

7

EM-MM-160a.1

Comments

GRI 304 Biodiversity 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3

GRI 304

304-1

GRI 304

Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Biodiversity
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Land stewardship (pp. 33-38)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
Environmental policy

Operational sites
owned, leased,managed in, or
adjacent to,protected areas
and areas of highbiodiversity value
outside protected
areas

Areas owned, leased, managed,
located in, adjacent to, or that
contain protected areas
and areas of high biodiversity
value outside protected areas(1,000 ha)

304-2 Description ofsignificant impactsof activities, products
and services on
biodiversity inprotected areas
and areas of highbiodiversity value
outside protectedareas

ESG A-Z:
Biodiversity
Glencore SR:
Land stewardship (pp. 33-38)

Description ofenvironmental
management
policies andpractices for
active sites

282

284

306

8

7, 8

7

EM-MM-160a.3

SASB EM-MM-160a.3:

Percentage of(1) proved and(2) probablereserves in ornear sites withprotected
conservation
status orendangered
species habitat

We do not currently disclose thepercentage of (1) proved and (2) probablereserves in or near sites with protectedconservation status or endangered species
habitat.
However, we provide information about
those industrial assets that are located inor adjacent to protected areas or areas
with high biodiversity value in our ESG A-Z
on our homepage.

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MM1

MM2

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

Total land owned,
leased or managed
for mining operations

1,000 ha

2,057

2,063

2,085

8

7

Total land
disturbed and not
yet rehabilitated(A: opening balance)

1,000 ha

88

90

103

8

7

Total amount ofland newly
disturbed within
the reporting
period (B)1,000 ha

5.0

2.3

1.8

8

7

Total amount of land
newly rehabilitatedwithin the reporting
period to the agreed
end use (C)1,000 ha

3.0

1.5

1.9

8

7

Total land
disturbed and not
yet rehabilitated(D= A+B-C; closingbalance)

1,000 ha

90

91

103

8

7

Number andpercentage of totalsites identified as
requiring biodiversity
management plansaccording to statedcriteria, and thenumber (percentage)of those sites withplans in place.

ESG A-Z:
Biodiversity
Glencore SR:
Land stewardship (pp. 33-38)

94%

95%

97%

8

7

Disclosure

MM1

MM2

SASB

Comments

Previous years’ data has been restated toaccount for divestments. We have addedthe ‘total land disturbed and not yet
rehabilitated’ data of industrial assets that
we acquired in 2022, most notably
Cerrejón, to the opening balance (A) of
the 2022 data.

EM-MM-160a.1
Description ofenvironmental
management
policies andpractices for
active sites

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2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

7, 8

6

EM-MM-110a.1

SASB: EM-MM-110a.1

Gross global
Scope 1emissions,percentage
covered underemissionslimiting
regulation

Our CO2e emissions include CO2, CH4 andN2O. Other greenhouse gases are notincluded, pursuant to our most recent
materiality assessment, which concluded
that their contribution to the overall CO2eemissions of our industrial assets is sufficiently
small so as to be immaterial in the context
of our industrial CO2e emissions profile.

GRI 305 Emissions 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Air emissions,
Climate change
Other:
Glencore CR:
Our target and ambition(pp. 8-11)
Risks and opportunities(pp. 20-26)
Our seven actions to support
Net Zero (pp. 27-49)
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
2022 ESG Data Book

Our CO2e emissions refer to activities of
our industrial assets where we haveoperational control, i.e., where Glencore
directly or indirectly controls and directs
the day‐to‐day management and operationof the entity engaging in such activity,
whether by contract or otherwise. Where
we have operational control of industrial
assets, we report on Scope 1, 2 and 3
emissions on a 100% basis, irrespective of
our actual equity share. For certain
industrial assets that are not underGlencore’s operational control, we report
our equity share of such industrial assets’
Scope 1 and 2, and where relevant, Scope 3
emissions in Scope 3, category 15, as
further set out in the explanatory notes(see Appendix Two: Performance data in
the Climate Report 2022). Refer to the
About this report section of our Climate
Report 2022 for additional information
about our boundaries and scope at
glencore.com/publications.
6% of our Scope 1 emissions reported in
2022 are covered under an emissionslimiting regulation (i.e., cap-and-trade andemissions trading scheme in Quebec,
Ontario and Europe).

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Disclosure

305-1

Direct (Scope 1)
greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Direct emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2020

2021

2022

15,164

15,946

16,607 Δ

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

6

SASB

Comments
The higher Scope 1 industrial emissions
compared to 2021 are mainly the result of
onsite coal fired power generation linked toincreased nickel production at Koniambo.
For the year ending 2022, we restated our2019 baseline to reflect industrial asset
portfolio changes from acquisitions anddivestments (as recommended by the
GHG Protocol).
For further information refer to as set out in
the About this report section of the Climate
Report 2022 and our Basis of Reporting 2022
at glencore.com/publications.

Direct emissions bycommodity (thousand tonnes
CO2e)• Aluminium• Coal• Copper• Ferroalloys• Nickel• Oil• ZincDirect emissions by region(thousand tonnes CO2e)• Africa• Asia• Australia• Europe• North America• South / Latin America

15,164

15,946

16,607

6

0.01

0.04

–

6

6,089

5,896

5,764

6

958

1,055

1,157

6

3,047

4,112

4,148

6

2,513

2,392

2,993

6

147

39

123

6

2,410

2,452

2,422

6

15,164

15,946

16,607

6

3,725

4,661

4,698

6

1,269

1,285

1,253

6

7,885

7,380

7,929

6

432

461

447

6

591

600

575

6

1,262

1,558

1,705

6

Direct emissions by source(thousand tonnes CO2e)

15,164

15,946

16,607

6

Fossil fuels

7,235

7,388

8,158

6

1,916

1,736

2,241

6

CO2e emissions from consumption of coaland coke at our industrial assets.

4,579

4,957

5,198

6

CO2e emissions from consumption ofdiesel and other oil products at our
industrial assets.

•• Liquid fossil fuels
Solid fossil fuels

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

ICMM
principles

2021

2022

• Gaseous fossil fuels

739

694

718

6

CO2e emissions from consumption ofnatural gas, refinery gas and othergas-based fossil fuels at our industrial assets.

Reductants

4,079

5,093

5,090

6

CO2e emissions from consumption ofcarbon-based materials for the chemical
reduction of metal oxides.

Emissions from fossil fuelextraction

3,455

3,076

2,916

6

Coal seam emissions from the productionof coal. This primarily represents a mix ofmethane and CO2.

1,536

1,274

982

6

Coal seam emissions from ourunderground coal industrial assets. This
primarily involves methane.

1,301

1,310

1,538

6

CO2e emissions from open pit mining aswell as from stockpiling coal prior to its sale.

618

492

396

6

CO2e emissions from coal mines whichhave been closed.

Other direct CO2e emissions

395

390

444

6

Other CO2e emissions, not covered in theabove, directly caused by process activities.

Biogenic CO2 emissions(thousand tonnes CO2e)

10

40

40

6

• Underground• Open pit and stockpiling• Decommissioned mines
Biogenic CO2
emissions

UNGC
principles

2020

SASB

Comments

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Disclosure305-2 Energy indirect(Scope 2) GHG
emissions – Market
based

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Indirect emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2020

2021

2022

10,047

11,428

11,433 Δ

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

6

SASB

Comments
This reflects the emissions emitted by thegenerators from which our industrial
assets contractually purchase electricity
bundled with emissions abatement
certificates (EACs), or unbundledelectricity with EACs on their own, and forwhich specific emission factors are known,in accordance with the Scope 2 Guidanceof the GHG Protocol.
2019-2021 emissions have been restated.
For further information on therestatements refer to the About this reportsection in our Climate Report 2022 andour Basis of Reporting 2022 at glencore.com/
publications.
Scope 2 market-based emissions
increased due to higher production at our
Ferroalloys smelters in South Africa, which
are offset by the delivery of purchased
electricity emissions abatement initiatives
at other industrial assets within the portfolio.

Indirect emissions bycommodity (thousand tonnes
CO2e)• Aluminium• Coal• Copper• Ferroalloys• Nickel• Oil• ZincIndirect emissions by region(thousand tonnes CO2e)• Africa• Asia• Australia• Europe• North America• South / Latin America

10,047

11,428

11,433

6

–

–

–

6

1,193

1,164

1,115

6

1,026

730

630

6

4,873

6,653

6,917

6

253

270

244

6

38

24

22

6

2,665

2,586

2,506

6

10,047

11,428

11,433

6

5,236

6,993

7,262

6

1,231

1,107

1,188

6

1,617

1,566

1,442

6

1,226

1,206

975

6

41

40

39

6

695

516

528

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Disclosure305-2 Energy indirect(Scope 2) GHG
emissions –Location based

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Indirect emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2020

2021

2022

8,836

10,355

10,434 Δ

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

6

SASB

Comments
This applies the average emissions
intensity of grids on which energy
consumption physically occurs, regardlessof specific renewable electricity contracts,
as recommended by the Scope 2
Guidance of the GHG Protocol. For theyear ending 2022, we restated our 2019baseline to reflect industrial asset portfoliochanges from acquisitions anddivestments (as recommended by the
GHG Protocol). For further informationrefer to as set out in the About this reportsection in our Climate Report 2022 andour Basis of Reporting 2022 at glencore.
com/publications.
The increase in Scope 2 location-based
emissions are linked to higher production
volumes at our Ferroalloys smelters inSouth Africa.

GRI 305

305-1, Total GHG
305-2 emissions (Scope 1+ Scope 2 Location
based)

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

24,00026,301

27,041

6

Total GHG
emissions (Scope 1+ Scope 2 Market
based)

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)25,211

27,37428,0406

Our combined higher Scope 1 and Scope 2
industrial emissions are mainly the resultof onsite coal fired power generation
linked to increased nickel production at
Koniambo and higher production volumes
at our Ferroalloys smelters in South Africa.

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Disclosure305-3 Other relevant
indirect(Scope 3) GHG
emissions – total

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2020

2021

2022

354,240

364,652

342,101

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

6

SASB

Comments
This Scope 3 total reflects the sum of ourindustrial assets' value-chain emissions
reported within the following Scope 3
categories:
1. Purchased goods and services
3c. Transmission and distribution losses
4. Upstream transportation anddistribution
10. Processing of sold products
11. Use of sold products
15. Investments
17. Other downstream: Methane extracted
and sold to third-party operated power plants.
Reported emissions represent a
restatement of previously disclosed totals
to account for acquisitions anddivestments completed since 2019,
implementation of the organisationalboundary of operational control for
categories 10 and 11, and the use of
updated emission factor sources underlying
our calculations of emissions reported in
categories 1 and 10. For further informationrefer to the About this report section in our
Climate Report 2022 and our Basis ofReporting 2022 at glencore.com/publications.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

1. Purchased goods& services

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2020

2021

2022

723

759

719

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

6

SASB

Comments
This covers the estimated cradle-to-gate
CO2e emissions of third-party Cu, Pb, Ni and
Zn concentrate feeds that we process in thesmelting and refining facilities under ouroperational control. We have changed thesource of our emission factors to the latest
available commodity specific GHG andenergy intensity curves from Skarn
Associates. We use this data to calculate
global average emissions per tonne ofcontained metal for each processing step,
allowing us to include individual processing
steps depending on the third-party feeds
purchased, and providing a consistentmethodology across the commodities
considered.
2019-2021 emissions have been restated to
exclude third-party copper concentrate
processed at the divested industrial asset
Mopani and the change in emission factor
source.
For further information refer to the About thisreport section in our Climate Report 2022.

3c. Transmission
and distribution
lossesTotal emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

800

977

999 Δ

6

Transmission and distribution (T&D) losses
are emissions from generation (upstream
activities and combustion) of energy thatis consumed (i.e., lost) in a T&D system.
These emissions are calculated byapplying the latest available country
specific T&D losses as presented by the IEA
and multiplying these by the country
specific indirect electricity purchased andused by industrial assets under ouroperational control. 2019-2021 emissions
have been restated to exclude T&D losses
relating to energy consumed by divested
industrial assets and include T&D losses
relating to energy consumed by acquired
industrial assets. For further informationrefer to the About this report section in
our Climate Report 2022 and our Basis ofReporting 2022 at glencore.com/publications.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
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Comments

4. Upstream
transportation &distribution

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2,932

1,813

2,316

6

Reported emissions relate to marine fuelconsumed by time-chartered shippingthat is paid for and organised by our coaland oil departments, and includes one
vessel chartered by our nickel department.
These emissions are calculated byapplying the GHG Protocol’s emission
factors for the specific fuel types
consumed. For coal and oil, calculated
emissions relate to the transport of bothcommodities produced by Glencorecontrolled industrial assets and tradedvolumes, and therefore reported emissions
do not align with our organisationalboundary of industrial assets’ operational
control. As Glencore pays for this transport,
all emissions previously split between
categories 4 and 9 have been reallocatedto category 4, as recommended by the
GHG Protocol’s definitions of upstream
and downstream transportation. For
further information refer to the About thisreport section in our Climate Report 2022
and our Basis of Reporting 2022 at
glencore.com/publications.

9. Downstream
transportation &distribution

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

0

0

0

6

We previously reported emissions related
to time-chartered shipping in thiscategory. As Glencore pays for thistransport, as recommended by the GHG
Protocol's definitions of upstream anddownstream transportation, all emissions
previously split between categories 4 and9 have been reallocated to category 4.
Methodology options to estimate ouremissions from downstream transport (i.e.,
not paid for by Glencore) are being
developed and are planned to be
implemented during 2023. For further
information refer to the About this reportsection in our Climate Report 2022 andour Basis of Reporting 2022 at glencore.
com/publications.

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10. Processing ofsold products

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2020

2021

2022

20,42321,061

18,937

UNGC
principles

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principles

6

SASB

Comments
In this category we account for ourestimated industrial emissions fromfurther downstream processing by ourcustomers of saleable volumes of copper,
nickel, zinc and lead concentrates andmetals, as well as ferrochrome produced
at our operationally controlled industrial
assets.
This category considers industrial
emissions from all downstream processing
steps from sold intermediate product tofirst-use product. We have changed thesource of our emission factors to the latest
available commodity specific GHG andenergy intensity curves from Skarn
Associates. We use this data to calculate
global average emissions per tonne ofcontained metal for third-party smelting
and refining. For the final conversion frommetal to first-use product, such as
stainless and galvanised steel, copper wireand sheet, we use data from relevant
commodity associations’ lifecycle
assessments.
Our 2019-2021 emissions have been
restated to account for acquisitions anddivestments completed since 2019,consistent implementation of theorganisational boundary of operational
control, and the changes to our emission
factors sources. For further informationrefer to the About this report section in
our Climate Report 2022 and our Basis ofReporting 2022 at www.glencore.com/
publications.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

11. Use of soldproducts

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

2020

2021

2022

308,178

321,878

303,341 Δ

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

6

SASB

Comments
Reported Scope 3 emissions relate to theuse of saleable coal and oil produced byindustrial assets under Glencore
operational control. Coal and oil are
deemed saleable once no further
processing is required before use.
Regarding coal, reported emissions relate
to the use of saleable thermal andmetallurgical coal. For Glencore-operated
coal joint ventures, saleable coal volumes
accounted for have been restated from
our attributable share of production to100% of produced volumes to align ourreporting with the organisationalboundary of operational control. Ourequity share of emissions related to theuse of saleable coal produced byindependently managed joint ventures isaccounted for in category 15 (Investments).
2019-2021 emissions have been restated toaccount for the implementation of theorganisational boundary of operational
control and changes to our emission
factors sources, and include 100% of
saleable volumes produced at acquired
assets (Cerrejón and Astron Refinery),while volumes produced at divested
assets (Chad oilfields and Izimbiwa,
Middelburg) have been removed. For
further information refer to the About thisreport section in our Climate Report 2022
and our Basis of Reporting 2022 at
glencore.com/publications.

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15. Investments

17. Otherdownstream:
Methane extracted
and sold tothird-party
operated power
plantsResponse / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

2020

2021

2022

SASB

Comments

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)20,882

17,90915,566

6

Reported industrial emissions relate to
Glencore’s equity share of Scope 1 and 2
and, where relevant for coal industrial
assets, Scope 3 emissions of the following
investments: Hunter Valley Operations(coal), Wonderfontein (coal), Hlagisa (coal),Antamina (copper), Century Aluminium,
Collahuasi (copper) and Viterra(agriculture). We used as an input the
Scope 1 and 2 emissions as most recently
published or reported by the investment.
Where they do not report actual Scope 1
and Scope 2 emissions data, for their
inclusion in our Scope 3 emissions, weestimate their Scope 1 and Scope 2
emissions based on those of a comparable
industrial asset in close proximity andadjust them on the basis of production
volumes. Their Scope 3 emissions arecalculated based on saleable volumes. In
addition to the expansion of investments
and Scope 3 emissions of coal investments
accounted for in this category, reported
emissions have been restated to accountfor improved Scope 1 and 2 emissions
disclosures from Century Aluminium,
Collahuasi and Antamina. For further
information refer to the About this reportsection in our Climate Report 2022 andour Basis of Reporting 2022 at glencore.
com/publications.

Total emissions (thousand
tonnes CO2e)

302

255

225

6

These values relate to methane extracted
by Glencore-operationally controlled coalindustrial assets and sold to third-party
operated power plants. 2019-2022
industrial emissions have been restated toaccount for methane emissions that had
previously been excluded. For further
information refer to the About this reportsection in our Climate Report 2022 andour Basis of Reporting 2022 at glencore.
com/publications.

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Disclosure

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

Other Scope 3
categories

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

6

SASB

Comments
The following Scope 3 categories are
currently excluded from our industrial
emissions inventory:- 2. Capital goods- 3. Fuel- and energy-related activities- 6. Business travel- 7. Employee commuting- 8. Upstream leased assets- 12. End of life treatment of sold products- 13. Downstream leased assets- 14. Franchises- 16. Other upstream emissions

GRI 305

305-4 Scope 1 and Scope
2 market based
GHG emissions
intensity – Metals
miningtCO2e/t Cu-equiv

3.7

3.7

4.2

6

We show the carbon intensity of ourindustrial assets as Scope 1 and 2 industrial
emissions by reference to their production.
We have shown metals mining, coalmining, metals smelting and oil refining
separately. Emissions data is collected ona site-by-site rather than activity-byactivity basis. Integrated industrial assets
with mining and smelting capability havetherefore been allocated to the mostappropriate category.
From 2022, we use the market-based
approach to our CO2e industrial emissions
recording as the primary method for ourtarget-setting and progress measurement.
The 2019 baseline has been restated toaccount for this approach. The 2019 baseline
has also been restated to reflect our
industrial asset portfolio changes fromacquisitions and divestments, most materiallythe acquisition of Cerrejón. 2019-2021
emissions have also been restated to accountfor implementation of the organisationalboundary of operational control and thechange in emission factors sources.
“Cu-equiv” are the copper equivalents
converted on the basis of 2019 (baselineyear) average prices.
Refer to page 88 of the 2022 Annual
Report and the About this Report sectionof the 2022 Climate Report for additional
information.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

Scope 1 and Scope
2 market based GHG
emissions intensity– Metals smelting

tCO2e/t Cu-equiv

6.6

8.0

8.3

Scope 1 and Scope
2 market based GHG
emissions intensity– Coal mining

tCO2e/t Cu-equiv

5.1

4.7

4.9

Scope 1 and Scope
2 market based
GHG emissions
intensity – Oilrefining anddistribution

tCO2e/billion Btu

6.0

0

0

Disclosure

GRI 305305-5 Reduction of GHG
emissions

Glencore CR:
Our Targets and Ambitions(pp.9-11),
Action two: reducing Scope 3
emissions (pp. 33-36),
Appendix 2 (pp.59-66)

GRI 305

305-7 NOx, SOx, andother significant air
emissions

Total particulates: emissions– total mass (tonnes)

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

Refer to our Climate Report 2022.

8,355

9,731

9,228

6

EM-MM-120a.1
Air emissionsof thefollowingpollutants: (1)CO, (2) NOx(excluding
N2O), (3) SOx,(4) particulatematter (PM10),(5) mercury(Hg), (6) lead(Pb), and (7)volatile organic
compounds(VOCs)NOx (oxides of nitrogen):emissions – total mass (tonnes)

53,98358,89061,524

6

SOx (oxides of sulphur):emissions – total mass (tonnes)

360,572

350,020

343,9816

Includes air emissions from our industrial
activities and mobile equipment. Excludes
emissions from time-chartered vessels but
includes those from vessels that we own.
The methods applied for the determination of theemissions vary locally and can either bemeasured, calculated or estimated.
SASB EM-MM-120a.1:
We do not currently disclose the emissions ofcarbon monoxide (CO), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) andvolatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Our reported particulate matter (PM) includes
particle sizes that are larger than 10 micrometers(PM10) as it includes total suspended matter (TSP)
with a maximum particle size of about
30 micrometers.
All of our industrial assets have abatement
systems in place in order to meet the locallyapplicable threshold values.

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2022

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principles

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principles

SASB

7, 8

6

EM-MM-150a.10

Comments

GRI 306 Waste 2020
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3

GRI 306

306-1

Management ofmaterial topics
Waste generationand significant
waste-related
impacts

306-2 Management ofsignificant wasterelated impacts

ESG A-Z:
Waste Management
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Catastrophic hazards
management (pp. 19-22),
Glencore AR:
Recycling towards a circular
economy (p. 13),
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
61-65)
Risk management (p. 101)
Other:
glencore.com/sustainability/
esg-a-z/Tailings

7, 8

6

7, 8

6

Description ofwaste andhazardous
materials
management
policies andprocedures for
active andinactive
operations;
EM-MM-540a.1
Tailings storage
facilities
inventory table;
EM-MM-540a.2
Summary oftailings
management
systems andgovernancestructure used
to monitor andmaintainstability oftailings storage
facilities;
EM-MM-540a.3
Approach todevelopment ofEmergency
Preparedness
and Response
Plans (EPRPs)
for tailings
storage facilities

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MM3

GRI 306

Disclosure306-3 Waste generated

MM3

Total amounts ofoverburden, rock,tailings andsludges and theirassociated risks306-3 Total number andvolume of significant
spills andenvironmental
incidents

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

2020

2021

2022

Total mineral waste(million tonnes)

2,013

1,927

2,311

6, 8

Hazardous mineral waste(million tonnes)

165

162

150

6, 8

Non-hazardous mineral waste(million tonnes)

1,848

1,765

2,161

6, 8

% mineral waste recycled

1%

1%

1%

6, 8

Total non-mineral waste(thousand tonnes)

385

354

341

6, 8

% non-mineral waste recycled

31%

34%

34%

6, 8

Total amounts of overburden,rock, tailings and sludges(million tonnes)

2,013

1,927

2,311

6

SASB

Refer to ESG A-Z – Waste Management
EM-MM-150a.7
Total weight ofhazardous
waste generated

EM-MM-150a.4

Data refers to non-mineral waste disposed of.

Total weight of
non-mineralwaste generated

Non-mineral waste includes waste oils, spentcell lining, office, canteen and camp waste,scrap steel, tyres and construction waste.

EM-MM-150a.5

Data refers to total mineral waste generated.

Total weightof tailings
produced;

SASB EM-MM-150a.5+6:

EM-MM-150a.6
Total weight ofwaste rock
generated

Number of significant spills
and environmental incidents

2

1

5

6

EM-MM-140a.2
Number ofincidents of
non-complianceassociated withwater quality
permits,
standards, andregulations;
EM-MM-150a.9
Number ofsignificant
incidents
associated withhazardous
materials andwastemanagement

Volume of significant spills (m3)Comments

54

0

29

In 2022, this included 139 million tonnes oftailings of which 7 million tonnes wererecycled (5%) and 2,130 million tonnes ofwaste rock and overburden.

Significant spills are those reported undercategories 3 (moderate), 4 (major) and 5(catastrophic) according to Glencore’sclassification scheme (refer also to glossaryof the Sustainability Report 2022, pp.
127-130).
No category 4 (major) or category 5(catastrophic) incidents occurred in 2022. Δ
EM-MM-150a.9:
No significant incidents associated withhazardous materials and waste
management occurred in 2022 but fivemoderate incidents.

6

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principles

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principles

7, 8

6, 8

8

6

SASB

Comments

GRI 308 Supplier environmental assessment 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Supply chain due diligence
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement(pp. 16-17),
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)

GRI 308308-1

New suppliers thatwere screenedusing environmental
criteria

Percentage of new suppliers
screened using environmental
criteria (%)

56%

68%

60%

SOCIALGRI 401 Employment 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Our people
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 16-17)
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56),
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
Refer to tab ‘Our People’ in the
ESG Data Book 2022

3, 4, 5, 6

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Disclosure

401-1

New employee
hires and
employee turnover

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Redundancies
Total redundancies

7,179

8,000

6,990

Redundancies (%)

8%

9%

9%

6%

2%

3%

8%

8%

8%

11%

12%

15%

5%

7%

6%

15%

15%

15%

8%

20%

11%

Total number new employees

5,909

9,646

11,383New employees (%)

7%

11%

14%

Comments
For further breakdowns of turnover andnew employee hire data refer also to tab'Our People' in our ESG Data Book 2022.

Total turnover by region (%)• Africa• Asia• Australia• Europe• North America• South / Latin America
New employees:

GRI 402 Labour/management relations 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

GRI 402402-1

Minimum notice
periods regarding
operationalchanges

MM4

MM4

Number of strikes
and lock-outs
exceeding one
week’s duration

ESG A-Z:
Our people
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement(pp. 16-17)
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)

3, 4, 5, 6

3

Number of strikes exceeding
one week’s duration

1

Number of lock-outs exceeding
one week’s duration

0

2

2

4

0

3

3

Minimum notice periods vary across theGroup, ranging from one week to six
months.

EM-MM-310a.2
Number andduration of
strikes andlockouts

The strikes related to two industrial assets
in Peru (Andaychagua, Yauliyacu), one
industrial asset in Norway (Nikkelverk) andanother in Canada (Raglan).

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principles

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Comments

GRI 403 Occupational health & safety 2018
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

GRI 403

3-3

403-1

Management ofmaterial topics

Occupational
health and safety
management
systemESG A-Z:
Safety,Health,HIV/AIDS
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement(pp. 16-17)
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)

5

ESG A-Z:
Safety,HealthGlencore SR:
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)

5Health and safety data covers all
employees and contractors of thoseindustrial assets where we haveoperational control.
Refer also to:
glencore.com/en/who-we-are/our-code
glencore.com/who-we-are/policies/
health-safety-policy

We require all the industrial assets under
our operational control to have aneffective safety management system, toassure the integrity of plants, equipment,
structures, processes and protective
systems, as well as the monitoring andreview of critical controls, and to address
the occupational health risks to theworkforce, their families and communities.
Whilst our expectations on health andsafety processes have been mapped toleading industry practices andinternational standards, such as ISO 45001,
certification to such standards is at thediscretion of the relevant commodity
department and industrial asset.
For further information refer to:
glencore.com/en/who-we-are/our-code
glencore.com/who-we-are/policies/
health-safety-policy
glencore.com/sustainability/esg-a-z/safety
glencore.com/sustainability/esg-a-z/health

GRI 403403-2 Hazard
identification, risk
assessment, andincident
investigation

ESG A-Z:
Safety,Health,Glencore SR:
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)

5

For further information refer to:
glencore.com/en/who-we-are/our-code
glencore.com/who-we-are/policies/
health-safety-policy

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Disclosure403-3 Occupational
health services

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

ESG A-Z:
Safety,Health,Glencore SR:
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

5

Comments
Our industrial assets employ dedicatedoccupational health functions supporting
the local needs of our employees andcontractors. We assess, monitor andcontrol health risks to prevent
occupational diseases.
Our focus is on early intervention. If one of
our people is injured at work or suffers an
occupational disease, requiring
rehabilitation, we support the individual toreturn to work as soon as possible. At
some industrial assets we operate clinics
that are also accessible for the local
community.
glencore.com/who-we-are/policies/
health-safety-policy

GRI 403403-4 Worker
participation,
consultation, andcommunication on
occupational
health and safety

Percentage of industrial sites
with formal joint
management-worker healthand safety committees

GRI 403403-5 Worker training on
occupational
health and safety

ESG A-Z:
Safety

78%

79%

84%

5

5

The majority of our industrial assets haveformal health and safety committees inplace with both representatives of theworkforce and the management. These
committees meet and visit the industrial
assets regularly. Any findings are actioned
to prevent health and safety incidents andto ensure continuous improvement.
EM-MM-320a.1(1) MSHA
all-incidence
rate, (2) fatality
rate, (3) near
miss frequency
rate (NMFR)
and (4)average hoursof health,safety, andemergency
responsetraining for (a)full-time
employees and(b) contract
employees

Our employees and contractors receive
pre-shift training and safety inductions,
regular workplace-specific training as wellas training in the event of operationalchanges. A crucial element of thesetrainings are our fatal hazard protocols
and our life-saving behaviours.
EM-MM-320a.1: Refer also to GRI 403-9.

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2021

2022

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principles

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principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 403403-6 Promotion ofworker health

ESG A-Z:
Safety,Health,HIV/AIDS
Glencore SR:
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)

5

Our occupational health management
strategy addresses the health risks facing
our workforce, their families, and thecommunities inside and outside our gates.
We follow a variety of onsite programmes
to manage occupational diseases andexposure to health hazards; we extend
many of these health programmes to ourhost communities, to combat regional
health problems and promote healthy
lifestyles. Our work on health is overseen
by our health working group, made up
with internal subject matter experts.

GRI 403403-7 Prevention andmitigation ofoccupational
health and safety
impacts directly
linked by business
relationships

ESG A-Z:
Safety,Health,Glencore SR:
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)

5glencore.com/sustainability/esg-a-z/safety

GRI 403403-8 Workers coveredby an occupational
health and safety
management
systemPercentage of employees andcontractors covered by:– an occupational health andsafety management system

67%

62%

68%

5

Percentage of employees andcontractors covered by:– an occupational health andsafety management system thathas been internally audited

50%

50%

61%

5

These metrics cover all our industrial
assets. All employees and contractors of
an industrial asset that has implemented
an occupational health and safety
management system are covered by thissystem. Refer also to section 403-1.

Percentage of employees andcontractors covered by:– an occupational health andsafety management systemthat has been audited andcertified by an external party

31%

30%

39%

5

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Disclosure403-9 Work-related
injuries

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

ESG A-Z:
Safety,Health,Glencore SR:
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)
Other:
Refer to tab 'Health and Safety'
in our ESG Data Book 2022

Total number offatalities

Number of workforce fatalities(employees + contractors)

8

4

4Δ

5

Number of
fatalities of
employees

Number of employee fatalities

6

4

3

5

Number of
fatalities ofcontractors

Number of contractors
fatalities

2

0

1

5

Total number offatalities – byregion (employees+ contractors)

Africa33

05Australia

0

0

0

5

North America

0

0

0

5

South / Latin America

2

1

1

5

Rest of the world

3

0

3

5

Africa33

05Australia

0

0

0

5

North America

0

0

0

5

South / Latin America

1

1

1

5

Rest of the world

2

0

2

5

Africa0005Australia

0

0

0

5

North America

0

0

0

5

South / Latin America

1

0

0

5

Rest of the world

1

0

1

5

Number of
fatalities – byregion (employees)

Number of fatalities– by region(contractors)

SASB

Comments

EM-MM-320a.1

For further breakdowns of health andsafety data refer also to tab 'Health and
Safety' in our ESG Data Book 2022.

(1) MSHA
all-incidence
rate, (2) fatality
rate, (3) near
miss frequency
rate (NMFR)
and (4)average hoursof health,safety, andemergency
responsetraining for (a)full-time
employees and(b) contract
employees

The total number of occupational fatalities
includes all work-related fatalities
affecting employees and contractors
working at industrial assets underGlencore's operational control.
EM-MM-320a.1: Refer also to GRI 403-5.
Some examples of work-related hazards
posing a risk of high consequence injury
and actions taken to minimise risks are setout on pages 20 – 28.

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Fatality frequency
rate (FIFR)

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

Employees + contractors

0.027

0.014

0.013

5

Employees

0.039

0.027

0.019

5

Contractors

0.014

0.000

0.007

5

Total recordable
injury frequency
rate (TRIFR)

Employees + contractors

2.7

2.4

2.2 Δ

5

Employees

2.8

2.5

2.2 Δ

5

Contractors

2.5

2.2

2.2 Δ

5

Lost time injury
frequency rate
(LTIFR)

Employees + contractors

0.94

0.82

0.84 Δ

5

Employees

1.14

0.99

0.99 Δ

5

Contractors

0.73

0.64

0.69 Δ

5

SASB

Comments
Fatality frequency rate is the number offatalities per million hours worked.

The total recordable injury frequency rate
(TRIFR) is the sum of fatalities, lost time
injuries (LTIs), restricted work injuries(RWIs) and medical treatment injuries(MTIs) per million hours worked. The
metric represents all injuries that require
medical treatment beyond first aid.
The LTIFR is the total number of LTIs
recorded compared to the total hours
worked. An LTI is an occupational injury
that is recorded when a worker is unable
to work following a work-related incident.
We record lost days as beginning on thefirst rostered day that the worker is absent
after the day of the work-related injury.
The day of the work-related injury is notincluded. LTIs do not include restricted
work injuries (RWIs) and fatalities.

High potential risk
incident (HPRI)

Employees + contractors

398

385

464

5

A HPRI is an incident that could havelikely resulted in a catastrophic or major
consequence.

Near Miss
Frequency Rate(NMFR)

Employees + contractors

64

84

78

5

Near Miss Frequency Rate (NMFR) is thetotal number of near miss incidents
recorded per million hours worked.

High-consequence
injuries

Employees + contractors

notavailable

30

24

5

Employees

notavailable

23

16

5

Work-related injury that results in an
injury from which the worker cannot, does
not, or is not expected to recover fully to
pre-injury health status within 180 days.

Contractors

notavailable

7

8

5

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High-consequence
injury rate

Hours worked

GRI 403403-10

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

2020

2021

2022

Employees + contractors

notavailable

0.11

0.08

5

Employees

notavailable

0.16

0.10

5

Contractors

notavailable

0.05

0.05

5

Employees + contractors

297,483,600

281,434,974

310,376,099

5

Employees

154,835,075

148,072,827

157,195,225

5133,362,147

153,180,875

5

SASB

Comments
High-consequence injury frequency rate is
the total number of high-consequence
injuries recorded per million hours
worked.

Contractors

142,648,524

Lost day rate

%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

5

Lost day rate is expressed by comparing thetotal lost days to the total number of hours
scheduled to be worked by the workforce.

Absentee rate

%

8%

5%

5%

5

The absentee rate is expressed by comparing
the total absent time to the total timescheduled to be worked by the workforce.

Work-related illhealthESG A-Z:
Health,Glencore SR:
Health and safety (pp. 23-28)

Fatalities due tooccupational
diseases

Employees + contractors

0

0

0

5

Employees

0

0

0

5

Contractors

0

0

0

5

Occupational
diseases frequency
rate (ODR)

Employees + contractors

0.42

0.39

0.31

5

Employees

0.57

0.68

0.59

5

Contractors

0.25

0.07

0.03

5

5

Occupational disease frequency rate is thenumber of occupational diseases per
million hours worked. The majority ofoccupational diseases are associated withthe musculoskeletal system / connective
tissue and ear and mastoid process.
Further information can be found on
pages 23-28, section 'Health and safety' of
this report.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 404 Training and education 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Our people
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement(pp. 16-17)

GRI 404404-1 Average hours of
training per year
per employee

Average training hours per
worker (employees +contractors)

43

66

56

2

Contractors (%)

39%

29%

25%

2

Management (%)

1%

3%

1%

2

Operational, production,
maintenance (%)

50%

54%

64%

2

Supervisors, administration,technical (%)

10%

14%

10%

2

Percentage oftraining hours per
employee category

GRI 404404-2 Programmes for
upgradingemployee skills
and transition
assistanceprogrammes

6

We do not collect information on training
based on gender as training opportunities
are not differentiated based on gender
distinction.

Refer to Annual Report 2022, p. 56, and to
glencore.com/sustainability/esg-a-z/
our-people – under Employee retention
and turnover. We are looking to improveon our disclosures in this area in the
coming years.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 405 Diversity and equal opportunity 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Our people,
UK Gender Pay Gap Disclosure
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56),
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement(pp. 16-17)
Other:
Refer to tab ‘Our People’ in our
ESG Data Book 2022

6

GRI 405

405-1

Diversity of
governance bodies
and employees

Minority group membership

6

3

Glencore has operations in areas whereminority group membership data cannot becollected for privacy reasons. We therefore
cannot provide an accurate number.
For further breakdowns refer also to tab'Our People' in our ESG Data Book 2022.

GRI 405405-2 Ratio of basic
salary of men to
women by
employee category

Number of female employees

13,875

13,625

13,8976

3

Percentage of female
employees (%)

16%

17%

17%

6

3

Percentage of female
managers (%)

18%

20%

21%

6

3

Number of female Board
directors of Glencore plc

2

3

4

6

3

For further breakdowns regarding thecomposition of our company's governancebodies refer to section Corporate
Governance of our Annual Report 2022.

6

3

Our basic salaries are not differentiated bygender.

ESG A-Z:
Our people,
UK Gender Pay Gap Disclosure
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 406 Non-discrimination 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Our people
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Other:
Code of Conduct

GRI 406406-1

Incidents of
discrimination andcorrective actions
taken

Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)

6

0

0

7

6

3

We report the number of incidents of
discrimination. Each reported case of
discrimination is carefully analysed andwhere confirmed, appropriate disciplinary
action is taken in accordance with ourpolicies.

3

We report on operations in which the rightto freedom of association and collective
bargaining may be at risk.

GRI 407 Freedom of association and collective bargaining 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Our people
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Other:
Code of Conduct

GRI 407407-1

Operations inwhich the right tofreedom of
association andcollective
bargaining may be
at risk

Number of industrial sites

3

0

0

0

3

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 408 Child labour 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

GRI 408408-1 Operations andsuppliers at
significant risk forincidents of childlabourESG A-Z:
Our people,
Human rights
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58),
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
Code of Conduct
ESG A-Z:
Our people,
Human rights
Glencore SR:
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58),
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Other:
Code of Conduct

5

0

0

0

5

3

We report on operations at significant risk
for incidents of child labour or of young
workers exposed to hazardous work.

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 409 Forced or compulsory labour 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Our people,
Human rights
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58),
Glencore AR:
Our people (pp. 51-56)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
Code of Conduct

GRI 409409-1

Operations andsuppliers at
significant risk forincidents of forced
or compulsory
labourNumber of industrial sites

4

0

0

0

4

3

We report on operations at significant risk
for forced or compulsory labour.

GRI 410 Security practices 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Human rights
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Human rights (pp. 39-46)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
Code of Conduct

1, 2

GRI 410410-1

Security personnel
trained in humanrights policies orprocedures

Percent of employed security
89%
personnel trained in human rights

93%

89%

Percent of third-party private
security personnel trained inhuman rights

80%

74%

65%

1, 2

1, 3

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Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 411 Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Human rights
Glencore SR:
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)
Glencore AR:
Risk management (p. 100)
Other:
Code of Conduct

1, 2EM-MM-210a.2
Percentage of(1) proved and(2) probablereserves in ornear indigenous
land /
EM-MM-210a.3
Discussion ofengagement
processes anddue diligencepractices withrespect tohuman rights,
indigenous
rights, andoperation inareas of conflict

GRI 411411-1

Incidents ofviolations involving
rights ofIndigenous
Peoples

0

0

0

1, 2

3

No findings of violations (refer also to
MM6).

MM5

MM5

Number of sites
located on or near
Indigenous
Peoples' land

41

40

43

1, 2

3

SASB EM-MM-210a.2:

Number of sites
with operations inor adjacent to an
indigenous
community thathave an agreementwith that
community25

We do not currently disclose thepercentage of (1) proved and (2) probablereserves in or near Indigenous lands.

26

30

1, 2

3

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2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

EM-MM-210b.1

To help us consistently measure andreport on our contributions, we have asocio-economic contribution scorecard
integrated into our existing communityand stakeholder engagement systems.
We require each industrial asset where wehave operational control to develop andimplement a local complaints andgrievance mechanism, including a formal
grievance and conflict resolution process
for community members and others tomake complaints and raise concerns. The
process should include a system toreceive, investigate, and respond to theconcerns raised.

SOCIETY
GRI 413 Local communities 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Stakeholder engagement,
Communities
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17),
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)
Glencore AR:
Risk Management (p. 100)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Total number of community
complaints

GRI 413413-1

Percentage of
operations with
implemented local
community
engagement,
impactassessments, and/or development
programmes

1, 2Discussion ofprocess tomanage risks
andopportunities
associatedwithcommunity
rights andinterests

1,264

1,147

1,077

1, 2
1, 2

3

3
We do not report the total percentage.
Our industrial assets are required to
identify and assess impacts, opportunities
and risks throughout the lifecycle of theiractivities, and to have community
engagement and social investment
strategies in place, as applicable.
For more information, see ESG A-Z:
Stakeholder engagement, Communities;
Sustainability Report 2022: Stakeholder
engagement (pp. 16-17), Human Rights(pp. 39-46), Responsible citizenship (pp. 47-54)

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Disclosure

MM6

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

Number anddescription ofsignificant disputes
relating to landuse, customary
rights of local
communities andIndigenous Peoples

MM7

MM7

The extent towhich grievancemechanisms wereused to resolve
disputes relating toland use andcustomary rights oflocal communities
and Indigenous
Peoples, and theoutcomes

ESG A-Z:
Stakeholder engagement,
Communities
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp.16-17),
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)

MM8

MM8

Number (andpercentage) ofcompany operatingsites where artisanaland small scale
mining takes placeon, or adjacent to,
the site; theassociated risks andthe actions taken to
manage andmitigate these risks

Number of industrial sites

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

7

1

1

1, 2

3

EM-MM-210a.3

There is one ongoing land claim related to
an industrial asset in South Africa. The
communities involved are engaged andthe claim process is before the Land
Claims Commission which is legally
mandated to resolve the dispute.

1, 2

7

5

2

1, 2

3

Discussion ofengagement
processes anddue diligencepractices withrespect tohuman rights,
indigenous
rights, andoperation inareas of conflict

To help us consistently measure andreport on our contributions, we have asocio-economic contribution scorecard
integrated into our existing communityand stakeholder engagement systems.
We require each industrial asset where wehave operational control to develop andimplement a local complaints andgrievance mechanism. This should include
a formal grievance and conflict resolution
process for community members andothers to make complaints and raise
concerns. The process should include asystem to receive, investigate and respondto the concerns raised.
ESG A-Z:
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
Glencore SR:
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible citizenship (pp. 47-54)

Sites (%)

6%

5%

2%

1, 2

ESG A-Z:
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
Glencore SR:
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible citizenship (pp. 47-54)

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MM9

MM10

Disclosure

MM9

MM10

Response / cross reference / unit ofmeasurement / reason for omission

2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

Sites where
resettlements took
place, the number ofhouseholds resettled
in each, and how
their livelihoods
where affected in
the process

Number of sites withresettlements activities

2

3

0

1, 2

Number of resettled
households

18

9

0

1, 2

Number andpercentage of
operations withclosure plans

ESG A-Z:
Stakeholder engagement,
Communities
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement (pp.
16-17)
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible citizenship(pp. 47-54)

ICMM
principles

SASB

1, 2

Comments

As required by our Group Environmental
Policy all our industrial assets must haveclosure plans in place.
We are looking to improve our disclosuresin this area in the coming years.

GRI 414 Supplier social assessment 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3

GRI 414414-1

Management ofmaterial topics

ESG A-Z:
Supply chain due diligence
Glencore SR:
Stakeholder engagement(pp. 16-17),
Human rights (pp. 39-46),
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58)

New suppliers thatwere screenedusing social criteria

Percentage of new suppliers
screened (%)

1, 2, 6, 10

53%

67%

61%

1, 2, 6, 10

3, 5, 83

EM-MM-210a.3
Discussion ofengagement
processes anddue diligencepractices withrespect tohuman rights,
indigenous
rights, andoperation inareas ofconflict
reserves in ornear areas ofconflict

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2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 415 Public policy 2016
GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

GRI 415415-1

Political contributions

ESG A-Z:
EthicsGlencore SR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 16-17)
Glencore AR:
Ethics and compliance(pp. 57-60)
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)
Other:
Glencore E&CR:
Global Anti-Corruption Policy(pp. 57-62)
Glencore Political Engagement
Policy10

Glencore does not permit any funds orresources to be used to contribute to any
political campaign, political party, politicalcandidate or any politically affiliatedorganisation.

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GRI 416 Customer health & safety 2016
GRI Standard
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2020

2021

2022

UNGC
principles

ICMM
principles

SASB

Comments

GRI 3:
Material
Topics 2021

3-3Management ofmaterial topics

Glencore SR:
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58),
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 16-17)
Glencore AR:
Stakeholder Engagement(pp. 61-65)

7, 8, 9

8

MM11

MM11

Programmes andprogress relating
to materials
stewardship

Glencore SR:
Responsible sourcing andsupply (pp. 55-58)

7, 8, 98

Progress is tracked internally, but notreported externally. Case studies havebeen provided in the Sustainability Report
2022 giving examples of programmes.

GRI 416416-1

Assessment of thehealth and safety
impacts of productand service
categories

7, 8, 98

All our products are thoroughly assessedas part of the registration and notification
process under the REACH Regulation(see eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/
TXT/
HTML/?uri=CELEX:02006R1907-20221217)
as well as schemes in other applicablejurisdictions.

78

Our sustainability framework requires ourcommodity products to conform with theregulations and good practice guidelines
pertaining to the regions where we operate.
This also applies to the information
requirements of our products. In Europe
we have prepared and submitted extensive
dossiers for all substances within our
products in line with REACH registration
requirements, containing information onproperties, environmental impacts andguidance for safe use. This information is
actively sent to all our customers by meansof safety data sheets. For products not
subject to REACH requirements we havedocumented information on properties,
environmental impacts and guidance forsafe use and make this available to ourcustomers as safety data sheets.

GRI 417 Marketing and labelling 2016
GRI 417417-1

Requirements for
product andservice informationand labelling

Glencore SR:
Responsible sourcing andsupply(pp. 55-58)

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Glossary
To assist the reader’s understanding ofclimate-related terms contained in the 2022
Sustainability Report, reference can be madeto the glossary included in our 2022
Climate Report.

Accountable Executive
The GISTM defines an Accountable Executive
as “one or more executive(s) who is/are
directly answerable to the Chief Executive
Officer on matters related to this Standard,
communicates with the Board of Directors,
and who is accountable for the safety oftailings facilities and for minimising thesocial and environmental consequences of apotential tailings facility failure. The
Accountable Executive(s) may delegate
responsibilities but not accountability.”

ASM
Artisanal and small-scale mining

Basis of Reporting 2022
Our Basis of Reporting 2022 provides
information, including definitions and theapplied underlying processes, on thecollection and verification of specificenvironmental, social and governancemetrics and is available at glencore.com/
publications.

CAHRAsConflict Affected and High-Risk Areas

care and maintenanceA phase in the life cycle of an industrial asset
where mining, processing and/or operations
temporarily ceased and are placed into careand maintenance, ready to be restarted
again, as circumstances may allow.

concentrate

EITI

grievance process

A natural commodity consisting of extracted
and processed mineral ores; the first step
towards producing refined minerals andmetals.

The Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI) aims to strengthen
governance by improving transparency andaccountability in the extractives sector (oil,gas and mining). EITI promotes revenue
transparency by monitoring and reconciling
payments from the extractive businesses
and government revenues at country level,
as well transparency in commodity trading.

A formal grievance process/mechanism for
local community members or otherstakeholders to use to register any concerns
about real or perceived actions by nearby
operations, with the objective of resolving
problems before they escalate.

ESG

hours worked

CO2e

Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) is theuniversal unit of measurement for the global
warming potential (GWP) of GHGs, where
one unit of CO2e is the GWP for one unit ofcarbon dioxide. This unit allows us to discuss
the equivalence of different GHGs in terms of
their GWP. The GWPs used in this report are
one for CO2, 28 for methane and 265 fornitrous oxide, as per the IPCC’s Climate
Change 2014 Synthesis Report (released aspart of the Fifth Assessment Report).

Environment, social and governance

GEALS
Glencore exposure action levels

greenhouse gas (GHG)

A control that is crucial to preventing or
mitigating the consequences of an event.
The absence or failure of a critical control
would significantly increase the risk
connected to the relevant hazard, regardlessof the existence of other controls. Controls
include mitigation and management
actions, devices and technical systems (asdefined by the ICCM).

Abbreviation of greenhouse gas. A gas thatabsorbs infrared radiation (net heat energy)
emitted from the earth’s surface andre-radiates it back to earth’s surface,contributing to the greenhouse effect.
Carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour
are the most commonly referred togreenhouse gases. Others include surfacelevel ozone, nitrous oxides, and fluorinatedgases. In this report, we discuss GHG
emissions as CO2e.

DRC

GISTM

critical control

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

EBIT
Earnings before interest, taxes

EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortisation

Global Industry Standard for Tailings
Management

GRI
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is aninternational independent standards
organisation that develops and disseminates
voluntary sustainability reporting
frameworks. The GRI is in the process ofdeveloping a specific supplement for themining and metals industry.

hazardous
Dangerous, as defined by national legislation.
Hours worked means the total number ofhours worked by workers carrying out
work-related activities during the recording
period. Hours worked includes overtime(where recorded) and training, but excludes
annual leave, maternity leave, sick leave,
public holidays and other absences.

high-potential risk incidents (HPRIs)
An incident that could have likely resulted ina catastrophic or major consequence. See‘incident classification’.

HSEC&HR
Health, safety, environment, social
performance and human rights.

ICMM
The International Council on Mining & Metals(ICMM) is an industry trade body dedicatedto establishing and promoting leading
sustainability practices.

independently managed joint venture
A joint venture which operates
independently from its shareholders. Thismeans that a board of directors notcontrolled by Glencore, with an independent
executive management and corporate
functions, including finance and legal, isestablished to operate the JV. The
shareholders’ involvement in the JV istypically limited to participation in the board
and shareholder governance bodies.
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IFC

Indigenous Peoples

LBMA

net zero carbon dioxide emissions

The International Finance Corporation (IFC)
is part of the World Bank Group; it finances
private sector ventures and projects indeveloping countries and provides thesewith advice and guidelines.

People in countries whose social, culturaland economic conditions distinguish themfrom other sections of the national
community, and whose status is regulated
wholly or partially by their own customs or
traditions, or by special laws or regulations;or people in countries who are regarded as
Indigenous on account of their descent fromthe populations which inhabited thecountry, or a geographical region to which
the country belongs at the time of conquest
or colonisation, or the establishment ofpresent state boundaries and who,
irrespective of their legal status, may retainsome or all of their own social, economic,
cultural and political institutions (as definedin the ILO Convention 'Concerning
Indigenous People in Independent
Countries, 1989 (No. 169)).

The London Bullion Market Association, aninternational trade association, representing
the London market for gold and silverbullion, which promotes refining standards,
trading documentation and thedevelopment of good trading practices.

industrial activities

LTIFR“Net zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions areachieved when anthropogenic CO2
emissions are balanced globally byanthropogenic CO2 removals over a specified
period. Net zero CO2 emissions are also
referred to as carbon neutrality.” IPCC, 2018:
Annex I: Glossary (Matthews, J.B.R. (ed.)). In:
Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special
Report on the impacts of global warming of
1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related
global greenhouse gas emission pathways,
in the context of strengthening the global
response to the threat of climate change,sustainable development, and efforts toeradicate poverty (V. MassonDelmotte, P.
Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R.
Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C.
Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews,
Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T.
Maycock, M. Tignor and T. Waterfield (eds.)).
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 541-562.
Found at: ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/glossary/ILO
The International Labour Organization (ILO)
is a United Nations agency for the promotionof social justice and internationallyrecognised human and labour rights.

ILO Declaration
In 1988, the ILO adopted the Declaration on
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work,
with the core categories of freedom of
association and collective bargaining,
discrimination, forced labour and childlabour.

incident classification
We classify the severity of all sustainabilityrelated incidents against a five-point scale, 1:
negligible, 2: minor, 3: moderate, 4: major,
and 5: catastrophic. See also footnotes 2 and3 on page 7, and for a definition ofenvironmental incidents, see our 2022 Basisof Reporting at glencore.com/publications.

Glencore term covering activities of theGroup’s industrial assets focused on
exploring, extracting, processing, refining
and delivering commodities, which generally
provide a source of physical commodities for
the Group’s marketing activities. See‘marketing activities’.

industrial asset
An operation involved in the extraction,
production or processing of minerals andmetals and energy products for sale orfurther processing. An industrial asset may
comprise several sites in different locations
under the same management control
supporting these activities, with “ourindustrial assets” being the industrial assets
over which Glencore has operational control.

KCC
Kamoto Copper Company SA, a copperindustrial asset in the DRC.

LME
London Metal Exchange

LTIs
A lost time injury (LTI) is an occupational
injury that is recorded when a worker isunable to work following a work-related
incident. We record lost days as beginningon the first rostered day that the worker isabsent after the day of the injury. The day of
the work-related injury is not included. LTIs
do not include restricted work injuries (RWIs)
and fatalities.
The lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) is
the total number of LTIs recorded per million
hours worked.

marketing activities
Glencore term relating to the marketing andtrading of commodities, which focuses onsourcing a diversified range of physicalcommodities from third-party suppliers andfrom industrial assets in which Glencore has
full or part ownership interests. These
commodities are sold, often with valueadded services such as freight, insurance,
financing and/or storage, to a broad range ofcustomers and industrial commodity
end-users. See ‘industrial activities’

MUMI
Mutanda Mining SARL, a copper industrial
asset in the DRC.

Throughout this report, where we refer toour ambition (or similar) and/or efforts toachieve ‘net zero emissions’, we are referring
to a net zero ambition in relation to ouremissions.

occupational disease
Disease, disorder or illness that is contracted
or exacerbated as a result of the conditions
or environment of employment.
Occupational Diseases do not include HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), or malaria (for local
residents) which may be endemic toparticular communities; nor do they include
the contracting of a disease for which there
is a pandemic proclaimed by the WHO.

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our emissions

Procedure

Scope 3 emissions

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) is an internationalorganisation that provides a forum in whichgovernments can work together to shareexperiences and seek solutions to tackle
economic, social, environmental andgovernance challenges.

Glencore’s emissions or ‘our emissions’means CO2e emissions from our industrial
assets (including Scope 1, 2 and 3) which isdefined by reference to operational control
save for certain emissions relating to ourequity share in certain independently
managed joint ventures, as set out in the2022 Climate Report and in the 2022 Basis ofReporting. Where we refer to our aim and/or
efforts to achieve ‘net zero emissions’ we arereferring to a net zero ambition in relation to
our emissions. The basis for our approach is
set out in the 2022 Climate Report.

A document issued by the Group which
establishes requirements and defines the
specific steps that must be taken to
implement those requirements, generally as
required by Group policies and standards.

Scope 3 emissions means all indirect CO2eemissions other than those treated as Scope
2 emissions, including value-chain emissions.
Our approach to our Scope 3 emissions is set
out in our 2022 Climate Report’s About thisreport section and in its Appendix Two:
Performance data and in the Basis ofReporting 2022.

OECD DDG
OECD Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from
Conflict Affected and High-Risk Areas, 3rd
Edition

OHRAs
Occupational Health Risk Assessments

operational control
Where Glencore directly or indirectly
controls and directs the day-to-day
management and operation of the entity
engaging in such activity, whether bycontract or otherwise.

operating jurisdictions
The jurisdictions where we control oroperate an industrial asset.

Where ‘industrial’ is used before ‘emissions’,
this is for additional clarity, and theunderlying meaning is the same irrespectiveof whether this is included.

the Paris Agreement
An agreement adopted on 12 December 2015
at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to theUnited Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC), dealing withemissions mitigation, adaptation andfinance, which came into force 4 November
2016 (UN Doc FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1).

petajoule (PJ)
A measure of energy equivalent to athousand trillion joules, or 10^15 joules,
usually used to express energy consumption
by cities or major industries.

PolicyA document issued by Glencore with aGroup-wide scope, setting out the high-levelapproach and requirements on a topic.
Group-wide scope means the approach andrequirements apply to all regions andbusiness activities.

SafeWork
SafeWork is Glencore’s approach toeliminating fatalities. It’s about identifying
and managing the hazards in every workplace.
SafeWork is built on a set of minimum
expectations and mandatory protocols,
standards, behaviours and safety tools. We
believe that a well-led, consistent applicationof SafeWork will drive operating disciplineand prevent fatal accidents at all our
industrial assets.

Scope 1 emissions

stakeholders
All individuals and groups that have aninterest in, or can either impact or be
impacted by, Glencore’s business which may
include employees, shareholders, debt
providers, communities, suppliers,
customers, governments, and civil society.

Standard

Scope 1 emissions means direct CO2eemissions from an activity or facility. Our
approach to our Scope 1 emissions is set out
in our 2022 Climate Report’s About thisreport section and in its Appendix Two:
Performance data and in the 2022 Basis ofReporting.

A document issued by Glencore which sets
out the key requirements established on aparticular topic. It contains detailed
requirements that support the principles set
out in the Code of Conduct or a policy. A
standard does not set out the step-by-stepprocess of how the specific requirements
should be met.

Scope 2 emissions

tailings

Scope 2 emissions means the CO2e indirectemissions associated with the generation ofpurchased electricity, steam and heating/cooling for an activity or facility. We consider
both location-based and market-based
methodologies, and our approach to our
Scope 2 emissions is set out in our 2022
Climate Report’s About this report section
and in its Appendix Two: Performance dataand in the Basis of Reporting 2022.

The residue of an industrial process,especially residue that contains mineral ore.

TSF
Tailings are stored in purpose-built tailings
storage facilities (TSFs).

TRIFR
The total recordable injury frequency rate
(TRIFR) is the total number of TRIs recorded
per million hours worked.

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TRIs

water-stressed regions

Total recordable injuries (TRIs) being thesum of fatalities, LTIs, restricted work injuries(RWIs) and medical treatment injuries that
require medical treatment beyond first aid.

Regions defined as having a high toextremely high water-use baseline, or arid
and low water-use baseline, as per the World
Resources Institute definitions.

United Nations Global Compact(UNGC)

workers

The UNGC is a voluntary initiative based on
Chief Executive Officer commitments toimplement universal sustainability principles
and to take steps to support the UN
Sustainable Development Goals.

United Nations Guiding Principles(UNGPs)The United Nations Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights are a set of
guidelines for states and companies toprevent, address, and remedy, human rights
abuses committed in business operations.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
is a common standard for all peoples and allnations, that sets out fundamental humanrights to be universally protected.

United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
A collection of 17 interlinked global goals to
end poverty, protect the planet and improve
the lives and prospects of everybody
everywhere. The UN General Assembly
established the SDGs in 2015 and the SDGs
are intended to be achieved by 2030. Moreinformation on the SDGs is available athttps://sdgs.un.org/goals.

Our workforce, including both our
employees and contractors. See further
information in Appendix One: ESG Data
Book and GRI Index 2022.

workforce
References to our workforce include both
employees and contractors.

Voluntary Principles
The Voluntary Principles on Security and
Human Rights Initiative is a multistakeholder initiative involving governments,
companies, and NGOs, which promotes a setof principles for oil, gas and mining
companies, to guide them in providing
security for their operations in a manner that
respects human rights.

vulnerable groups
An individual person or group of people who
hold specific characteristics, such as age,race or ethnicity, which limit the ability ofthat individual or group to respond to changes.

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About this report
Further information about our generalapproach and position on various
sustainability issues is available at glencore.
com/sustainability.
This Sustainability Report has been preparedwith reference to the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) Sustainability ReportingStandards using GRI 1: Foundation 2021.
Further, we continue to include information
with reference to the GRI ‘Mining and Metals
Sector Disclosures’ 2013 document which
previously was to be used by organisationsin the mining and metals sector in
combination with the GRI G4 Guidelines
now replaced by the GRI Standards.
Our ESG Data Book and GRI Index 2022 isavailable in this report, starting on page 66. It
is also produced as a fuller standalone Excel
document (our extended ESG Data Book) toprovide further details, available at glencore.
com/publications.
Deloitte LLP provides independent Limited
Assurance over selected ESG metrics(Selected Information) under ISAE 3000
(Revised), as identified in Appendix One: ESG
Data Book and GRI Index 2022 and by the Δ
symbol. Deloitte LLP’s assurance statements
are published on pages 133 to 135 and in our2022 Annual Report. Their assurance
statements and this report should be readalongside the Basis of Reporting 2022. Bothpublications are available at glencore.com/
publications. Deloitte LLP further provides
independent Limited Assurance on ourreporting with reference to the GRI, see theassurance statement, which is included inthis report on page 133.

Glencore is a signatory to the principles of
the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
and this report is an input into our advanced
level UNGC Communication on Progress,
outlining our support for its broader
development objectives and our work on
implementing the principles. It also fulfils
our reporting requirements as members of
the International Council on Mining & Metals(ICMM).

Our corporate and marketing offices do notreport on environmental (e.g., energy, CO2eemissions, water), health or safety data, as
we consider their contribution to beimmaterial in comparison with that of ourindustrial assets.

This report includes information and datafrom our industrial and marketing activities
which cover HSEC&HR, referred to as ESG
data.

Operational boundaries

We have established specific organisationaland operational boundaries for the data andinformation provided in this report.

Organisational boundaries
For our industrial assets, where we haveoperational control, i.e., where Glencore
directly or indirectly controls and directs the
day-to-day management and operation of
the entity engaging in such activity, whether
by contract or otherwise, we report our dataon a 100% basis, irrespective of our actual
equity stake.
Industrial assets on care and maintenancewith suspended operations report on alimited indicator set, reflecting their reduced
activities and workforce.
Interests held in joint ventures where we do
not have operational control are excluded
from our reporting.

We do not include data and information in
respect of investment and holding
companies.

With the exception of any environmental
spills were they to occur, we exclude
environmental data from particularwarehouses, terminals, ports and other small
non-producing industrial assets, as well as
pastoral assets under our operational control
and certain industrial offices located off site,
as we consider their contribution to our ESG
data to be sufficiently small so as to beimmaterial.
We do not include Scope 3 emissions related
to third-party volumes traded by ourmarketing business in our emissions
reporting, apart from emissions relating tomarine fuel consumed by time-charteredshipping that is paid for and organised byour coal and oil marketing departments.
We report on the amount of payments
made to governments and employment
data in respect of the marketing business’
performance.
We provide further explanations regarding
the operational boundaries of the data wereport in Appendix One: ESG Data Book and
GRI Index 2022 of this report.

For a detailed description of theorganisational boundaries of operational
control which apply to our energy andemissions reporting, see the About thisreport section of our 2022 Climate Report.

Reporting period
This report contains data for the fullreporting year. Acquisitions are only
included if they were integrated before 1 Julyin the reporting year, except that withrespect to CO2e emissions and energy
consumption from industrial assets acquiredsince the baseline date and falling within theorganisational boundary, the data has been
added to the CO2e emissions and energy
profiles respectively, including the baselines.
Data from divestments is included until themonth before disposal, except that CO2eemissions and energy consumption fromsold industrial assets, which were previously
within the organisational boundary, areremoved from the relevant baselines for
subsequent reporting periods.
We base workforce numbers on their end ofyear status, an exception to this rule. As aresult, this report does not include workforce
data from industrial assets that were
disposed of in 2022.

Further information about our generalapproach and position on various
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Data and information
Glencore’s internal reporting systems
capture and retain the ESG data presented
in this Sustainability Report. The metrics
reflect those used in the commodity
markets, and sectors in which we operate
and are primarily based on the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI)1 .
In some instances, we have restated figuresfrom previous years to reflect improvements
in our data collection, analysis and validation
systems. In case of material restatements,
we provide explanations regarding therevised data in the ESG Data Book and GRI
Index 2022 of this report, as well as in the
About this report section and Appendix two(Performance data) of our 2022 Climate
Report. For the year ending 2022, we haverestated our 2019 baseline industrial CO2eemissions and energy data (given its close
connection to CO2e emissions), and therelevant changes are explained in the About
this report section and Appendix two(Performance data) of our 2022 Climate
Report2.

Glencore seeks to report on every HSEC&HRrelated incident in the period when it occurs.
Occasionally, our incident reporting may
take place later due to an improved
understanding of the incident or revisions to
its classification. Where this results in a
restatement3 of previously reported ESG
data, we will publicly disclose therestatement and its rationale.
We may change our approach to how wereport our ESG data in future reports without
prior announcement; we may also change
the reporting of specific ESG data and its
interpretation. We will provide relevant
explanations in our reports in case any suchchanges are material.

All ESG data stated in this Sustainability
Report represent the latest available data,
unless referenced otherwise in the text.
Some of the totals shown may reflect therounding up or down of subtotals.

1. Due to confidentiality restrictions under applicable local laws, industrial assets may be unable to access the level of evidence in underlying documentation generally required to validate the classification of a Health& Safety incident in accordance with our incident classification procedures.
2. We have restated our 2019 baseline to reflect industrial asset portfolio changes from acquisitions and divestments (as recommended by the GHG Protocol). We have also taken the opportunity to make somechanges to the scope of our reporting of Scope 3, categories 10 and 11 industrial emissions, resulting in the inclusion of Scope 3 emissions from coal production volumes under our operational control, and to reflect
an updated approach to our emission factors sources and our enhanced market-based emissions intensity methodology. For further information refer to the About this report section of our 2022 Climate Report.
3. Deloitte LLP has not undertaken work to review accuracy and completeness for restated ESG data for previous reporting years and has not provided assurance for restated ESG data.
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Independent Limited Assurance Report to
the Directors of Glencore plc on selected
key performance indicators in the 2022
Sustainability Report.
Independent Limited Assurance Report by
Deloitte LLP to the Directors of Glencore on
selected Environmental, Social andGovernance (“ESG”) metrics (the “Selected
Information”) within the Sustainability
Report for the reporting year ending
31 December 2022 (“2022 Sustainability
Report")1 and the disclosures in the 2022
Sustainability Report regarding subject
matters 1 to 5 of the International Council of
Mining and Metals (ICMM) Sustainable
Development Framework Assurance
Procedure (together the “Subject Matter”).

What we looked at: scope of ourwork

Subject Matter for assurance

Table 1: ICMM Subject Matter 4 – Selected Information

Glencore’s disclosures in the Reports
regarding subject matters 1 to 5 of theInternational Council of Mining and Metals(ICMM) Sustainable Development
Framework Assurance Procedure, including:

Environment

Assured Safety
figureAssuredfigureTotal direct energy consumption(PJ)

116.5 Total working hours(employee and contractor)

310,376,099• the alignment of its policies to the ten

Total indirect energy
consumption (PJ)

76.8 Total number of Lost Time
Injuries (employee andcontractor)

260• the approach that it has adopted toTotal direct (Scope 1) greenhousegas (GHG) emissions (million
tonnes of CO2e)

16.61 Total number of Medical
Treatment Injuries (employee
and contractor)

290

Total Scope 2 GHG emissions(location-based) (million tonnesof CO2e)10.43 Total number of Restricted
Work Injuries (employee andcontractor)

134

11.43 Total number of Fatalities(employee and contractor)

4

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions –losses from transmission anddistribution of electricity (million
tonnes of CO2e)

1 Total Recordable Injury
Frequency Rate (employee
and contractor) (number of
total recordable injuries per
million hours worked)

2.22

Total Scope 3 GHG emissions –use of product; Coal and Oil(million tonnes of CO2e)303.3 Lost Time Injury Frequency
Rate (employee andcontractor) (number of losttime injuries per million hours
worked)

0.84

ICMM Mining Principles and Position
Statements (ICMM Subject Matter 1);

identify and prioritise its material
sustainable development risks andopportunities, described on page 12 of the
Sustainability Report 2022 (ICMM Subject
Matter 2);• the existence and status of implementation Total Scope 2 GHG emissionsof systems and approaches used to
manage and report its material sustainable
development risks and opportunities(ICMM Subject Matter 3);(market-based) (million tonnes of
CO2e)

Glencore has engaged us to provide
independent limited assurance inaccordance with International Standard on
Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000
(Revised) Assurance Engagements otherthan Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial
Information issued by the International
Auditing and Assurance Standards Boardand our agreed terms of engagement.

• the Company’s reported performance

The Subject Matter in scope of ourengagement is reported in the “Glencore
2022 Sustainability Report” and theextended “Environmental, Social andGovernance (ESG) data book” which include
the GRI content index, for the year ended
31 December 2022 (the “Reports”). Both ofthese are available on Glencore’s website.

water withdrawn• the prioritisation criteria for industrial asset Total(million m )during the given reporting period for the
Selected Information presented in Table 1
below (ICMM Subject Matter 4);• its self-declaration of preparing theReports with reference to the Global
Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) Standards with
GRI 1: Foundation 2021 used, as stated in
the Reports (ICMM Subject Matter 5); andperformance expectations self-assessment
validation (ICMM Subject Matter 5) alongwith the completed self-assessments atthree selected industrial assets.

1. Independent Limited Assurance Report underthe ISAE 3000 (Revised) standard by Deloitte LLP
to the Directors of Glencore on the Selected
Information within the Annual Report for thereporting year ended 31 December 2022, can befound on page 281 of the 2022 Annual Report,
which is available on Glencore’s website.

1,078 Economic

3

Total water discharge (million m3)
Total number of catastrophic(class 5) and major (class 4)
environmental incidents andspills

679.6 Total amounts of payments togovernments (millions US$)11,9700

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The Basis of Reporting defined by Glencore
and the nature of the Selected Information
allow for different, but acceptable,measurement methodologies to be adopted
which may result in variances between
entities. The adopted measurement
methodologies may also impact
comparability of the Selected Information
reported by different organisations.

Our assurance conclusion

The Selected Information, as listed in
the above table, needs to be read andunderstood together with the Basisof Reporting, which can be foundon Glencore’s website.

What we did: Key procedures

Reporting criteria
The Subject Matter has been assessedagainst:• the criteria provided in the ICMM

Sustainable Development Framework
Assurance Procedure;• the definitions and approaches in the

Glencore ESG Database Detailed Indicator
Definitions Document 2021, English V1
dated 18 December 2020; and• the Basis of Reporting for the Selected

Information (including definitions andmeasurement methodology / basis ofreporting for the above indicators in the
Glencore Sustainability Report 2022
(together, “Underlying Reporting
Principles”).

Based on our procedures described in thisreport, nothing has come to our attention
that causes us to believe that the Subject
Matter stated above, for the year ended
31 December 2022, has not been prepared, inall material respects, in accordance with theUnderlying Reporting Principles.

We are required to plan and perform ourwork to address the areas where we haveidentified that a material misstatement of
the description of activities undertaken in
respect of the Subject Matter is likely to arise.
The procedures we performed were basedon our professional judgement. In carryingout our limited assurance engagement on
the description of activities undertaken in
respect of the Subject Matter, we performed
the following procedures:• Making enquiries of management andsenior executives to obtain anunderstanding of the overall internal
control environment, risk assessment
processes and information management
systems relevant to the management andreporting of sustainability issues andselected performance indicators.

• Evaluation of the design of controls andfunctionality of the Group sustainability
information management and reporting
database (“ESG database”) at a corporate
level.

• Analytical reviews and trend analysis ofreported data per commodity department.
• Reading the Health, Safety, Environment
and Communities (HSEC) Committee
meeting minutes and monthly
management reports to understand theimplementation of governanceprocedures related to the Selected
Information.

– Validate self-assessments against theICMM Performance Expectations forthree selected industrial assets, throughreviewing documentation andinterviewing management.

and environmental incidents classed at or
above Category 3.

The procedures performed in a limited
assurance engagement vary in nature andtiming from, and are less in extent than for, areasonable assurance engagement.
Consequently, the level of assurance
obtained in a limited assurance engagement
is substantially lower than the assurance
that would have been obtained had areasonable assurance engagement been
performed.

governments for sampled material
entities.

We believe that the evidence we obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our limited assurance conclusion.

• Reviewing emissions factors used in thecalculations of emissions related Selected
Information.

• Reviewing the classification of fatalities• Substantive testing of payments to• Holding interviews with the HSEC lead/sfor each commodity department.
• Conducting asset reviews at a sample ofindustrial assets, selected on ajudgemental basis on materiality ofcontribution to reported group data,
geographic coverage (Africa, Australia,
North America, and South America) andcommodity coverage (coal, copper,
ferroalloys, nickel and zinc). This work was
performed to:– Corroborate consistency inunderstanding and application of Basisof Reporting;– Identify systemic challenges to datameasurement, collection, reporting andcontrol processes, or issues pervasive toregion, department and / or group, for
the Selected Information; andInherent limitations of the
Subject Matter
We obtained limited assurance over the
preparation of the Subject Matter inaccordance with the criteria provided in theBasis of Reporting and the ICMM Sustainable
Development Framework Assurance
Procedure. Inherent limitations exist in all
assurance engagements.
Any internal control structure, no matter
how effective, cannot eliminate thepossibility that fraud, errors or irregularities
may occur and remain undetected andbecause we use selective testing in our
engagement, we cannot guarantee thaterrors or irregularities, if present, will be
detected.

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Assurance statement continued
The criteria provided in the Basis ofReporting and the ICMM Sustainable
Development Framework Assurance
Procedure, the nature of the Subject Matter,and absence of consistent external
standards allow for different, but acceptable,measurement methodologies to be adopted
which may result in variances between
entities. The adopted measurement
methodologies may also impact
comparability of the Subject Matter reported
by different organisations and from year toyear within an organisation as
methodologies develop.

Directors’ responsibilities
The Directors are responsible for:1. Selecting and establishing the Basis ofReporting.
2. Preparing, measuring, presenting andreporting the Selected Information inaccordance with the Basis of Reporting.
3. Publishing the Basis of Reporting publicly
in advance of, or at the same time as, thepublication of the Selected Information.
4. Designing, implementing, andmaintaining internal processes andcontrols over information relevant to the
preparation of the Selected Information toensure that they are free from material
misstatement, including whether due tofraud or error.

5. Providing sufficient access and making
available all necessary records,
correspondence, information andexplanations to allow the successful
completion of the services over the
Subject Matter, as outlined in ourcontractual agreement.
6. Confirming to us through written
representations that you have provided us
with all information relevant to ourservices of which you are aware, and thatthe measurement or evaluation of theunderlying subject matter against theBasis of Reporting including that all
relevant matters, are reflected in the
Selected Information.

Our responsibilities
We are responsible for:
1. Planning and performing procedures toobtain sufficient appropriate evidence inorder to express an independent limited
assurance conclusion on the Subject
Matter.
2. Communicating matters that may be
relevant to the Subject Matter to theappropriate party including identified orsuspected non-compliance with laws andregulations, fraud or suspected fraud, andbias in the preparation of the Subject
Matter.

Our independence andcompetence
In conducting our engagement, we
complied with the independence
requirements of the FRC’s Ethical Standard
and the ICAEW Code of Ethics. The ICAEW
Code is founded on fundamental principles
of integrity, objectivity, professional
competence and due care, confidentiality
and professional behaviour.
We applied the International Standard on
Quality Control (UK) 1 (“ISQC (UK) 1”), issued
by the Financial Reporting Council.
Accordingly, we maintained acomprehensive system of quality including
documented policies and procedures
regarding compliance with ethicalrequirements, professional standards andapplicable legal and regulatory
requirements.

Use of Report
This report is made solely to the Directors of
Glencore in accordance with ISAE 3000
(Revised) and our agreed terms ofengagement. Our work has been
undertaken so that we might state to the
Directors of Glencore those matters we haveagreed to state to them in this report and forno other purpose.

Without assuming or accepting any
responsibility or liability in respect of thisreport to any party other than Glencore andthe Directors of Glencore we acknowledge
that the Directors of Glencore may choose to
make this report publicly available for others
wishing to have access to it, which does not
and will not affect or extend for any purposeor on any basis our responsibilities. To thefullest extent permitted by law, we do not
accept or assume responsibility to anyone
other than Glencore and the Directors of
Glencore as a body, for our work, for thisreport, or for the conclusions we haveformed.

Deloitte LLP

London, United Kingdom
22 May 2023

3. Reporting our conclusion in the form of an
Independent Limited Assurance Report to
the Directors.

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Important notice concerning this report including forward-looking statements
Given the focus of this document, it isnecessarily oriented towards future eventsand therefore contains statements that are,or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking
statements” which are prospective in nature.
Such statements may include (without
limitation)statements in respect of trends incommodity prices and currency exchange
rates; demand for commodities; reserves
and resources and production forecasts;
expectations, plans, strategies and objectivesof management; climate scenarios;
sustainability performance (including,
without limitation, environmental, social andgovernance) related goals, ambitions,targets, intentions, visions, milestones andaspirations; approval of certain projects andconsummation of certain transactions(including, without limitation, acquisitions
and disposals); closures or divestments ofcertain assets, operations or facilities(including, without limitation, associatedcosts); capital costs and scheduling;
operating costs and supply of materials andskilled employees; financings; anticipatedproductive lives of projects, mines andfacilities; provisions and contingent liabilities;
and tax, legal and regulatory developments.
These forward-looking statements may be
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terminology, or the negative thereof
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“budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “aims”,“forecasts”, “risks”, “intends”, “positioned”,“predicts”, “projects”, “anticipates”, “believes”,
or variations of such words or comparable
terminology and phrases or statements thatcertain actions, events or results “may”,“could”, “should”, “shall”, “would”, “might” or“will” be taken, occur or be achieved.

The information in this document provides
an insight into how we currently intend todirect the management of our businesses
and assets and to deploy our capital to help
us implement our strategy. The mattersdisclosed in this document are a ‘point intime’ disclosure only. Forward-looking
statements are not based on historical facts,
but rather on current predictions, expectations,beliefs, opinions, plans, objectives, goals,
intentions and projections about future
events, results of operations, prospects,
financial conditions and discussions ofstrategy, and reflect judgements,
assumptions, estimates and otherinformation available as at the date of thisdocument or the date of the corresponding
planning or scenario analysis process.
By their nature, forward-looking statements
involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may
cause actual results, performance or
achievements to differ materially from any
future event, results, performance,
achievements or other outcomes expressedor implied by such forward-looking
statements. Important factors that could
impact these uncertainties include (without
limitation) those disclosed in the risk
management section of our latest Annual
Report and Half-Year Report (which caneach be found on our website). These risks
and uncertainties may materially affect thetiming and feasibility of particulardevelopments. Other factors which impact
risks and uncertainties include, without
limitation: the ability to produce andtransport products profitably; demand forour products; changes to the assumptions
regarding the recoverable value of ourtangible and intangible assets; changes inenvironmental scenarios and related
regulations, including (without limitation)transition risks and the evolution anddevelopment of the global transition to a low
carbon economy; recovery rates and otheroperational capabilities; health, safety,
environmental or social performanceincidents; natural catastrophes or adverse
geological conditions, including (without
limitation) the physical risks associated withclimate change; the outcome of litigation or
enforcement or regulatory proceedings; theeffect of foreign currency exchange rates onmarket prices and operating costs; actions
by governmental authorities, such aschanges in taxation or regulation or changes
in the decarbonisation plans of othercountries; and political uncertainty.
Readers, including (without limitation)
investors and prospective investors, should
review and take into account these risks anduncertainties (as well as the other risks
identified in this document) when
considering the information contained inthis document. Readers should also notethat the high degree of uncertainty aroundthe nature, timing and magnitude ofclimate-related risks, and the uncertainty as
to how the energy transition will evolve,
makes it difficult to determine and disclose
the risks and their potential impacts with
precision. Neither Glencore nor any of its
affiliates, associates, employees, directors,
officers or advisers, provides any
representation, warranty, assurance orguarantee that the occurrence of the events,
results, performance, achievements or otheroutcomes expressed or implied in any
forward-looking statements in thisdocument will actually occur. Glencore
cautions readers against reliance on any
forward-looking statements contained inthis document, particularly in light of thelong-term time horizon which this reportdiscusses and the inherent uncertainty inpossible policy, market and technologicaldevelopments in future.

No statement in this document is intended
as any kind of forecast (including, without
limitation, a profit forecast or a profit
estimate), guarantees or predictions of
future events or performance and past
performance cannot be relied on as a guideto future performance. Neither Glencore nor
any of its affiliates, associates, employees,
directors, officers or advisers, provides any
representation, warranty, assurance orguarantee as to the accuracy, completenessor correctness, likelihood of achievement or
reasonableness of any forward-looking
information contained in this document.
This document does not constitute or form
part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue,or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or
subscribe for any securities.
This document has not been prepared as
financial or investment advice or to provide
any guidance in relation to our future
performance. It should be read as a whole,and in conjunction with our periodic
reporting and other announcements(including, without limitation, regulatory
announcements made in connection with
our listings on the London Stock Exchange
and Johannesburg Stock Exchange).
Except as required by applicable regulations
or by law, Glencore is not under any
obligation, and Glencore and its affiliates
expressly disclaim any intention, obligationor undertaking, to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as aresult of new information, future events orotherwise. This document shall not, under
any circumstances, create any implicationthat there has been no change in thebusiness or affairs of Glencore since the dateof this document or that the information
contained herein is correct as at any time
subsequent to its date.
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Important notice concerning this report including forward-looking statements continued
Certain statistical and other information
about Glencore included in this document issourced from publicly available third-party
sources. As such it has not been
independently verified and presents theview of those third parties but may notnecessarily correspond to the views held byGlencore and Glencore expressly disclaims
any responsibility for, or liability in respect of,and makes no representation or guarantee
in relation to, such information (including,
without limitation, as to its accuracy,completeness or whether it is current).
Glencore cautions readers against relianceon any of the industry, market or otherthird-party data or information contained inthis report.
Subject to any terms implied by law whichcannot be excluded, Glencore accepts no
responsibility for any loss, damage, cost or
expense (whether direct or indirect) incurredby any person as a result of any error,
omission or misrepresentation in
information in this report.
The companies in which Glencore plc
directly and indirectly has an interest are
separate and distinct legal entities. In thisdocument, “Glencore”, “Glencore group” and“Group” are used for convenience only wherereferences are made to Glencore plc and its
subsidiaries in general. These collective
expressions are used for ease of reference
only and do not imply any other relationshipbetween the companies. Likewise, the words“we”, “us” and “our” are also used to refercollectively to members of the Group or tothose who work for them. These expressions
are also used where no useful purpose isserved by identifying the particular company
or companies.

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Our sustainability communications
Our Sustainability Report 2022 forms part of
Glencore’s annual corporate reporting suite.
It expands on the information provided in
our Annual Report 2022 and details how
we address our material sustainability risks
and opportunities.
In addition to this report, we also publish
annual Climate, Ethics and Compliance andPayments to Governments Reports, as well
as a Modern Slavery Statement. In addition,
we provide regular updates on our activities
via our website and social media platforms.
Further information on our stakeholder
engagement activities is available in our2022 Annual Report (Section 172 Statementon page 61) and on our website

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