IperionX Statement on Sustainable Development
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) were adopted by all UN Member states in 2015 and included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Per the UN Development Programme, these 17 goals aim to be a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The 17 goals provide a framework for organizations to address environmental and social issues, such as climate change and gender equality. At IperionX, we strive to help advance the achievement of these SDGs through our business actions and initiatives.
IperionX plays an important role in meeting the growing demand for domestically-sourced titanium and other critical minerals, and importantly, doing so sustainably. IperionX’s initial materiality assessment set the foundation for our corporate sustainability program to focus our efforts and approach to sustainability and deliver sustainable value to all our stakeholders. IperionX maintains a robust governance structure for implementing our sustainability program, led by our ESG Committee of the Board and our management team.
As outlined in our annual sustainability reports, our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts align in support of the UN’s SDGs, including our commitment to resource efficiency and the low-carbon transition, and protection and enhancement of the environment. Our Statement on the UN SDGs is aligned with IperionX’s mission: to be a leading developer of US-based sustainable critical mineral and critical material supply chains, to facilitate the global transition towards a circular, low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive green economy. Beginning with Titanium.
We will focus our support of the UN SDGs to those that are relevant to our business operations and that align with our materiality assessment. Based on our ESG material topics and our sustainability objectives and goals, we have identified eight SDGs for which IperionX will initially focus and can meaningfully contribute to:
We are focused on aligning our sustainability program objectives and our operations with the eight identified SDGs, and will strive to affiliate our corporate charitable giving with efforts that align with these identified SDGs. We will evaluate our focus on the SDGs on an annual basis to ensure continued alignment with our business operations and will enhance and expand our focus as applicable. For transparency and accountability we plan to report on IperionX’s progress and continued support of the SDGs and the associated targets in our annual sustainability reports and on our website.
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