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Glencore plc

Baar, Switzerland

15 April 2019

Glencore publishes 2018 Sustainability Report

Glencore plc ("Glencore") has published its 2018 sustainability report in alignment with the reporting requirements of the Global Reporting Index. The report can be found on our website.

Our 2018 sustainability report focuses on the material topics that have the potential to have the greatest impact on our business activities. We have also included sections on the efforts each of our commodity businesses are undertaking to drive the integration of sustainability at an operational level.

This year's report has a statement from Peter Coates, the Chair of the Board's HSEC Committee, which gives an overview of the Committee's work during the year. We have also expanded our disclosure on the external organisations in which we participate.

We are proud of the progress in our sustainability performance that our assets and business made during the year. Some of the highlights include:

• The publication of our climate change position statement: Furthering our commitment to the transition to a low-carbon economy, which is available on our website
• 9% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions
• Year-on-year decrease in occupational diseases
• The finalisation and group-wide rollout of our new water management guideline
• Our continued work through our dam safety assurance programme to maintain the structural integrity of our tailing storage facilities
• The ongoing monitoring and identification of reduction opportunities for our emissions
• Formalised our approach to supply chain management through the finalisation of our Supplier Standards; these will be implemented during 2019
• Zero major or catastrophic environmental incidents
• Our participation in a Swiss government-led advisory group to develop guidance for commodity trading companies on implementing the United Nation's Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
• $95 million spent on community investments
• Participation in the development of various external responsible sourcing frameworks

We recognise that we still face a number of challenges and we are focusing our efforts to continue to advance our performance. Our safety performance was particularly challenging during 2018 and into the first quarter of 2019. We are committed to establishing a sustainable culture of safety in our workplaces and continue to believe that all fatalities, injuries and occupational diseases are preventable.

Over the coming weeks we will also be publishing standalone reports on human rights and water as well as our annual payments to government report and modern slavery statement.

For further information please contact:

www.glencore.com

Glencore LEI: 2138002658CPO9NBH955

Notes for Editors

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. The Group's operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil production assets and agricultural facilities.

With a strong footprint in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, Glencore's industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries.

Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, oil and food processing sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore's companies employ around 158,000 people, including contractors.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

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The companies in which Glencore plc directly and indirectly has an interest are separate and distinct legal entities. In this document, "Glencore", "Glencore group" and "Group" are used for convenience only where references are made to Glencore plc and its subsidiaries in general. These collective expressions are used for ease of reference only and do not imply any other relationship between the companies.  Likewise, the words "we", "us" and "our" are also used to refer collectively to members of the Group or to those who work for them. These expressions are also used where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular company or companies.