3 Primer o sus t ainability re P or t 2013 A t P rimer o w e belie v e that sustainabilit y is fundamental t o our suc c es s A t the c orpor at e le v el and in our r elationships with our host c ommunities our pr osperit y depends on g ood c orpor at e g o v ernanc e and building a solid fr ame w ork f or ec onomic c ommunit y and en vir onmental sustainabilit y Our f our st ep appr oach t o sustainabilit y begins with cr eating and nur turing a c orpor at e cultur e based on a vision of en vir onmental st e w ar dship social pr ogr es s ec onomic achie v ement and ethical tr anspar ent g o v ernanc e T hat vision tr anslat es int o v alues that inf orm decision making and that ultimat ely guide our beha viour s as a c ompan y and as individuals T he sec ond st ep is t o apply that vision and those v alues t o de v eloping policies and pr oc edur es that suppor t sustainabilit y with c onsist ency and rig our thr ough standar diz ed c ompan y wide s y st ems T hir d our sustainabilit y pr actic es must f ocus on mat erialit y on those aspects of our c orpor at e beha viour s that most c onc ern our stak eholder s i f w e eng ag e our stak eholder s and asc er tain their priorities and then f ocus our eff or ts on those c onc erns w e ar e bett er positioned t o manag e risk Lat er in this r epor t our appr oach t o mat erialit y is discus sed at leng th i n 20 14 w e will enhanc e our stak eholder eng ag ement and use the r esults t o r e vie w and r efne our C orpor at e R esponsibilit y Str at egy T he f our th st ep is ong oing eng ag ement Only b y eng aging with our stak eholder s including our host c ommunities can w e build str ong r elationships de v elop allianc es and maintain a longt erm balanc ed appr oach t o sustainabilit y As P rimer o has bec ome a midtier mining c ompan y with t w o pr oducing mines w e ar e under g oing a thor ough sustainabilit y policy r ene w al pr oc es s V isit our w ebsit e f or mor e www primer omining c om m ana G ement S a pp R o a C h t o Su S t ainability