IGO Interactive Annual Report 2020

the next three years, with a total commitment of $75,000 per annum. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 the Ball was cancelled for 2020, however IGO was pleased to be able to reallocate the funding to the Response Ready for WA Appeal that the RFDS launched to support their COVID-19 response. Since the outbreak, RFDS Chief Executive Rebecca Tomkinson reported the RFDS transported more than 100 suspected COVID-19 patients and are currently the only service still operating aeromedical retrieval for suspected COVID-19 patients in Western Australia. CANNERY ARTS CENTRE The Cannery Arts Centre is a not- for-profit community arts centre in Esperance that runs KICKARTS, which is a school holiday program for children between the ages of 6 and 17. These programs increase children’s exposure to the arts and this participation in cultural activities is shown to improve mental health and general wellbeing. Following the success of the program in 2019, IGO has continued to support all four upcoming programs in 2020 and 2021. MADALAH Madalah offers scholarships for Indigenous students from remote and regional communities to Western Australia’s leading boarding schools and universities. IGO has been supporting Madalah for over four years and has been the major sponsor of the Madalah Ball for the last two, and again pledged $20,000 to be a Corporate Partner of the Ball this year. As a consequence of COVID-19, Madalah had to cancel the Ball in 2020. Although the Ball did not go ahead, IGO recognised this funding was more crucial than ever and redirected the funding to be used for the continued support of their existing students which enabled Madalah to offer an additional eight scholarship opportunities in 2020 for Secondary and Tertiary education. ESPERANCE GIRLS ACADEMY The Girls Academy program at Esperance Senior High School helps provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls with the necessary tools to engage in their education and achieve their goals. IGO continued its support for the program during the year and also supported students from St Catherine’s College Dandjoo Darbalung Program (that IGO also supports), to visit Esperance Senior High School to share their stories about university with the students. CLONTARF – ESPERANCE AND KALGOORLIE During the year, IGO entered into a three year agreement with the Clontarf Foundation, providing total funding of $75,000 over the period to support Clontarf’s Esperance and Kalgoorlie career programs for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men. Clontarf has a proven positive impact on improving the education, self-esteem, life skills and employment prospects for participants. COMMUNITY SUPPORT In addition to the organisations that IGO supported during the year, IGO pledged an additional $250,000 Community Fund to be distributed to Norseman and Esperance communities to assist with their COVID-19 and bushfire recovery plans. IGO has a committed Corporate Giving philosophy that enables us to live our purpose of Making a Difference. We provide targeted assistance to a range of community-based programs with an emphasis on education and helping Indigenous and non- Indigenous groups across urban, regional and disadvantaged communities. IGO is proud of its Corporate Giving program and how our people have each made a difference to the organisations we support. These activities give our employees a sense of pride and demonstrate IGO's genuine commitment to the community. We have a publicly stated and Board approved position on philanthropy as defined in the IGO Corporate Giving Standard which can be found in the Caring section of IGO’s website at www.igo.com.au/site/ caring/community. IGO’s Corporate Giving budget is based on a percentage of IGO’s Group revenue. In FY20 this percentage increased to 0.075% of total revenue (FY19: 0.06%). The Standard also defines target beneficiaries, being primarily charities and schools in our host communities. In FY20, IGO’s Corporate Giving program made a difference to over 50 organisations and programs, with total payments of $603,035. In addition, many IGO employees took advantage of IGO’s Volunteer Leave Allowance that provides employees with up to two days paid leave per annum to assist with charitable causes. IGO employees were also able to make personal donations via IGO’s online workplace giving platform Good2Give where the Company will match the donation as per the Corporate Giving Standard. Details on some of the organisations and programs IGO has supported in FY20 are outlined below. CORE LEARNING FOUNDATION Central to IGO’s purpose for Corporate Giving is to improve the education of children and support promotion of STEM/mining related education. CoRE is a secondary school specialist program based on STEM principles, originally developed at Kent Street Senior High School for Year 7 and Year 10 students. Following CoRE’s Goldfields Women in STEM Tour in July 2019, of which IGO was a major sponsor, IGO was proud to further support the Foundation by investing $75,000 over three years to fund the implementation of the CoRE Learning Model into Norseman District High School and Coolgardie Primary School and ensure continued success of the program. ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE WA In November 2019, IGO employees including a number of the exploration team visited the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) in Jandakot to gain a first- hand experience of the critical services RFDS provide to those who live, work and travel across Western Australia, including IGO’s operational and exploration teams. IGO was proud to partner with the RFDS and become a Platinum Partner for the Altitude Ball for Making a Difference is our reason for being, our purpose. Every single person in our business has made a difference this year. Making a Difference IGO have been proud supporters of the incredible work of the Earbus Foundation for over two years. Earbus Foundation is a WA-based children's charity that works to reduce the impact of middle ear disease in Aboriginal and at-risk children so they can reach their full potential through communication and learning. Earbus works hard to identify children who need care and to help them get well. Their mobile ear health clinics provide comprehensive ear screening, surveillance and treatment by utilising the skills of GP’s, Audiologists, Nurses and ENT’s who visit communities regularly and consistently. A typical visit would see the Earbus team consult with over 30 children in one day. In the last quarter of FY20, 17% of the children screened had never been screened before, and they are aiming to increase their engagement with children under four years of age in the regions they visit. Last year, IGO helped Earbus deliver four visits to the Esperance and Norseman region, where we saw first-hand the valuable work they do and how critical it is for remote communities. Following the success of these trips, IGO agreed to support Earbus for the next three years with a funding commitment of $225,000 over the period. This will enable the Foundation to increase the number of visits to the Esperance and Norseman region to reach more children. Earbus Chief Executive Officer, Paul Higginbotham, said “Earbus Foundation is so grateful to IGO Limited for their ongoing commitment. There are hundreds of Aboriginal kids in the Esperance-Norseman region who will benefit from having their ears checked regularly so they can learn well and stay in school.” CASE STUDY: EARBUS FOUNDATIONWA 431 hours 431 hours volunteered by IGO employees in the Company’s inaugural year of its Volunteer Day Program. AT A GLANCE $5,976 Raised for the National Breast Cancer Foundation through the sale of co-branded shirts. 26% FY19 $603 k Invested in Corporate Giving. 143% FY19 $57,000 Raised by IGO employees for Ronald McDonald House taking part in the Up All Night event. Dr Harvey Coaks video Otoscopy. 32 — IGO ANNUAL REPORT 2020 IGO ANNUAL REPORT 2020— 33