Freeport-McMoRan does not tolerate human rights transgressions. Our Human Rights Policy requires that we conduct business in a manner consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, educate and train our employees and protect any workforce member who reports suspected violations.

Because site and country risks vary, we have established site-specific human rights policies and procedures consistent with the Freeport-McMoRan Human Rights Policy, in-country laws and regulations, and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (Voluntary Principles). Our site Human Rights compliance officers oversee compliance and training, as well as a grievance mechanism for reporting, documenting and following up on all human rights allegations that are reported in our areas of operations.

Human Rights Program Update
In 2011, with external assistance, we initiated an updated security and human rights risk assessment process in both Indonesia and the DRC. During the year, we also developed a corporate human rights guidance document that will provide operations with detailed expectations regarding implementation of our corporate Human Rights Policy and the Voluntary Principles. This guidance document, which complements the Voluntary Principles Implementation Guidance Tool, will be finalized and rolled out in 2012. Our new Project Development Checklist, further developed in 2011, also incorporates an initial assessment of human rights impacts.

Freeport-McMoRan has joined a volunteer group of companies to help develop and pilot a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) on Voluntary Principles implementation. We believe that this process will help us to better monitor performance at our sites and drive improvement. We will be piloting the KPIs as part of our 2012 ICMM Sustainable Development Framework assurance process, and providing feedback and input to the volunteer group to further develop and refine the KPI tool.

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