Economic Performance Indicators
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EC1 - Net Sales |
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About This Report > About Us |
About Us, 7th paragraph - Annual attributable volumes of production for some of our most significant commodities have been in the order of:
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| EC2 - Geographic breakdown of markets | |
Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions |
Figure - Diversification by Market (Turnover) at 30 June 2005 Figure - Diversification by Geographic Region (Net Operating Assets) at 30 June 2005 Figure - Total allocated expenditure by category 2004/05 (US$ million) 2004/05 |
| EC3 - Cost of all goods, materials, and services purchased | |
| Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions | Figure - Employee Payments, Goods and Services by Region 2004/05 Figure - Total allocated expenditure by category 2004/05 (US$ million) Figure - Total Allocated Expenditure by Category 2004/05 |
EC4 - Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with agreed terms, excluding agreed penalty arrangements |
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BHP Billiton Response: During the reporting period we attempted to collect these data for the first time. Current data collection methods resulted in only a proportion of available data being captured, consequently we considered this to be not fully representative and have not reported these data. We will endeavour to improve our data collection methods for the next reporting period. |
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EC5 - Total payroll and benefits (including wages, pension, other benefits, and redundancy payments) broken down by country or region |
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Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions |
Figure - Employee Payments, Goods and Services by Region 2004/05 includes aggregated remuneration data for employee payments, goods and services.
BHP Billiton Response: Remuneration data are aggregated with Employee Payments and Goods and Services data. |
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EC6 - Distributions to providers of capital broken down by interest on debt and borrowings, and dividends on all classes of shares, with any arrears of preferred dividends to be disclosed |
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Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions |
Figure - Summary financial information for the BHP Billiton Group US$ million (Year ending 30 June), includes dividends paid or payable Figure - Total allocated expenditure by category 2004/05 (US$ million), includes dividends paid or payable BHP Billiton Response: Due to the complexity of the business, not all data relating to this indicator have been disclosed in the Report. |
EC7 - Increase/decrease in retained earnings at end of period |
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Performance at a Glance > Data Tables > Key Sustainability Data Summary |
Figure - Key Sustainability Data Summary |
Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions |
Figure - Summary financial information for the BHP Billiton Group US$ million (Year ending 30 June) |
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EC8 - Total sum of taxes of all types paid broken down by country |
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Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions |
Figure - Summary financial information for the BHP Billiton Group US$ million (Year ending 30 June) Figure - Total allocated expenditure by category 2004/05 (US$ million) Figure - Income Tax, Resource Rent Tax and Royalties by Region 2004/05 BHP Billiton Response:Taxation figures have been broken down by region, rather than country. BHP Billiton has confirmed its support for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative regarding disclosure of payments of taxes and royalties and will work with host governments that participate in this process to ensure public reporting of these payments. |
EC9 - Subsidies received broken down by country or region
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BHP Billiton Response: BHP Billiton defines subsidies to be payments made from governments to industry. As such, these data are not disclosed as BHP Billiton is not a significant beneficiary of subsidies and therefore has not endeavored to obtain these data.
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EC10 - Donations to community, civil society, and other groups broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type of group |
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Performance at a Glance > Data Tables > Key Sustainability Data Summary |
Figure - Key Sustainability Data Summary |
Community > Our Performance > Community Programs |
Employee Matched Giving Program and Tsunami Contributions, 3rd paragraph - During 2005, BHP Billiton contributed US$ 358,000 to over 400 not-for-profit organisations to match its employees’ cash, volunteering and fundraising activities (excluding tsunami donations). |
Community > Our Performance > Community Programs |
Community Contributions - The Company supports community initiatives in the locations where it operates. During 2004, our voluntary contributions to community programs totalled US$57.4 million, comprising cash, in-kind support and administration costs. |
Community > Our Performance > Community Programs |
Figure - Community Contributions 2001/02 to 2004/05 Figure - Community Contributions by Program Category 2004/05 Figure - Community Contributions by Geographic Region 2004/05 Figure - Community Contributions by Locality 2004/05 Community Contributions, 4th paragraph - During the 2005 review of the Company’s community targets, the Company’s executive management and the HSEC function reaffirmed its commitment to our target to invest 1per cent of pre-tax profit on community programs. However, it was also acknowledged that the current methodology used to calculate the 1% target has been problematic in its implementation. |
| Community > Community Case Studies | Tsunami tragedy touches the hearts of our employees |
| Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions | Figure - Total allocated expenditure by category 2004/05 (US$ million) |
EC11 - Supplier breakdown by organisation and country (additional indicator) |
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BHP Billiton Response: During the reporting period we attempted to collect these data for the first time. Current data collection methods resulted in only a proportion of available data being captured, consequently we considered this to be not fully representative and have not reported these data. We will endeavour to improve our data collection methods for the next reporting period. |
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MM1 - Identify those sites where the local economic contribution and development impact is of particular significance and interest to stakeholders (eg. Remote sites) and outline policies with respect to assessing this contribution. Relevant information includes:
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Community > Our Approach > Human Rights |
Land Compensation- Our approach to land compensation, especially for major projects, is undertaken on a case-by-case basis. Firstly, consideration is given to what land we need; our possible impacts on that land, both short and long term; the present and past use of the land; and the effects that our use may have on existing land owners and occupiers. |
Community > Our Performance > Community Programs |
Entire section |
Socio Economic > Our Performance > Supply |
Supply, 6th paragraph - Our approach is to use local suppliers where possible. Over the reporting period, our distribution of spend with international suppliers reduced from 26 per cent in the previous year to 19 per cent in the current year, while distribution of spend with both local and national suppliers was at 27 per cent and 54 per cent respectively. Local spend refers to spend within the communities where we operate and the regions, such as states and proviinces, where our operations are located. Figure - Distribution of Supply Spend 2004/05 |
Socio Economic > Our Performance > Employee Relations |
Employment Equity in South Africa - Entire Section Indigenous Employment and Training - Entire Section |
Socio-Economic > Case Studies |
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MM2 - Value added disaggregated to country level |
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Socio Economic > Our Performance> Economic Contributions |
Value Added - Value added, consistent with the definition used by the Global Reporting Initiative, is total revenues less total cost of procurement. BHP Billiton Response: Value Added figures are currently disclosed on a regional basis. |
