Community Engagement

In all of its projects, Battery Minerals respects human rights. Our activities seek to avoid infringing on the rights of others and to addressing the impacts of our business activities. We are guided by the principles of the internationally recognised human rights norms:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
• ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
• UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and;
• The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; Implementing the UN “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” Framework
• The Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

Battery Minerals is committed to ensuring that its activities are always compatible with the economic growth, social wellbeing, cultural wellbeing and environmental health of all stakeholders. In order to do this, we have adopted due diligence processes that identify potential impacts on communities within and close to the operational areas. The scope of due diligence applies to all of our activities, including our business relationships with others. The process involves identifying all stakeholders in the outcomes of our work and ensures that these stakeholders concerns are mapped. Through engaging with stakeholders, we seek to understand the social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts of our activities in the local, regional and national contexts. Through such engagement, we identify and respond to stakeholder concerns, and work to optimize benefits and reduce negative impacts. We believe that our contribution to economic development, together with our community engagement and development programs (which may include procurement, training, employment community-based health, education and cultural heritage initiatives) contributes to the realization of social, cultural and environmental well-being within the target areas. Where indigenous communities are present, we use reasonable efforts to respect their standing as distinct, self-determining peoples with collective rights.

We seek to ensure that stakeholders who are or could be affected by our activities have access to community feedback mechanisms that are legitimate, accessible, predictable, timely, equitable and transparent. Our approach to resolving disputes and grievances is based on respect, engagement and dialogue with the stakeholders and communities that are affected by us or affect what we do. Awareness of this policy among our employees, subsidiaries and contractors and communities is essential to ensuring that we meet the goals of this policy. We communicate our approach to discharge our duty to respect human rights internally and externally, provide training to employees and contractors on their responsibilities, and incorporate feedback from stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement in our implementation of this policy. We commit to open and transparent reporting on stakeholder issues and incidents in our reports to Government and through continuous engagement with those affected.

We seek to ensure that stakeholders who are or could be affected by our activities have access to community feedback mechanisms that are legitimate, accessible, predictable, timely, equitable and transparent. Our approach to resolving disputes and grievances is based on respect, engagement and dialogue with the stakeholders and communities that are affected by us or affect what we do. Awareness of this policy among our employees, subsidiaries and contractors and communities is essential to ensuring that we meet the goals of this policy. We communicate our approach to discharge our duty to respect human rights internally and externally, provide training to employees and contractors on their responsibilities, and incorporate feedback from stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement in our implementation of this policy. We commit to open and transparent reporting on stakeholder issues and incidents in our reports to Government and through continuous engagement with those affected.