Diversity and inclusion

We embrace and celebrate the diversity of our people and strive to create a fair, diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, included and empowered.

Our Diversity and Inclusion Policy outlines MinRes' commitment to creating and maintaining a work environment that values diversity of thought and experience, and where each person’s unique differences are recognised and valued.

We also understand the potential for diversity to lead to improved organisational performance.

To help achieve this, we are:

• raising awareness and setting diversity targets for our workforce
• focusing on building a pipeline of female and Indigenous talent
• reviewing any gender bias throughout our recruitment and selection process
• analysing female turnover and experiences.

While we are placing a great deal of emphasis on improving our diversity, we recognise achieving our targeted outcomes requires ongoing focus.

Gender diversity

MinRes is committed to increasing participation, development and retention of female talent.

Our gender equality strategy outlines our intent, priorities and objectives for creating a workplace that supports diversity at all levels – with a focus on the following key areas:

• attracting and selecting female talent
• creating internal and external networking and mentoring opportunities
• measuring gender diversity performance at all levels of the employee lifecycle
• implementing a gender pay-gap analysis as an embedded process
• identifying and developing female talent.

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) also promotes gender equality in employment and workplaces and publishes gender pay gaps for private sector employers with 100 or more employees.

You can view our 2022 – 2023 Workplace Gender Equality Report and read the MinRes Employer Statement for more information on our approach to creating a balanced workplace.

MinRes has been recognised for our commitment to gender equity when we were named an endorsed employer of women by WORK180.

WORK180 is a global network encouraging more informed employment decisions and highlighting companies with policies, benefits and initiatives that promote and support women’s careers.

Organisations endorsed by WORK180 must demonstrate a genuine commitment to improving diversity and meet specific criteria relating to workplace policies, benefits, and initiatives encouraging and supporting women to build successful careers.

Indigenous employment and training

We are dedicated to increasing the participation of Indigenous Australians throughout our business, providing a range of opportunities in training and employment.

Our Indigenous Employment Strategy was developed to strategically address key aspects of Indigenous employment, with our primary objective being to build a workplace that understands, supports and champions Indigenous Australians. We aim to achieve this by:​

• creating a culturally supportive and safe environment​
• increasing the representation of Indigenous Australians in our workforce​
• reducing structural, process and cultural barriers to employment for Indigenous Australians​
• contributing to the elimination of discrimination and harassment based on race​
• promoting an inclusive workplace culture through education, flexible mindsets, work practices and physical environment.

Our dedicated Indigenous employment and recruitment professionals engage with Indigenous Australian candidates, Traditional Owner groups, not-for-profit partners and the wider Indigenous community to source Indigenous Australian candidates.

Our Indigenous Employee Network, facilitated by our Indigenous Engagement team, addresses the unique experiences and challenges faced by Indigenous Australians in the mining industry. Network meetings are held regularly and are pivotal in the retention of Indigenous team members, providing mentoring, guidance and peer support.

Our Indigenous Engagement and People teams collaborate to ensure the accessibility of internal and external support mechanisms for Indigenous employees within our business.

Read more on our Indigenous engagement through our business and within the community.

Our Indigenous Engagement sessions are held regularly throughout the year, providing an opportunity for Indigenous candidates to meet hiring managers and recruiters whilst participating in interviews and activities.

Our New to Industry sessions are held bi-monthly and are designed to educate and assist Indigenous Australians who are interested in joining the mining industry.

Learn more about our employment expression of interest.

Our vision for reconciliation

Our vision prioritises education, mutual respect and positive action as key pillars in building a successful and respected business that appreciates and is enriched by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures.

We have a RAP Working Group and our new Innovate RAP is currently under development.