Wesfarmers Limited Sustainability in Action A presentation to the Asia Pacific Sustainability Summit Perth, Western Australia Thursday 23 rd August 2012.

Wesfarmers Limited Sustainability in ActionA presentation to the Asia Pacific Sustainability Summit Perth, Western Australia

Thursday 23rd August 2012 Cameron Schuster, Sustainability Manager, Wesfarmers Limited

The information contained in this presentation is not investment or financial product advice and is not intended to be used as the basis for making an investment decision. This presentation has been prepared without taking into account the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any particular person.

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Wesfarmers - Sustainability in Action

Presentation Outline

• Scope of operations

• Our approach to sustainability

• Some highlights of our progress:– Economic– Environment– People– Carbon/Energy– Community & Society

• Future opportunities & challenges

• Summary

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Wesfarmers - Sustainability in ActionScope of operations

• ASX listed company with operations in Australia, NZ, UK & logistics in South/East Asia

• Approximately 202,000 employees

• Over 490,000 shareholders

• FY12 revenue $58.1 AUD billion; EBIT $3.55 AUD billion and NPAT $2.12 AUD billion

• Over 3,400 retail stores

• Retail, Resources, Chemicals Energy & Fertilisers, Insurance, Industrial & Safety supplies

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Portfolio of leading brands6

Retail Businesses Industrial Businesses

Insurance

Wesfarmers - Sustainability in ActionOur approach to Sustainability

• 8 Operationally autonomous divisions

• Within the WES governance and ethical framework we structure our approach to sustainability around:– Economic– Environment– People– Carbon/ Energy– Community and Society– Responsible Sourcing

• Reporting and transparency– 15th year of Sustainability reporting & external

assurance (some Divisional Reports also)– Carbon and Water Disclosure Projects– Dow Jones Sustainability Index , Forest Footprint

Disclosure Project, London Benchmarking Group and other similar reporting/index processes

– Reconciliation Action Plan– Various legislative reporting– Investor/analyst presentations & other surveys– Role of Wesfarmers Board & Audit Committee

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Wesfarmers - Sustainability in Action

Some highlights of our progress in FY 11 and 12

Economic– Approximately 202,000 staff in Australia/ New Zealand– Focus on shareholder value over the long term– FY12 Payments to governments $1.50B AUD (ex GST)– FY 12 Net Capital Expenditure $2.35B AUD– FY 12 wages and salaries >$7B AUD– FY 11 Value added by WES >$12B AUD

Environment– Governance & regulation– Total water use 12.6Gl with significant conservation

efforts in Resources & WesCEF– >240,000 tonnes consumer/retail waste recycled– $90M environmental expenditure inc energy efficiency– Palm oil, seafood products stewardship, timber

procurement

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Wesfarmers - Sustainability in Action

Some highlights of our progress in FY 11 /FY 12

People – LTIFR FY09 13.06; FY10 10.95; FY 11 12.8 FY 12 10.9; FY

10TRIFR 49.3 (R12); FY 11 TRIFR 40.9 FY 12 43.15(R12);– >57% of staff are female, occupying 26% of management/supervisory

positions;– Training & development 2.2M hours recorded training

Carbon and Energy– FY11 Greenhouse emissions 6.35Mt (Scope 1,2 and 3) - (NGER Act

Scope 1 & 2 in Australia 5.04 Mt); FY 12 reduces– FY11 Energy use 33.8 PJ; FY12 reduces with asset sales and energy

efficiency;– Challenge is carbon caps & RET this decade– Major emission sources are electricity, N2O, CSM and CO2 – Focus on emission reduction and energy efficiency– Energy efficiency is a major focus; Coles & refrigeration; Bunnings

lighting & micro generation; WES Chemicals AN plant design; distribution centres; logistics & supply chains

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FY11

Wesfarmers - Sustainability in Action

Some highlights of our progress in FY 11/ FY 12

Community and society– Community partnerships developed across business– FY11 $77.6M including $33.8M direct contribution– FY 12 $70M approximately in total– Australia & New Zealand community crises 10/11– Wesfarmers Arts, WA & national – Bunnings community focus– Many facilitated community programs

Responsible Sourcing– food quality programs eg hormone free beef; palm

oil; cage free eggs;– ethical sourcing programs - our focus & audit

programs;– timber procurement;– supplier relationships– Phosphate rock –Western Sahara

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Wesfarmers - Sustainability in Action

Achievements, opportunities & challenges

FY12 & beyond• carbon caps, business growth & energy efficiency• ethical sourcing & supply chains• water in supply chains• continuous safety improvements • more effective community partnerships• transparent reporting & the growth in requests

and approaches•greenhouse emission reduction• community attitudes to sustainable practice • gaming and liquor• Australian “Sustainable Company of the Year” 2011

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Wesfarmers - Sustainability in ActionSummary

• structured approach based on principles with responsibility in the businesses

• capacity for small improvements to be leveraged across the Group

• understanding & reporting openly on our footprints including supply chains

• opportunities in the future are significant, but the challenges become more complex

• will continue to engage effectively with society

Thankyou.

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