Question

BlueScope Steel is committed to continual improvement of our environmental performance and the efficient use of natural resources. They have the following sustainability strategies:

Wherever we operate, we develop, implement and maintain management systems for health, safety, environment and the community that are consistent with internationally recognised standards and enable us to:

Meet or exceed applicable legal requirements

Set and achieve improved profit targets while reducing waste and preventing pollution

Develop our people and provide resources to meet our targets

Respect the traditional rights of indigenous peoples

Care for the environment and value cultural heritage

Advise on the responsible use of our products

Wherever possible, we seek to:

Reduce the generation of waste materials at their sources

Reuse waste materials onsite

Recycle waste materials offsite

Minimise the storage or disposal of these materials either on or offsite, pending the further development of processes to increase their practical reuse

Referring to the strategy statement above, formulate two environmental performance indicators and two social performance indicators for Bluescope Steel for inclusion in a Sustainability Report. For each of the four indicators you propose, identify the specific objective they address. Provide your answer in the following manner in the answer box below:

(1) Objective Item:

Environmental indicator:

(2) Objective Item:

Environmental indicator:

(3) Objective Item:

Social indicator:

(4) Objective Item:

Social indicator:

Answer 1

1) Objective item:Environment Indicator

Continual improvement in environmental per9- By Efficient utilisation of Natural Resources.

2) Objective item: Environmental Indicator

Wherever we operate, we develop implement and maintain management systems for health, saftey , environment and the community that are consistent with internationally recognized standards.

3)Objective item: Social Indicator

Meeting or exceeding the applicable legal requirements.

Reduce the generation of waste materials at souce, and reuse the waste materials onsite.

4)Objective Indicator:Social Indicator

Recycle the waste generated offsite and sustainability report is issued.