Sustainability Report 2019

Inspiring young people Over several years, our employees in Poland have built a relationship with the local Siedliszcze orphanage. They first began donating Christmas presents to children at the orphanage a few years ago – the children would write to Santa and employees would do their best to fulfil their Christmas wishes. In 2019, our employees decided they could further help the young people by showing them the kind of career opportunities that might be available to them locally when they were ready to go to work. Together with the Bodaczow crushing plant, Glencore Polska Sp. z o. o. invited a group of teenagers from the orphanage on a tour of the two facilities, where they heard from people in different departments about their jobs and what it was like working for our business. The tour was followed by lunch, during which our people talked to the children about their plans for the future and opportunities that can be offered locally. The hope is that through this event and the conversations that took place, the children will see a path through which if they work hard and are motivated they would be rewarded in the future. Modern slavery We have zero tolerance towards any form of forced labour, child labour, physical assault or harassment within our workplace. We care greatly about our performance in health and safety, compliance, environment and human rights, and comply as a minimumwith standards set by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) across all our assets and offices. All our employees receive training in compliance and human rights, and are encouraged to raise any concerns via our Raising Concerns programme. We do not accept modern slavery practices in any of our business activities, from our third parties, or our suppliers. We work with a vast number of suppliers and third parties, some of which are located in remote and rural locations where there is a lack of regulation to uphold human rights among small, local businesses. We are working to introduce a supplier standard and due diligence process into our future contracts with third parties. Educating children out of poverty For the last two years our business in India has supported a charity in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, which educates children dwelling in slums, streets, construction sites and villages with the aim of removing abject poverty through the education and skilling of children. Based in the largest state in India, with one of the highest number of children working as labourers, and the lowest literacy rates in the country, the Sarthak Foundation has set up seven Yellow Rooms in communities in Lucknow to provide quality education and life skills and prepare children aged 3 to 18 to enrol in formal schooling. It also has a 12-classroom rural village school. The charity started in 2013 for a handful of children and today it provides education for over 1000 young people. Our donations have assisted with digitising the charity’s classrooms, teachers’ salaries, uniforms and food for the children, ensuring exposure activities for children, preparing brighter children for professional careers, rent and course structure costs. Glencore Agriculture Sustainability Report 2019 23