Cultural & Linguistic Diversity at South32

As a global organisation, South32 works to build an inclusive and diverse workforce that is representative of the countries and communities where we operate, where everyone’s unique differences are valued and celebrated. This helps us attract, develop and retain talented people, who feel engaged and empowered at work, which in turn supports better business outcomes.

• South32 will adopt strategies that aim to progress towards a balanced gender and an ethnically diverse representation at Board, senior management and across all areas of our business including: 
• Setting challenging and measurable diversity and inclusion objectives relating to the recruitment, appointment and retention of women and people with diverse ethnic backgrounds; 
• Broadening the fields of successors for senior management roles and potential candidates for Board appointments;
• Enabling a diverse workforce by building inclusion and removing barriers to participation which may disproportionately affect potential female candidates and those from diverse backgrounds, and review these policies to ensure that they are available to and utilised at senior management levels; 
• Monitoring the effectiveness of, and continue to expand on, existing initiatives designed to identify, support and develop talented women and employees from diverse ethnic backgrounds; 

Supporting both the spirit and intent of transformation and empowerment in our industry and at local and national levels in South Africa, and at a minimum, complying with applicable legislative requirements in relation to employment equality.